Castle's Keep Keeps Pace With Times In Wall Paper
Castle's Keep on Second Street west of East Avenue updates its wall paper and paint shop with a bright modern store. Arthur Castle and wife oversee selection of fall patterns as heavier tones trend in wallpaper and paint. The store carries OLO paints and varnishes from Passanno-Hutchcons with a cash and carry policy that shares savings with customers.
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Castle Wall Paper and Paint
Second Street
East Avenue
Castle's
Castle’s
Castle
Arthur Castle
OLO
Passanno-Hutchcons Paint Co
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
Demand for Smelts Surpasses Supply in Postwar Year
Consumer demand for smelts has outstripped production as total catch figures more than doubled since 1940. In 1947 the catch stood around 600000 pounds, not counting substantial sport fishing harvests.
Largest and Richest Art Collection at the Met
The Metropolitan Museum in New York City houses the largest and richest art collection in the western hemisphere, attracting scholars, collectors, and visitors from around the world. The museum's holdings span ancient to modern works and include significant national treasures.
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Western Hemisphere
Metropolitan
Musseum, New York City
Frank Aust Station Serves Cars With Enduring Quality
Frank S Aust, owner of the F S Aust Super Service Station at West avenue and Second street, markets Willard storage batteries since 1913 and runs a modern shop offering gasoline oil lubrication ignition and electrical work. His nephew Bert Lewis handles quick front end repairs and several special jobs for urgent motorist needs. The station provides radiator flushing fresh oil changes hydratone treated water and carries U S tires wires and Mobiloil marine oil. Guests are served with courteous windshield cleaning and oil water checks at the pump.
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Frank S. Aust
West Avenue
Second Street
Willard Storage
Rust
Willard
Frank Aust
Consis
Aust
Bert Lewis
Bert
Mobiloil
U. S
Mobiloil Marine
Staton
Ross Furniture Debuts Porch And Yard Equipment Line
Ross Furniture at 408 Middle Avenue features new Barcalo Rockits gliding chairs on ball bearings with four color options and a glider with a one-piece cushion and springs. The piece can lock to serve as a porch lounge, showcasing outdoor furniture for porch, terrace, or yard.
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Barcalo
Ross Furniture
Middle Avenue
Ross Furniture Co
Middle Ave
Eagle
Old Antarctic Matches Return to California Harbor
Forty year old matches found in Antarctica by the U S S Burton Island crew during a rescue operation for the Finn Ronne expedition. The matches, left by Shackleton, were recovered as the Burton Island broke a path through seven miles of ice to open water.
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Longbeach
Cal
Antarctica
Burton Island
Shackelton
Finn Ronne
Beaumont
Tex
Ronne
American Antarctica Society
Margaret Bay
Barcalo Lawn and Porch Furniture Debuts New Gliders
Barcalo offers Gliders and Rockits in one two or three seaters with leatherette or Duran covers in blue red or green. Rockits priced 22.50 32.50 42.50. Gliders at 58.50 regular arm 54.50 other gliders 32.50. Barcaloaf er reclining chair four colors five dollar savings 29.95 each.
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Barcalo Lawn & Porch
America
Sayles
Duran
Wacky accidents stories draw cash for odd incidents
Insurance agent George H. Allen in Lorman County builds a collection of unusual accident tales offering readers one dollar for submitted stories. The piece highlights bizarre events from 1947 including a postman bitten by a patron's dog, a man discovering his father at a grade crossing after a truck train crash, a fireman ignominiously dropping the saved woman, a swooping speedboat tossing a passenger, and a man discovering his own car after a hit and run during a report.
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George H. Allen
Lorman County Bank
Allen
St. Joseph
A. R. Saunders
Stanley Morrison
Newburyport
Conn
Stanley
Horace Lebouf
Catherine Markowski
Detroit
Lebouf
Mason Nurick
Hollywood
Wacky accidents prompt safety tale from the 1940s
A quirky narrative recalls a police department safety car in Indianapolis colliding with a halted traffic line and the safety council reporting a secretary in Chicago tripping on a new look. The piece ends by inviting readers to send their own authentic wacky accident stories for a dollar.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Elinor Jones
National Safety Council
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Geisel Mfg., Inc
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Kay
Evelyn
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Mary
Betty
Peg
Helen
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Mrs. B
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Fourth St. Aliey
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Ohio Public
Crawford
Crawford Door
Elyria Lumber & Coal CO
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Broad St
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Castle’s Wallpaper
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