Robin’s Nest Boards a Train Engine Journey
A Chicago and North Western passenger train No 645 returned to Barrington at 6 am with a devoted female robin aboard the locomotive. The bird, nesting on an airbrake cylinder, persisted two weeks of travel to 72 miles before the nest was completed and the robin settled in as the train rested on a siding over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Cox
Chicago
North Western Railways
Barrington
Rot
Honatoen Furst
Hold Everything Bird Sets Eggs In Train Yard Split
Conductor Arthur Fletcher recalls a bird nesting on eggs in a Chicago to Cleveland route yard. The bird kept to its nest each morning, showing nerve when workers approached and nerves again as the engine moved. The account ends with the bird’s continued bravado and unsettled behavior.
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Chicago
Arthur Fletcher
Rolling Along The Busy Road And The Waiting Robin
Trainmen note the robin waits for the schedule like clockwork perched on a pole or tree. The railroading bird may be unsettled by cold eggs as No 645’s runs stir up chilly winds and threaten a possible hatch.
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Robin
Diet Revision Help Available to Vets
Miss Agnes Teigen, director of the Community Nutrition service, offers free diet revisions for veterans discharged from army physicians. Consultation at 401 City Hall weekdays 9 to 5. She creates substitute diets using local foods and emphasizes the service is for all community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Teigen
Miss Teigen
City Hall
Yankees Pierce Luzon Barrier
American forces of the 37th Division breached Luzon defenses near Oroung pass seven miles northeast of Bagabag and advanced north along the Cagayan valley road. Japanese troops held the pass with heavy artillery and machine guns in two cliff overhangs. Northwest of Bagabag the 37th Division destroyed or captured six Japanese tanks including three American Grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon
37Th
D‘ivision
Oroung Pass
Bagabag
Cagayan Valley
37Th Division
Air support for 37th division in Bataan operations
American planes flew more than 250 sorties and dropped 313 tons of bombs in support of the 37th division during Bataan actions in 1942, targeting truck convoys between Bagabag and Santiago as Japanese forces pressed.
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Bataan
Bagabag
Santiago
Appointment of Executrix for Ruth May Gibson Estate
Notice is given that on the 6th day of May 19, the undersigned Kathryn Grace Dunshy was appointed and qualified Executrix of the estate of Ruth May Gibson, late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons having claims against the estate must file them in the office of the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Comnett Shuttleworth & Ingersoll represent the executrix.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Ruth May Gibson
Laws
District Court
Kathryn Gracs Dunshy
Comnett Shuttleworth & Ingersoll
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Mr. Farmer
White House
NSO
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Nabisco
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Richland
Hershess
Amonia
Heinz Tomato Soup
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A&p
Otros ‘Agasti
Zien
U. 59
Jane Parker
Ann Pace Spachetti
Macaroni
Solana
Anna Pape
Ann Pare
Vaaieis
USA
Yieoneus
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Jan Parker
Jane Parker Fruit
Dundee Cake
Sugsred
Ivory
Highfer Dresser
Ft Summer
Penney's White Shoe Fair
Olug
Cynthia
Penney’s
Pat of
Ords
Gabardine
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