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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
2
A cat wandered into an Edinburgh burial parlor through the rear door, surveyed the room, stretched out on the floor, and died. The incident occurred in Columbus Indiana and attracted local notice.
London reports a 120 pound Indian youth named Kuda Bux walked barefoot twice over a 800 degree Fahrenheit fire in two 12 foot trenches as two medical students were burned trying the feat. Surgeons examined his feet before and after and found no injury.
John Sweeney a Chicago figure alleged to be a pauper died in County hospital from pneumonia. His brother Charles Sweeney identified the body at 8136 South California Avenue and found four thousand dollars sewn in the lining. A bank book hinted at about four thousand two hundred more. Sweeney said John had a history of vague claims and fluctuating employment, often lingering in flophouses.
A police dog locked in a Wheeling Steel coal mine office in Martins Ferry, Ohio, knocked over a telephone and barked until released. An operator saw a light flash from the office and heard the dog bark, then word arrived that a stranger dog had been locked in by mistake and was freed.
In Sandusky Ohio at Oakland cemetery Captain Ringholz and Officer Grathwel chased a figure believed to be a ghost. The “ghost” turned out to be Jim Grady, an itinerant in a shirt. He complained that someone stole everything but his shirt before being taken to headquarters.
A Kingston, Massachusetts cat owned by Mr and Mrs Clinton Baker befriends a baby robin. The cat carried the young bird home in its mouth after it fell from a tree.
A New Deal black cat residing at the National Republican Club halted traffic at Fortieth street and Madison avenue after killing a mouse by degrees inside the club.
Grateful letters accompany the Cuticura testimonial, with signed claims from Miss G. B. Reid of Hamilton describing five years of eczema. After using three cakes of Cuticura Soap and three tins of Ointment the irritation subsided. Advertisement urges readers to obtain Soap and Ointment, with samples free and address to Malden, Mass.
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