Editorial Satire on Making a Million by Selling Products
A satirical editorial promotes three supposed million-making products X Y and Z. It mocks sensational advertising claims by describing X as a deodorant claiming cleaning power with pickles and sauce, Y as laundry detergent flavored like orange juice and fuel efficient, and Z as a multi purpose item for mouth freshness hair hold shaving and sinus drying, even claimed to be dog approved. The piece pokes fun at consumer hype and overblown promises in advertising.
Harvest Law Reflected In Mankind’s Face
A compact reflection on spiritual law: those who sow sparingly reap sparingly while those who sow bountifully reap bountifully. The harvest principle is read in the faces of people, illustrating moral cause and effect.
Wellsville Students Praise Ledger Newspaper Reach
Fifth and sixth grade students from Wellsville express gratitude for receiving The Mexico Ledger. They credit daily access with improving reading, mathematics, spelling, language, and social studies. Students note headlines and advertisements aid school subjects and citizenship development.
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Ledger
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Mexico Ledger
Carole Debo Wellsville
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Excerpt
Anguished seeks guidance after an affair with a married man leading to pregnancy while another suitor offers marriage. Ann warns against telling the husband, advises keeping distance, and prioritizing own life over the affair. Pop-In-Law and Tired Mama reflect family boundary conflicts and potential relocation for relief.
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Ann Landers
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Pal
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Papa
Paradise
To Your Good Health Dear Dr Thosteson Letter
A mother writes of five children, the oldest seven, and a pattern of illness with frequent infections. The two year old was hospitalized for bronchitis and the four year old has been admitted twice for infections, all amid continual penicillin use.
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Husband
Car Train Collision In Mexico Injures No One
Yesterday in Mexico on Sunday February 6 1966 Raymond House escaped unharmed when his car struck a Burlington freight train at the Jefferson Street crossing. The vehicle was hit near the 75th car of a 95 car train and dragged to the Clark Street overhead bridge.
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Raymond House
Burlington
Jefferson Street
Clark Street
Audrain County
S. Dean Shepher
Mexico
Proposals Detrimental Missouri Public Expenditure Survey
The Missouri House weighs House Committee Substitute 1394 to exempt prescription drugs from state and city sales tax while removing a tax exemption for machinery used to start or expand manufacturing. Net loss from drugs could be $3 million yearly, while losing machinery exemption could net $3–8 million. Officials argue targeting aid to those in need is better than broad waivers.
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Missouri
Missouri House
House Committee
Missouri Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Finley buses triumph in contested race at Mexico
The Finley bus lines won over Green L. Tomlinson in a local contest recorded in the paper. The Ledger notes several items including government confirmations, highway commission notes, and public health nurse program funding alongside birthday notices and political anniversaries.
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Green L. Tomlinson
Missouri Senate
Phil M. Donnelly
State Resources and Development Commission
George Clayton
Hannibal
D.W. Snyder Jr
Jefferson City
Allen P. Green Jr
Mexico
Louis H. Breuer
Rolla
Robert M. White II
The
Ledger
Army Today
Wyatt Hawkins
State Highway Commission
Thompson
Centralia
The Common Soldier of the Civil War on Book Beat
Bell Wiley discusses The Common Soldier of the Civil War a book of photos diaries and letters on Book Beat at 6 30 p m Channel 9. Listings list Donnie and Marie with Andy Williams and Jimmie Walker and several TV programs and movie slots across channels with air times and titles.
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Winter Olympic and TV Listings Highlight Weekend Schedule
A dense TV guide-style rundown lists Olympic coverage on channels 2 3 17 at multiple times, films like Rio Lobo and Seven Sinners, sports including NBA and college basketball, and a parade of programs from McLaughlin and Burns to Bernsteins lectures, with numerous channel and date references throughout.
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Mallory
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Burr
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