Scotty of Death Valley Returns Rich in Rumor and Gold
Death Valley Scotty, famed for vast wealth rumors and a $3 million desert castle, arrived in Los Angeles with claims of $500,000 on hand and $700,000 elsewhere. Skeptics note missing mine records, smelter traces, and scattered legends about a hidden Golconda and elaborate subterranean passages.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Scotty
Golconda
California
A. M. Johnson
Chicago
Sheriff Hall Pursues Flowers Antiques and Mules in Georgia
Decatur, GA. Sheriff Jake Hall spends off duty running a 40 acre flower farm named Dogwood and collecting antiques. The 100 plus mules in his stables and a lavish five room house attract thousands on Sundays. He says flowers ease modern life, imagination helps the present.
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Decatur
Jake Hall
Hall
Salt Lake Navy Expands With County Funds
A race between Salt Lake County sheriff office and Salt Lake City police for lake rescue work began after the county appropriated 500 dollars to improve Sheriff S. Grant Young's "one boat navy" on the Great Salt Lake.
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Salt Lake Navy
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Great Salt Lake
S. Grant Young
Letters To Santa Claus From Maysfield Draw Wish Lists
Local letters from Maysfield children request a Shirley Temple doll, a doll buggy, a piano, a shotgun, a ladder, a red wagon, a train, a car, a rocking chair, a garland of other toys and items for Christmas. Names include Ella Thweatt Richard Haynes Aileen Phipps Alma Pevehouse Billy Beale Mildred Brantley Billy Joe Bounds Margaret Mandrell Vida May Miller W M Phipps Thomas Thweatt Mary Lou Massengale Bob Billy Holloway W M Fannie Mae Mandrell Billie Ray Helen Ruth Mattie Holloway and others.
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Santa Claus
Shirley Temple
Kenneth
Ella la Verne
Edward Ray
Mildred Brantley
Mary Lou Massengale
Billie Ray
Helen Ruth
Shopping List Requests and Gifts Across Family Members
The note lists items for multiple people including Betty Sue Hairston and Edna May Smith. It mentions dolls, clothing, a red wagon, a French harp, a dump truck for Hollis Ray, a green bicycle for Andrew Miller, a black lightning gun, and sewing material plus a large rubber doll for dressmaking, plus a gift for a teacher Miss Rittig.
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Hollis Ray
Santa Claus
Miss Rittig
Deer heads mounted for sale by Charlie Skupin
Prices listed as reasonable for mounted deer heads offered by Charlie Skupin at Clark son. Address Rosebud Route 3, 82 3tp.
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Charlie Skupin
Clarkson
Rosebud Rt. 3
Allen Guess Opens New Magnolia Service Station
A. F. Allen Guess, after three years with Magnolia Petroleum under Jesse Brock, opens a Magnolia service station at 7th and Travis. The former Dr. M. C. Sapp home site now hosts the largest most modern station, a certified Magnolia outlet offering tires batteries accessories and washing and greasing services.
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Allen Guess
A. F. (Allen) Guess
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Jesse Brock
Magnolia
7Th
Travis Streets
M. C. Sapp
Italian Christmas Industry in Fifteenth Century Naples
Naples stood as a center of the Italian Christmas industry in the fifteenth century with bands of artisans known as fiurari who specialized in making dolls for Christmas.
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Naples
Thomas
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Maysfield
Richard Haynes
Aileen Phipps
Alma Pevehouse
Miss Rettig
Billy Beale
Billy Joe Bounds
Margaret Mandrell
Vida May Miller
W. M. Phipps
Thomas Thweatt
Bob
Billy Holloway
W. M. Fannie Mae Mandrell
Mattie Holloway
Chevrolet
Ford Tudor
Ketley- Stedman
Shirley Dean
Betty Sue Hairston
Edna May Smith
Andrew Miller
Mr. Guess
Fostoria
GEO. A. Thomas & Sons
Drugs and Jewelry Service
Cameron
Texas
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