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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
6
Albert E. Herpin, a Hungarian war veteran, claims he has not slept in 78 years and remains alert while reading seven newspapers nightly. He supports himself as a caretaker in Perdicaris Place, pursues news rather than fiction, and says sleep irritates him though his mind stays active.
Streetsville Ontario resident Robert Bond eighty four year old cement block maker has completed a large concrete tombstone for his mother's grave and his own after death with his name birth date and his mother's details carved in leaded letters. He left a blank space for his death date and wonders who will carve it.
In 1915 Victor Martin was wounded and captured by Germans. His belongings were stolen en route to a prison camp. A German soldier mailed back Martin’s pocketbook with a note from Franz Piter of Brandenburg saying he had a troubled conscience and, after 15 years, decided to return the property.
Perpignan resident Jean Coussanes writes 5151 words totaling 26119 letters in 156 lines on the back of a postal card in an apparent world record attempt.
Lincoln reports the highway department has ruled the word detour will be replaced by temporary route for all highway diversions this season. The change carries no effect on the actual routing or road conditions, only the terminology used in official notices.
A digger who lost his stake is celebrated as friends toast him and a native rushes in with news a 59 carat diamond worth about $20,000 has been found on his claim. The moment rekindles romance of the local Kimberley diamond field.
The Bay State’s tercentenary is marked by celebrations from June to October 1930, highlighting the charter of 1641, Boston Week, and a replica Arbella voyage. Massachusetts leaders and historians emphasize the state’s pivotal role in American history from colonial foundations to the Revolution, with figures like Winthrop, Adams, and Adams among the many named.
A Teide hillside family of Valido six members held a ritual killing to release the spirit of a dead brother. The youngest sister Calendaria, sixteen, was lashed to death after a day of brutal beating as the family chanted incantations. Police arrested and the family confessed.
After 160 years the Germans renew plans to clear Havre bay of war wreckage dangerous to navigation. The Athlet tug and the Berger 1 and Vosferlde barges arrived to start repairs. The Vosferlde remains offshore due to its dynamite load while the Athlet serves as a workshop and may enter port.
In Goldendale Washington farmers comb rolling hills for poisoned alfalfa leaves coated with strychnine scattered last winter to kill jack rabbits. Under guidance of the biological survey the leaves must be cleared before sheep are allowed on summer pasture. Each stick has a sharpened nail to aid gathering the bait.
Hoquiam Washington report tells of Robert Fulton finally reclaiming a spoon hook loaned to Frank Silva after four years. He located the hook in the Columbia River attached to a large Chinook salmon weighing 23 pounds. Silva had hooked a big fish, but line broke. Fulton found a 50-foot line tangled to the rope while pulling the anchor. Both anglers corroborate their versions of the event.
An English court hears suits by Muslim members against High Priest Mullaji Saheb who has excommunicated adherents for shaving their whiskers. The petition asks to bar interference with their beards.
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