Convicts, wagers, and oddities amid a summer heat wave
During a fierce heat wave convicts at Joliet penitentiary demanded a swimming pool and bicycles. Garfield New Jersey resident Conrad Dovak boasted he could drink 10 beers quickly and reportedly won a wager before fainting. In Logansport Indiana young Robert Cooney swallowed pennies. A courthouse in that period declared judges should have no more ice in their water pitchers prompting requests for rain in parts of Colorado Kentucky.
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Joliet, Til
Conrad Dovak
Garfield, N. J
Robert Cooney
Logansport
Ind
Colorado
Kentucky
Mrs Evelyn Royer Visiting Nashville Hostess
Mrs. Evelyn Royer of Moulton is visiting Nashville as a guest of Mrs. Dewey Hightower, staying at her home and sharing social engagements in the city.
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Evelyn Royer
Moulton
Nashville
Dewey Hightower
Debate on Contract Bridge Scoring and Grand Slam Luck
A critic argues current contract bridge rules favor luck over skill. The letter cites a recent grand slam bid under vulnerability and high point bonuses, calling for a revision that rewards strategic play and minimizes rewards for spreading hands.
Gov funds promise meets stiff resistance in housing drive
Daily Washington rounds note Government housing loan guarantees face private fears as top housing officials push a bold sales push. Critics in Congress warn that quick fixes fail economic reality and urge a massive, measurable public building program instead.
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James A. Moffett
Congress
Stich
Griffin Returns From Arts Show Brings Family Home
Horace Griffin returns from an arts and gifts show in Chicago. On the way home he stops at Bronson, Michigan and brings Mrs Griffin and their children back to their home.
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Horace Griffin
Chicago
Bronson
Mich
Pastor explains his cure by rattlesnake bite in North Carolina
Albert Tester a 29 year old Holiness preacher explained to his flock why he let a rattlesnake sink its fangs into his arm He claimed Jesus told him to do it The bite left his arm swollen and his tongue swollen and he refused medical aid while hovering near death He appeared at a mountain cabin service rather than his regular church service.
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Caraway
U. S
L. P
Emporia
Kans
R. F
el Paso
Tex
Birmingham
Ala
RFC
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Cullowhee Mountain
Erizzlied
Jesus Christ
Sylva
N. C
Albert Tester
Jesus
Teester
Mountain Church
Temperature highs and lows reported for 24 hours
The period saw a maximum temperature of 96 and a minimum of 72 degrees.
Visit in Tennessee by Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones and their family are spending two weeks on vacation visiting various points in Tennessee.
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Mrs. E. L. Jones
Tennessee
Woman Throws Self In Niagara Falls Bridge Gorge
A Bradford, Pennsylvania woman identified as Mrs. Ruth L. Hyde, 90, leaped into the Niagara Gorge on Sunday afternoon and died. Police and relatives recovered few details while Canadian and U S authorities searched the turbulent water below the lower gorge. Edgar Hyde, her stepson, said he knew of no reason for the action and her husband believed she had gone home for a visit.
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Niagara
Fpalia
N. Y
Bradford
Ruth L. Hyde
William P. Hyde
United States
Youngstown
Edgar Hyde
Hyde
Nigara Falls
Ont
Harold Brooker
Harold Brooker, Jr
Young Brooker
Arthur J. McKinley
Niagara Falls
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East
Dunny
North
Daily Washington Merry
Cordell Hull
Tennessee Mountaineer
State Department
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Tennesse
Marriner
Eccles
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Federal Reserve Board
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Ray Moley
Rex Tugwell
Peruaine
Ymnamali
Gedyik Atom Srereanens Anes
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Dayton
Ohio
Hattie Caraway
Grunow Developments
Grunow
Frigerator
Decatur
Z. E. Forbes
Second Avenue
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Joseph M. Schenck
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Norma Talmadge
Monte Carlo
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