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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 26, 1947
Page
20
The largest aquamarine in the world, weighing 50 pounds and valued at about 250 thousand dollars, was found by Jose Alves Neri in Brazil in 1946. It later disappeared from his custody and sits in a New York bank vault amid ownership disputes.
Norma and Charlotte Eppshimer faced a string of alleged misdeeds in a Louisville home. Reports say they broke a neighbor’s window, entered without permission, smashed two sets of china, emptied the refrigerator, spread mustard, scattered dresser contents, burned a fire in the living room, knifed a chicken, released a mule, and painted the family pets green.
In Ephrata Washington Luther and Homer Gray met after years of separation and exchanged a cordial hearty shake that fractured Luther's arm. The incident occurred as brothers reunited with a firm grip that caused an injury.
A former Matraville police officer returning from the Gulf of Carpentaria states he shot 100 crocodiles in six weeks. He recounts tracking a 15 cwt brute, closing to four yards, delivering fatal shots, and Skinning the giant with his partner.
Motor racing drivers in California use a new orange juice fuel derived from methanol and wine by products. Dean McKinney of San Gabriel explains the process and claims the fuel, made from distilled juice and petroleum by products, suits high speed engines though not ordinary cars.
A vintage plea explains persistent fatigue headaches sleeplessness and low mood as anemia and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore iron rich red blood cells improve energy and mood promising relief by consuming the remedy available at chemists and stores.
Willie Ward aged 115 was jailed for drunkenness in Atlanta but released shortly after. He had prior arrests but a century of clean records.
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