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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1936
Page
8
In Nelson B C two Doukhobors were found guilty of keeping their children from school and faced a $10 fine. One defendant said paying the fine would violate his conscience, preferring a month in jail instead.
In San Jose California the Rev Father Edward McCallister opened the poor box after four years of being locked by missing combination. The box contained a swarm of bees and fifty dollars in contributions.
Arthritis has plagued Ralph Sharp for 14 of his 20 years yet he runs a truck garden. Unable to walk, he tends his plot from a high chair mounted on special skis, operating his garden while seated.
The article notes only four states exceed Hawaii in elevation. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii rise over 13 000 feet, a height surpassed only by California Colorado Washington and Wyoming.
Mrs. Floyd E. Barrett of Holly Michigan owns a hand made clock carved by her grandfather with a jackknife. The elaborately carved Gothic style case has four sharp spires and has run continuously for 75 years.
Honolulu report on Maynard Livingston a young inventor from Mutual Telephone Co. who designed a mechanical electrical set to locate short circuits and wire trouble faster than manual inspection. Montreal note honors Detective Joseph Mathieu with a world’s smallest police badge fitting a signet ring for 25 years of service.
City Building Inspector Louis H. Clousing reports more than a 50 percent increase in building construction value in Minneapolis for the first ten months of 1936 compared with the same period in 1935.
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