The Saturday Evening Post articles from May 1997

The Saturday Evening Post archives from May 1997

Stand by for nooz!
May 1, 1997... What sounds right is what we grew up with, even if our language grew up on the wrong side of our mouths. On a Tuesday about noon we were listening to the radio when Paul Harvey's distinctive voice came on: "Good morning, Americans! Stand by...

Designer greens: American salads are turning over a new leaf.(includes dressing recipes)
May 1, 1997... American salads are turning over a new leaf. Springtime is the time to lighten up, especially at mealtimes, and a variety of new garden greens are here to help us do just that. Mescluns, mixes of tender young lettuces and peppery flavored...

Salt savvy.
May 1, 1997... For some of us, excess salt can cause a dangerous rise in blood pressure. Here's help to shake the salt habit. Old habits are hard to break, especially ones that have been around for 8,000 years. That's how long people have been adding salt...

The hot bookmobile.(short story)
May 1, 1997... A literary field day for crime. It is entirely possible that if Miss Elizabeth Sue Cullow, aged eleven years and two months, had not been moved to write a thank-you note to the Washington, D.C., Public Library, the mystery of what the...

Please pass the iodine! How a brilliant biologist, a group of schoolchildren, and a school of baby trout shrank America's goiter problem down to size.(Part 2 of article first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1925)
May 1, 1997... How a brilliant biologist, a group of schoolchildren, and a school of baby trout shrank America's goiter problem down to size. Synopsis: In the first installment of his 1925 Post article (March/April '97 issue), Dr. Woods Hutchinson explained...

The battle to end iodine deficiency disorders.
May 1, 1997... Although the cure is known, iodine deficiency disorders continue to threaten people around the globe, many of them children. Present generations of Americans have been spared the misery of the affliction, but 70 years ago, swellings on the...

Wedding belles and beaus.(classic Saturday Evening Post illustrations with a wedding theme)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1997... June being the marrying month, Post illustrators have celebrated by escorting readers on many a blissful trip to the altar...with a few detours. With June again about to bust out all over, our Illustrators Hall of Fame series takes you back...

Complementary medicine - exploring the alternatives.
May 1, 1997... As more Americans investigate the healing benefits of unconventional therapies, mainline physicians are taking a second look. A revolution is afoot. Ancient traditions and healing techniques are gaining ground in mainstream medicine....

Myrtle Beach.(South Carolina)
May 1, 1997... Look out, Branson! This southern "upstart" offers a banquet of country favorites with golf and surf on the side. Country music has been making waves in Myrtle Beach for a decade, causing some observers to dub the coastal South Carolina town...