Indian Stone Pipe Industry Anchors Virginia Town Plant
Pamplin City Virginia, a town of 300, hosts the world’s largest Indian stone clay pipe plant with a 25,000 smokers per day capacity and a single burn kiln for 200,000. The factory employs four regular workers and up to 70 part time, producing Powhatan inspired pipes with a history dating over 200 years. The area also features 20 businesses and a lumber mill drawing tourists for authentic pipes and souvenirs.
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Pamplin City
Virginia
Arkansas Grows Some Whoppers
Arkansas clippings call attention to local exaggerations by residents who boast of prodigious crops and catches. Reported items include a cotton shalk with 85 bolis, a pound pumpkin, a 5% pound sweet potato, a 19 ounce apple 14 inches in circumference, and two bass over 6 pounds caught on one hook, highlighting curious claims.
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Little Rock
Ark
California
Florida
Arkansas
Ronald Reagan Born in 1948 Catches Up in Growth Story
Mobile Alabama report notes Ronald Reagan born in 1948 weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces and at 11 inches. After two and a half years of effort he has reached normal growth and now weighs over 26 pounds.
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Mobile
Ala
Ronald Regan
Prefab Houses Built in 1850 in Hamilton Missouri
In Hamilton Missouri a town of 1600, prefab houses were built in the 1850s. A. G. Davis sent plans to a St. Louis firm for a two story house with ready lumber, windows, doors bored for pegs due to nail shortages. Later Otis Richardson built one, and his house remains in good shape after remodeling.
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Hamilton
Missouri
A. G. Davis
St. Louis
Otis Richardson
Richardson
Topsoil Erosion Warns of Loss and Gains in WV
Beckley West Virginia reports more than half of original topsoil washed away according to Walter C. Gumbel soil conservationist. He notes where soil conservation methods are used crops rise 10 to 25 percent and urges ongoing programs to protect land water supply restore plant food and boost farm income while preventing floods and aiding forests and wildlife.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Walter C. Grumbel
Gumbel
Man Really Builds Better Mouse Trap
Bamberg, C.-5. D. Bishop accidentally built a fish trap that drew five rats overnight at the feed store where he works. Within days he had caught 19 more, turning a mishap into a surprising pest control success.
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Bamberg
5. C
Bishop
Ex-GI offers anti snore device to army
Beaverton Obe J M Weed, former serviceman and local lawyer, submitted his no snore kit to the U S quartermaster corps claiming the device can reduce snoring by stabilizing the soft palate and uvula. Weed says barracks mates inspired the design after 1942 43 experiences and Army use followed by two years of testing. Meanwhile Omega plant in Georgia conducted aerial peanut dusting tests showing planes can coat about half as much as tractors and cover 1000 acres daily.
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Beaverton
Obe
J. M. Weed
G.I
U. S. Quartermaster Corps
Weed
Omega
Allegany never became a great East hub
The planned Allegany city, touted as the Easts intellectual and industrial center, was surveyed and partially funded but never built. A misaligned Erie route, canal terminus moved to Mulgrove, and repeated delays halted work by 1848, leaving the project abandoned while Park Hotel stood as a symbolic remnant.
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Allegany
Allegany, N
Allegany City
Geneses Valley
Mulgrove
Olean
The Meadow of Moonlit Pines and Megan's Dilemma
Megan confides in Tom Fallon about her father Jones stirring plans with Alicia Stevenson and the strain of family debts. They share a moonlit walk, she confronts heartbreak and fear, and Tom comforts her as Martha’s illness weighs on Pleasant Grove. Megan returns home, hopeful yet exhausted.
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Tom Fallon
Megan
Tom
Martha
Mrs. Fallon
Pleasant Grove
Simple Two-Piecer for Fuller Figures Pattern
Graceful two piece frock pattern for larger figures with waistline darts and shoulder shirring. Panelled skirt offers slenderizing line and versatile styling with flower bouquet or jabots. Pattern No 400 fits sizes 34 38 40 42 44 48 50 52. self fabrics require about 4 ½ yards of 39 inch material for size 38.
A Kissed Shirt Sparks Family Tensions in Quiet Farm Tale
Megan confronts her father Jim over rumors of his relationship with Alicia Stevenson. He declares plans to marry Alicia, move her to their home, and keep Megan occupied with farming duties, while she resists and asserts her own stance about the looming blended household.
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Larry
Megan
Jin MacTavish
Mrs. Stuart
Allcia
Alicia
Matthews
Dear
Tom
Alissa Stevenson
Annie
Jim
Miss Meggle
Alicia Stevenson
Amos
Pleasant Grove
Dad
Household Hacks and Quick Fixes From Everyday Life
Practical tips cover oil storage small bottles and strainers to mend weak hose feet patches. Advice includes using broom handles for dustpans, patching cabbage with root breaks, wax paper for gelatin, reattaching worn cords and adding fat to water to prevent boilovers.
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Lewis and Clark
Montana
Dan Morrison
Peggy Dern
Jones
Berneath
Chapter
Junior
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Ste
Americas
Kellogg
Joseph
Klabb
Clabber
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