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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1955
Page
7
Column suggests buying books as gifts to dodge dull TV lulls and keep active. It lists playful, satirical and serious titles tied to famous names and figures from Eisenhower to Truman, Churchill to McCarthy, aiming to spark discussion and curiosity this holiday season.
A fragmented clipping lists mock bill collector lines and cheeky slogans followed by oblique references to titles such as All Through the Night and The Prophet. The passage pairs each line with a presumptive “you” in a playful catalog of phrases about wives neighbors drivers and a jockey.
Central schoolhouse hosted a Busy Bee potluck on December 4 with families and members, marking 1956 gift draws and mystery pals. Attendees included local families and guests such as Rev. Sackman and the Martins. News notes cover visits, shopping trips, illnesses, and school activities in Princeton and nearby towns, with several residents traveling to Kansas City and Lawrence. Buganda is described as Uganda’s largest, wealthiest, and most independent province.
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