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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
4
A village story describes a bird raised around a farm that nests high in trees and lays eggs in a tree box placed years ago by children hoping for a home. The tale notes the bird often perches on high limbs and rises about five feet from the ground.
A man on a streetcar recounts a curious event where his hen suddenly fluttered behind him, landed on his shoulder, and retrieved a nickel he intended to pay. The bird then returned the coin after the fare was processed and flew back toward its coop, as the man is described with a reputation for honesty.
Local resident Groban of Glmville claims his white hen Mew Terk state is the most intelligent. He describes daily routines and many tricks, with work life at Turrytews and a peculiar morning trot. The fragment ends with unclear lines about a curse and a cryptic city reference.
A Thomaston area man says his hen is the only one of its kind and never walks. He reports the bird can fly and appears to walk only in appearance, claiming a remarkable and unusual ability.
Henry Karg of New York found 8 5 cents and a $60 bill in a hole beneath a footstool after his cat pulled the hoard out. The money was believed saved by Grannie Karg who died suddenly. Some treasure will fund a Gran nie memorial with a carved footstool.
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company faced complaints about a mysterious darning ball scheme. A manager sent a detective to San Francisco who found a woman on Ceres road removing a receiver to use a darning ball for sock mending.
A heated debate in England centers on two grisly relics claimed as Oliver Cromwell's head. Sir Henry Howarth Professor Boyd and other experts back the skull shown with Rev. H R Wilkinson as authentic, while the Oxford University Museum head is deemed spurious.
Head keeper Billy Snyder tried to treat Hattie the trick elephant for clover colic with linseed oil laudanum and whisky. The plan backfired injuring Snyder as Hattie swallowed the remedy and soon recovered to perform tricks for the children.
Mary Jenkins, a Posey county teacher in Indiana, confronted a grass full of venomous snakes in the schoolyard during a recess. She used a poker to ward off the reptiles as they attacked, resulting in 27 dead snakes by the end of the encounter.
Eight year old Francis Whittle walked from his Bay Ride home while asleep. He fell ten feet from a window to the yard and walked about a mile in a daze before his father carried him back and woke him. The father noted the boy has slept walk since infancy.
A curious tale from Kansas City describes a passenger who carries beer corks to use against a hatpin threat on the Northeast car line. He keeps a pocketful of corks and places one on the hatpin to deter danger as he rides the platform.
The Houston Post quotes a warning about carrying a gun and self-control, stating a man without discipline should not trust himself with a firearm, while a controlled man rarely needs a cue.
Jerome Dawson discovers Kitty the new maid reading French poetry and hiding from suspicion. His mother suspects theft of real lace as Kitty's charm and absence spark a chase across social lines. At a dinner, Kitty appears as Georgiana Van Arsdale, stirring a tense reunion.
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