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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
2
Page Four editorial discusses Kansas bumper wheat harvest and government loan stock as Uncle Sam owns much of it. It cites McPherson Republican criticism of farm price supports and taxes, urging a shift to diversified farming to ready for possible loss of wheat subsidies.
A devotional note dated Tuesday June 30 1959 prays to stay in liberty given by Christ and to cast off selfish desires. The speaker asks God to help believers pursue fuller freedom in Jesus, closing in His name.
From Our Readers warns travelers to avoid Ottawa citing hidden officers along roads and trap tactics. The writer claims out-of-state plates face harsher treatment and recounts being arrested for speeding on East Logan with a $10 coffee fund payoff.
This account describes Sarajevo as a hillside city in Bosnia with mosques and minarets, markets and crafts, modern apartments postwar, and a cafe scene at five. It recalls the 1914 Archduke assassination nearby, noting Princip and the plaque marking the spot. The piece contrasts old Ottoman and Austrian influences with new Communist-era life.
The fragment lists numerous programs across channels with times from early morning to late night. It includes news, sports, dramas, games, soaps, and children's shows, with titles like Dragnet, Bonanza, I Love Lucy, The Price Is Right, and The Tonight Show era pacing.
Dear Dr. Mother answers a reader about moles and freckles on the face and back. He explains moles arise from pigment buildup, vary in color and hair, and are usually harmless. Surgical removal is simple when moles are disfiguring or in friction areas or if a mole changes rapidly in size or color.
The piece explains freckles form from ultraviolet light unlike moles and often fade in winter. It notes no proven remedies work well and sun protection may slow freckling. Also mentions a 23 year old anecdote about sunscreen impact and a list of local notices including a railway worker transfer and a death in Denver.
Mr and Mrs L L Gerhold and Bonnie returned from a three week vacation in Montana. Mr and Mrs Garland Robbins and family from Caney visited Mrs Maude Wait, who had been visiting them and were brought home. Mrs Lena Nolte visited the Charles Payne family in Saint Joseph Missouri.
Mary Lucille Castro of Garden City was a weekend guest at the Sandy Sims home. Porter Smith of Town visited Mr. and Mrs. Furman Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Porter attended the Charley Melvins 50th wedding anniversary in Neosho Falls. Mrs. Tospy Johnson, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pough, went to Oklahoma City. Clarence Gault home welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gault of Wichita and Mr. Leonard Weber of Westphalia. Mrs. Guy Reichard traveled to Salina to be with her hospitalized mother Mabel Weaver. The Raymond Colemans of Warrensburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dietrich. Mrs. Lena Brummel and George Haat hosted St Therese Pismocle Club at the church basement. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brunt and son Bob Pharr of Tex. called at the Goeldner Kuiken home. Billy Chandler fell and broke his right arm recently. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiesner visited their daughter Sister Emerentia in Paola. The Bert Newlands of Deming, N. M. visited her father Harry Cram.
The notice outlines delivery rules excluding Sundays and holidays, mentions Rupert B in Wellington and editor Guy Snedaker. It lists subscription rates by mail: one month 85 cents, three months 4.00, six months 3.75, one year 7.00 within trade area, and outside trade area one month 1.60, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00.
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