Hoover Gains Echo in Iowa Campaign Drive
President Hoover greets thousands in Des Moines as he opens his bid for reelection. He warns that rival programs would ruin American agriculture and outlines his tariff and mortgage relief plans. Roosevelt and Smith reconcile in New York as Lehman secures the governorship nomination.
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al Smith
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United States
Black Bear Omen Ties to Bourne’s Legal Trouble
Walter Bourne of Whitefish Point linked a black bear crossing his path to bad luck. Hours later he was arrested for improper plates and no operator’s license, pleaded guilty, and paid a $2 fine plus $3.60 costs. In court he and companion Oscar Johnson described the bear sighting.
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Wife seeks legal separation over unknown snickersnee
Ida Kers Miles claims Captain Edward A. Miles used a snickersnee to threaten her and seeks separation and $70 weekly support plus $560 legal fees. She details marriage in Panama, travels to Mexico City and Havana, and a Memphis $32,000 bank balance.
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Salvation Army
Feud Ends in Rochester Streets with Fatal Stabbing
A seven year feud over World War winning sides ended when Caesar Straccamore, 40, was fatally stabbed during a street ball game in Rochester New York. Vittorio Russitti, a World War veteran, was arrested and charged with first degree murder after resurfacing on a Rochester street.
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Grover Cox Charged After Wreck With Police Car
In Pueblo Colorado Grover Cox twenty allegedly sped and crashed into a police squad car outside the station. Officers arrested him at the scene charging driving without a license and a traffic code violation.
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Hen Fright Sends Forestville Man On 22 Mile Car Chase
Albin Lindquist of Forestville chased a runaway hen that bolted from a coop and vanished under his car in Storrs. After a 22 mile drive toward New Britain he found the hen perched on the front axle, dusty but unharmed.
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Albin Lindquist
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New Britain
Engineer’s 12 coach train vanishes in Atlantic City event
An engineer starting from New York with a train of 12 coaches and an engine reaches Atlantic City safely but discovers the twelve coaches are missing. The moment is recounted as an embarrassing life episode.
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New York
Errors and Sympathy for the Erring Heart
A reflective quotation from Longfellow about pity for others errors. It contemplates the sins and trials of a single heart and the wish to leave the sinner with the responsibility of their origins.
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Coyotes Reach East Beyond Native Range
The coyote, once tied to the plains, has been found far east with a specimen killed near Baltimore and others discovered in Georgia and Florida. The piece notes how listeners anticipate telling their own tales as others finish theirs.
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Fills the Bill or Wash an Elephant Quote
The German caption from Illustrierte Berlin records an ironic exchange about doing something notable and clean. It quotes a sentiment about undertaking a grand task while jokingly proposing to wash an elephant.
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Deutsche Illustrierte
Berlin
Get Rid of a Bad Headache in Few Minutes
Bayer laboratories report instant relief from headaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains due to a unique process in making Bayer Aspirin. It dissolves quickly and starts working in minutes, with genuine Bayer Aspirin clearly marked on boxes and tablets.
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Bayer
Population movements shift from farms to towns in 1981
USDA estimates 1,472,000 people left farms for towns and cities in 1981 while 1,679,000 moved farmward. Farm population rose by 648,000. In 1930, 1,766,000 moved city to farm and 1,727,000 moved farm to city, nearly balancing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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