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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

05 Dec 1950

Page 8

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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1950

Page

8

Southern Illinois town names reveal humorous origin tales

A study by Dr. J. W. Harris of Southern Illinois University tracks comic and odd histories behind town names such as Schoharrie Prairie Mascoutah Carrier Mills Grand Tower Eldorado Cobden and many others. It traces humor legends from Vigilantes in Prairie to bewitching beaks of Devil's Backbone and the influence of mining patches and traders shaping local place names.

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Library of Congress Southern Illinois J. W. Harris Southern Illinois University Echoharrie Prairie Williamson County Prairie Harry Schoharrie Prairie Harris Schoharrie New York State Mascoutah Mechanicsburg Honey Bend Makande Billy Andy Markanda Mary Verkanda Illinois Jeffersonville Johnston City Attila Blairsville Crab Orchard Fergestown Eaton Raddle Jugtown Wolf Lake Pistol City Jamestown Carrier Mills Slyboots Grand Tower Tower Rock Missouri Mississippi Union Saline County Elderedo Samuel Elder Joseph Reed Cobden South Pass Richard Cobden United States Illinois Central Railroad Nature Beaver Creek Rattlesnake Creek Wolf Creek Wild Cat Hills Buzzard Knob Crow’s Ro Hell's Neck Johnson County Carbondale Carbon Herrin Murphysboro du Quoin Ava
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Busy Cincinnati wife credits HADACOL for happiness

Mrs. Arthur Heber of 4308 Hays Avenue Cincinnati says HADACOL gave her energy improved appetite and steady nerves after nervous symptoms. She reports starting with one bottle and now on seven, buying sizes at 1.25 and 3.50 with a prompt to refuse substitutes and to obtain genuine HADACOL from The LeBlanc Corp Lafayette La.

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Arthur Heber Hays Avenue Cincinnati Ohio Hadacol LeBlanc Corp Lafayette
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Happy Is The Day When Backache Goes Away

The ad notes backache and kidney discomfort from aging and stress, suggesting Doan's Pills diuretic as a safe relief. It claims Doan's has helped millions for over 50 years and promises faster waste removal through the kidney system.

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Dean Doan
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West Berlin Defeats Reds in Municipal Election

West Berlin voters turnout 90.4 percent with 1,504,414 ballots cast of 1,664,091 eligible. Socialist Party led by Ernst Reuter trails in seats as Christian Democrats and Free Democrats gain, while all three pledge a united city coalition to resist Soviet and Chinese aggression amid the Korean War.

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Berlin Ernst Reuter
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Sen Margaret Smith Favors A Bomb Use

Tucson dispatch reports U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith Republican Maine favors the use of the atomic bomb in Manchuria if Russia advances. The controversial stance sparks debate over military strategy and nuclear policy amid ongoing tensions with the Soviet Union.

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Sen Margaret Smith Tucson Ariz U. S Margaret Chase Smith R-Me Manchuria Russia
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Dictionary picks and a Hawaiian kava note

A settler opened a dictionary at random and found AVA as adverb meaning all chiefly in Scottish. He moved down the page and saw AVA as a Hawaiian noun for the kava. The pioneer resignedly remarked, so be it.

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