Century turtle captured near Franklin by Oswald
A veteran turtle with a shell bearing centuries old inscription was captured near Franklin by Oswald of Linesville. The shell measured eight inches in diameter. Philadelphia reports a boa constrictor found in a banana bunch from Brazil caused a scare before being removed to the zoo.
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Franklin
Aleene
Oswald
Linesville
Philadelphia
UPA
Emperor Boa
Philadel Pha Wo
Ue Jting
Brazil
Philip Braverman
Palige Wire
C. Emterson
Public Land Sale and City Ordinance Notices
Public Land Office announces a June 27 sale at Carson City for Lots 5 and 6, Section 6, TWP R, minimum 2.40 per acre, with bid open until bidding ceases. Adverse claims must be filed by sale time. Also an Las Vegas ordinance adopts Fire District zoning as Fire Zones 2 and 3, with immediate effect and publication in Las Vegas Age, June 1931.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Carson City
Nevada
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
R. S
Charles D. Baker
Clara, M. Crisler
Register
Las Vegas
Board of Commissioners
City of
Pacific Oficials’ Conference
Board of City Commissioners
Ction
German
Mundy
Hansell
Thomas
W. Cragin
Fremont Street
South Fourth
South Seventh Street
District Court Proceedings Report Mixed Decrees
Proceedings note multiple district court cases with decrees granted including Adeline Gregory Dennis Gregory Elizabeth McMurray Mary Casper William Casper Virgins Gates Ethel Schmarts and others. Also mentions a court order on demurrer and a judgment for T H Shirley. Dry Town Stakes water line Arizona item reports Santa Fe drilling at 2100 feet and water supply concerns.
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Adeline A. Gregory
Dennis Gregory
Harmon& Balter
W. F. McMurray
Eilzabeth C. McMurray
McNamee & McNamee
Plain
Harmon & Salter
Mary Casper
William A. Casper
Fred S. ‘Alward
Ham
Taylor
Ercey
AL James
McNamee É& Mc Name
Sald Esta
Sare
Wood
T. A Bhirley
Roger Foley
T. H. Shirley
Ash Fork
Ariz
Santa Fe
Python worship common says museum creator
In Chicago Jane 5 UP Wilfrid D Hambly curator of African ethnology at Field Museum reports serpent cults and python worship are widespread in Africa. He notes beliefs that souls of high ranking dead visit the living as snakes and describes a large collection of wooden ancestral figures and carved tools from Central Africa.
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Chicago
Jane
Africa
Wilfrid D. Hambly
Avatstans
Field Museum of Natural History
Central
Man sought after tail docking spree across farms
Police hunt a man blamed for a mania of docking horse tails. A recent incident at Charles Moyer’s farm saw tails cut from four of six horses in his barn. Earlier, a lumber company pair at Franklin Grove reported similar tail docking. The same suspect is thought responsible for all attacks.
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Dixon
Charles Moyer
Franklin Grove
Fragmentary note on idols and ancestral figures
The readable text contends that idols may be revered as influential male figures or as ancestral spirits shaping the idea of dwelling within. A few effigies possibly reference a fertility motif, though the fragmentary wording limits certainty.
Goldsboro Man Plans Goat Cart Trip to Washington
Ur O C Liles of Goldsboro heads to Washington D C in a goat cart pulling two of his ten children Gladys 11 and Charles 8 while a third rides a scooter. The family plans to present carved pen and match holders to President Hoover and return by train. The trip educates the children about travel and civic life with Liles 43 serving as caretaker of the community building.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Ur .O. C
Liles
Greensboro
Washington, D. C
Goldsboro Boy Scouts
Lillie Weighs 270 Pounds in Falsetto Act
Radio performer S Herrick and Leon Marion headline a long running act featuring female impersonation as Herrick shifts to falsetto to portray Lillie the star on stage. The pair have appeared in ten radio features since leaving vaudeville and the act continues on current shows.
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Lilli
Lillie
Rover. S
Soldier’s Will Filed After Mortality On French Battlefield
A Philadelphia soldier mortally wounded in action in France wrote a will on the battlefield and filed it with the register of wills of private He J Keckhut. He died September 17 1918 at St Mihiel during the offensive. His war risk insurance of 2500 dollars was left to his mother and sister.
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France
Philadelphia
Register of Wills
He. J. Keckhut
St. Mihiel
Lowing
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