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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1956
Page
2
In a devotional note from Assembly of God Church, Rev. Jonathan Harral reflects on spring planting as a metaphor for harvest. He cites farmers, gardeners, and bulbs, arguing that what is sown must yield a harvest and often an increase, grounded in biblical law.
Resignations, renovations, and local happenings depicted include Rev. Robert C. Beaman stepping down at First Christian Church, Forester dry goods remodeling completion, and Richard Jones purchasing A B Gilley's tailor shop on Main Street. Also recorded are a frost damage estimate to Wheat, a hotel clerk robbery, and a Wellsville visitor.
A veteran Chicago rabbi and former temple head, Dr G George Fox emeritus of South Shore Hebrew Temple, is praised for his eloquence and role as Marriage Counsellor. He lectures Sundays, shares Bible classes, and supports civic and interdenominational work through the Ministerial Association and YMCA connections.
A scrambled listing of radio station names and program cues dated Monday includes KMBC KMBC-Hour of Decision KTJO News WDAF Henry Taylor WDAF Tele phones and various show titles. The text combines times, call letters, programs, and announcer names in a fragmented schedule excerpt.
A city election in Ottawa Franklin County Kansas will decide issuing internal improvement bonds to cover unpaid costs of street works. Electors may vote NO or YES by cross in a designated square after NO. After adoption the ordinance takes effect and ballots are prepared. The mayor and city clerk certify the notice.
Ordinance 2072 seeks up to 770000 in General Obligation Bonds to fund flood control projects including rights of way, dikes, drains and bridge approaches in Ottawa Kansas. It cites US Army Corps plans and state statutes as authority and notes protection of public and private property from flood damage.
The Kansas congressional delegation voted for Eisenhower vetoed gas production regulation, revealing party fracture. Members increasingly vote for district interests or personal conviction, with parties reduced to committee power and campaign fund influence.
This brief column riffs on public figures and politics with humorous asides. It notes Will Rogers Jr on TV may improve with age and lists presidents named in history, tinged by satire about names, marriage trends, and cultural trends of mid century.
A reader recounts an invitation to Natchez to inspect antebellum homes such as the Elms Monmouth and Longwood. The piece blends nostalgia with humor about avoiding dust testing of furniture, recounting a dust testing incident and the social lesson learned, leading to declining the Natchez trip this month.
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