Legend of Big Bill and The Little Fellow Endures on Memorial Day
For 58 years Chicago and North Western train 106 stops near Elrod S D to honor a boy who died in 1888 and a brakeman known as Big Bill Chambers. The ritual includes a quiet grave ceremony watched by passengers and crew who keep the memory alive each Memorial Day.
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Elrod
S. D
Bill
Chambers
WNY
Myavere
Roy Vee Aae Daualu Noweis
Lala
William F. Chambers
Big Bill
Vince J. Ford
Ford
Lydia Benson
Redfield
Little Fellow
Chicago and North Western
Boy With 30 Names Is Bobby for Short
In Whitesburg Kentucky a 14 year old eighth grader has one of the world’s longest names. Parents W L Stallard named him Hugh Alexander Morris Gene Saul Ralph Giles Gilbert Marquis Miles Marion Mayo John Charles James Gordon Bennett Adams Christopher Columbus Eli ah Green Eversole Bradly Kincaid ol Jefferson Breckinridge Star. Classmates call him Bennett or Bobby.
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Whitesburg
W. L. Stallard
Hugh Alexander Morris Gene Saul
Ralph Giles Gilbert
Marquis Miles Marion Mayo
John Charles James Gordon Bennett Adams
Christopher Columbus
Eliah Green
Eversole
Bradly Kincaid
Ol Jefferson Breckinridge
Bennett
Bobby
Woman’s initials recall the Blizzard of 88 in Littleton
Mrs. E. E. E. A. Shell born during the great blizzard of 1888 remains a living reminder of the storm. Her father, unable to have doctors attend, named her for the event, making her initials stand for Eighteen Eighty Eight Ann.
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Littleton
Colo
E. E. E. A. Shell
Ann
Aviation notes and events at Sioux Falls air fair
Sioux Falls hosts its first air races since 1934 as part of a Civil Air Patrol event at the municipal airport on May 25 with bomb drops spot landings a mass parachute jump and a plane wedding. funds aim to acquire a city Red Cross and police plane for emergencies. Challenger Airlines begins Denver to Salt Lake City daily trips with future Billings links. A 80th birthday plane ride and a mother flying children to school are noted. Airport noise reduction advances under CAA leadership. The C-82 Packet troop carrier tours the Pacific. International Airlines Association reports over two thirds of world carriers had absolute safety in 1946 with 33 fatal accidents and 298 deaths across 8.3 billion passenger miles.
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Sioux Falls
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Civil Air Patrol
Red Cross
Rocky Mountain Empire
Denver
Salt Lake City
Challenger Airlines Company
Cheyenne
Laramie
Rawlins
Rock Springs
Kemmerer
Wye
Billings
Mont
Clara Frick
Goshen
Ind
International Air Transport Association
Needlework Patterns Basic Stitches of Crochet
An instruction sheet describes crochet basics including simple stitches the star stitch shell stitch Picoting and finishing edgings. It offers Pattern No. 5417 for 20 cents plus name address and pattern number and notes high demand may delay filling orders.
High Finance Sale of Cat Sparks Odd Barter Tale
A man walking with a cat is approached by a buyer who offers to purchase the cat for 10000 dollars. The owner says yes after a pause, then later reveals the deal was settled not with cash but with two five thousand dollar dogs in exchange.
Morning lemon cleanse beats harsh laxatives
A health note urges replacing griping laxatives with a morning drink of fresh lemon juice in water. Taken on an empty stomach, it purportedly stimulates regular bowels and boosts vitamins C B and P, aiding digestion and alkalinizing the system. Use California Sunkist Lemons.
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Sunkist
California
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