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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1931
Page
2
Chicago auction fans chase mystery in weekly sales of unclaimed trunks and other goods. Bidders study crates before bidding hoping for fortune, but often find odd items and comic curios. Local lore says hidden riches lurk in forgotten trunks, fueling the suspenseful hunt.
In Zanesville Ohio Muskingum River fishermen report a new device to trap temperamental bass. They drift at night and shake weeping willows to startle bass causing them to jump into boats. Alfred Iunsbottom claims a three and a half pound musket landed in his boat during a jumping spree.
Memphis veteran Joe Curtis, longtime Mississippi river lore authority and columnist, has retired from daily copy but begins a book on the river and its history. A river packet is named in his honor, reflecting his read by pilots and riverfolk.
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