Franklin County Fair marks 94th annual Ottawa event
From Our Readers The Fair highlights Ottawa’s long standing tradition, with plans since 1953 to relocate to 16 acres near town in 1958. The Kansas National Guard Armory now sits on donated land, reducing rent costs while hosting events. Rodeo assets purchased for profit, livestock pavilion built, and rodeo seen as future main attraction. President Martin Dickinson urges attendance and notes financials and growth.
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Fair Board
Park
Kansas National Guard
National Guard
Kansas
Martin Dickinson
Franklin County Fair Board
Gall Stone Surgery Discussed By Dr Molner
Gall bladder disturbances are common and sometimes stones can be removed while leaving the gall bladder, but often the gall bladder is damaged and removal is safer. If stones remain in the duct they can cause severe pain or infection and may lead to emergency surgery or cancer of the gall bladder. Postoperative diets vary. many tolerate full meals, others benefit from smaller, more frequent meals and avoiding fats.
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Joseph G. Molner
W.E.R
Those Power Casters and the Weight of Tips
A humorous critique of unnecessary car accessories and social pretensions. It humorously critiques unions, gambling, editors, and prepositions while poking at practicalities and daily life. The piece weaves through scenes of parking aids, strikes, coffee breaks, neighbors and detours with sharp wit.
Auld Lang Syne 25 Years Ago Highlights Local News
A son was born to Mr and Mrs J B Dove at Beech. Mrs Mary A Davis of 840 W 5th fractured her hip after falling into a ditch. Vertice Wilson and Leroy Haley bought the Royal Barber Shop at 312 S Main. Ed Van Osdell, now Santa Fe yardmaster, tried out with the Gormly band as a bass horn player. B E Head died at his home eight miles northwest of Ottawa. he was a well known local farmer. Mr and Mrs William Bower and sons Ross and Ralph with Miss Nellie Teague visited the west coast for a vacation.
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Ed van Osdell
Santa Fe
Gormly Band
B. E. Head
Ottawa
William Bower
Ross
Ralph
Nellie Teague
West Coast
Prayer for Today Confidence and Healing in Faith
A devotional prayer asking guidance and strength from the Lord through Jesus Christ. It thanks God for hearing prayers and seeks forgiveness, healing of mind body and spirit, requesting daily help and renewal.
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Jesus Christ
Ottawa Herald brief masthead fragment
The Ottawa Herald listing shows publication details at 106 108 S Main with note on second class mail in Ottawa Kansas. It lists editor Robert B Wellington publisher Guy Snedaker and subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month 85 cents three months two dollars six months eight dollars and seventy five cents one year seven dollars.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Kas
Robert B. Wellington
Guy Snédaker
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Castro To Judge Urrutia On Treason Case
In Havana the treason charge filed by a private citizen against former President Manuel Urrutia was referred to Fidel Castro s Cabinet. Supreme Court Judge Julio Garceran de Val ordered the transfer from the court to the Cabinet. Castro would preside as judge in the case tied to his earlier leadership of the revolutionary government.
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Havana
Manuel Urrutia
Fidel Castro
Supreme Court
Julio Garceran de Val
Castro
Officer Sacrifices Patrol Car To Save Freeway Traffic
Los Angeles AP report: Patrolman Norman Judd leaped into his patrol car parked on an embankment as a gravel truck began sliding onto the Harbor Freeway. He braked, stopping the truck before a major collision in the five southbound lanes, after halting to question the disabled driver.
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Los Angeles
Harbor Freeway
Norman Judd
Judd
Television Lineup Wednesday Night Schedule
A dense listing of TV programs across channels with times and titles from 5:00 to 12:05 am. The grid includes 9 bandstand, news, weather, sports, dramas, comedies, variety shows, and late news segments featuring hosts and guests. several entries reference classic shows and performers such as Mickey Mouse, Ozzie and Harriet, Donna Reed, Bandstand, and Harvey.
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Bat Mast
Bettye Miller
Donna Reed
G. Lombardo
Patr
Betty Miller
Jack Paar
Dev Nelson
Social notes and visits from Richmond area
MABEL CHANDLER reports a string of visits and familiares across the region. Ralph Cooper of Enid and Claude Cooper’s family host and travel between Lawrence and Ponca City. Dozens of relatives and friends from Kansas City, Udall, East St. Louis, Pueblo, Chicago, Gardner, Shawnee, Caney, Emporia, Topeka and more are mentioned visiting kin or staying with local families, plus a birth announced in July Gail Geraldine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Orton in St. Louis.
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Ralph Cooper
Enid
Okla
Claude
John Lists
George Glovers
Lawrence
Becky
Linda Steichen
Ponca City
Joe
Milcfest
Dan Smith
Udall
Alma Bastin
Abe Severns
Ray Palmers
Kansas City
W. C. Carpenters
Friendly Circle
Walter Lankard
Frank Bélangy
Oregon
Ella Baldwin
Grace
East St. Louis
Inl
Clara Lowman
Fueblo
Colo
A. C. Croziers
Leroy Casper
Jim Orton
St. Louis
Gail Geraldine
Maude Tippin
Anthony Nilges
Aurora
Raymond Mersman
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Adrian Pickett
Chicago
Vernon Picketts
Gardner
Charles Miller
Shawnee
al Picketts
William Ibson
San Bernardino
Calif
Forest Price
Harold Robertson
Sim Oéestriecher
Olathe
Jack Smith
Caney
Robert Murray
Emporia
J. R. Smithheislar
Bert Moherman
Smithheislars
Alfred Sigler
Harry Rash
Thayer
Fred Rocker
Larry
Ed Webers
Vera Rocker
Denver
Larry Anderson
Topeka
Clyde Berrys
National Guard
Floid Lawton
Prairie Village
Orie Higdon
No June Baby Has Become President
AP report of presidential birth months and records, noting June births have not produced a president. Highlights include James as common first name, John and Hiram as real names, Theodor Roosevelt as youngest president, Virginia and Ohio as top birth states, and Freemasonry among presidents.
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New York
White House
James Buchanan
James
U.S. Grant
Hiram
Hiram Ulysses
Ulysses Simpson Grant
West Point
Calvin Coolidge
John
Grover Cleveland
Stephen
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas
James A. Garfield
John Adams
Thomas Vettersen
Virginia
U.S
Ohio
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