Why are my emails corrupted with weird letters and symbols?

All my Thunderbird emails are showing weird symbols now.
Example 1) September 2014.  Feel free to contact
Example 2) “From
Example 3) ’s Ph.D
Example 4) dismay. Â Â
Can anyone offer help on what to do please?

Many thanks Matt, this fixed the problem perfectly. I really appreciate your kindness in taking the time to be of such help to all of us on this issue. Bless you.

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