Your Money's Worth Quacks Bilk the Elderly in 1964
Sylvia Porter surveys medical quackery targeting Americans over 65, detailing nutrition scams, mail order cures, educational pamphlets, and expensive mechanical devices sold to elders. She notes unsafe clinics, delayed treatments, and calls for FDA premarket testing while urging shoppers to rely on physicians and reputable stores.
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U.S
Los Angeles
John W. Miner
Frederick J. Stare
Harvard School of Public Health
U.S. Food and Drug Quack Museum
Washington
Florida
Beaux Bachelor Sport Coat Promises Luxury and Practicality
Cresco imports genuine leather for the Beau Bachelor sport coat. The mellow hides are treated for a water, stain, and dirt resistant finish in muted colors. The Beau Bachelor is described as handsome and modestly priced.
Chalk in Chalk Why is It Natural and Industrial
A school contest explains chalk as a gypsum rock formed from Foraminifera shells and sediment. Chalk deposits appear in Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, and notably the white cliffs of England and Dieppe. Chalk is soft, absorbs water, and is used in industry for toothpicks paints putty and polishing powders.
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United States
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
England
Dover
English Channel
Dieppe
France
Europe
The Riddle Box Puzzles Answers Revealed
The riddle prompts happiness in the dictionary and asks about kite material with the answer Fly.
County History Plan Approved for Morgan County Projects
The Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control approved a plan to build a combined soil lab and sign shop in Flint City at a cost not to exceed 10000 dollars. They also authorized a county history project by John Knox with a seven member publication committee and 4250 dollars paid in 12 installments. The new metal building will be on a three acre city tract, with the current Hartselle site to be sold for about 6000 dollars, while a quarry of property valued at 3000 dollars was secured.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue , and Control
Flint City
Morgan County
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Flint
Hartselle
Clyde Maples
Maples
Leroy McEntire Sr
Barrett Shelton Sr
James Vassar
Grady Long
Randolph Ryan
T. C. Almon
T. Lawson Davidson
Knox
Alabama Association of County Officials
Birman
Guy Roberts
Christmas Decoration Contest Seeks Entrants in Decatur
The Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs invites entries for the second annual Christmas Decoration Contest. A $50 top prize will be awarded along with four awards of $25, $15, $10, and $5.
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Decatur Federation of Garden Clubs
Liquor Returns Weighed in Montgomery on Jan 1
A handful of name brand liquors withdrawn last year from Alabama state liquor stores will be available again starting January 1 in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Alabama liquor sales resume slimly after talks
ABC Administrator Jim Caldwell announced on a return from nationwide talks with distillers who had halted selling in Alabama that only a few brands will resume, and none of the big ones. The move signals limited restoration of alcohol distribution in the state.
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ABC
Jim Caldwell
Alabama
Caldwell
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By Sylvia Porter
Irving Ladimer
National Better Business Bureau
Senate
Special Committee On
Food and Drug Administration
Phony Financial Deals
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
the Beau Bachelor
Athens College
Chi Beta Phi
Don Brady
Dorsey Walker
William Short
John Walter
Wade Chittam
Jonathan Ulrich
Morris Powell
A.lec
Donald Priolo
Batavia
N.Y
Mrs. Claus
Singer
Singer Today
Singer Company
Phone Oak
Mecca
Monica Schuerbeck
Windsor
Ontario
Decatur
Big Smith
Hanks
Buster Brown
Humphrey
E. Moulton St
Dial
Mappiness
Berieet
Ompare Valles
2Nd Avenue
Crump Camera Shop
Vernon Bags
Diamond
TYPE
Polaroid
KODAK
Tripods
Monogram
Kodak Processing
Idea
Minolta
Minoltina
Minolta AS
Minolta ER
Cox Thimbledrone
Bank Street
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