Year-Round Toy Repairer Delivers Holiday Cheer in Niles
Jovia Arthur Kline acts as a full time Santa Claus using a basement workshop to repair and refurbish broken toys for needy children in Niles. Each year since he started nine years ago he collects, cleans, paints, and overhauls toys then distributes them on Christmas Eve after personally verifying recipient need. The city or local paper donates a truck for the deliveries and about 130 families receive toys each season.
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Niles
U.P
Arthur Kline
Santa Claus
North Pole
St. Nick
Kline
Nyasaland Map and Modern Boundaries in 1935 Stamp
Nyasaland covers over 40 000 square miles with borders to northern Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa. Lake Nyasa forms part of the eastern boundary while Shire river areas reach 120 degree shade temperatures and rare frost on plateaus. The colony relies on tobacco cotton tea and fibers though not yet economically developed. Mapurwby 1958 NEA Service Inc
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Movine
Shire River
Zambesi
David Livingstone
Lake Nyasa
Livingstone
Lake Tanganyika
Lake
Mweru
Lake Bangweulu
South Central Africa
African Lakes Trading Corporation
Blantyre
Great Britain
Nyasaland Protectorate
Rhodesia
Portuguese East Africa
Tanganyika
Nyasaland
Mapurwby
NEA Service. Inc
Health Walker Turns 90 Through Daily Walks
Conneaut Ohio reporting Mrs. Cophronia Millen aged ninety credits her longevity to regular exercise. She enjoys outdoor time and takes walks on sunny days as a key health habit.
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Conneaut
O. W.P
Cophronia Millen
Local residents share visits across communities
Mr and Mrs George Cox and family of Farmersburg visited Mrs Bessie Hardisty. Dinner guests included Miss Blanche Daugharty and others from Pleasantville Carlisle South Bend Indianapolis. several couples spent time with local families. Jimmie Linn and Mendell Padgett notable visitors. others traveled to Indianapolis and Florida for brief visits or winter plans.
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George Cox
Farmersburg
Bessie Hardisty
Bill Brown
Mildred
Blanche Daugharty
Scott Bedwell
Pleasantville
John Trimble
Margaret Ruth
Carlisle
Ed Davidson
Opa! Moore
Harry Hale
Dauhter
South Bend
Tired Justice
Baby
Indianapolis
Raymond Hale
Frank Bedwell
Rollie Bedwell
Florida
Archie Kennedy
Billy Lee
Elvin Bedwell
Donald Palimer
Leslie Danbur
Jimmie Linn
Sullivan
Mendell Padgett of
Gambill
Jim. Padgett
Sylvia Shriner
Ralph Near
Jim Padgett
Linton
Unusual bell device aids Regina fishermen on lake shores
A novel fishing setup in Regina uses a weighted main line with multiple short baited lines attached. The shore end connects to a flexible stake with a small bell. When a fish bites a soft tinkle sounds, alerting the asleep fisherman.
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Regina
Sask
U.pe
Median age gap between male and female workers over census years
Across censuses from 1390 to 1930 male workers consistently recorded a median age 7 or more years higher than female workers. This persistent gap highlights long standing gender differences in work patterns and life stages across the period.
Sergeant Uses Selling Tactics In Army Recruitment
Fort Worth Texas December 15 UP Recruiting Sergeant Homer T Cummings once a salesman has become a leading mail order solicitor for soldiers He enlisted more new soldiers than any officer in October and plans to sustain his high average His mailings target hundreds of prospective soldiers and officials postmasters and school leaders with a pension focused pitch Join our Army and later retire on a life pension become better trained citizens He has drawn advice requests from fellow recruiters.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Homer T. Cummings
Cummings
Homer Cumings
U. S
First Woman Industrial Commissioner Named in Wisconsin
Madison Wis Dec 15 0 2 Mabel E Griswold joins Gov LaFollette staff and becomes the first woman industrial commissioner in state history Appointed to a vacancy on the three member commission she previously served as an aide to John J Blaine during his career as general governor and U S senator The commission administers workmen compensation safety in workplaces and regulates woman and child labor.
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Madison
Wis
Mabel E. Griswold
Philip F. la Pollette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
John J. Blaine
U. S
The
State Industrial Commission
FASTEETH Powder for Secure Denture Fit
Do false teeth drop slip or wobble when you talk eat laugh or sneeze Do not be annoyed by such handicaps FASTEETH an alkaline powder to sprinkle on plates keeps false teeth more firmly set Gives confident feeling of security and added comfort No gummy gooey pasty taste or feel Get FASTEETH today at any drug store W J Druegist Hamilton
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W. J. Hamilton
Druegist
Whisky maker in El Paso distillery never tastes his own product
George F. McCord has distilled whisky for fifty years but has never tasted it. He says whisky is bitter and he does not drink anything bitter. McCord works at a distillery near Juarez, Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.P
George F. McCord
McCord
Jurez
Mexico
Local Residents Do Business in Nearby Towns
Jasonville residents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller of Crawfordsville visited Tuesday on business. Mrs. Walter Bissell and daughter Kay along with several others were in Linton on Monday for business, including Mrs. Ivan Conder, Mrs. George Spainhour, Mrs. Roy McCammon, Mrs. Ruey Slough and Cliff Moss.
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Oscar Miller
Crawfordsville
Walter Bissell
Daughtery Kay
Ivan Conder
George Spainhour
Roy McCammon
Ruey Slough
Cliff Moss
Linton
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Pupoe
G-Men
Eileen S Balfe
Thomas W. Balfe
New York
Bucktown News
Wisconsin Post
Burns
George Burns
Jasonville
Greene County Loan Co
S. Main St
S Price
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