25 Sep 1952
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1952
Page
1
County and city limits cited in a damaged OCR fragment show subscription and advertising rates. Mentions Knox County Kentucky, Lee County Virginia, Claiborne County Tennessee with price tiers 5 dollars for four years, 2.50 for three months, 12.55 for one month, and annual 8 dollars with eight months at 4 dollars.
The piece argues General Eisenhower’s whistle stop tour avoids detailing policy, relying on popularity and a broader call for faith and thrift. It notes aides fear this risk but believe discontent with President Truman aids Ike, while warning voters may demand concrete plans in November.
Readers discuss Lincoln School Middlesboro and the value of study offerings including Latin and typing. A mayoral tax warning urges 0 percent penalties on October 1 1952. Mentions Carnation Milk Company payments and a fescue feed shipment in Kentucky.
An advertisement touts a keratolytic fungicide T4 L for athlete's foot. It claims the product sloughs off dead skin to expose and kill fungi on contact. The ad offers a 44 cent refund if not pleased within one hour and notes availability at Yoakum Drug Co.
Beetle control methods cover cucumber beetles blister beetles and grasshoppers. Use methoxychlor or lindane sprays, Chlordane for grasshoppers, with timing at first seedling breakouts and repeated at five to ten day intervals. Grasshopper damage noted on roots and tops. beetle damage on beets carrots and potatoes discussed along with pasture land updates on Kentucky institutional farms.
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH, a powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates to keep false teeth from slipping. It claims the product holds dentures firmly without taste, does not sour, and masks plate odor. RASTERTIC is described as alkaline and non acidic. Available at drug stores.
The report notes tobacco leaves drying under a long drought with growers watching when sales might open. Photographs capture farmers and a crowd as leaf curing and harvest pace slow, with observers noting the scene and awaiting market action. Ada Estes credited for Daily News photos.
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