Message From Past Found In Bison's Hoof
A Smithsonian bison exhibit base yields a metal box containing two Cosmopolitan issues from 167 with an 1888 note by William T. Hornaday. The note asks his successor to protect the specimens and recalls his role as famed taxidermist and Bronx Zoo founder, W. T. Hornaday.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Henry Selzer
Cosmopolitan Magazine
William T. Hornaday
Hornaday
Smithsonian National Museum
W. T. Hornaday
Bronx Zoo
New York
Escaper Is Found In Barn Near Vandalia Ill
Karol Collins a 56 year old prisoner was recaptured handcuffed in a barn seven miles from the escape site near Brownstown Illinois ending a manhunt that began Monday night after he leaped from a car on U S 40. He had been en route from Leavenworth where he served 19 months for interstate transportation of a stolen auto and was tied to an $80 000 jewel theft at a York Maine hotel. The jewelry remained unrecovered as of the hearing.
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Vandalia
Ill
U. S
Karol van Collins
U. S. 40
Brownstown
Collins
York
Maine
Leavenworth
York, Maine
Arizona
Four Sharp Earth Tremors Noted Near Aleutians
Four sharp earth tremors were recorded last night and today on the Fordham University seismograph. The shocks occurred at 9:08:45 and 9:17:56 p m and 5:58:43 and 6:07:18 a m possibly around the Aleutian Islands.
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New York
Aleutian Islands
Fordham University
Sisters End Up Freeing Ira Morris in Topeka Court
In Topeka Kansas Grace Dorothy Newberry age 15 and Amelia Annamae Newberry age 24 sought annulment and divorce from Ira Lee Morris her husband. Grace Dorothy and Ira Lee wed in Lawrence July 13 after a visit dispute revealed no legal ceremony. Judge Beryl Johnson invalidated the second marriage due to Grace Dorothy’s lie about age while upholding Amelia Annamae’s marriage under Kansas law. Morris a 40 year old lathe operator at Forbes AFB sat quietly as the case concluded.
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Grace Dorothy Newberry
Amelia Annamae Newberry
Beryl Johnson
Grace Dorothy
Topeka
Amelia Annamae
Ira Lee
Lawrence
Kan
Johnson
Morris
Kansas
Forbes Air Force Base
Nation of Fatties Seen by Don Grimes on Trends
Mackinac Island Mich. food executive Don R. Grimes warned at a National Macaroni Manufacturers Assn. meeting that if Americans do not change eating habits the average man could reach 370 pounds and his wife 346 by 1957. He noted 1870 weights of 187 and 21 pounds lighter for women, with both adding about 11 pounds by 1920, and predicted future averages of 160 for men and 137 for women. He cited Milady's waist about 24 inches in 1870 and 25% today.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Don R. Grimes
Independent Grocers’ Alliance Food Stores
National
Macaroni Manufacturers Assn
Grimes
Milady
Seek Action On Soil Bank
Federal farm officials warned that unless Congress acts by August 1 next year's soil bank program could be largely ineffective in reducing wheat production. Action is tied to an Agriculture Department appropriation bill stalled by civil rights controversy in the Senate. Time is short to start farmer signup in August to cut wheat acreage. Officials said administration readers in the Senate have pressed to avoid delaying civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Soil
Agriculture Department
Senate
Pleads Innocent To Killing Wife's Parents
Ex convict Lover Bledsoe 31 pleaded innocent to the fatal shooting of his wife's parents in Kansas City after arraignment. He was jailed pending a July 31 preliminary hearing. Police say the victims Mr and Mrs Benjamin Webb were shot Monday night as he claimed they were taking his baby from him. He said he would have killed his estranged wife Ruth and their nine month old daughter Pauline if not for custody.
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Kansas City
Bledsoe
Bernard Griefkow
Jackson County
Benjamin Webb
Ruth
Pauline
Pat Boone Considers Screen Kiss Conflict
Hollywood star Pat Boone weighs whether to kiss Shirley Jones in Avril Love. Boone follows a strict no kissing rule with any woman but his wife, a stance his friends say stems from personal beliefs. Shirley Jones shares concern about the impact on their children.
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Hollywood
Pat Boone
Bernardine
Avril Love
Rock 'N’ Roller
Shirley Jones
Shirley
Pat
Boone
Bing Crosby
Goodygoody
Prude
Garden City Man Heads Arkansas River Group
Logan N. Green of Garden City Kansas is elected chairman of the Arkansas River Compact Administration. The group also elects Carl E. Bentrup of Deerfield Kansas to its operations committee at a meeting in Lamar Colorado yesterday.
