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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
15
The text explains rheumatoid arthritis origin in the synovial membrane, its progression from mild swelling to joint destruction, and the chronic nature affecting hands wrists ankles and knees. It outlines treatments from rest and exercise to injections, metals, cortisone, ACTH, and surgical options, noting no universal cure and ongoing research.
The article lists recent coinages and terms such as Astra Dome, Momism, Big Eye, Phonogenic, topectomy, ACTH, Dixiegop, Paranurse, Statism, and Welfare state. It explains pronunciations and meanings, noting their emergence in American usage and their nondictionary status.
Recipe note: cottage cheese sandwiches with olives and pimiento. Ingredients include ripe olives, cottage cheese, pimiento, mayonnaise, salt, onion, tabasco, pepper. Chop olives, mix with cheese and seasonings, spread on whole wheat bread for filling. Makes about 1 1/2 cups filling.
A question and answer column offers practical home remedies. A method to soften putty uses sal soda lime in hot water with twelve hour setting for easy glass removal. It also covers reducing eggs in custard with cornstarch and preventing color bleeding in handkerchiefs with salt wash.
Unsold letters praise Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily laxative aid. Mrs. H B Taylor of Coraopolis says it kept her from needing harsh laxatives for 25 years. The ad advises eating an ounce daily with water and promises double money back if not satisfied after 10 days.
The article explains that visible steam is actually fine moisture particles from condensation of true steam. It notes that a housewife ironing by hand lifts iron equivalent to shoveling three tons of coal in a week. Fatigue begins in the brain, then the nerves, then the muscles.
The Canton Repository advertises Anne Adams apron pattern 4718 in small and medium sizes. One yard 35-inch for small, one piece with ties and pockets, diagram shown. Send 25 cents to Pattern Dept. New York address with name, address, zone, size and style number.
Leo Della Betta and Phil Waggener of the University of Arizona won first prizes in the Pi Delta Epsilon contest for college reporters. Betta led the news story division and Waggener wrote the prize winning editorial. Edward H. Dehart of Ohio Wesleyan and James Feron of Marietta College won second prizes or honorable mention in respective divisions.
Formosa's air force pledged to patrol the Red China coast and strike Communist craft to deter an invasion. It said its task is to defend Formosa in full cooperation with allied forces, referencing the U S 7th Fleet. In the last year it flew 6896 sorties, killing over 8000 Red troops and destroying 12700 junks, 1100 trucks, 10 planes and large war materiel.
A Lorain quartet captured the singing contest at the Fraternal Order of Eagles national convention in Minneapolis. William P. Wetherald of Zanesville was elected vice president.
San Diego news notes a new program paying fishermen 25 dollars for each intact 12 foot naval gun target returned from offshore moorings. Targets drift ashore when moorings fail, aiding bombing squads.
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