Poker Game That Cracked the Town Ends Tonight
In a risky high stakes poker match at the Two Brothers mine, Alex Peterson gambles with Joe Lundy and rivals MacCoy and Richey. Peterson bluffs to win a near unbeatable hand as tension rises with onlookers, risking ruin or triumph in a life changing moment.
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Jerry Ogden
Alex Peterson
Andrew Ogden
Peterson
Two Brothers
Jerry
Joe Lundy
Lundy
Alex
MacCoy
Richey
Dad
Padalwats
Fitch and
Webb
Macaroni Factory Converts War Presses to Pasta Power
In Milwaukee new production lines repurposed from war uses crank out about 100,000 miles of macaroni weekly. The industrial shift leverages heavy presses once used for explosives to meet civilian food needs amid postwar shortages.
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Milwaukee
Athens Woman Survives Car Overturn Near Flint
Mrs. Charles Lortg of Athens is recovering after a car overturned near Flint in the early hours Saturday. The vehicle suffered considerable damage but all occupants escaped serious injuries.
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Athens
Ala
Charles Lortg
Flint
Magistrate proposes sobriety test with two pins
An English magistrate designs a new sobriety test requiring suspected drunks to pick up two pins from the floor of a dimly lit police station. The staged exercise aims to assess balance and steadiness under poor light conditions.
Johnson club in Duluth grows to 200 members
In Duluth Minnesota a Johnson club serves a large group of Scandinavian American residents. The organization reports about 200 members.
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Duluth
Minn
Johnson Club
Minnesotan Families Merge Amid Marriages Trend
Two Montgomery families merge as five Cemenskys marry five Treezinskys over ten years. The Minnesota legislature lifts the bow and arrow hunting ban statewide.
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Montgomery, Minn
Cemenskys
Treezinskys
Minnesota
Napoleon gift gold clock found with Dr. Baumann
A gold clock reputedly given by Napoleon to a marshal and valued at $40,000 was found in the possession of Dr. William Baumann of Shreveport who did not know its worth.
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Napoleon
William Baumann
Shreveport
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Trey
Wm. Morrow Co
West Branch
Hoover
Hawaii
Brock & Spight Co
Associated Press
Herbert L. Johnson
St. Paul's Protestant Cathedral
Detroit
Pennywise
Ma Pennywise
American Cleaners & Dyers
E. Vine St
Goodyears
Schimmel
Princess Theatre
Decatur
Goodyear
Carload
Hartselle
Sheffield
P.O. Box
Anniston
Lydia E. Pinkham
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