Seashell hoarder Walter Miller swaps reefs for inland finds
Landlubber Walter Miller returns from Sarasota with a $13 seashell haul and a life affair with shells. He keeps specimens from scallops to sawfish, live shells boiled to draw out animals, and plans to make dodo bird ashtrays from shells. He urges a six month nature vacation and relishes the quiet of sea life.
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Walter Miller
Atlantic
Florida
Mr. Miller
Greenhorn
Cedar Rapids
Taber urges farmers to regulate US production locally
Louis J. Taber of Columbus Ohio, National Grangemaster, told a Springfield audience that the United States should stop trying to shape world events and attack idle acres, dollars, and men. He called for farmers to regulate crop output themselves, under local cooperative supervision, rather than Washington.
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Springfield
Mass
United States
Moses
Louis J. Taber
Columbus
New England
Washington
Woman walks miles for health department garbage can
A Negro woman timidly entered the Caddo parish health unit office in Shreveport saying she walked nearly 12 miles to obtain what the health department was giving away. She explained she was away from home when workers visited her area recently and was given a notice requiring a new garbage can.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Health Department
Southern Iowans Grow Large Crop Of Whiskers
DES MOINES AP. Southern Iowa men celebrate pioneer days growing many whisker styles from muttonchops to Van Dyke mustaches. Barbers fear the trend may outlast humor as communities in Keosauqua Fairfield Indianola Washington join the playful beard craze with games and beaver contests. Local farmers joke about timeless wild west looks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Keosauqua
Fairfield
Indianola
Washington
Revolutionary Hero Champe's Bold Plot to Capture Arnold
The story recounts John Champe’s covert mission to capture Benedict Arnold in 1780. Champe infiltrated Arnold’s circle, planned a nighttime kidnapping, but Arnold moved to join Lord Cornwallis. Champe later deserted the British, returned to American service, and was honored by Washington and Greene. a roadside marker commemorates Champe’s actions.
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Arnold
Champe
Lord Cornwallis
John Champe
Lee
Nathaniel Greene
Washington
Middleburg-Washington Road
Benedict Arnold
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