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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
3
Sally Rand arrived in San Francisco for an engagement carrying clothes that weighed 50 pounds over the limit allowed on planes. The extra attire drew attention as she traveled, Offset by her offstage wardrobe.
In Hammond Louisiana Joseph Boyd a local farmer wowed onlookers with a stalk of okra measuring 14 feet in height. He noted needing a 16 foot ladder to pick the pods from the top.
Edward Burt has ridden a bicycle for forty two years without an accident, the feat amid heavy traffic as the first wheeler on the road. Burt cycles several hundred miles yearly. In London, Reginald Crothall, a 22 year old electrical engineer, builds a scale model of the world’s smallest motor bicycle at 1 1/2 inches to a foot.
The three former Italian colonies Eritrea Italian Somaliland and Ethiopian region are merged as Italian East Africa encompassing 590000 square miles from the Red Sea to the Ethiopian highlands. Eritrea hosts Asmara with 600000 residents. Somaliland lies along the Indian Ocean with incense oils and ivory. Ethiopia holds about 8 million people.
Reflections mark a Christmas 20 years after a great conflict. The piece recalls the war’s end with Allied troops, including Americans, dubbed The Watch on the Rhine. It notes soldiers in France and camps awaiting discharges, and describes hunger maps showing America’s aid to devastated European nations.
A long OCR style list details various garages service stations and businesses across towns in Indiana including Linton Bloomfield Bruceville Carlisle Edwardsport Lyons Marco Newberry Pleasantville Owensburg Lyons and others. The piece catalogs names owners and associates with numerous garages and service stations by town and state with scattered house numbers and routes.
Fragmented reading summarizes varied notes from ancient bars to 1100 year old remains of a barbecue under a past Egyptian prime minister. It mentions tiger hunter Sasha Siemel touring the U S and a playful remark about Americans seeking old shirt patches from Prime Minister Chamberlain.
G. W. Ross the vice president of the Deep Fork Valley Hunters' organization says a four county wolf hunters' association is planned. The proposed group would include Lincoln Creek Okfuskee and Oklahoma counties.
In Clinton Oklahoma a resident explains a raccoon refused to eat until washed, leading to the animal being disposed of. The incident highlights local concerns about animal care and feeding practices.
At the University of California Berkeley women’s clubrooms the longstanding noon tea tradition faces potential end after 14 years. The issue stems from many tea drinkers but few volunteers to help serve.
A notice invites readers to request a free book from the McCleary Clinic at E-100 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Mo The booklet covers rectal ailments and cautions against harmful procedures The clinic touts its status as a leading specialist in rectal and colon care and says thousands of former patients have come from across the United States Canada and abroad
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