Bristol Works To Secure $100000 Miniature Circus
Bristol officials weigh turning over Dickey’s hand carved model circus valued at $100000 in exchange for building a specialized fireproof air conditioned hall. Bill Dickey of Lehigh Acres Fla created the 62 157 piece display which appeared at the 1938 Chicago Worlds Fair after seven years and 10000 hours of work.
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Bristol
Bill Dickey
Lehigh Acres
Fla
Dickey
Chicago
Whittler
Pattern 7393 Knit Coat for Young Girls
Catalog style stitch pattern alert for a Fall and Spring knit coat designed for ages 2 4 6 8 and 10 12. Includes ribbed trim and a dark outline look. pattern number 7393. price thirty five cents. add postage for mailing. Requests order details to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York address with pattern number and personal information.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Adam and Eve Minature Circus Collector Seeks City Museum
Walter C. Parkes notes Lucky Adam keeps up with trends without Joneses to match. He wants a permanent circus home in his hometown and would donate his collection to the city if a new building is funded. City officials and civic groups back a dedicated museum as a tourist draw.
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Adam and Eve
Dickey
Retraining Funds Slated for West Virginia Workers
The Labor Department will provide 74 602 to train 20 practical nurses in Martinsburg West Virginia as part of a 240 000 program to retrain 99 unemployed West Virginians. Other grants include 58 809 for 16 farmers in Lewisburg 30 858 for 16 welders in Braxton County 22 629 for 12 surgical technicians in Huntington and 15 444 for 15 seamstresses in Parkersburg.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Labor
Martinsburg
W. Va
West
Lewisburg
Braxton County
Hunttinton
Parkersburg
Franklin Half Dollar Portrait and the Eagle Debate
The article traces John R Sinnock's likeness of Benjamin Franklin on the Franklin Liberty Bell half dollar created during Franklin's France ambassadorship in 1785. It notes Franklin preferred thrift proverbs to currency images and opposed eagles, favoring the turkey. Coin laws limited eagle placement, and Sinnock included his initials JS with the designer name on the coin.
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John R. Sinnock
Benjamin Franklin
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Franklin
France
Houdon
United States
Benl
Sinnock
U.S
Asema
Philadelphia Assembly
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Patty
Tool JA
Captain
Snuffy Smith
Nancy
Brookes
Walter C, Parkes
de Mille
Paul Newman
Romney Clips
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