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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1958
Page
2
The editorial argues Franklin County should replace its 1893 courthouse, noting heat and cooling inefficiencies and wasted space. It suggests a modern combined city county building housing jail, sheriff, and police offices for greater efficiency, despite higher initial cost. It cites Kansas trends with 14 new courthouses built in the past decade.
In Ottawa, locals wonder what changes will come as river management advances. Mary’s repeated outbursts flank concerns as river levels rise and business slows, leaving questions about future improvements and daily life.
An odd old coot among our acquaintances boasts of nothing. Democracy prevails in 47 states though Arkansas shows rising bigotry. Nations resist American influence yet fail to see native soda pop sales by Marines. Discontinued town bug spray spurs protest funds. Strip teasers shift to male participation and belts migrate to cloth. A major drug firm executive murder in Indianapolis hints at deeper crime. The Federal Budget Bureau could use a neighbor. A vacation return brings five children 13 cents and 1 1/2 gallons of gas.
Auld Lang Syne item recalls W H Dad Martin supplying watermelons for relief workers paid with checks. Mrs Joe Deering of 816 N Mulberry fractured her left foot in a porch fall. City hall issued a permit for a new home at 394.5 Maple for Mr and Mrs C T Wallace. W M Akers installs a dormer on Tremont. Miss Lucy Forbes buys a new piano. bbure and Son plan residence at 10th and Main for C D Vincent.
Dear Dr Molner explains ganglions as tendon cysts common in the wrist, often painless but sometimes enlarging. Surgery offers a cure with the cyst removed, while aspiration helps some cases. The piece also covers blood type fear, Epsom salts uses, and offers a diabetes booklet with a self-addressed stamped envelope for readers.
A prayer asks for daily care guidance and faithful response. It emphasizes trust love and obedience under God in the Saviour's name Amen.
Television and NBC CBS ABC and more list a dense, fragmented schedule with channel numbers, program titles, and time slots across the evening including news, serials, cartoons, and movies. The OCR mixes call signs with show names like Dotto, Wagon Train, Mickey Mouse, Theatre, News, and late-night offerings, creating a snapshot of a network programming grid.
Gloria Safier leads a high profile restaurant venture in New York with 62 partners from theater, film, and media. The venture launched with 50000 dollars, stockholder contributions ranged from 100 to 10000 each, aiming to blend glamour with profit.
Crawford Manufacturing Co will move its plant from Kansas City to Emporia with operations starting August 1, 1959. Linwood G. Jones, manager, cites lower costs and a 10 acre site on the Santa Fe, near new building completion. Fairfax plant employs 150 people. parent plant is in Richmond Virginia.
In Shullsburg Wisconsin I street signs offer virtues including Virtue Justice Truth Judgment Mercy Peace Wisdom Faith and Charity as playful reminders in the old lead mining town.
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