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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1955
Page
2
The notice lists subscription pricing by mail for Jefferson County and adjoining counties, with rates for six months, three months, and yearly options inside and outside a 250 mile radius. It references The Associated Press credit and publication standards.
A compact 19th century style reflection quotes I Chronicles praising steady service and hearing wisdom. It argues happiness is not fixed by fate but within human control and cites Thomas Jefferson as a model for approaching perfection.
A 1955 editorial argues nuclear superiority and testing are essential to deter Communists. It criticizes Nehru and allied critics for seeking a peace-at-all-costs stance, insists on keeping Western pacts and testing to sustain leverage against Moscow and Peiping, and urges measured diplomacy alongside strength.
Crossword style clues list mixed. Reads like a grid of across and down hints for edible fish, fishing grounds, musical solos, merited items, titles, snaky shapes, metal beard rocks, comforts, slighting, glacial snow, war god, Boston fish, assists, Greek letters, fly, trig functions, female relative, chant, revision, porch, short sleep, grab, gloo dean, sponsors, wipe out, used to preserve fish, confidence, go astray, Hebrew month, vegetables, legal matters, watches, weight, mind, region, tears, communion plate, slippery fish, elevated, modern Persia, boredom, trial period, Ireland, imitated, fancy, French seaport, contenders, container, Roman poet, exhumes.
A compact clue list with definitions and word lengths guiding solving. Includes terms like ooze perfume wild ass lightweigh paper portends burst forth fishing place measure of land Egyptian river on the ocean fish essential being and trade-lasts abbreviated.
Dr Jordan explains meningitis varieties including meningococcus pneumococcal and tuberculous types. He notes most forms are contagious but treatable today with penicillin sulfa drugs and serums and cites improved infant outcomes with influenza meningitis and antibiotics.
The text advises a married daughter should introduce her mother with the mother's name, noting redundancy when mother and daughter share a name. It also states the tallest Egyptian pyramid stands about 450 feet high.
Shiloh area residents share visits across towns and states including Mt Vernon guests of Mr Harry Piercy and Mr Mrs Claude Piercy. Clifford Wilson and son and Earl Cralley call on Jerry Isaac who is recovering from a broken leg. Emma Cralley returns home in MacLeansboro after hospital stay. Horace Huddle and son Horace Jr travel from Coral Gables Florida to visit Shiloh friends and relatives. Lieut Col Jackson Moss and family also visit with local residents.
A child reports his class will split into two divisions with one for backward readers, then notes no student can read backwards. In New York state twenty nine of every one hundred workers are factory workers, above the national average of twenty five per cent.
World Briefs reports Tokyo seeking a second 100 million dollar surplus food agreement with the United States for the fiscal year starting July 1. Seoul notes air force will receive its first five U S Sabre Jets on loan. Berlin outlines Operation Kinderlift moving 336 Soviet zone refugee children by rail to West Germany. Tokyo to receive Siberian lumber in exchange for a repair contract on a Soviet freighter. Okinawa spending lifts Ryukyuan imports with 77.4 percent financed by U S forces, highlighting a $48.454 million primary income for the Ryukyuan government.
Mt. Vernon sub district MYF group met at New Shiloh church last Monday night with strong attendance. Rev Obediah Hensen of Nenia delivered the message recounting experiences in Korea.
Mrs J H Lance writes she weighed 316 lbs and now 170 lbs after using Rennel Concentrate for over a year. She says health improved and she hopes to maintain weight though her husband warns against further loss. The ad touts inexpensive Rennel and a money back guarantee with the first bottle.
Roy L. Smith explores the mastery of spiritual life using biblical references and psychological insights. He argues that results come from cooperation with God's law and that genuine growth follows from confessing, testifying, and acting on faith. The piece reflects on finding strength in trials and tracing moments of peak character to reproduce them.
New Mexico possesses the only sanendal park entirely under ground at Canishad Caverns, a site tied to unique geological features and public access.
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