Child of Three Wears Full Dentures at Milwaukee School
Ronald Adamiak a three year old from Milwaukee wore a complete set of false teeth at Marquette University dental school after rampant decay and extraction of all baby teeth. He told students he would eat pickles and bacon. Dentists noted he is among the youngest to wear full dentures and warned parents to shield the secret to prevent damage or loss.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ronald Adamiak
Marquette University Dental School
Ronald
John M. ‘Frankel
Children's Dentistry Department
Rhine
Dr. Frankel
Policeman Caught Doing Preaching Less Practicing
Kenosha Wisconsin police had urged the public to remove ignition keys from parked cars when a squad car vanished at about four in the morning. Patrolmen Semrau and Smith admitted leaving the key in the lock. the car was found an hour and twenty minutes later in a cemetery. Detectives doubted reporters connected to the incident as they had been auditing police practice, while warnings were issued about reporters driving seized cars back to the station.
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Kenosha
Wis
Laurence Semrau
Glen Smith
Grieg Saves Woman in Flying Tackle During Robbery
Washington University football player James Grieg, 23, tackled a masked gunman to rescue his girlfriend Charlotte Obst in St. Louis. Grieg, uninjured, pursued the suspect Kendall Morris after he forced them to a side road and fired. Obst shouted for help as Grieg tackled the attacker and handed him to police.
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ST. Louis
Washington
James Grieg
Greig
Charlotte Obst
Kendall Leonard Morris
Grieg
Miss Obst
Rainbow colored chicks emerge from color injected eggs
Vineland New Jersey reports 140 eggs colored with pink green and deep yellow hatched 27 chicks while remaining 50 eggs reached the incubation stage but most did not mature. The unusual rainbow chicks are described as normal in appearance though questions about their fate arose.
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Vineland
N. J
Aya Maryiss
Gia Jeveland
Ghio
Baater
Problems Barring Interstellar Rocket Flight
Chicago scholars report major hurdles before space travel becomes feasible. German rocket experts now in U S discuss solar radiation meteors weightlessness and ventilation as critical challenges. They note a 200 foot high three stage rocket could reach space but safety and control remain unresolved.
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Chicago
Ill
University of Illinois
Air Force
Randolph Field
Texas
Wernher von Braun
Hindu Yogi Emerges After 87 Hours Buried Alive
In Bombay a 45 year old yogi Swami Ramdasji was dug out alive from an airtight cement crypt after 87 hours buried on a bed of nails and submerged in water. Thousands watched as disciples kept a fire burning and prayers said while rescuers freed him.
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Bombay
Swami Ramdasji
Ramdasji
Macy
Gasoline and diesel fuel bids sought for Palo Alto County
Notice announces sealed bids from Emmetsburg Iowa for the Palo Alto County Highway Department covering 8000 gallons of gasoline and 90000 gallons of diesel fuel with a May 18 1950 deadline. It also invites bids for culvert pipe supply with a May 18 1960 deadline and lists pipe sizes and quantities, plus requires a $600 certified check. A piano sale ad offers a Spinet piano for monthly payments.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Palo Alto
Marten Thompson
Martin Thompson
Good Politician First U S Indian Agent Marrying Chiefs Daughters
A historical figure, the first U S Indian agent in California, used strategic marriage to the daughters of multiple Indian chiefs to ease tensions with tribes. The measure aimed to pacify tribes through alliance and diplomacy during early colonial governance.
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U. S
California
Golf, Very Old Game
The royal and ancient game of golf began in Scotland over 500 years ago. The first ball was a leather cover stuffed with feathers formed from three pieces sewn together with a hole for inserting the feathers. An iron tool packed the feathers inside before stitching closed.
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Scotland
Cotton Aphid Pest Across United States
The cotton aphid, or cotton louse and melon aphid, is widespread in the United States. It is a general feeder and damages cotton as well as okra melons squash and other cucurbits. The insect is small soft bodied and sucks sap, ranging in color from light yellow to dark green or nearly black.
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United States
Bullet speeds and sound travel rates noted
The text states sound travels about 1.08 feet per second and a high speed .22 caliber bullet muzzle velocity exceeds 1300 feet per second. It contrasts slow sound with fast bullet speed. The details are stated plainly without additional context or figures.
Trees Older Than Christmas Redwoods Probed for Ancient Ages
The piece notes that while redwoods named sempervirens do not live forever, many exceed 2,000 years. It cites a scientifically measured specimen felled near Dyerville California with ring counting indicating a life span back to 266 B C.
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Dyerville
Celif
B.C
B Complex Vitamins in Treating Nutritional Diseases
B complex vitamins have shown response to treatment in beriberi and pellagra. Folic acid, the newest B vitamin, is being tested for pernicious anemia therapy.
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Casper
CAP
Nelson Palo Alto County Abstract Co
Adolph Spies
DAIRY
Thoreson Hardware
Coronado Electric
Poland
China
Dafyid Henry
Emmetaburg
Wm. Boecker
H. A. Elsenbast
Majestic
Loren Wolfe
Graettinger
Gerald Stueve
Schuller & Hamilton, Gracttinger
Highway 17
J. P. Conway
J. J. Skow
Algo
Jesse Anderson
Martin Furniture & Appliance
Dunlop
Joe Gabrielson
Sam Watson
Melville Olesen
A. Fisher
Estherville
IFOR
Camp Bell
Hay Baling
Wim, Ellis
Wallingford
Gus D. Rath
Spencer
Vernon Clark
Grachtinger
Hansen
Hansen's Hardware
A. J.adams
Hamilton Hatchery
Bancroft
Town
Party of Good Credit
Spencer, Jowa
Albert Suss
Pittsburg
Alley
Graetlinger
Mr. Farmer
Earl Tuttle
Davis' Packing Co
TRES
Melvin Peterson
M. N. Jacobson
Wallingford, Iowa
J. J. Skow Insurance Agency
R. C. Biggs
Optometrist
Emmet Co
Estherville Auction Co
SLU Am Tg Company
Raley Urey Dae
Kenneth Harding
Eae
Heinie
John Deere
Jres
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