Disgrace Fears Melt as Griswold Business Reassumes
Old Bill Griswold returns home to learn three lenders will not file bankruptcy. Instead Ben, Nat, and Ken offer to take over the Rug Mills and keep Bill as general manager, sparing the family public disgrace and preserving the town’s faith in him.
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Stanley
Harvard
Old Bill
Mrs. Griswold
Bill Griswold
Bill
Benjamin Cheney
Ken Morse
Nat Murray
Billa
Ben
Ken
Nat
Ice Cream Debuts in White House Reception 1812
The passage notes that ice cream first gained American social attention when Dolly Madison, wife of President James Madison, served it at a White House reception in 1812. The event linked the dessert to early U.S. high society and culinary culture.
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Madison
Dolly Madison
White House
New Formulas Aid Toluol Production for Defense
Dr H H Lowry of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and colleagues announce formulas to predict coke byproduct yields from coal carbonization. The method improves process control and cuts oven testing costs, with savings cited by a steel firm. Additional work by Mayers and Landau extends to pig iron properties and blast furnace efficiency.
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American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
New York
H. H. Lowry
Coal Research Laboratory
Carnegie Institute of Technology
H. G. Landau
Leah L. Naugle
Lowry
Dr. Lowry
M. A. Mayers
Carnegie Tech
Chipmunk Tales From Esteem Indians Healings Roots
Chipmunks were spared by the Esteem Indians of early days who believed the animal guarded healing herbs and roots. The belief granted the chipmunks a protected status and linked them to traditional remedies in tribal lore.
Old Glory 165th Anniversary Flag Etiquette
Rules for displaying the American flag as taught by William T. Kerr founder of the American Flag Day association. Guidelines cover horizontal carries blue field forward, procession placement, staff positions in churches, bunting use, raising and lowering manners, and flag handling on motor vehicles to keep it from touching the ground.
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William T. Kerr
The
American Flag Day Association
The Rocking Chair Brigade Inspires Community War Feelings
A Mt. Pleasant address lauds American soldiers over Japanese troops, praising grit and planning, while noting defense efforts across small towns. Local scenes include a barber visit, bonds budgeting, and families adjusting as communities rally around the war effort and local notable stories.
Anne Griffin Sweet Award Honors Local High School Girl
Adele McConaughey of Fon du Lac wins the Anne Griffin Sweet $10 award for outstanding high school girl of the year. She maintained a 90 average over three years, shown character and leadership and attends summer school for typing shorthand and bookkeeping. Her father Merle McConaughey died last November. Read the Want Ads.
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J. B. McConaughey
Fon du Lac
Wis
Adele McConaughey
Merle McCon
Anne Griffin Sweet
P.E.Q. Sisterhood
Adele
Merle McConaughey
Not Musical Blackbird Call Noted For Clarity
The article describes the blackbird’s call described as quonk-a-ree as one of the clearest and most penetrating bird sounds observed.
Record of historic Great Lakes catfish catch at St. Louis
The largest catfish ever caught, a Great Lakes species Ameiurus lacustris weighing 150 pounds and five feet long, was taken near St. Louis Missouri around 1878. It is now reproduced in the National Museum in Washington DC.
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Great Lakes
St. Louis
National Museum
Washington, D. C
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