Names and Newspapers Names and Newspapers
Kent Kraft surveys weekly paper names across the United States. He notes quirky titles like Unterrified Democrat in Missouri and Merry War in Clinton Iowa, plus a long list of evocative monikers such as Mountain Echo Brayer Sucker State and Brigh. The piece traces origins, regions, and era hints behind these distinctive newspaper names.
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Kent Kraft
Missouri
Linn
Clinton
Iowa
Muncie
Indiana
Gazette
Tribune
News
Journal
United States
Yellville
Arkansas
Mountain Echo
Birmingham
Michigan
Barnesville
Ohio
Kodak
Tombstone
Arizona
Bray
Bill Fiske
Bugle
Celina
Tennessee
Reveille
Columbia Falls
Montana
Versailles
Valera
Texas
Henderson
North Carolina
Hyden
Kentucky
Grainfield
Kansas
Wray
Colorado
California
Patterson
Indio
Coachella
Big Bear Lake
Shullburg
Wisconsin
Edgerton
Milford
New York
Illmo
There's a Moral Here
Former King Carol of Romania recalled selecting fourteen top youths for government service training. Seven went to England, seven to the United States. He said the English graduates now hold important Romanian government roles, while the American graduates stayed in the U.S. and became even smarter.
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Carol of
Rumania
England
United States
Carol
Romania
America
The Sharper Shopper Lemon Bargain Quip
A shopper questions lemon prices as a grocer offers three cents each. The customer balks insisting she can buy eight for a quarter elsewhere. The exchange highlights price comparisons and frugal bargaining.
More and Better Cotton Seed Treatment Promises Fewer Losses
The article explains sore shin or damping-off in cotton seedlings caused by soil fungi and bacteria. It recommends treating seeds with an organic mercury disinfectant to prevent losses, noting costs under 10 cents per acre and options to treat seeds yourself or have them treated by a county agent.
Harding College program reaches vast weekly audience
A letter from a reader highlights the Harding College National Education Program reaching about 25,000,000 people weekly. The writer discusses national problems, moral courage, and a teacher's perspective on economic struggles and proposed salary increases.
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Harding College
Lebanon
Court citation notices for Texas Grayson County cases
Two civil summons and divorce notices issued in Grayson County Texas. First cites O E Newell plaintiff vs Albert C Thrasher O H Bartley and Doris Bartley for title or damages on property in Denison and sets appearance by February 26 1951. Second issues Goldie May Lindsey defendant in a divorce suit filed January 9 1951 under Lester O Lindsey as plaintiff.
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State of Texas
Albert C. Thrasher
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
O. E. Newell
O. H. Bartley
Doris Bartley
Grand View
Denison
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Goldie May Lindsey
Lester O. Lindsey
Letter urges sacrifice and sound budgeting amid salary debate
A Rowena, Texas reader argues against a teacher pay raise while urging citizens to cut costs and mobilize. The writer presses for price rolls back and war-time austerity, warning that continued spendthrift policy risks economic decline and praises responsible citizenship.
Toaster Doctors Fined For Burn Cure in Cape Town
Three Zulu physicians were fined 15 pounds after they chained and toasted a mentally ill young man as a cure. They claimed honest belief in the method and the patient later recovered, though he was hospitalized for three months.
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Cape Town
Nothing Better Than Good Food Says Ohio Man
Joseph N. Camillot of Dayton Ohio praises HAD A COL for restoring appetite and sleep. He credits the product with overcoming stomach gas and nutritional deficiencies and enabling him to enjoy bacon and eggs again. The LeBlanc Corporation issued this 1950 testimonial.
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Ohio
Joseph N. Camillot
5Th Street
Dayton
Hadacol
The
LeBlanc Corporation
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Whitewright
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Rowena
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Prewar
Reddy
Community Public Service Company
Your Friendly Electric Company
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