The Country Editor Remembers Career Changes And Lessons
Evelyn Andrews recalls how people swap careers in pursuit of passion and happiness. tales include a newspaper editor becoming a lawyer and a sewing designer turning designer, with anecdotes from Grace a former teacher in Lorain County about schooling in the old days and the value of perseverance despite poverty.
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Sik Feon
Edilor
Lorain County
Grace
New Yorker
Gerd
Lorain Coun
Man Made Snow Fills Catskills When Nature Fails
KIAMESHA LAKE, N Y A hotel manager announced that four inches of man made snow covered the four and one half acre area at the Concord Hotel to aid skiers and tobogganists as natural snow was absent. Frank Eck of Ellenville designed and installed the system which uses 14 laterals with wax heads and jets to spray a water air mix that freezes into snow. The machine can lay more than a foot of snow in 22 outs at temperatures 32 degrees or lower.
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Kiamesha Lake
N.Y
Catskill Mountains
Rat Parker
Concord Hotel
Atite
Frank Eck
Ellenville
Eck
Photo Story Value Wins Prize in 1955 Contest Guide
A guidance piece discusses judging criteria for photo story value, emphasizing subject, narrative, and audience takeaway. It highlights that many strong images lack idea value and urges young photographers to craft meaningful stories, with tips on developing film and diluting chemicals, while noting the 1955 Box Life Contest runs May 1 to September 15.
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Mike Roskin
Shetter
Iepo
Mantua
Europe
California Uses Texas Tactics In Making Big Brag
Sacramento report highlights California pride with claims of Mt Whitsey as highest point and Death Valley as the lowest. It notes farm income over 2.25 billion dollars, and California leading urban populations, alongside tips from art and photography groups on contest wins and negative development processes.
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California
Texas
Sacramento
Calif
Godwin J. Knight
Knight
United States
Mt. Whitsey
Death Valley
Exect
Do It Yourself Beats in 1951 Jazz and Home Projects
A 1951 spotlight on new label prowess in hot jazz with McKinney’s Cotton Pickers and Teddy Hill lineup. Also notes Kings of the Blues with Furrs Lewis and Jim Jackson, plus popular LPs and a feature on home invention culture encouraging DIY work and the Be It Yourself Club.
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New York
McKinney
Cotton Pickers
Jabout
Milenberg Droys
McBlaney
George Thomas J
Phat
Apple
Teddy Hill
T He Miler
Foodman
Dizzy Gillespie
Hill
Russell Procope
Cecil Scott
Dickes Wells
Turkey
Furrs Lewis
Frank Stokes
Simvan Bracey
Jim Jackson
Seyrer
Payroll sheet from Fort Riley shines light on Little Bighorn局
A yellowed payroll for February to April 1876, archived at Fort Hood then Fort Riley, records the last pay for Troop C before the Little Big Horn massacre on June 25 1876. Capt Thomas Custer commanded Troop C and died with his brother George A. Custer. The document helps identify several victims and details of the Sioux engagement.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Custer
Big’ Horn
Lawrence R Sisson
Fort Hood
Tex
Sisson
Baltwhoo
Thomas W. Custer
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Latte Big Horn
Bell
Why are you so hostile to the Egyptian people
A reader critiques U N policy and Egyptian actions, argues for restraint toward Israel and UN resolutions, and notes sympathy for Egyptian farmers. The letter condemns Egypt's attack, cites size disparity, and questions UN enforcement, while calling for careful diplomacy and strategic balance.
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Tseael
New York
Unt
Pack A Box Charity Box Brightens Christmas Hope
Aneke Jahn promotes Pack-A-Box as a simple local drive to collect usable items for needy children. She urges readers to fill a box with clothes toys and books and deliver them to a nearby town minister who distributes to families facing hardship this Christmas.
Indien Woman's Gold Touches Off 75-Year Search
Burton Washington residents near Vashon Island have hunted for Lemaat’s gold for 75 years after Lemiad died before revealing its hiding place by Judd Creek. Lars Hanson Lemar coveted the coins, worth about 800 at the time and roughly 1380 today, spurring treasure seekers from Puget Sound to scour the creek mouth with heavy gear. Local merchants note the gold hunt boosts summer business as visitors flock to the area.
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Burton, Wash
Vashon Island
Lemaat
Lemai
Lars Hanson Lemar
Oman
Worl v
Lemar
Katie
Lars
Mmother
Leni
Judd Creek
Lemat
Add Creek
Cocus Islands
Puget Sound
Monkey Caught After Weeks of Aerial Interference
In Carmichael outside Sacramento a small cream colored monkey, who had perched on TV aerials and interrupted programs for about three weeks, was captured by county poundmaster Ray Root after eluding pursuers. Residents and animal lovers had watched the caper until the owner, from Texas, claimed the pet.
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Sacramento
Calif
Carmichael
Ray ‘Root
Texas
California
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Rose Room
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William D. Laffler
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Malone
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Rowmania
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