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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
8
In New Albany Kansas seven women including Mayor Susie Murphy form a 100 percent petticoat town government for a 200 person community. The group runs on honesty progress and liberty with a promise to remember it after taking office. The council includes Mrs Marvy Blinn Mrs Edna Badgley Mrs Lillie Morgan Mrs Effie Laughlin and Mrs Kathryn Bivins. Abrs Laura Shelton serves as police judge.
In Shelby Ohio a five year old cat named Pal owned by Arthur Allwine the barber shop proprietor has reportedly killed about 2000 rats over five years averaging two to three a day. Pal weighs 17 pounds and eats small hamburg weekly with a fondness for dogs.
A rare geological survey collection from the estate of George Frederick Kunz includes a book once owned by Sir Isaac Newton, valued for its margins with Newton's own notations. The volume History of Jewels and the Principal Riches of the East and West dates to 1671 and is considered the collection’s most valuable item.
An elderly man identified as Christ Zwick, carrying a numerology chart, climbed the Federal building steps and killed himself with a razor. Authorities note the chart predicted success, while bystanders witnessed the tragic act.
A British and American wintering crowd in Nassau, Bahamas, gasped when a man in full evening dress appeared with green hair due to a rinse. He actually has snow white hair, and salt in Nassau tap water reacted with the rinse, turning his hair green.
A vintage guide extols pineapple’s use in hundreds of dishes from appetizers to desserts and beverages. It highlights the famed Pineapple Upside Down Cake recipe, details a fruit-topped caramel base, and notes a major packer’s plan to invest about half a million dollars to expand Hawaii’s pineapple canning division in Honolulu.
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