Blind Woman Wins Prizes At East Texas Fair
Mary Lehman, 72, blind for 22 years, won four blue ribbons in rug making and lacework at the East Texas Fair. Her work was judged without her name being revealed, as she competed against sighted artisans in Tyler, Texas. She lives with her daughter and began as an instructor in rug work after losing sight in Minneapolis.
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Lehman
William Reich
Tanner
Cinder
Minneapolis
Society For the Plind
Switzerland
America
Courier-Times-Telegraph
Tyler
Texas
Sledging accident leaves man fighting eye injury in Iowa City
Vernon Sunken of Villisea suffered a splinter wound to the left eye during sledging last week. He was rushed to Iowa City where three preliminary procedures and a major operation were performed to save his sight. Nearby, A H Weber of near Alburnett owns a Duroc Jersey pig that turned white after a neck wart was treated with acid, with the doctor noting possible pain-induced changes and a lasting scar.
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Vernon Sunken
Villisea
Steve
Iowa City
A. H. Weber
Alburnett
Local misadventure and small town notices
May Smith of Northwood broke her hip when a weed root gave way during pulling. A Winnebago county author Wallace Stenger published two stories in Red Book and a novel after S. U. S. graduation in 1932. A missing three year old James Larson was found asleep in his family car at Rice Lake. Sibley high school Future Farmers class dug and sold 130 bushels of potatoes. La Porte City's new sewage disposal plant to be finished by November first after a two month delay. Father G. A. Barry faced delays getting U S passage from Ireland, finally boarding Yankee Clipper. A domestic tale chronicles a family debating getting a dog and delaying until spring.
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Winnebago County
Wallace Stenger
James Larson
Rice Lake
James
la Porte City
Error Without Blame Dialogue Between Father and Son
A father-discusses a broken window from a missed baseball with his son Joey. They debate blame while the dad suggests Joey cover part of the cost from allowance and mend the matter by talking to Mr. Brown.
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Joey
Joe
Mr. Brown
Joey and Doris Propose Getting a Family Dog
At breakfast Doris asks why the Browns have a new dog and Joey and Doris urge their mother to get a puppy like Mike. Fanny resists, balancing desires to treat the children well with a tight budget, seeing a dog as an unnecessary expense.
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Joey
Fanny
Doris
Mike
Joe
Why We Are in Debt During the Hoover Roosevelt Years
The Tripoli Leader cites government figures showing four years of Hoover taxes at 11.325 billion and Roosevelt taxes at 22.725 billion, double the prior era. Irrecoverable expenses run 13.425 billion for Hoover and 34.2 billion for Roosevelt, inviting readers to draw conclusions.
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Hoover
Washington
Roosevelt
Tripoli
Massachusetts tops in manufacturing and factory count
Bay State leads the nation with the highest number of factories and the largest manufacturing output, ranking first among states in industrial activity. Massachusetts stands atop nationwide measures of production and facility count.
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Bay Staite
Massachusetts
Transients to Get Chance to Work for Keeps
Towns once provided sleeping quarters and meals to transients while they wandered and begged for drink money. Now council sentiment has shifted, and transients are unlikely to receive their former welcome.
Woodpile to Fuel Hunger Fundraiser Planned
A community event proposes a woodpile for dining to help participants work up an appetite and raise funds to purchase meals. Organizers aim to blend activity with fundraising to support meals for attendees and nearby families.
World’s widest avenue in Buenos Aires named Avenida Nuevo de Julio
The Avenida Nuevo de Julio in Buenos Aires is claimed as the world’s widest street at 460 feet across. It features five roadways separated by grassy plots and tree lines, creating a broad thoroughfare.
Esplanade of Edinburgh Forms Nova Scotia Link
Visitors in Edinburgh learn the Esplanade in front of the castle is legally Nova Scotia land, created three centuries ago so new barons of Nova Scotia could claim lands without crossing the ocean.
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Nova Scotia
Old Scotia
Edinburgh
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