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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1957
Page
3
The text argues that people factor odds into choices from racing and insurance to sports and construction. It notes that track conditions, jockey skill, fire protection, building architects, and driver experience influence outcomes. It concludes nightly driving is riskier than day and that rain, poor car condition, inexperienced drivers, and speed raise crash severity.
Ten year old items note Robert Earl White and Philip White and Keith Kehl leaving for a Yellowstone Salt Lake City Canadian trip. Local illness Janet Rowan with double pneumonia. Board of Tweedy Memorial Community Center officers elected. Rosemary Manche enters Indiana University as music junior. John Leisure birthday ice cream social. Mrs Hawkins ill. Rev Haworth returns from World Conference. Dorothy Jean Sharp to Paul Norris marriage. Miss Mary Lou Bentley goes to Poughkeepsie NY as Oakwood Boarding School dean’s assistant. Clergy family moves to Carthage. George McNabb Jr to Lyndon Kentucky military institute. Carrs convey lot 17 in Henley addition Carthage. 30 Years Ago items include Carl Bowden moving, Ari Andis accident, Mrs Edwards visiting, Brown family move.
Indiana farm price index for August 15 reached a three year high. Purdue economists report Hoosier farmers gain 2 percent purchasing power from mid July, 5 percent from a year ago due to a 2 percent rise in livestock and grain prices. Prices paid by farmers unchanged. Hog corn ratio at 16.8, highest since May 1954. Other commodity feed ratios varied 8 to 16 percent.
The Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation notes night driving is about twice as risky as daytime driving. The columnist suggests leaving Sunday trips early to reach home before dark and reserves night driving for essential travel.
AAA safety posters urge cooperation between school children and the School Safety Patrol to reduce traffic injuries. Richard T. James notes the Patrols aid but rely on voluntary help, urging parental guidance and repeated messaging. The design by John Mowrer and Neal Patton from San Antonio won first prize in a national contest and was chosen for national distribution.
Stanback offers fast relief for tired sore aching muscles with a tablet or powder form. The formula combines several prescription like ingredients to ease pain quickly.
Mrs. H Y of Russell Kentucky reports relief from painful monthly cramps with Pinkham's Tablets. The ad promotes a tablet called Ladies Tablets and Vegetable Compound claiming relief from nervous tension.
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