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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1957
Page
2
A writer warns of modernized 19th century streets with chrome, glass, and neon, while Ottawa's Main Street offers a counterpoint. The forthcoming First National Bank building at 2nd and Main is seen as a symbol of faith and prosperity, signaling hopeful renewal for Ottawa’s business district.
A reader praises The Herald editorial direction and urges constructive, signed letters. The writer cites James Bryce on local democracy, defends city government, warns against cynicism toward politics, and calls for honest criticism to sustain free government. ED welcomes signed opinions on general topics.
The letters debate a quoted Emerson saying about selling goods and building chairs or organs. Readers dispute authorship, attributing the quote to Hubbard instead. A Constant Reader asks for precise sourcing.
A correspondent catalogs odd basement jumble including ten fountain pens some usable some not, a large broken jug, old termite damaged Etudes, six golf shirts with holes, a dusted book on East Indian philosophy, dozen gallon jars, lumber, a broken phonograph museum piece, and pictures from school days plus unused pine cone boxes.
A column pieces together mixed quotations from Emerson and Foss, notes on misattribution, and a local crop and life items. The Herald records a cabbage head 2 feet 10 inches in circumference weighing 14 1/2 pounds and a 12 by 12 inch cucumber, plus a birth, a church ice cream social, a late train, a horse death at age 30, corn on a terrace, and light quips on weather and parenting.
A devotional prayer invoking Heavenly Father to grant divine wisdom and fellowship with Christ. The speaker asks guidance to seek the most precious treasure beyond earthly riches, closing in Jesus name.
A chaotic OCR style listing shows NBC CBS ABC and local scenes with times 6:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. including programs like The Price Is Right Truth or Consequences Romper Room Love of Life Guiding Light and The Edge of Night among others with multiple repeats and cross channel mentions. The text reads like a station lineup with show titles and approximate times and includes errors and misreads from the source.
A clipped transcript shows a July evening radio schedule with time blocks and station names. Programs include WDAF News KTJO FM musical segments and The Laughing program lineup featuring Amos and Andy and Laymann’s Hour, among others. The snippet lists host names such as Rusty Draper Bob Sanders and J Q Lewis, plus ongoing music and news segments across stations WDAF KCMO KTJO and KCNO.
Lions Club members and families shared a buffet at the Annex on Monday evening. Local residents noted visits and travels including Rev Cecil Orr and his wife visiting his mother in Iola. Families including Hahners and Collinses were mentioned with hospital and surgery updates.
Edith L a shy high school junior seeks popularity. Dr George W Crane outlines simple psychology rules to win friends using a smile and light conversation to overcome fear and make others feel important.
A brief ad urges readers to request Dr. Crane’s booklet How to Become a Popular Conversationalist by mail, promising simple methods used by stage magicians and street merchants. The notice instructs sending a stamped return envelope and 20 cents to Dr. Crane in care of The Hopkins Syndicate, Melott, Ind.
At the Kansas Industrial Development Commission meeting John Sticher described regional drives to attract industry. The Southwest Kansas Petro chemical Council aims to lure chemical concerns that use oil and gas products. The new Mid-America group is pushing industrial development in southeast Kansas.
Roy Noyes, owner of an imported telescope, reported a break at Painted Canyon in the Badlands. A thief used a hacksaw to cut the instrument from its base in a stone wall and steal the $750 telescope.
The Ottawa Herald shows subscription rates for trade area and outside trade area. In the trade area by mail one month eighty five cents three months two dollars six months three dollars seventy five cents one year seven dollars. Outside trade area by mail one month one dollar three months three dollars six months five dollars fifty cents one year ten dollars.
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