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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
10
Entomologist H B Blake Jr explains how diverse mouth parts of insects function. Chewing mandibles masticate food while siphoning tubes in mosquitoes and aphids extract liquids. Beaks and spines form for piercing, sucking, or consuming nectar, with pests like boll weevils and house flies impacting crops and sanitation.
A collage of humorous lines and quips, including waiter vs veterinarian gags, a Tennesee well anomaly, farmyard mishaps, social misunderstandings, and a Calvin Coolidge pun. The fragmentary items showcase lighthearted vignettes and short jokes from mid century humor pages.
A reader asks which field best suits a young woman to educate herself and raise her living standard. Dorothy Dix recommends nursing for its broad advancement, flexibility for motherhood, and steady opportunities, noting many doctors marry nurses and that service also offers a strong career path. A separate reader asks about naming etiquette. Dix advises following local custom and requesting leaflets. World oil production hits a 1954 record of 700 million tons.
Nelson Robinson longtime Nashville Kroger manager is elected president of 3 Henke and Pillot Inc successor as Nashville charge of a group in Chicago. Templeton will oversee retail stores in the area and branch offices with a Nashville warehouse. The local branch earned the Presidents Trophy for top average among 25 Kroger branches in 1954.
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