Journal opinion on ad refusals and literary works
A newspaper editorial defends its policy of rejecting misleading ads from extremist groups and analyzes depictions of Chaucer Balzac and Lincoln. It argues context matters for historical quotes in ads and notes Marian the librarian did not push dirty books but rather spiced classics. It concludes dirty books appear on street stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River City
Marian
Chaucer
Lincoln
Fred Schwengel
February Paydays Hint at Working Man’s Dream
The Main Lines notes that being reduced to a number devalues a person and suggests February, with its five paydays in 29 days, reflects a working man’s hope for better wages and timely earnings.
Abner Kneeland and Salubria Town Without a Church
Abner Kneeland, a controversial Universalist minister, settled near Farmington in Van Buren County Iowa in 1839. He led a small colon y named Salubria, built a two story home, and preached there, but the godless experiment failed after 1842, ending with Kneeland and Salubria dying out by August 1844.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Kneeland
Kneeland
Universalists
New Hampshire
Farmington
van Buren County
Salubria
Balancing Act Drives Texas Democrats in 1964 Ticket Talk
President Johnson presses a balancing strategy to appease liberal and conservative wings of Texas Democrats. He aims to shield his liberal image, avert primary fights, and avoid helping Republicans, with Don Yarborough and Connally figures central in the maneuver to control the gubernatorial and senatorial races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondin
Niagara Falls
Texas
Johnson
U.S. Senate
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
South
Roy McGhee
Washington, D.C
White House
United States
McGhee
Washington
United Press International
Texas News
Joe Kilgore
DeTex
Kilgore
Ralph Yarborough
John B. Connally
Connally
Gore
Mary
Yarborough
Don
Don Yarborough
Men to get cocktail suits for formal afterhours wear
A UPI report notes an out of town department store plans a men cocktail suit line to debut in Washington. The piece mocks the idea as an overblown push while highlighting the city’s long cocktail hours from late morning to late evening and suggesting designers consult drinkers instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Fom
United States
Europe
Promptu
Mabel Morton
Long Beach
California
Kitchen Window Scenes From a Quiet Iowa Yard
A reflective column chronicles a winter backyard at Washington Iowa noting sparrows cardinals and bluejays at a suet feeder in a walnut tree. It mentions a pecan sheller birdseed crops and a playful aside about unusual headlines and local gardening plans for spring with light humor and domestic detail.
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Gwendolyn
Citizen's Council of America
Jackson
Mississippi
Miss Montgomery
Chaucer's Tales
Abraham Lincoln
Schwengel
Union
Citizen's Council
Rabelaise
Washington Public Library
Balzac
Public
W. H. Marriott
Joe Palooka
Tom Engelman
RAC
Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
Nanny
BY Ernie Bushmiller
Yeu
BY Don Brown
Fort Madison
Boston
Boston Investigator
Old
New England
Iowa
Dubuque
Bunker Hill
New Frontier Territory
Low
Texas State
By Lyle C. Wilson
Ted Press International
Dick West
United Press Internatis
Emad
BY Marge Luckey
Eenie
Meenie
Miney
Sue Washington
Evening Journal
Ee Wittannon
Vice Provident
Howard Hazen
Sun- Guy
Christman
Washington, Iowa
United Press
Inland “Daily Press
Aswn
Towa Daily Press
Burea
Washington Isa
Reer
Washins
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