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Titonka Topic in Titonka, Iowa

11 Sep 1930

Page 7

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Titonka Topic

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Titonka, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1930

Page

7

Century-Old Claims Stir Interest as Longevity Becomes Talk

A foreign visitor in the United States claims to be 156, with stories of service in 1708 and birth in 1774, provoking broader discussion of alleged centenarians. The piece notes skepticism, cites New York World doubts, and recounts famous dubious ages from history.

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Elmo Scott Watson Agha Istambul Turkey Louis VI Marie Antoinette France Napoleon Egypt Palestine India Paris United States Stampg Oreseals Providence R. J Ivan Proskuniak Henri Barbusse Ural Mountains Russia Bf. Barbusse Ivan Proskunnik Zaro Agha Ivan Zaro New York Mat Lively Ur Key Zavo Agha Jii Chung-yun Tir China Yay New York World Zara Agha New York Life Insurance Company Larkey Balkans America Cornelius Cole New York Times Jim Wesleyan University California Middletown Conn Tincoln Congress Alaska Scomnellas Cole Reut Seneca County Cole Maj Edward James Monroe Monroe James A. Toby Scientific American John Shell Theresa Abalya Ivan Tretya Rostov Peter Zortay Torton St. Monrah Georgia Transcaucasia Nikolai Andreyevitch Shapkovsky Old Parr England Earl of Arundel London John Taylor Thomas Parr William Harvey Taylor James Canfield W. J. Thoms House of Folds Forr Thoms Calmntess Desmond Lia Thon John K. Mulley Tle St. Anthony
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Rancher's Body Found in Well Ends Wilderness Murder Thriller

San Mateo County rancher Frank Roderick is found buried in a 26 foot well on the Alpine road near San Honda. Sheriff James McGrath arrests Minnie Roderick and William Woodring after discovering the body and linking cattle rustling to the case. The investigation uncovers a complex web of rustling, jealousy, and alleged crime across nearby ranches.

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San Francisco Galif Frank Roderick San Mateo County Hig Ranch Alpine San Honda Roderick Minnie Roderick William Woodring Redwood City Bimmer California Ife Jim James J. McGrath Gallagher & Zink Lillicote Woodring Franklin D. Swart Swart McGrath Mrs. Roderick Mindigo Ranch Roderick Ranch Albert Roderick Gallagher and Zink Mindigo Ernest Wildebrand Hildebrand Edward Warrell Troderick George Steinberg Chalmers Roberts Farrel Mrs F. D Anderson Rodericks Little Filbert Donald John Tayall Redwood City Minnie Fayall Richards Bell Edmund Scott
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Boy Finds Bag Worth Thousands in Amersham Return

A boy in Missenden finds a woman's handbag containing money and jewelry worth between 10 000 and 12 000 dollars. The owner’s name and address are in the bag. The boy’s mother travels eight miles by bus for 10 cents and walks three more miles to return the bag to the owner in Amersham. She receives a 12 cent reward in sixpences.

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Missenden England Amersham
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Grasshoppers killed by sand storm in Washington

Ephrata Washington reports a sand storm wiping out a grasshopper horde. Arnold Smitheringale, driving from Wenatchee toward Moses Lake, saw a sudden windstorm that buried his car in sand. He found a peck of dead grasshoppers on tuning boards and between wheel spokes, all with heads immobile.

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Plants Grow Upside Down Using Rays And Light Tricks

In a St. Louis plant experiment student botanists used chemicals ultraviolet rays incandescent lights and X rays to speed growth and invert gravity. Gradual light exposure boosted growth with cotton plants reaching 84 inches under 90 degree heat while 80 degree conditions yielded 19 inches.

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St. Louis
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Boy refuses rescue demands police aid in Pueblo incident

Ituny Madulleh fell into water in Pueblo and refused help from nearby boys who tried to pull him out. He insisted the rescue be performed by police, shouting for proper authorities to handle the effort.

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Pueblo Colo Ituny Madulleh
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