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Odds and Ends From Distant Towns And A Local Protest
A scattered column notes odd finds in mines including slate shoe soles and a spinning top in Norris City Indiana. Meyers is at the gallows in Fort Worth Texas and the trap severed his head. A deafness cure in Stoughton Wisconsin is described. A Chicago incident ends with a frightened pursuer at a marriage license scene. Benjamin Miller surrenders in Jena Louisiana for a 1879 Riverton murder. Three McCown children celebrate birthdays in Birmingham Alabama. In Kendallville Indiana thirty nine young men form an anti girl club protesting high living costs, with fines for rule violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Worth
Tex
C. A. Meyers
Meyer
Stoughton
Wis
Sigrid Larson
Chicago
Ill
Stephen MecBett
Gentral
Mary Alphonso
MecBett
Jena
Benjamin Miller
Riverton
T. E. DeWitt
Miller
James Kurlin