Mount Vernon paper subscription rates and mailing note
The notice lists subscription pricing and delivery details for Mount Vernon Illinois and surrounding areas. It sets rates by mail within Jefferson County and neighboring counties, outside 250 miles, and city carrier delivery, including annual, semi annual, quarterly, and monthly terms. It notes second class mail status and the paper’s publication origin.
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Jefferson
Show Your Colors Editorial on Flag Day and Ike’s World View
A newspaper editorial reflects on Flag Day origins from the 1818 congressional resolution, marking June 14 as a time to show colors. It then argues President Eisenhower’s foreign aid goals go beyond military support, urging Western unity, reduced trade barriers, and education initiatives to promote freedom and cultural respect worldwide.
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Baylor University
Texas
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Paris
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India
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MANNERS In flying etiquette and the warning against corrections
The passage argues that correcting others grammar or pronunciation is disrespectful unless in a classroom. It notes corrections between spouses and parents and children are in poor taste when others are present. A subsequent line discusses death rates per billion passenger miles of dementia penetrated airline operation.
Across and Word Fragments in a Puzzle Grid
A compilation of crossword style clues with numbered entries and several garbled fragments from OCR. The list includes citrus terms, fruit types, church roles, and various abbreviations, interwoven with illegible segments and stray letters. The passage reads as a puzzle page, not a cohesive narrative, containing scattered hints and incomplete word forms.
Barbs by Hal Cochran urges simple pleasures this season
The column opines that ambition prompts searching for comfort, living well justifies costs, and people envy others' troubles. It jokes that kids will grab for straw in an ice cream soda, while planting a grand flower garden provides bundled pleasure.
Talking Pig Teaches Taciturn Maine Farmer a Lesson
A Maine farmer kept a talking pig for two years without announcing it. A Boston visitor questioned the uncanny ability, and the farmer explained he hoped the pig would outgrow the talent, eliciting surprised laughter.
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Maine
Vaccine questions on polio and hiccups answered by Dr. Jordan
Dr. Jordan explains that multiple polio types can infect a person and vaccination may be wise if resistance to all three viruses is not strong. He notes persistent hiccups may signal serious illness and outlines potential treatments, including nerve injections in difficult cases.
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Edwin P. Jordan
NEA
Indonesia
Achmed Sukarno
Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood
Joshua Logan
Logan
Sukarno
Marilyn
New York
International Soundphoto
Tourist Sees Another Light on Carotid Sinus Syndrome
A reader describes carotid sinus syndrome with dizziness and fainting from nerve bundle overactivity in the neck artery. Attacks may occur without cause or after emotional stress, often with low blood pressure. Mild cases respond to careful atropine use. serious cases may require surgery. A reader asks about alcohol with ulcers. the answer is none.
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H. M
L. H
J. M
Weekly Q and A column from Dr Jordan readers
Dr Jordan explains he cannot answer each reader question individually. Each week he will select and address the most interesting and most frequently asked questions received during the week in a dedicated Q and A column.
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Dr. Jordan
Accidents and Injuries Drop on Mt Vernon Streets
May traffic data for Mt Vernon shows 26 autos involved in accidents and two injuries, down from 30 incidents and three injuries in May last year. Through five months of 1956, 141 accidents and 18 injuries, with one fatal incident to date, reflect a slight year to date decline. Police report rising arrests after accidents, 23 in May versus 19 a year ago, and 86 arrests in the first five months of 1956 versus 81 in 1955. Also noted are context facts on federal employees in Colorado and birth-death excess in Mexico.
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Mt. Vernon
Police Department
Muriel Lawrence on Right Diet for Spastic Colon
A reader asks what irritable bowel, or spastic colon, is and how to manage it. The piece explains that true inflammation is absent, symptoms rise with emotional strain, and treatment centers on a bland cooked diet, avoiding laxatives, and addressing health and stress.
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Mrs. C
ASCAP Founded in 1914 Name and purpose
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers was organized in 1914. Clouds change shape because warmer air evaporates moisture from parts of the cloud not saturated. The Armenians, Christian since AD 301, first set up a Christian state. Earliest butter churns were goatskin bags with the hair side out. Only 531 electors vote directly for president. Electoral College per state equals its senators and representatives.
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ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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