Move Ahead in the Sixties From the Country Store
Letter writers joke about a new economic system and rising prices as they discuss moving ahead in the sixties. They mock itemized bills, taxes, and youth delinquency while praising gradual progress in various fields at a rural gathering.
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America
Ed Doolittle
Clem Webster
Zeke Grubb
Zeke
Department of Agriculture
Bug Hookum
Josh Clodhopper
Josh
Fear and Faith Overcome Nighttime Fear
A little girl wakes terrified by imagined bears and is calmed by her brother. The piece urges that fear is a harsh force, but the Bible offers power, love, and a sound mind to overcome it, with reassurance that God stays awake to watch over us and to say Fear not only believe.
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Mel
Comet
Jess
Untitled piece on money glamor and farming in sixties
A letter to the editor praising flashy money and glamor while noting Ike returns to his farm. The writer compares farming to war and predicts Eisenhower’s happiness tending crops for Uncle Sam in the transition to the sixties.
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Ike
Local Readers Supported by Franklin County Advertisers
YOURE NEWSPAPER thanks readers for supporting the community paper funded largely by advertising from local business firms. The note urges continued patronage to sustain coverage of Franklin County people and activities.
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Franklin County
Jest and Fun Dialogs on Free Fights and Society
A string of humorous exchanges features Irish and Scotch references about free fights and friendships. Jokes cover cooking school, cleaner minds, perfect citizens, single adults and tax humor, plus a detective’s idea of a perfect crime and a brisk jab at Mrs Newcombe’s social standing.
Blond flapper visits hospital after auto wreck
A blond flapper arrives at the hospital the day after an auto accident to see the wounded young man and give him a kiss he had been hoping for. A humorous sequence of quick dialogue follows with playful lines about love and clever girlfriends.
Childlike pleas echo in a bustling transit scene
muttering crowds fill the station as a small boy recites a parody of a prayer thanking Harold and asking for jelly bread, while another child quotes a petition asking to be led away from Penn Station in a playful urban moment.
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Harold
New York
Penn Station
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