Deaths of Arsene Arsenval and Roberta Lawson Highlight Brigade Notes
In France on December 21, Professor Arsene Arsenval died at 96, noted for introducing electrotherapy and diathermy, with ties to wireless tech and medical devices. Tulsa’s Roberta Lawson died December 31, a former General Federation of Women’s Clubs leader and advocate for consumer protection and anti Communism.
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Arsene Arsenval
Ferre
Eiffel Tower
Marconi
Roberta On Lawson
Tulsa
Oklahoma
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Brigade
Weather and Hog Market Update
Top hog price reported at 7.35 dollars per hundredweight. Forecast calls for cloudy skies with light snow tonight likely turning to freezing rain Tuesday.
Funeral services for KE L Breitenbach held Saturday
KE L Breitenbach died recently with services conducted at L A Jones funeral home by Rev Carl W Klein of St Pauls Evangelical and Re formed church. Pallbearers included C C Wilson Roy Downs Leo Wolfe R L Lytle George Morrison and Ray Page. Burial was in Oak Ridge cemetery Dutch Creek township.
Extortion Letter Target Betty Grable
Federal complaint filed against Betty Westlake of Washington Pa accused of sending a threatening extortion letter to screen actress Betty Grable demanding two thousand dollars. The case centers on an interstate threat and the alleged letter’s delivery.
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Betty Grable
Betty Westlake
Washington, Pa
Park Reservations Policy Riles Olympic National Park Lumber
Olympic National Park in Washington covers an area roughly the size of Rhode Island and holds 27 billion feet of lumber, though the administration restricts the use of this timber under current national park reservation policy.
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Olympic National Park
Washington State
Rhode Island
Jumbo the Giant Elephant on Display at Museum
The skeleton of Jumbo the famous Barnum elephant is exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History. Reports note Jumbo’s big appetite, consuming about 200 pounds of hay daily along with oats potatoes bread and beer.
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Jumbo
Barnum Circus
American Museum of Natural History
London boy regains speech after 12 years via skin graft windpipe
A 12-year-old London boy who could not speak for 12 years regained speech after a surgical operation. He previously breathed through a rubber tube in his neck but now has a functioning windpipe formed from a skin graft taken from his left arm.
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London
Baltimore firm demonstrates self sealing fuel tank
Bullet Proof Tanks, a leading Baltimore aircraft company, showed army officials a self sealing fuel tank. Punctures are automatically and instantly filled, preventing gasoline leakage.
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Baltimore
Army
Tell It to Marines Origin Tied to Charles I Tale
Pepys Diary notes credit Charles I with origin of the saying tell it to the marines. The king supposedly trusted the royal maritime regiment’s knowledge of sea and land and told doubters to relay their tale to the marines.
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Pepy
Charles I
Royal Maritime Regiment
Rural School Histories at Bicher School in Noble District
The article chronicles Bicher School in Marion township, its early log-style room with slab benches, the 1867 building, 1914 1920 incorporation into Noble Consolidated district, and notable teachers and pupils. It notes renovations in 1939, equipment upgrades, and a Stringtown Literary tradition with yearly programs and debates.
Stringtown School's Early Years and First Teachers
The first Stringtown school began in 1853 with about thirty students aged up to 28. It stood east of the second building on Section 30 north of the road, lacking a water source, and used neighbors Isaace Allen and Joseph Mast for water. Early equipment included a painted board Slobe maps and a cast iron stove. teachers were Mary Moore Bennett Annie Cochrane and Harlan Cummings. The original building was later sold to George Herzog for use as a granary.
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McKee
Stringtown Literary
Washington
Lincoln
Stringtown
Bicher and
Sommer
Isaace Allen
Joseph Mast
Ammon
Alice
Alvin Allen
William
Sam McKee
James
Matilda Doode
Mary Nickelous
Amanda Bowden
Peter Alliman
Mary Moore Bennett
Annie Cochrane
Harlan Cummings
George Herzog
Lang
John Conrad
John
Wenger School and Early Education in Marion Township
The article recalls the Wenger school built in the 1860s with wooden seats for four to five students and winter classes taught by men to maintain order. It notes several teachers including Miss Wilma Keister and J S Conklin, a 1871 second building east of Sommers cemetery, and a shift to German language use. The piece lists local families, the Grange’s meetings in the 1870s, and the later expansion to eight schools before consolidations into Noble Consolidated District. It mentions surrounding residents and visits, with minor notes on nearby communities and individuals at the time.
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Bicher
Noble Consolidated District
Hicher
Marion Township
Noble
Clayton Noble
Tom Mulhern
Nancy Steadwelt Neiswenger
Ben Eicher
Alex Miller
Joe Graber
India
Edward Eicher
Securities Exchange Commission
Rev. Shrag
Missouri
Wenger
Wilma _ Keister
J. S. Conklin
Johnson’s
Carmicheal’s
Young's
Conrad's
Leitchey’s
Caldwell’s
Neiswanger
Barton's
Emmine’s
Griffith's
Ernest's
Hicher’s
Shelton's
Widmer's
Shadt's
Miller's
Keister’s
Wenger's
Kaffman’s
Nettie Rousseau
Charles Dewey
Washington County
Eda Conrad
Lester RB. Kragill
Bernice Miller
Beatrice Miller
Verna Roth
Velma Roth
Edith Roth
Eulalia Mechanis
Kya Ballard
Florence Lute
Charlie Turner
Edith Hershey
Grange
Jessie Pearson
Ainsworth
Tama Reservation
Sommer's Cemetery
K. Shantz
Sundale
Pleasant Ridge
Sockum Ridge
Eicher
Sommers
Stringtown
Bette Davis Marries Pianist Arthur Farnsworth in Arizona
Bette Davis and Arthur Farnsworth of Boston were wed at Rimrock Arizona uniting longtime childhood friends from Lowell Massachusetts. Farnsworth, son of a New Hampshire dentist, has performed on the concert stage.
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Bette Davis
Arthur Farnsworth
Boston
Rimrock
Ariz
Miss Davis
Farnsworth
New Hampshire
Lowell
Mass
Navy cadet returns to studies after holiday visit
Ciliffora Flynn of the United States Navy resumes studies at the Primary Fire Control School in Washington D C after a holiday leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Clair Flynn and family and with Mr and Mrs Earl Walton and family in Riverside California.
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Marvin
L. F. Pruess
Kalona
Anna Walter
Pruess
Walton
Riverside
Dorothy Fitzsimmons
Adrian Dautremont
Cedar Rapids
Little Gae Ann Dautremont
C. V. Dautremont
Russell White
Ames
Milo Shalla
H. O. Borup
Ciliffora Flynn
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Clair Flynn
Earl Walton
Rail passenger use 1932 records high with one fatal accident
In 1932 English railways carried over one billion passengers with a single accident resulting in the loss of three lives. The statistic highlights the scale of travel and the rarity of deadly incidents for that year.
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