Snuff's Comeback Sparks Curiosity Across America
The Associated Press reports snuff use resurging among Americans with six million users, and Conwood Corp in Memphis testing sniffing snuff and Snuffettes for convenience. The piece notes inhaled snuff’s low uptake and regional drying of dipping varieties, while Indians historically used snuff. In Savannah Missouri, county clerk Lee Owen reports the theft of 2955 dollars from the Andrew County courthouse, stolen during lunch hour from an unlocked drawer.
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Randolph Schmid
Associated Press
Memphis, Tem
America
Tom Vaughan
Conwood Corp
Memphis
American Snuff Co
Conwood
Vaughan
Savannah
Lumbus
Ma Lee Owen
Europe
Farm Cease Bureau
Andrew County
Highway Patrol
Degrees to Six At MU Commencement
Six Avdrain County students at the University of Missouri Columbia received their degrees at Summer commencement exercises Aug 7. Listed are Becky Lynn Cornett Rhoads 818 West St AB degree Kenneth Allen McGee 414 Hanley St B S degree Fred L Johnson Route 2 Mexico MA degree in education Judith D Skroupa 731 Robinhod Rd BS degree Rachel Gertrude Kohl Route 3 Vandalia MA degree Charlene Mary Steffen Route 3 Vandalia BS degree in education.
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Avdrain County
University of Missouri, Columbia
University
Becky Lynn Cornett Rhoads
West St
Kenneth Allen McGee
Hanley St
Fred L. Johnson
Mexico
Judith D. Skroupa
Robinhood Rd
What He Said To Her Then And What He Says Now
HAL BOYLE recounts how a wife’s hopes to reform her fiancé fade after marriage. The piece contrasts courting promises with postwedding indifference, dismissiveness toward relatives, comfort with old habits, and jokes about strength and independence as the relationship shifts from suitor to husband.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Moog
Tably
Snuff Use and Smoking Trends Through the Ages
The passage traces snuff use from the 17th and 18th centuries decline in favor of smoking, its wartime rise during World War II when servicemen chewed rather than lighted cigarettes, and a gentle postwar dip from 1949 followed by a recent reversal, noting initial sickness from early uses and a long term shift back.
Stan's Good Guys Collect Saturday Ice Cream Dimes
A neighborhood charity effort started by Stan My vee, a 60 year old widower, who runs the Good Guys Club since 1966. He rewards children ages 3 to 14 with dimes for good deeds and cleaning up, offering soft drinks and shop rewards instead of punishment.
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Gine
Watts
Stan
Myles
Yles
Saysler
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UCLA
Pamela Tedesco
Pasadena
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Lawrence Drug Co
Werges Farm Implement
Montgomery City, Mo
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Pen Jel
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Pen-Jel
Pen-Jel-y
Nicholson Ave
Kansas City
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