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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
5
A dense summer fog hides a ferry as an exasperated officer spots a hazy figure at a rail. The voice protests that the ship is not a bloking vessel but a lighthouse, revealing a comical mix up aboard a Western newspaper tale.
An Indianapolis News item recounts a quarrel among siblings where an older sister concludes both children share blame. Little Sarah cries that she always bears the most fault, interpreting the half dozen remark as a personal accusation.
Charles G Grant recalls J Mimer Putterbaugh a master carpenter from Columbus with outlandish anecdotes. The pieces describe a church contract a fogbound shingle job a leg replacement and a ghost finale with a frozen box ending in silence.
A humorous western piece recounts Quigley’s casual meeting with a Crazy Woman River wrangler and a bear saga from Crazy Woman Creek. The column then shifts to John D. McDougall asserting proof of a friend’s grain sample revealing a Sundberg tale of grasshoppers devouring horses and wagons. Western Newspaper Union.
The article explains how presidents began with their own handwritten signatures for mail, then adopted the penalty envelope and later shifted to the simple inscription The White House. It traces changes from early laws requiring the president's signature to modern practices.
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