The Big Cage Tiger Escape on a Passenger Train
A tiger named Pep escapes its cage aboard a baggage car on a passenger train. Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthony organize a careful recapture using props, a front cover, and a cooperating cage boy, while the conductor confronts hidden passengers and a dispute over fares.Pep resists capture before being driven back into his cage and the train resumes.
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Clyde Beatty
Edward Anthony
Odch
Rajah
Thebe
Theba
Pep
Circus Workers Clash Over Uninvited Guests
An account from 1933 recounts a circus train quarrel where an unnamed narrator refuses payment for extra passengers. He curses two cage boys who helped the army of the unemployed, noting circus folk stick together despite tensions.
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Army of the Unemployed
Weather Report Shows 94/70 Degree Day
The weather bureau records a high of 94 and a low of 70 for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a m today.
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the Weather Bureau Today
Eva School News Highlights Local Home Economics Progress
Miss Kathryn Forney state supervisor of Home Economics visited Eva High School on Tuesday. She praised progress at Eva and commended the work of the girls under Miss Madeline Heflin. Forney, a local girl from Moulton, was welcomed by the community.
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Kathryn Forney
Eva High School
Miss Forney
Eva
Madeline Heflin
Moulton
Sterchi Stores official visits Gadsden on business
J. L. Shurhake of the Sterchi Stores in Decatur is in Gadsden today on business and plans to return to Decatur late this afternoon.
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J. L. Shurhake
Sterchi
Gadsden
Mr. Shumake
Decatur
Mrs Ben C. Alexander to Return From New York Visit
After a ten weeks visit with her parents in New York City Mrs Ben C Alexander and daughter Cecilia will return Sunday.
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New York City
Ben C. Alexander
Cecilia
Roon
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By Williams
Pop
Pullman
Ugat
the Commercial Printing Dept
Decatur Dany
Pan-Am
Nea
Adamn Gang Oai
Aik
Ed Anthony
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Eva School News
Southern Railway
Hotel Sherman
Exposition Grounds
Stevenson
Corinth
Muller Tours Times
Huntsville
Ala
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