Can You Answer These 10 IQ Style Quiz Questions
A fragment from a 20th century newspaper includes an IQ style quiz with questions on limestone cones under stalactites, pre constitutional documents, Thailand’s former name, Reno as Nevada’s capital, geography of Sandrabid, numismatics, presidents named James, value of Roman numeral M, author of Idiot’s Delight, and Canberra’s governing Commonwealth. Also reports a polio victim case in Butler Pa and delayed Butler schools opening due to polio outbreaks.
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United States
Thailand
Reno
Nevada
Sandrabid
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Sea
Red Sea
James
Canberra
Commonwealth
Massena Woman Charged With Murder Before Justice of the Peace
Massena filed a murder charge against the woman before Justice of the Peace Thomas McClain at Mercer. Date for a hearing has not been set. The body of Donna Ann was found by her mother Mrs. Geraldine Dunnavant who said she went upstairs to see why the baby was so quiet.
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Massena
Justice of the Peace
Thomas McClain
Mercer
Geraldine Dunnavant
Donna Ann
Legislators Pensions Under Scrutiny and Rules
The Civil Service Commission refuses to name former members of Congress receiving pensions under the 1946 law, with about 40 recipients and an average around 3240 dollars. New York grants pensions to legislators on par with state officials, citing Robert F. Wagner’s approximate 10,000 dollar yearly state pension after 43 years in service. President Truman may count prior Congress service toward a future retirement if he holds a non elected executive post. the Mojave Desert covers about 15,000 square miles.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Congress
House
Senate
New York
Robert F. Wagner
U. S. Senate
Wagner
Supreme Court
Saint U
Truman
Civil Service Commission
White House
Executive
Voting machines approved for use in Harrisburg report
Examiners report to Robert R. Lewis notes voting machines on display at the municipal building have been formally approved. Across town a gate at the Erie Railroad crossing on Center Street narrowly spared Mr and Mrs Thomas Horn from injury when the gate struck their car. Examinations for Columbus postmaster will occur next month after Mrs L J Covel resigns. Corry groups plan to protest Erie Railroad plans to drop Corry as a stop on the westbound Erie Limited. G W Shaver buys the grocery business at 110 West Main Street from Glenn A Stearns.
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Pumicipal
Robert R. Lewis
the Commonwealth
Harristure
Thomas Horn
Erie Railroad
Center Street
Columbus
L. J. Covel
Corry Credit Exchange
Ioday
Corry
Erie Limited
G. W. Shaver
Corry Brick and Tile Company
Businss
Glenn A. Stearns
West Main Street
Mr. Shaver
Aunt Strangles Greenville Baby
A year old girl was found strangled to death in her crib in Greenville. Police say the aunt Mil dred Dunnavant, 24, confessed she killed the child saying God told her to.
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Greenville
Russell Massena
Mildred Dunnavant
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Butler Pa
Bernand Schaffner
Anna Schaffner
Butler
Pittsburgh
Butler County
Butler City
Mojave Desert
California
Prestone and
Borstorff & Fitch DeSoto
Plymouth
First Avenue
Corry, Pa
Chas, Dirks
Glenn Gates
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Pao
Douglas T. Brown
Everett L. Miller
REX Theatre
James Cagney
Virginia Mayo
Edmond O’brien
Wreckler
Ig Keystone VanCise
Caflisch Builders Supply
Union City, PA
C. H. Pratt, Mgr
Chen Yu
Hydra-Matic
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Wiggers Garage
East South Street
General Motors
Guy Rogers
Raymond Bach Omer
George Beecher
MOY
C. H. Colliey
Leroy Cady
Patterson Photo Products
Et Swanson Carlyle Sawyer
Johnson Bros
McCormick-Deering
International Harvester
Goodyear Tires
James Pike Alfred Hazeltine
Suze
Spiesman’s
Edith Brady
Gramco
Ers
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Merle ‘Wita
C.S. Wallace Garage
Olin Simmons
George Shoop
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