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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1957
Page
6
A Minneapolis physician says most motion sickness can be prevented and drugs help when prevention fails. Keep the head steady by using a headrest or pillows and focus on the horizon rather than rapidly passing objects. Reading large print and looking away periodically helps, and air travelers should sit on the right side to minimize symptoms.
New statewide program in Kansas screens schoolchildren with comprehensive eye exams beyond the Snellen chart. Volunteer teachers mothers and high school students assist in screening 1200 children and identify over 300 with previously undetected vision problems including nearsightedness farsightedness astigmatism depth perception issues one eyed vision and glaucoma.
New York report credits housewives with improved cancer detection leading to 19 000 women saved this year as they distinguish reliable information from false remedies. Regular checkups and guidance from the American Cancer Society reduce women’s mortality from malignant tumors, narrowing the gap with men.
NEW YORK The oldest annuitant on file with U S life insurers celebrated her 104th birthday. Miss Sarah A. Walker born March 30 1853 Wayland Iowa now resides in Los Angeles has received 2 50 for each 1 invested in 1919 when she was 65 She bought three small annuities to supplement income and has drawn checks for 38 years About 600 annuitants have reached 95 with 40 centenarians on record.
Palladium, a platinum group metal, resembles platinum in appearance and strength but weighs about half as much. Its lightness makes it advantageous for large jewelry pieces and certain applications.
A group of friends tease Dan Kendall about expanding his family after Ellen announces a pregnancy. Dan, once keeping to self sufficiency and farming aims, surprises everyone by fully stocking a nursery in his home with gear and gadgets, revealing a shift to “soft father” status as Ellen goes to the hospital for delivery.
A young woman arrives in the city seeking work after hardship in her hometown. She competes with two other hopefuls for a filing and typing job at a firm. A slim blonde colleague reveals her own struggles with a vanished husband and child, while the narrator earns a chance when Mr. Crawford redraws an opening for the substitute switchboard operator.
The narrator recalls APA resisting a costly television set, then conceding after steady pressure from family members. After purchasing a small, reliable set, the crew adapts to nightly viewing, despite initial resistance and a few tube failures which were funded by Mama's egg money. In time, the family accepts TV as both educational and entertaining.
In a rural town Rev. Samuel Bing preaches on human kindness drawing mix of praise and grumbling from men at the country store. A hornet incident leads to a pro fan outburst by Hi Peterson and a marked clash over worldly wit versus gospel restraint.
Dick Travis, living in a motel after his mother's death, rekindles a childhood bond with Joan Secord. A wayward cat drives them together as Dick admits love and asks for marriage, choosing Joan as his partner as the crimson rose The Princess blooms in their shared garden.
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