This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1959
Page
4
The piece cites President Eisenhower on world cooperation and Khrushchev's readiness for dialogue, noting a grim stalemate after Hiroshima. It warns the ideal world may not arrive soon but urges nations to pursue harmony to avoid mutual destruction.
A satirical column notes that over a million have been idled by strikes in the U S and jokes about government workers private pools and lawn size. It jokes about anti polio pills brides and grooms showing cultural pretensions and failures in taste and skill.
A collage of clipped quips from Empire Gazette Ada News Greenleaf Sentinel Stafford Courier Atchison Globe and Parsons Sun lampooning politics ages housekeeping and school life with humor and local flavor. The items contrast old media norms with light social satire and regional voices.
The Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture reports newspapers are the best medium for food advertising and marketing information. It adds the printed word is readable, revisable, and authoritative, and slight criticism from the press is unlikely. It suggests further surveys into other product advertising potential. Full permission is granted for radio and television broadcast of these lines.
A senior high school girls group visited Pittsburg for the Tri-State Play Day with teacher Mary Roy and Mrs. Axcell. Other items include local attendance at sports, a cat death from a head injury, Kansas City Monarchs visit, a 13 to 6 football win by the Blue Comets, a wiener roast, Mizpah church luncheon with a piano solo, and librarians granted leave for a state meeting in Ottawa.
Associated Press columnist William L. Ryan notes the Cuban Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Workers reversed a ban on Jules Dubois of the Chicago Tribune, hinting at subtle easing under Fidel Castro. The piece urges reforms from Castro including ending uniformed militarism, anti American rhetoric, youth coercion, and press muzzle.
CBS executives faced questions as Rev Charles E Jackson Jr of Tullahoma Tennessee accused a quiz show of coaching. Thomas K Fisher testified CBS acted to remove rigged programs after scandals. Fisher noted Louis Cowan owned the $64,000 Question and $64,000 Challenge amid probe.
Doris B a 16 year old on rapid fat loss drops from 154 to 143 pounds in ten days then to 128 in eight weeks. Her mother and a minister share dieting trials and a quiz show scam tale. Doris gains confidence and dating interest, while her mother notes renewed vigor in her marriage.
In the Probate Court of Neosho County Kansas Lorena Almeter McGinnis estate appoints William B McGinnis as executor of the will He qualified and letters testamentary issued on September 29 1959 Creditors must file their claims within nine months of first publication Robert Pennington attorney for executor
A detailed listing of KOAM and counterparts schedule items for Wednesday and Thursday, including programs such as Wagon Train The Rifleman Perry Mason The Price Is Right and national shows like The Tonight Show style entries. Also shows the World Series pre game News weather sports and various daytime dramas and game shows across stations.
Local sections include entertainment notes and travel gossip beside a long list of subscription rates and staff credits. An apparent domestic advice column urges wives to consider romantic improvements and warns against girdles while questioning husbandly ardor.
An advertising plea urges readers to mail for a weight loss booklet titled How to Lose 10 Lbs in 10 Days with a stamped return envelope and 20 cents. The note imitates self-help guidance and quotes a Doris and mother example, directed to Dr. Crane via Hopkins Syndicate Inc. in Mellott Indiana.
The questions ask what is wrong with a sentence about a book to be brought tomorrow, the correct pronunciation of capricious, which word is misspelled among tempestuous terrestrial trespasser terpsichorean, and the meaning of litotes.
Word games in a quiz style challenge readers with five prompts. Answers include parvenu as a synonym for an upstart, with explanations on pronunciation and usage such as trespasser and phrases like a citizen of no mean city.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.