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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1958
Page
2
Editorial argues only about 20 percent of eligible voters participate in the coming city commission race and roughly 15 percent in the general election. It labels this a sad commentary on democracy and urges residents to vote to cause a broader citizen-led Ottawa.
A reader laments the beer nuisance and litter from taverns and ads in Ottawa. The letter argues against beer advertising, calls for paper cleanup, and quotes scripture to oppose drinking and tavern influence, signed by E Hughes and Mrs A T.
Daily Lent devotion reflects on Matthew 5 6 and 11 Corinthians 5 20 calling Christians to hunger for righteousness to serve as ambassadors for Christ. It urges spiritual unease as a test of fitness, seeks forgiveness, and prays for guidance in living as God’s children with peace and mercy. Ottilia de C Chaves Brazil.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for in area and outside trade area. In area rates are one month eighty five cents, three months two dollars, six months three dollars and seventy five cents, one year seven dollars. Outside trade area rates are one month one dollar, three months three dollars, six months five dollars and fifty cents, one year ten dollars.
The piece muses on whether a second family car should be a small foreign model or a $200 clunker, noting the primary car is reserved for the wife. It then comments on citrus price rises in Florida, a misnamed railway reach, folk remedies for winter livening blood, and the Vanguard missile name critique.
Television programs listed include Firestone Danny Thomas The Bride Welk Studio One Silent Service and 4-8raphion. A commentary critiques modern youth loss of language interest and the allure of Las Vegas Cadillacs. It notes semi English, rock n roll and hot rod influences amid a backdrop of leisure and media culture.
A menagerie of radio listings, names and times from a Williamsburg area page. Dr G K Jones opens a home office after 49 years practice. C F Crain reports a glass nest egg stolen. Supt G H Marshall visits Garnett to discuss teaching points with high school students. Historical brief notes mention trips, horse sale at Topeka and Jackdaw trotting horse details.
A miscellaneous local page gathers humor lines from papers like Hays News and El Dorado Times. It notes jokes about fixed pipes, teens, space travel, and costs of postwar policy, with brief mentions of TV listings and radio programs. The item blends clipped quotes, cartoons, and schedule fragments without a single cohesive story.
A reader asks if taking 14 bottles of a salt aspirin vitamin remedy could be habit forming. Dr Molner confirms ordinary aspirin helps arthritis, warns it cannot cure the disease, and urges affordability and reliance on established aspirin for relief. He notes many people feel better after small, ordinary doses and cautions about overhyping patent remedies.
In Reynoldsburg a laundry truck driver found $811 in a coat pocket and returned it within an hour to Mrs. Lawrence Reis, the owner, keeping her family from a financial loss as the week’s pay was recovered.
In Grove City Ohio the village council faced a 25 minute silent session that reflected division over a new contract. The meeting showed public dissent as members split on terms and potential outcomes for the deal.
Councilmen rejected calls to end the session but finally passed a motion to adjourn. The councilman who moved to adjourn then submitted his resignation as he left the room.
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