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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1962
Page
2
An editorial traces Christmas from Puritan bans to modern observance. It notes laws against holiday work, Dutch Saint Nicholas legends, yule logs, and German customs. Despite commercialization debates, the core meaning endures, with individual choice shaping its significance.
A letter réponse discusses Vincent's angina or trench mouth, correcting earlier remarks about kissing and sharing drinking cups. It explains transmission is not a casual contagion, outlines treatment steps including cleaning gums, hydrogen peroxide, and possibly penicillin, and stresses prompt dental care. It also answers reader questions on bunions and athletic impact on female organs, with brief medical guidance.
A scrambled snippet from a 1930s newspaper page offers holiday humor and personal items. It mentions a Chicago arrest for assault and battery, medical notes about cysts and shingles, a request for a pamphlet on shingles, a Disney film premiere scene, a Christmas party, race history mentions, a Texas oil well, teacher resignations, and a Christmas prayer with gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh.
A dense, fragmentary TV schedule listing multiple stations times and programs. It catalogs news anchors, daytime dramas, game shows, children’s programs, religious services, and film features across hours, with numerous named programs and personalities such as Huntley Brinkley Cronkite and Jack Paar.
A veteran recalls Christmas 1944 in a French village while sharing oranges with a girl named Paulette. He notes scarcity in the mess line, the joy of a few oranges, and how Paulette’s eyes lit with wonder at Santa gifts, contrasting wartime hardship with small mercies.
Published day except Sunday and Holidays. Second class postage at Ottawa Kansas. Robert B. Wellington Editor And Publisher. Subscription rates to trade area by mail: one month 85 cents, three months 2 dollars, six months 3.75, one year 7 dollars. Outside trade area by mail: one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00.
TV highlights include Bing Crosby Mary Martin and Andre Previn on Channels 9 and 13 at 9 p.m. Also Andy Griffith Red Skelton Jack Benny and late movie offerings Thunder Over Arizona and New York Town with Fred MacMurray.
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