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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1956
Page
4
Views of the News notes election boards in one precinct counted 600 ballots and worked past 1:30 a.m. The piece argues precinct realignment is needed citywide, citing oversized wards and the likelihood of longer hours at general elections.
The piece notes New York retains 250 mounted officers for crowd control and parades while Chicago abandons horses for a motor cycle eight years ago. Now Chicago plans to reharness horses explaining horses maneuver better in traffic jams than motorcycles in dense loops.
In this humorous reflection JP H notes quirks of city life and public figures. He recalls Chicago under Mayor Thompson and the Shaw centennial while joking about the era and general world events. The piece wryly contrasts old and new eras with sly commentary on human folly.
A comic vignette shows John Smith marrying and alternately sharing pay with his wife. On the first payday he gives $39 of $40 to his bride and keeps a dollar. On the second payday he keeps $39 and gives his wife a dollar. The wife questions how to live on a dollar. The joke pivots on economic thrift and miserliness.
A window box weeder and a long sermon scene reflect the fading old West. A church pew voice answers with Amen signaling a closing point. Cowboys, now using Audograph dictating machines for cattle counts, embody a modern shift.
Dr. L M Denton, president of the Kansas City Baptist Seminary, urged a choice between Christianity and Communism at Union Church Services in Central Park. The report also notes travel, Civil War veteran gathering in Erie, and local social updates reflecting 25 years ago.
A review notes a new book titled Abusive Words by a University of Tennessee professor. It promises 75 varieties of abuse with 600 specific words plus 100 name calling terms and a how to guide for swearing. The piece critiques profanity while detailing its catalog and potential mail order availability.
Mrs James Soley thanks Dr Crane for guiding her husband from boyhood to manhood through his newspaper column. She recalls his wartime service, training at the University of Iowa, and how the daily articles kept him inspired from Normandy beaches to Bremmer Pass. The piece ends noting the newspaper’s role in education and morale. The average summer temperature in Jerusalem is 74.5 degrees.
Adlai Stevenson aims for a wide open vice presidency at the Democratic convention, seeking an engaging VP race to spark TV interest. He privately backs no candidate, while supporters push Humphrey Kefauver or Kennedy, with strategists hoping to leverage Midwest appeal and Truman's influence.
George Smolen, 51, freed after 20 years in Green Haven Prison when a courtroom error in his 1936 trial was found. A judge cleared his life sentence and allowed a guilty plea on the kidnapping charge in exchange for 20 years, which he already served.
A set of four questions testing English usage and spelling. Question one asks why the sentence We must first see the manager before we do it is wrong. Question two asks for the correct pronunciation of pumpkin. Question three asks which word is misspelled among Mistress mattress meaness Management. Question four begins What does the word subju with a hyphen, likely subjugate or subjun...
A cluttered listing shows multiple shows with times and channels. Highlights include People Are Funny Screen Director's Playhouse and The Honeymooners, plus Johnny Carson Art Linkletter and Bob Crosby appearances.
Ernest W. Johnson Editor and Publisher James Fehrenbach Advertising Mer Published evenings except Sunday and entered as second class matter at Chanute Kansas under the act of March 3 1879 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press Local news and AP dispatches available The subscription rates listed cover Neosho Wilson and Woodson Counties by mail monthly quarterly semiannual and annual terms with outside county rates referenced but details truncated in the text.
Omit first, pronounce pumpkin as pump kin, meanness, conquered by force, There stood the three subjugated and sullen prisoners, sinewy.
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