Woman Wins Best Lie In 1936 In Bogus Contest
A Michigan farmer's wife Mrs Gale Barnhouse won the 1936 Burlington Liars Club medal for best lie with a tale of a mosquito that dined on livestock and saved a town. Second prize went to Roman Links for a fog story from San Francisco. Third to Mrs C B Morman for a cyclone yarn.
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Chicago
Michigan
Gale Barnhouse
Maud
Maude
O. C. Hulett
Hulett
Gilbert Karcher
L. J. Stang
Links
C. B. Morman
Attala
Ala
Prisoner Escapes Mansfield Reformatory
Melvin Boylen, 20, of Ross County, escaped from the Mansfield Reformatory today while serving a 20 year term for operating a motor vehicle without the owners consent. Also reported, Charles Pitsinger, 50, Eaton fruit dealer, killed by a locomotive on Pennsylvania tracks last night. he leaves four children.
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Mansfield
Melvin Boylen
Ross County
Mansfield Reformatory
Eaton, CO
Charles Pitsinger
Eaton Fruit Dealer
Pennsylvania
Pope Pius Dictates Prayer From Sick Bed
Vatican report from December 30 1936 states Pope Pius wracked by continuous pain dictated a letter to the Sisters of St Therese at Lisieux asking prayers for courage and strength to finish his life as pope. Lights burned through the night as Cardinal Pacelli visited and the Pope asked for comfort.
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United Press
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
St. Therese
Lisieux
France
Cardinal Pacelli
Aminta Milani
Cardin
Also Take His Dictation of the Letter
A brief note records that the subject requested someone to take his dictation of a letter. It notes the act occurred in a formal setting and references the expected draft or finalized correspondence. No further names or dates are provided in the accessible text.
State Briefs From United Press
FINDLAY Ohio December 30 Robert Stewart fourteen a newspaper carrier was killed last night when an automobile struck his bicycle as he delivered papers M G Smyth thirty Detroit driver of the car was released after questioning He said the boy drove in front of his car XENIA Ohio December 36 Sergt H L Chapman Osborn a member of the world s first Boy Scout Troop has been elected Scout commissioner in Greene county Chapman stationed at Paterson Field Airport joined with fifteen other boys in England under Sir Robert Baden Powell who originated the Scout Movement.
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Xenia. O
H. L. Chapman
Osborn
Greene County
Sergt. Chapman
Patterson Field
England
Robert Baden-Powell
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M. L. Parrish
Dic
Reublin Bros
Jones Farm
P. V
Sunkist
California
Greenings
Spies
Jonathans
Richelieu
Florida
Cocoanut Co Eden
Erber’s
SWIFT
Texas
Saegertown
Fisher
Food News
Fisher’s
Maine
Campbell
Ibs
Ruddy Health
B. O
Kirkman’s Soap
MEAT
Fisher's Queen
Dolly Madison Dill
Underwood
Restemeier
Ken
Fisher’s Pot Roast
Dole
Armour’s Star
Cleveland
Broad
Tole Ave
E. River St
Ing
Maxwell Rachlin
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Sry
Chronicle Telegram
Pope
Veal Bologna
York State
NEHI
Bell Center
Middle Avenue
Temple Court
Mpa
Pac
Porter House
Hamburg
Wiltshire
Broad Street
Orun
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