Nickel Comeback Sparks Nostalgic Purchases Across Cities
A playful nationwide feature notes the nickel's return as legal tender with prices and items from five cents candy to onion, postcards, hairpins, thread, and beer. It cites shifts in farm debt and life insurance asset growth, then shifts to a social note on a Goldbergs arrival and a local club picnic announced for Ross Park with contingency plans.
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Hedy Lamar
St. Louis Browns
New York
Sam Atkins
Aged Couple Builds Ninth Home Then Eyes Eleventh in Michigan
In Brighton Michigan elderly couple Silas and Mrs Burgett recount 44 years of self built housing. Now aged 80 and 75 they finished a 11 room three story cobblestone home at Big Crooked Lake after 18 months of work with some outside help for plumbing and wiring. They have built ten houses and lived in all but one honoring a long self starter life. They plan another home to celebrate their 57th anniversary this fall.
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Brighton
Mich
Silas Burgetts
Burgett
Big Crooked Lake
Oregon's First Telegraph Company Opens in 1885
Oregon marks a milestone as its first telegraph company begins operations in 1885, expanding rapid communication across the state and linking towns to distant markets and news outlets.
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Oregon
First Telegraph Company
Washington ranks seventh in 1949 stakes winning horses
The state of Washington stood seventh nationwide in 1949 stakes winning thoroughbreds, reflecting its position in national horse racing production.
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Washington
Color perception linked to light wavelength differences
The perception of color arises from differences in light wavelengths entering the eye. This basic statement notes a physiological explanation for how humans see color, implying that color is a function of wavelength rather than an intrinsic property of objects.
First public showing of a sound motion picture in 1927
The first public showing of a recorded sound motion picture occurred in Schenectady New York in 1927 marking a milestone in cinema history.
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Schenectady, N. Y
Holladays Host Dinner Party In Garden Cafe Style
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holladay hosted a garden barbecue and cafe style dinner Friday evening for the J. Bryan Blackhurst family and guests. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. J. Bryan Blackhurst with sons Hoyt and Dennis, Kenneth and Lloyd Eastlund of Cokato, Minn, Mrs. C. W. Calloway, and Mrs. J. G. Hayden.
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Jack Holladay
North Grant
J. Bryan Blackhurst
Holladay Garden
Hoyt and
Dennis
Kenneth Blackhurst
Steven
A. E. Eastlund
Kenneth and
Lloyd
Cokato
Minn
C. W. Calloway
J. G. Hayden
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Dakotas
Minnesota
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Nebraska
National Industrial Conference Board
MR. and Mrs. Barney Gold
Berg
Mrs. Goldberg
Philadelphia
Pocatello
Goldbergs
Union Pacific Old Timers Club No. 15
Ladies Auxiliary
Ross Park
Memorial Hall
Rialto
Wallace Beery
Tom Drake
Dorothy Patrick
Preston Foster
Mary Stuart
William Bishop
John
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San Wayne
Hayward
Fighting Seabees
Dennis O’keefe
Joseph
Smarty
Valley
Ted
FELT
Jommer
Mademoiselle
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