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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
8
Arthur Ebbels suggests Term for Light Year Loxan as a Latin styled name for the distance light travels in a year. The proposal appears in a communication to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Dallas reports Texas growth of endurance stunts as locals chase fame with feats from nose-pushing up Pike's Peak to yo-yo marathons and hoop rolling to New York. Texans stage wild endurance acts, hoping for headlines and mayoral greetings while expanding the marathon craze.
A New York survey of workers compensation claims reveals odd perils from everyday acts and harmless objects. Incidents include a greenhouse worker infected by daffodil poisoning, a Battery wind causing a fall, a needle in a skirt injuring a leg, and a spider bite harming a plumber. The report notes some claims are false but many unusual accidents are proven and compensated.
A faculty member at Indiana University hosted relatives with a chicken dinner. Mrs Blank told her children to let others have the liver. The five year old later explained she ate the liver to avoid being selfish, a fact observed by the mother.
A French man faces potential arraignment for hoaxing experts and the public by burying supposed prehistoric relics in a field. Police guarded the site for several weeks amid the mystery, with authorities considering an outrage to the police charge.
A dialogue from Pathfinder Magazine shows Wasey and Kudner debating a saxophone gift for Kudner's son. Kudner says the gift is chosen to spite troublesome neighbors, illustrating a sharp social and humorous feud. The exchange reflects mid-century satirical tone and neighborhood tensions.
A San Diego man laments decades of fighting for back pay since 1918, stating he remains an unknown soldier as he presses for compensation from the government.
petitions for divorce are arriving from Ontario for parliamentary consideration next winter. Premier Ferguson and Premier King plan talks to resolve the issue, aiming to establish an Ontario divorce tribunal despite religious opposition and parliamentary friction.
Eighteenth year old Edwell Nash of Lindsay California promised in Justice of the Peace J P King court to attend church every Sunday for two years after police found a cache of beer on Lindsay peak. Nash and friends had become boisterous from drinking their own brew.
In Enterprise Oregon a boy’s prank caused a price stampede in the watermelon market. Stocks closed at one cent per pound after opening at 8 1/2 cents. A boy erased the half cent on a grocery sign, provoking a rival to post 20 cents then the price settled at 1 cent as supply moved quickly.
A Union Carbide subsidiary in South Charleston West Virginia reports producing 40 000 gallons of alcohol from coal and petroleum products claimed to be the same as grain alcohol. Prohibition Administrator J M Doran confirms the milestone seen as boosting supply for enforcement and industry alike.
Red Bluff reports a tale of a rattlesnake biting its own tail and dying within three minutes. Alleged eyewitness Wes Holt recalls finding the snake in a dried water hole and pinning its tail with a stick, the serpent then biting its own tail in a fatal strike.
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