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Catching on bobs and other Newton items amuse and worry
The Newton column reports kids enjoying snow bound bobs despite danger of injury. Mentions Miss Corda Wert ill with consumption, Parmentery Long quarantined for diphtheria in his family, and Frank Shelley's recovery from wagon accident. Notes Elva Allfree starting a winter school term, Mrs. Van Epps visiting, Grandmother Lambert's frailty, and insurance carried by Isaac N Guthrie. Also mentions a burn injury to a worker, Ken Livingston’s carbuncle, and a 7000 dollar life policy.
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Corda Wert
D. M. Wert
Parmenteryng
Anderson Hayes
George Shelley
Frank
George
Frankie