Memorial Day then and now in American memory
The piece traces Memorial Day from its Civil War parade roots with veterans, schoolchildren, banners, and drums to modern observances at cemeteries. It notes Arlington National Cemetery as a continual memorial where a sentry guards the unknown dead, symbolizing enduring remembrance in a changing world.
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John Bunny
Flora Finch
J. Warren Kerrigan
Maurice Costello
G. M. Anderson
Shiloh
Gettysburg
America
Arlington Cemetery
Regional ileitis inflammatory gut explained by Dr Molner
Dr Joseph Molner explains regional ileitis or regional enteritis as inflammation of the ileum near the colon. Causes may include infection allergy and mechanical irritation with hereditary tendencies. Symptoms include abdominal pain diarrhea or constipation appetite loss weight fever and possible bowel obstruction. Treatment ranges from conservative care to surgery, with drugs to control symptoms and steroids sometimes helpful, and diet strongly advised.
Memorial Day speaker named for Pomona church
R R Redmond was announced as Memorial Day speaker at Pomona Methodist Church. Other notes mention a local operation on Merle McGregor, 14, and Wilma Woodburn leading 16 Ottawa Girl Scouts camping at Conard Park. A new manganese steel safe weighing 5 tons arrived at Franklin County State Bank.
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R. R. Redmond
Pomona Methodist Church
Wilma Woodburn
Ottawa Girl Scouts
Conard Park
Franklin County State Bank
Memo to readers on politics and catalogs of lists
A satirical column notes how Congress shifts memberships every five years, jokes about Memorial Day mirroring public roasts, and pokes fun at a mail order catalog listing prices for lists of professionals and institutions. It contrasts aging politicians with aging fashion and recalls plains women fearing scalping from earlier eras.
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Congress
Defense Department
Television Schedule Dense Nightline Card
A fragmented OCR style TV timetable lists a long night of programs across channels with many show titles, hosts, and times. It includes Bandstand Mickey Mouse News Sports and Westerns such as Wagon Train Rawhide Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel, plus news, weather, cartoons, and featurettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pps
Mickey Mousy
Gordon Elliott
Traffic light saves motorists in Palisades slide
In Santa Monica California AP reports a red traffic signal stopped 50 motorists on U S 101 as a 600 ton rock and earth slide from a 250 foot Palisades bluff roared down Friday. The slide blocked all lanes except a southbound parking lane with rubble up to eight feet deep preserving lives.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades
U.S. 101
Many Visit Cemetery At Fort Scott
Fort Scott Kansas workers maintain National Cemetery open since 1862. The site hosts 4174 available graves of 6902 total with 126 Unknown markers. Veterans from Indian wars to Korea lie there, with Memorial Day services attracting hundreds. Relatives are invited by the Chamber of Commerce for the ceremony coordinated by American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Vetterang
Kansas
Ft. Leavenworth
Congress
Mound City
Baxter Springs
O. C. Crawford
Crawford
National Cemetery
The
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa paper subscription rates and editors listed
Local publication details show the newspaper edited by Guy Snedaker in Ottawa Kansas with post central listing. Subscriptions by mail vary by trade area and outside trade, with prices quoted for one month three months six months and one year.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Robert AB
Wellington
Guy Snedaker
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George Anderson
Glenn Blair
Lincoln and
Russel Couties
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Christ
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Harry Truman
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NBC
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Rawhide
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Aaa
Ellery Quenae Disney
Topeka H.S
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Tombstone
Phil Silver
Playhous
Death Valley
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Dee Nelson
Jack Paar Gane
Mee Cate
Heckle
Heckle-J'kie
Heckle J
Cartoonland
True
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Dick Clark
Perry Como
Jubilee
Wanted
Dr. Peale
Homestead
Christopher
Ito
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College Bow
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Miss Brooks
Winchell
News
TBA
Steve Allen
J. Benny
P—Alaverick
Ed Sullivan
Ed Sulivan
N. Y
Lawman
G-E Theatre
Ase
Alf
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Loretta Young
Rich
Diam
Diam'd
Sea Hunt
McGrew
Theatre
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Take
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Daily Word
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Love Lucy
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Queen
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Payott
Roo
Gale Stor
S—Amos
Andy
Neva Selp
Restless Gun
Texan
Wells-Fargo
Pete Guan
Danny Thomas
Firestone
A. Sothern
A. Southern
Art Murray
Playhouse
Rescue
Weather
Sam Molen
Jack Paar
Murder Tillarga
Dev Nelson
Paar
Iger
Ottawa Herald
KOFO
People's Exchange
Garnett
Kofo Karavan
Ma Karavan
Bill Ding
Hubbard Lumber
Kansas City Power & Light Company
South Main Street
Peoples National Bank
Second and Main Streets
Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City
Missouri
Paola
C. D. Lyman
South District
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