Flag Day reflections on flood damage and civic duty
In a fragmented reminiscence by Will Bernard and Jane Toner Scott, readers ponder what the flag means amid floods and insurance debates. A civic discussion shifts from property damage to national identity, ending with a math puzzle about flag stripes and individual freedom.
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Jane Toner
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Lally
Joe
Anj
Stace
State
Jky
Nion
Indiana
Jack
Virginia
Naneyjoff
Illinois
Diana and
Paul
Hawaii
Texas
Points for Parents
A mother tells a child she is a bad little girl for playing in water and taking long to wash hands. She explains today she will wash hands since Granny is waiting, suggesting that time understanding by young children is not yet developed and patience over scolding is advised.
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Granny
Incomplete Puzzle List From Daily Arena Page
A garbled puzzle page lists scattered terms and clues including references to ancient items, mythical ages, and miscellaneous words. The jumble mentions roman invaders, adding machines, emotive phrases, and several crosswords style entries with vague numbering and partial translations.
Cipher Riddle Reveals Letter Substitution and Hidden Message
A dated cryptic note discusses letter replacement where one letter stands for another and hints at a hidden phrase. It mentions single letters, trophy terms, and altered word lengths while presenting an encoded quotation about lighting a fire at both ends to let the middle shift.
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Aista Beck
Look as hair right or left in dress styles for plus sizes
A reader asks whether hair and dress emphasis should be on the right or left. The expert notes that dress choice should suit the individual and suggests that large prints and full skirts may flatter plus sizes, with a gores style possibly most becoming.
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Old Baby
Baby
Household Scrapbook Tips From a Home Life Column
Practical household pointers cover makeup lighting eyebrow growth and lash care. Tips include marking dishes with nail polish initials on handles securing plaster holes with steel wool or wooden matches and patching cracks with old window shade strips to prevent wallpaper cracking.
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Rome
Is This Your Problem. Dear Helen Erskine Advice
Forsaken asks how to handle a spendthrift husband causing debt and a new baby while three children suffer. Helen Erskine urges legal counsel, possible psychiatry, and resignation from the marriage’s unsustainable pattern, warning the husband’s behavior risks the family’s financial and emotional stability. Dixie asks about friendships. Helen encourages sociable teens and offers a leaflet with solutions.
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Helen
Sumner
Forsaken
Post War Traffic Toll Seen Rising in Indiana
Indiana state police warned that June could set a postwar traffic fatality record after 12 hours yielded eight deaths. Through midnight Sunday the toll reached 42 for the month, threatening the October 1956 postwar high of 142. The 1963 toll stood at 488 by Sunday midnight, up from 451 a year earlier.
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Ndianapolis
Hoosier
Indiana
George A. Everett
Persevering Texas farmer and his twenty cats act
A Texas farmer trained twenty rats in an act and persuaded a Dallas theater manager to audition. On a Monday matinee the cats panicked when lights and music started, revealing lack of rehearsal. The piece ended in comic failure as the performance unraveled.
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Texas
Dallas
Climax Molybdenum announces $25 million starch facility plan
New York based American Metal Climax Inc boosts research outlay to 25 million dollars for new starch facilities for Climax Molybdenum Co of Michigan. Postmaster nominations sent to the Senate include Burven W Adkins at New Salisbury Marvin M Wright at Parker and Margery E Brenner at Whiteland.
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New York
API
American Metal. Climax, Inc
Climax Molybdenum Co
Michigan
Washington
Indiana
Senate
Kennedy
Burven
W. Adkins
New Salisbury
Marvin M. Wright
Parker
Margery E. Brenner
Whiteland
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