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Garden City Man
Lamar, Colo
Logan N. Green
Garden City
Kas
Arkansas River Compact Administration
River Group
Carl E. Bentrup
Deerfield, Kas
Williamsburg Area News Returns From California Trip
D A Timberlakes and Robert Jeffersons came home Friday after a three weeks vacation in California. They visited Walter Chamber at Pasadena and Dan Chambers at Temple City and Arcadia. Visitors included several former Williamsburg residents and local families. Local callers and visits spanned Richmond, Iola, Ottawa, Emporia, and Burlington as residents shared recent travels and family events.
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D. A. Timberlakes
Robert Jeffersons
California
Walter Chamber
Pasadena
Dan Chambers
Temple City
Arcadia
Don Chambers
Williamsburg
Forrest Todd
Naomi Senter
Gretchen Todd
Kir
Charles Carey Jr
Clark
Ottawa
G. W. Turrell
Mrs. E. Wilson
Henry Wilsons
Richmond
Governor Docking Says He Feels Fine in Hospital
Kansas Governor George Docking, recovering from a hernia operation last Saturday, reports feeling fine and hopes to be discharged from the hospital by Saturday.
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Los Angeles
Kansas
George Docking
Docking
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Weekend News
Aunt Mrs Jensen is ill at her son's home. Mr and Mrs Orville Thor nbrugh of San Diego and Mr and Mrs Roy Bethell called on Vernon Bethel Sunday afternoon. Penny Reekie of Homewood visited Joyce Ann Starosta and friends. Janet Thornbrugh returned to Topeka for beauty school. Thornton family visited grandchildren Terry Thorn ton and Charlie Underwood. W O Trout Bill Hosbing Otawa visited Mrs Nona Barrett. Mike Milliken of Coffeyville visited grandparents H C Milliken. L W Sutherland and D N Jefferson spent Sunday with family.
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Flora Sherman
Laura Rae Scott
Ottawa
J. T. Farneys
Glen Robe
Chula Vista
Calif
C. E. Chambers
Ervin Chambers
Patricia
Burlington and
Waverly
W. D. Farney
Khemm
Wellsville
J. T. Farney
J. C. Ashcraft
Clarence and
Vernon Garvin
Allen Ashcrafts
Quenemo
Jensen
Orville Thornbrugh
San Diego
Roy Bethell
Vernon Bethel
Penny Reekie
Homewood
Joyce Ann Starosta
Jerry Weigand
Willard Thornbrugh
Carolyn Hoyt
Janette Thornbrugh
Topeka
S. J. Thornton
Terry Thornton
Charlies Underwood
W. O. Trout
Bill Hosbing
Otawa
Nona+Barrett
Mike Milliken
Coffeyville
H. C. Millikens
Local Folks Gather in Ottawa and Olathe
On the eleventh of July 1957 in Olathe and Ottawa residents gathered for family visits. Mrs. Hattie Robinson of Ottawa spent Sunday with sister Mrs Grace Chien. Mrs Ruth Barton visited the Bernd Bartons in Ottawa. Mr and Mrs Charles Neal and girls called on the Lester Davidsons and W H Boyds in Ottawa. Mr and Mrs Clair Curry and Rusty of Wichita were guests of C B Goodwills at Saturday supper, with Rusty staying longer.
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Ruth Barton
Bernd Bartons
Ottawa
Charles Neal and
Firls
Lester Davidsons
W. H. Boyds
Clair Curry
Rusty
Wichita
C. B. Goodwills
Causes and cure of constipation claim by doctors
The article discusses a so called thrifty colon that robs moisture causing dehydration and blockage. It claims to restore regularity by remoistening and bulking the contents to stimulate the urge to purge. It touts Cotonam as the remarkable laxative with COLONAID moisture benefits.
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Colonaid
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Matinee
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Ieee
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Heston
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James Stewart
St. Louis
T 20Th Century-Fox Presents
de Luxe
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Illcress Drive-In
John Kasper
Bond
Byron Pope
Knoxville
Tenn
Kasper
Newberry Sisters
Holyoke
Mass
Ira Lee Morris
Nation of Fatties
Department
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EF Cotaring
Johnny Desmond
Merry Anders
Meg Myles
Paul Langton
Joel Greye Treniers
E Tarriers
HE Hi-Lo
Iva Angelou
Columbia Picture
MET
Ben Gazzara
SAM Spiegel Productions
Columbia Pictureri
Johnny Tremepamesenis
Eman
Walt Disney
Ada Price
L. FE. Wilsons
Mickey Cantrell
Emporia
Peggy Mong
Salina
Inez Garvin
Ralph
Donald Humphries
John
Humphries
Herington
Olathe
Glenn Jeffere
Hattie Robinson
Mrs
GraceChien
ANSCO
John G. Kaiser
Rexall
Pho
Masonie Bldg
Colonayd
CoLonarp
Peoples National
Safe Deposit Box
Peoples National Safe Deposit
Lhese
Service Records
Paooples
F.D.I.C
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