Ginger and Ben Brooks Take Over Mid Rush Place
Ginger Tolliver engineers a land sale and helps Ben and Jenky Brooks acquire the Mid Rush Place for 1800 dollars. Their plan to run a summer youth club draws community interest and mixed approval, while Ginger weighs love and independence amid family schemes and social expectations.
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Ben
Jenky Brooks
Mel Rush
Winger
Jenky
Mid Rush
Hed Thrush
Ike J
Gloger
Cat Dives Into Sea to Catch Fish
Providence Rhode Island reports a remarkable cat named Tommy at Pomham Light. The cat dives headfirst into the sea to seize fish, hides them under a lilac bush on the island, and dries off on land after rolling in grass. Tommy once snagged fish hooks but was safely released by Captain Aronson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Uri
Adolf H. Avanson
Pomham Light
Tommy
Avonson
Aronson
Sweden Street Named in Rome to Honor Queen Victoria
Stockholm UP reports a new Rome street named Via Svezia or Sweden Street to honor the memory of late Swedish Queen Victoria who died there last year. The information confirms the naming as a tribute by local authorities.
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Stockholm
Rome
Svezia
Sweden Street
Victoria
1930 Texas smuggling charges top 1800 in row
United States District Clerk records show 1800 persons charged in 1930 for rum smuggling in Texas, a rise of over 300 from 1928 to 1929. The report notes Rio Grande area activity and indicates ongoing enforcement in the era.
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EU Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
United States
Divining Red Locates Water on Pennsburg Farms
Allentown report says 15th century divining red successfully located underground water on 12 Pennsburg farms. John J. Rothmund, 25, uses a forked apple twig, claims the twig tilts downward over subterranean water. He practices as a pastime, with no charge, asserting a family lineage of the method.
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Allentown
UPI
Pennsburg
John J. Rothmund
Rothmund
Sixth chicken thief in Missouri gang sentenced in court
Popular Bluff Missouri George Pane, the sixth member of an alleged ring of chicken thieves active across Missouri and Arkansas for years, was found guilty in Circuit Court Friday and sentenced to two years. Authorities were wounded during a running gun battle near the state line in November 1929.
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Popular Bluff
George Pane
125 Acres for Tomatoes in Atlanta Trade Territory
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce completes a deal to plant 125 acres in Lomators in Atlanta trade territory. Newton and Wallace of Jacksonville Texas will purchase the tomatoes produced, paying cash at current market price.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Newton and Wallace
Jacksonville
Texas
Squirrels Steal Rolls in Beaver Dam Porches
Beavers Dam residents report a rash of porch thefts as rolls vanish from doorsteps before residents notice. Local amateur investigators traced mischief to bold squirrels roaming the neighborhood in the mornings.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Tur
Tennis Headlines Stir Young Players and Stays in Doubtful Course
Wilbert Braucher reports on United States Lawn Tennis Association president HB Dailey urging top players like George Lott Wilmer Alison and Johnny Van Ryn to focus on careers after recent marriages. The piece notes Helen Wills Moody and others contemplating international honors and hints at a trend toward delaying Davis Cup participation while youth are pressed into service. It highlights several young players such as Franty Shields Clifford Sutter Gregory Mungin and Sidney Wood Jr as potential Davis Cup prospects in 1931.
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Dailey
United States Lawn Tennis Association
George Lott
Wilmer Alison
Johnny van Ryn
Pon
Tricent
Nce
Anme
Johnny Doeg
Helen Wills
Moody
Four Rising Tennis Pros Eye 1931 Davis Cup Team
Mangin moves up in national rankings from 26th to 1527 to contest the top. A Georgetown University student, he won the Eastern College crown. British observers noted the Newall boy’s aggressive play and backhand. Wood, a New Yorker, toppled Ellswo and Vines at Seabright last year. Vines, hot after recent wins, led against Shieldx and Hunter, while nearing the loners. Wan is 19 last November and has two Frey seasons, nearing the British titles. In 1928 he nearly beat Cochet by a point. These four prospects may form the 1931 Davis Cup team.
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Mangin
Angin
Georgetown Universlty
Eastern College
Wimbreiton
Wood
New York
Seabright
Hunter
Anidg
Cochet
Amarillo Mayor Insured for More Than a Million
Amarillo Texas reports Col. Ernest Thompson mayor and American Legion leader has life insurance valued at over one million dollars.
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Amarillo
Tex
Ernest Thompson
American Legion
Quieting Title In Anderson Replat Of Giles Addition
In Hempstead Chancery Court CORA A Jamison seeks confirmation of title to Lot 18 Block 1 Anderson's Replat of Lot 4 and part of Lot 7 Block 1 Giles Addition Arkansas and to quiet title in Jamison. Interested parties must appear at the court on the first Monday in March 1931 to contest the petition. Witness Willie Harris Clerk. Date January 11 1920 and February 23 1920.
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Cora A
Jamison
Plaintife Vs
Anderson
Giles
Hope
Arkansas
Hempstead
Co Jamison
Hempsteadery Court
Macek
Cai
Cora A. Jamison
Hempstead Chancery Court
New Black Hawk bridge to open May first
Lansing Iowa reports a new Mississippi River bridge from Iowa to Wisconsin nearing completion. The Black Hawk bridge will span 1,735 feet and connect Lansing to DeSoto Wisconsin with a scheduled opening around May 1.
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Lansing
Iowa
UPI
Wisconsin
Black Hawk
Mississippi River
DeSoto
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Inger
Hwe
Mill Road
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Patty
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Sax
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Presbyterian Hospital
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Talbot Feild
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South Pine Street
Washington
Trimble Abstract Co
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South Main
Cunningham
W. A. J. Mills
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Salina Comm. Co
Salina
Kansas
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Briant & Co
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C. H.locke
Ozan, Ark
Wilion Braucher
Hs Soo
Mr. Dalley
Flere
Franty X. Shields
Clifford Sutter
Gregory Mungin
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
Shields
Trogex Neck
Llew Cliff Sutter
Twane University
Pie Ring
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St. Paula
Billy Miske
Tommy Gibbons
Mig- Stig
Hilty
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Jim Jeffries
Pretexe
al Morro
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Heavyywelshis
Armand Emanuel
Hasteern Gross
Wempstead Chancery Court
Willie Harris
Hempsteay
Chancery Courty
DOM Gy Dives
Eeay Groceries —Agleries
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SIAL
Mister Sine
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