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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1935
Page
11
A large turkey leads a Brady event as part of a section wide Turkey Derby honoring Texas Centennial celebrations. The piece notes President Roosevelt may visit Texas next summer and would be amused by the Turkey Derby spectacle at Brady, West Texas.
A devil fish or octopus will be exhibited with Colossus the giant whale in a special railroad car on November 26. Captain David J. Barnett, in charge of the exhibit, recounts the capture in a wartime whaling account, detailing a harpooning event and the creature’s encounter with the crew. The display runs 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. for one day and night.
Boston police in patrol cars heard a two year old lost child pleading I want my mamma over the wireless at Central Station. The sudden call drew officers to locate the youngster and reunite with family. The incident underscores station procedures for unattended minors.
Jim Ridner and Arson Stephens bet on the World Series. Ridner pushed Stephens from Harlan Kentucky to Detroit in a rubber tired baby carriage, covering about 550 miles.
In Portland Maine motorists convicted of speeding face suspended sentences only if they copy in long hand a famous magazine piece on the dangers of automobile deaths.
Two young women passing through Bend Oregon pulled 4 year old Larry Standifer from the Deschutes River after thin ice gave way. They declined to give their names and remained modest about the rescue.
Thousands of men and women use Black Draught for constipation and dull feelings. Purely vegetable, economical, and highly effective. Martinsville Virginia hardware dealer J. Lester Roberson endorses it as a splendid medicine and satisfactory remedy.
The Ad Hall School reports a Friday lecture by Brother Yates from Jefferson Texas and its first basketball game at North Elm with both boys and girls winning. Top players included Noah Earl Barron Joe Walzer Elvie James Ora Belle James and Bertha Marck. Theresa Anderle Irma Matthews and Clem Jedlicka were ill. A carnival is planned for Wednesday November 27 inviting all.
In Spokane Washington Raymona MacDonald aged 12 and his sister Wilma aged 7 vanished after both fell through two inches of ice on a creek near their home. Wilma reportedly slipped into the water trying to rescue her brother.
A murder trial at Mt. Clemens was halted when a portly juror's pants split during a sudden movement. The court ordered the county treasurer to pay $5 for a replacement outfit and had a bailiff escort the juror to a clothier. Thirty minutes later the trial resumed.
Pilot N. E. Small recalls a wild duck diving at his plane causing loss of control and a crash in Vancouver. He is recovering in hospital with minor bruises cuts and a fractured ankle.
British scientist Sir James Jeans declares the moon is breaking apart as it falls toward Earth. He predicts the debris will eventually form a ring around the planet, creating continuous moonlight.
Since 1918 Robert McCormick has received an annual letter from Harry Parkin a Los Angeles real estate man thanking him for saving his life on a French hillside during World War I.
In Sparland Illinois a fire killed two young children. Mrs Margaret Kelly 65 who was nearby gasped in shock and swallowed a chicken bone fragment and died shortly after.
In Iola Kansas letters from Austin Texas persuaded Mr and Mrs J C Epley that their son is alive though five years ago they identified another man's body as their son The newly found son plans to return home soon but gives no reason for his long absence.
Dr. William Gates has spent thirty years studying a language and believes he will never read it. He collected a specimen of Mayan hieroglyphics, but no one has decoded the markings on ancient Central American temples and palaces.
Rochester Ind report says a small boy stole 120 dollars from a grand army post trophy room but threw the money away when unable to spend it. The notes are Confederate currency. For sale two teams and a farm for rent with wood and water, Cameron Herald.
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