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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1956
Page
10
A reader asks if it is wise for grandparents to begin a pattern of substantial cash gifts to their married children. The answer cautions that ongoing agreed gifts can spoil expectations, diminish the givers’ appeal, and suggests giving small, unexpected amounts at random times while keeping amounts private.
King's College in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, installed a 4200 pound altar of pea coal in its main building chapel. The altar, carved from a single block of anthracite and inscribed with the Congregation of Holy Cross seal, was donated by the Corgan family of Kingston. Coal from the Top Red Ash Vein was extracted via mining operations nearby Wanamie and processed by The French Creek Granite Co. before engraving and final assembly.
Home garden column explains how moisture, light, soil texture and humus, watering, and fertilizing affect common house plant problems. It notes overwatering harms more than underwatering, and plants benefit from turning for symmetry. Amelia Earhart is cited as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928.
O E Stark, 64, a one-armed well digger in Franklin Texas, has spent 50 years drilling wells from 12 to 40 feet deep. He raises eight children, runs a general fixing business, and once fell 42 feet into a hole breaking both legs, continuing work despite the danger.
An ad reports a new healing substance Bio-Dyne, offered as Preparation H for hemorrhoids that shrinks and relieves pain without surgery. Doctors observed rapid relief and lasting improvement across many cases, with purchases at drug stores for 98 cents a tube and a money back guarantee.
A veteran well-digger recalls an accident in which mud spilled from a five gallon bucket, injuring his hip and pausing his work. At 64 he says Robertson County will need another skilled well-digger soon and that he would like to retire if he can no longer perform as well as in the past.
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