Retired Men Find Hobbies Across Ages in Topeka
In Topeka three Kansas men turn leisure into passion after retirement. Dr A N Lee, 80, penned a 200 page history of the northwest Kansas conference and printed and bound the book. Karl Stecher, 20, a Wichita artist, collects insects from six countries for an extensive display. Charles DeLeye, of Emmet, crafts stone decorations for his home, creating a 127 foot decorative wall and a large mosaic gateway arch.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. N. Lee
Doctor Lee
Karl Stecher
Wichita
Stecher
Switzerland
France
Italy
Turkey
Canada
United States
Oberkirch
Germany
America
Belgium
Charles DeLeye
Emmet
Proved He Was Not Yellow Saves Friend From Drowning
George Korach and Prank Poslek set out from North Fifth street for a swim in the East River. Poslek cramped and was swept under a Brooklyn pier. Korach swam to 그의 aid and brought him back to the North Fifth street dock with help from friends.
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New York
George Korach
Wiliamsburg
Korach
East River
North Fifth Street
Posnick
Brooklyn
Borach
Ban Auto Tires Banished From Atlantic City Beaches
Chief Beach Surgeon Charles Bossert orders the removal of auto mobile tires used as floating mattresses after several near-drownings. He says inflated tires buoy bathers but leak air and leave them at the mercy of waves, increasing risk and guard responsibility.
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Atlantic City
Charles Bossert
Surgeon Bossert
Athlete Keegan Tangles with Glacier Point Danger
Larry Keegan from Butte Mont faced arrest after climbing over the edge at Overhanging Rock in Yosemite, ignored a park sign, and posed a fatal risk. Superintendent Lewis dispatched a ranger to pull him from the ledge and warn that further stunts would lead to park ejection. Two friends held a rope as Keegan inched over eternity, prompting a stern lecture on courage versus foolishness.
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Larry Keegan
Lewis
Yosemite National Park
Keegan
Glacier Point
Park
Butte
Mont
Can't Find Name for Nineteenth Offspring
Lynchburg Virginia headline notes Fred C Shaner father of nineteen children with eighteen living seeks help naming his last infant a five month old boy. Mention recalls eighteenth child named Thomas Jefferson by former President Woodrow Wilson at Mr Skinner's request two years ago.
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Lynchburg
Fred C. Shaner
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
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KODAK
Kodaks & Cameras
R.P. Mullins
West Side Square
Williamsburg Bridge
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Opera House
Mead
AJ Burgess
Hetil
Wesley Barry
David Butler
Meel
Europe
Hurst & CO
Logansport Marion
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