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Akron Register Tribune in Akron, Iowa

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Akron Register Tribune

Location

Akron, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1926

Page

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The Fourteen Wedding and the Prairie Christmas

In Spoof’s shanty a frontier Christmas wedding unfolds with humor and warmth. Bride Jean and groom Jack wed with a village crowd, gifts flow from neighbors, a pig carcass, a rifle and a pendants exchange hands, then dancing fills the night as coal stoves glow and the snow hushes the prairie.

Jack Jean Spoofs Shack Merjorie Christas Evrybody Jike Tum Bella Donna Spool Tam Jake Locke Reddy Pergahae Mr. Locke Agat Spoof Marjorie Dack Lus England Mrs. Burke Humboldt County Iowa Mrs. Brown Andy Smith Ali Andy Ole Hansen Olga Lucy Burke Ole Sneesit Sneezit Regina Tleup Brook Canada John Lane Brown Spoor

Ancient Iron Strong Box Sailed from a 13th Century Ship

Los Angeles chronicler recounts a battered iron sea chest found among curios at San Monte monastery near Naples. The chest, recovered from the Mediterranean, may have belonged to a Spanish Armada ship that sank in the Straits of Messina in 1258. A hidden spring reveals a keyhole and eleven bolts release the lid after a correct twist.

Dossess I. S. Allen Los Angeles R. Allen Italy Mediterranean Sea Mr. Allen Straits of Messina San Motes Naples Pirates Los Angeles Times

Superstitions of Sailors Over Corpses on Board

A fragment notes sailors as highly superstitious, fearing corpse aboard to invite bad luck. It mentions warnings against firing gunfire aboard and beliefs about misfortune tied to handling a dead body at sea. The text reflects maritime folklore and superstition from a historical source.

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