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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1956
Page
8
Column notes that general interest issues will be discussed and many letters need a personal reply. Every communication must include a self addressed envelope. Anonymous mail is not considered.
A young woman writes about dating a married man for about two years. She discovers he is married and plans to end the affair after learning he has filed for divorce in Texas. She confesses lasting feelings and seeks guidance.
The passage urges personal judgment on whether to trust a partner who may have concealed prior marriage. It discusses evaluating honesty, fear of loss, and the importance of the partner revealing the truth, while considering whether a married life could be happy if deceit is likely. It frames the decision as a self risk assessment rather than legal guidance.
Extracts from a column replying to readers on marriage law waiting periods for divorce beauty school education and locations in Kansas and wool sweater care and veterinary training details. The advice notes a one year waiting period after divorce unless cruelty grounds permits remarriage and lists Dodge City Salina Wichita as beauty school locales with an eighth grade education required. It also explains sweater shrinkage causes and stretching methods and outlines veterinary training consisting of two years college work plus four years at an accredited school with a one year internship, noting good opportunities due to stock demand.
Emporia State College granted degrees to 421 graduates yesterday at commencement exercises held in the Civic Auditorium. The ceremony featured the conferral of various bachelor and master degrees as educators and citizens celebrated the new graduates.
In Leamington England a midget deer about two feet tall leaps through streets and gardens. A resident watched it sail over a five foot fence and vanish among radishes. RSPCA inspector Harry Lightbrown calls origin a mystery while noting normal-sized herds nearby. Drought may have driven the small deer into the city.
John W. Summers, 39, a former Kan san and once a lieutenant colonel in the Army, faces forgery charges after allegedly fronting $10,000 in payroll checks. He admitted spending about $7,000 on horse racing, drinking, and women, while working as a bookkeeper earning $96.80 weekly.
A fragment indicates a person named Summers told police his estranged wife and two children live in Hutchinson at a grain elevator operated by his father. The text mentions Chicago Asbestos manufacturing Co. and references last July.
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