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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1948
Page
6
A quiz item list asks: Old Fort Duquesne location city? FBI has women investigators? Douglas MacArthur birth place? One dollar bill length? DAR organization year? Alaska frost depth? Wheat germination time limit? Reason snow is white.
The piece lists quiz answers and remarks on topics including FBI employment, Little Rock location, snow color science, and soil freezing. It references a 1890 date, a six inch measure, and a twenty five year timeframe for a condition.
Colliers notes only four women were found guilty for the offense of being common scolds. Anne Royall of Washington in 1829 paid a 10 dollar fine and posted a 50 dollar good behavior bond. The three Znosko sisters in Pittsburgh last October received jail terms from 3 to 23 months.
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