Vermont Country Store Museum replica of 1880 emporium
Weston Vermont guests step into an authentic replica of the 1880 Vermont emporium housed in an 1828 building. Orton family origins date to 1897 at North Calais with Weston became home in 1946. The store mixes old fixtures, spices, kerosene, and cattle feed scents with a living forum for local politics and national issues. Nearly 30,000 visitors last summer and fall, with higher attendance this season.
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Weston
Vermont
North Calais
Gardner L. Orton
Wrest Orton
Counttera Orton
Orton
Hovel
Don’t Yell Moron At Reckless Driver It’s Overrating Him
Minneapolis Minn when you mutter moron at the driver who just missed sideswiping your car you may be overrating him. Northwestern National Life Insurance Co estimates a yearly death toll from mobile accidents tied to drivers' partial intelligence and distractions. The report assigns intelligence levels and argues safer driving could save about 24 000 lives annually if motorists used full attention.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Insurance Company
Rural School Pupils Pass Up Desserts To Aid War Victims
NEWTOWN PA Through a World War II memorial project George Rural School Bucks county pupils support Gertrandenschule Berlin and Jacobs gymnasium Dusseldorf with food clothing and necessities for 800 German students. In six weeks their relief fund reached 1319 dollars from regular donations and savings from skipping desserts and ice cream.
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Newtown
George Rural School
Bucks County
Gertrandenschule
Berlin
Jacobs Gymnasium
Dusseldorf
Woman River Pilot Ma Greene Remains Active at 79
Cincinnati report on Mary Greene known as Ma Greene the only woman pilot on inland waterways. At 79 she still takes the wheel to show passengers she can, after a 50 year career and a renewed five year license. Her son Tom runs the family steamboat line begun by her husband.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ma” Greene
Coast Guard
Harry A. Voight
Mary Greene
Tom
Future Teachers Instructed in Makeup At City College
At City College of New York a series of lectures and a style show trained education students in appearance for the classroom. Demonstrations covered makeup hair and dress with ensembles reflecting both traditional old maid and modern school marm styles.
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New York
City College of New York
Roosevelt Family Turns to Farming Back-to-Land Move
In Hyde Park, Eleanor Roosevelt and her son Elliott take over the Roosevelt estate with plans for commercial farming focusing on Christmas trees. The shift follows former tenant Moses Smith and ties to the estate's 1000 acres, hinting at agrarian experiments and a hope for durable farming.
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Smith
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Game Name
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elliott
Roosevelts
Eliott
Senate
Hughes
Tragedy in the Forests and the Fire Losses Woven In
A neighbor's memo on forest destruction ties to the era of devastating fires. It cites cuts to fire control, Alaska timber losses, and vast potential outputs from saw timber. It notes 9 of 10 fires are human caused by incendiaries, smokers, and debris burners, urging balanced cooperation to protect forests.
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Congress
Interior Department
Fie
America
Alaska
New Orleans
Minneapolis
U. 3. Forest Service
Geti
Dick Tuttle
Francis Luskin
Joint Defense Pact Set Foretells Hemisphere Security
The 1947 Petropolis conference frames a mutual aid treaty for North and South America and their waters, expanding the Monroe doctrine to a hemispheric security zone. It outlines automatic military response to external aggression, voluntary aid to victims within the hemisphere, and rapid consultations if attacks cross regions.
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James Monroe
United States
Petropolis
Brazil
North
South America
Americas
Headliners in Washington and New York misadventures
In Washington a Tennessee man aged 69 was placed under observation after police nabbed him with a pistol in the capital building and he loudly claimed he had just been elected president. In New York Virginia Walton Brooks, 14, boasted of hunting an elephant and a lion plus several exotic animals. In Chicago Mrs. Anna Metzger, 47, removed a two-inch sewing needle from her leg. Henry Ford announced a price rise on most Ford models and all trucks by 4.2 percent on immediate effect, challenging inflation and signaling Ford’s economic stance.
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Washington
John
Sampson Kirby
Tennessee
Capital
United States
New York
Virginia Walton Brooks
Chicago
Anna Metzger
Henry Ford UH
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Dynasty
Heat wave boosts corn price as harvest shrinks sharply
Americans suffer through record heat while corn and grain prices soar. September corn sells at 2 459 bushels and oats at 1 08 per bushel as the Agriculture Department lowers the U S crop estimate to 2 437 billion bushels, down 223 million from August 1. Weather dries fields in major producing regions, cutting hoped yields from a 3 billion bushel target.
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Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Town
Finois
Oysters Threatened by Slow Snails in Lab Tests
A Maryland laboratory clocked a snail at 0.000369 miles per hour, enough to overtake an oyster on a treadmill. The test covered 22 feet 1.5 inches in 12 hours 30 minutes as researchers seek to slow snails further due to damage to Chesapeake Bay oysters.
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University of Maryland Fish and Wildlife Laboratory
Chesapeake Bay
First Victim Warns Deflation Could Hurt Farmers
Federal Reserve Board researchers warn that deflation poses a real risk to farmer producers in current inflationary times. They cite high consumer food shares, strong profit margins, and speculative factors as keeping prices up, suggesting land values may fall first if inflation reverses, threatening farmers’ future security despite today’s prosperity.
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Federal Reserve Board
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Eleanor
Baukhage
Coventator
Moses Smith
Moses
Tye
Princess Juliana
Mrs. Roosevelt
New York Herald-Tribune
Hudson
Samuel Bard
Bankhage
Army
Navy Midshipmen
U. S
Business & Invest
Oppur
Econom
Midwest
Timimermann Co
Davenport
Iowa
Pellonti Rapida
East Rapids
New Hampton
Murray Institute
Tenth SL
P. O. Box
Chambersburg
Dr. LeGear
Cedar Falls
Lowe
Wanlert & Guntzle
North Firet - Salat Louls
U.S
McKersom Laboratories
Eta Beaf
Lydia B Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E Piberam
Hans
Degn
Dean
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