Treasure Maps Point to Prankster Hoaxes Not Real Pirate Loot
Philadelphia reports note a rise in treasure hunting along New Jersey and Delaware bays with metal detectors. Experts say genuine pirate treasure is unlikely and cite Cape May 1701 pranks and Absecon Island’s modern resort activity as the main context for such legends.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Delaware Bay
Henry C. Beck
Beck
Joseph Dowling Jr
Jersey
Joseph
Captain Kidd
Lafitte
Teach
Kidd
Dr. Beck
Cape May
N. Y
Absecon Island
Atlantic City
Absecon
Shotgun tests to detect multiple diseases at once introduced
New medical series tests propose a one time quick 15 to 30 minute battery for tuberculosis diabetes anemia some cancers and heart disease. Dr. Lester Breslow described the approach at the American Public Health Association noting potential to find 20 to 25 significant cases per 1000. A San Jose trial of 945 workers showed 13 new cases and 16 previously diagnosed conditions.
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New York
American Public Health Association
Lester Breslow
Chronic Disease Service
California State Department of Public Health
San Jose
Calif
Three youths at bowling alley seek lighter ball during game
Three young men bowl and mid game a youth tries a lighter ball from the rack. He plugs in his fingers and lifts it as another ball rolls back from the pins, ending the moment with an ambiguous interruption.
Court Tales of Caution from Everyday Disputes
A series of courtroom anecdotes shows judges denying damages for a pinched finger after alley mayhem, granting divorce despite reconciliation hopes, and upholding attorney discretion while disbarment is avoided. Other cases: not guilty crowds on a busy street, canary custody, and a husband’s blunt retaliation deemed unlawful.
Local Notices and Social Updates From Snyder Community
Sunday school attendance was 29 as Rev. Lloyd Roush preached. March 12 service at 7 00 PM. Miss Reba Faye Griffith and Miss Carolyn St John socialized. Marjorie Tryon stayed with Jeanie Woods. Weekly visits included Hollenbeck and Shawler families. Minnie Jeffers funeral noted. Birthdays celebrated with dinners for Hollenbeck and Collier families. Margaret Bohn operated on in St Louis. Modest Bohn improving in Terre Haute. Numerous visits among Shields, Colliers, Hollenbecks, Cornwells, and Walsh families.
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Lloyd Roush
Reba Faye Griffith
Carolyn
St.’ ‘John
Marjorie Tryon
Jeanie “Woods
Max Hollenbeck
Springfield
Lawrence Hollenbeck
Lyman Shawler
Stephen
West Union
van Shields
Minnie Jeffers
Clarence Hunt
Darwin
Modest Bohn
Emery
Hollenbeck
George Miller
Georgetown
Otto Alabaugh
Sarah Hollenbeck
Janet
Ola Collier
P. E. Cornwell
Clarence Collier
Ellen
Malcolm
Toledo
Clarence
Margaret Bohn
St. Louis
Franklin Walsh
Marjorie
Joan Morgan
Janet Hollenbeck
Marion Garner
Ovie Draper
Marjorie Walsh
Marshall
Avon
St. .Anthony Hospital
Terre. Haute
Louie Lawrence
Ira Pittinger
Terre Haute
Roy Pittinger
Melrose Social Roundup Sees Visits and Illness
Ruth Day reports Melrose residents visiting neighbors and relatives across Ramsey Illinois Mt Carmel and Melrose. Notices include Mrs Standfield ill and Maude Wells improving. Visits span Stanfield Ellington Snearly Snavely and English households with Wayne Davis households noted. Also a health note on potatoes retaining nutrients when cooked with jackets.
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Chester Hix
Ada
Ethel Meeker
Lee Stanfield
Ramsey
Illinois
Standfield
Roy Crumlin
Mt. Carmel
Melrose
Maude Wells
Wayne Davis
Charles
Elizabeth
Will Ellington
Homer Parcel
Snearly
Edna
Esther Wells
Bertha Snavely
John D. English
West Union Social News Recaps Local Moves and Visits
Sam Nichols was taken to St An thony Hospital Terre Haute last week. Mrs and Mrs Jack Cline Marshall spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Ben Crow. Flowers sold his grocery stock to Frank Jones after forty years in business. Several locals attended a revival at the Second Christian Church in Terre Haute.
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Sam Nichols
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Jack Cline
Marshall
Ben, Crow
Sam Sheets
Fairy Collier
Laura Poorman
Mae Piety
Second Christian Church
Bill Collier
Opal Paddock
Robinson
Martha Evans
Noble
Ben Crow
Benny Chadwick
John Sheets
John Sheet
John Bledsoe
Fred Bush
Bledsoe
Lena Babers
York
Hobe Jackson
Dean Poorman
Zion
Ferris Highsmith
Decatur
C. O. Highsmith
Otto Atcheson
Centralia
Illinois
Jesse Murphy
Mildred Shaffner
Thompson and Shotwell Call on White Couple Sunday
Mr and Mrs True Thompson and Mr and Mrs Will Shotwell visited Mr and Mrs Hugh White on Sunday afternoon in Detroit Michigan.
Darwin News Notes From Darwin Indiana Community
Rev Kemp filled his appointment Sunday morning and Sunday school followed at 10 30. The snow cooled temperatures with two degrees above zero. Local residents visited relatives in St Anthony Hospital and Evanston. A chili supper fundraiser and various family visits are reported along with quilting rounds and birthdays.
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H. J. Kemp
Glen Rolling
Judy
Elisha Rolling
St. Anthony Hospital
Jrerre Haute
Wilfred Shaw
Evanston
Margaret
Marshall
Darwin
Charles Hilbert
Maude Paddock
Frances Bohn
Mary Lou
Commodore Frakes
Raymond Low
Hilda
Kenneth
Edith Tingley
Bessie Prevo
Louise Frakes
Gladys Hewitt
Clarence Hunt
Twilla
Linda
Near Snyder
Wayne Hunt
Ray Renshaw
Mattoon
John Bush
Laura
Fern Frakes
Terre Haute
Carl Frakes
Ernest Tingley
Card of Thanks for Violet Garwood
The family expresses gratitude to many friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during their mother Mrs. Violet Garwood's illness and passing. They also thank for the floral offerings. Signed Maude Kegley Alta Holwick Walter Garwood.
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Violet Garwood
Maude
Kegley
Alta Holwick
Walter Garwood
Thank You Note From Alfred Bennett
Alfred Bennett thanks friends for flowers and cards sent during his stay in Union Hospital.
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Union Hospital
Alfred Bennett
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Ll.b
Bar Association
Mrs. van Shields
Ruth Day
Mae
Court House
Anderson Township
Clark County
Claude W. Eee Marshall
Adminstraor
John E. Carpenter
Wesley Carpenter
Herschel Yoder
Democratic
R. EE
Laird Marshall, Ill
Guernsey
Felix Kahn
Harold Ime
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