Would You Believe It Facts and figures from curious trivia
Census reports show population rising by six thousand six hundred sixty six daily. A quiz style note asks about yearly sleeping pill consumption in excess of four hundred tons. A 15th century law would jail golf players. Luther Burbank created a plant yielding tomatoes and potatoes. A battleship fuel use could heat a home nearly three centuries. Alabama’s name derives from an Indian word meaning here we rest.
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Alabama
Funeral Services Held In Hallettsville
Funeral services for Fritz Steinberg 66 were held at Kabena Funeral Home and concluded at Old Kinkler cemetery north of Hallettsville Rev Henry Smith officiating assisted by American Legion Chaplain E J Schindler Steinberg WWI veteran and 32nd division Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs Charles Henry and Miss Marguerite Steinberg of Hallettsville one son Ludvig Pete Steinberg and one grandson. The birthstone for April is the diamond.
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Pete” Steinberg
Hallettsville
Miss Burkett Honored at Cuero Post Office Meeting
Edna Burkett of Yoakum retired after 34 years with the post office honored at the South Texas District No. 1 UNAPOC quarterly meeting in Cuero. She received a corsage and life membership. speakers included H N Henke, Brandon Brantly, Shelly Tarkington, Bert Rohre, Walter Boehl, and Maxwell Kobitz. A barbecued chicken supper followed with 26 attendees from Yoakum Victoria Yorktown and Cuero. Groundhog Day noted as Candemas Day.
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Brandon Brantly
Shelly Tarkington
Cuero
Bert Rohre
Walter Boehl
Cuero Post Office
Maxwell Kobitz
Victoria
Yoakum
Yorktown
Quizzical Clippings and Curious Facts From The Times
A collage of quirky notes on legends of perks like city freedoms, animal disease claims, and world curiosities. It mentions the Keys of the City and freedom to drink, paltry fatal myths about murder robes, and odd trivia on Napoleon handwriting, octopuses intelligence, colonial descendant counts, bird species, and Ibn Saud marriages.
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City of
London
What's in a Name Iowa from Indian Word Meaning Beautiful Land
Iowa state name derives from an Algonquian term meaning beautiful land. The assertion highlights the linguistic origins and cultural context behind the state’s designation.
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State
Iowa
Hallettsville Depot Revenue Jump Tied to Oil Car Loadings
Hallettsville depot shows a September 1952 revenue rise of 36,641.54 dollars over the previous year, due to Shell Pipeline crude oil tank car loadings at a nearby rail siding two miles southwest. Shell’s crude oil depot, led by C. W. Jackson, can fill many tank cars from a four pipe system, boosting September tonnage by 49,033,585 pounds and crude oil carloads from 5 to 568 year over year.
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Hallettsville
Hallettsvile T. & O. Ry
H. G. Waggoner
Waggoner
Shell Pipeline Co
C. W. Jackson
Shell
Houston
Major Biehunko Transferred To Randolph Field
Major Biehunko and family moved from Cocoa Florida to join him at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio. He has been stationed at Patrick AFB and is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Frank Biehunko Jr of Moulton Texas. Mrs Biehunko is daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Malec of Hallettsville.
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L. T. Biehunko
Lawrence Terry
Michael Thomas
Cocoa
Florida
Biehunko
Patrick Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonis
Frank Biehunko Jr
Moulton’ and
Srs
Walter Malec
Halletsville
Growth of Girls Basketball Expands in Texas Schools
A record 859 teams will compete in the Texas Interscholastic League girls basketball season, up from last year. Class AA has 117 teams, class A 170, and class B 572 with Varied participation from Denison Greenville McKinney Sherman Conroe Texarkana and Miller of Corpus Christi, signaling rapid growth and broader school participation.
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Austin
Denison
Greenville
McKinney, Sherman, Conroe
Texarkana
Miller
Corpus Christi
Army Draft Call Reaches 48 600 for January
The army issued a January draft call for 48 600 men the highest monthly total since last January when 59 650 were inducted. Since selective service resumed in September 1950 the total drafted or earmarked stands at 1 202 430.
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Washington
Army
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Moulton
Census Bureau
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Plato
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Napoleon
Batlefields
A. Anderson
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Randolph Field
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Gaines Dog Research Center
Astwood Capulet
Boston
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