Odd Items From A Big Newspaper Shared For Local Interest
A column by Bruce Cowden republishes curious clippings from a Chicago paper. Tales include a Nova Scotia swordfish attack drowning a fisherman, a chimney sweep family in Eastbourne now using vacuums, a Siberian official ordered to pay 630, a faster leaning Pisa tower, Turkish veil bans and purple dye police pistols, Alberta beavers flooding and beaver relocation, Mormon temple plans at Edmonton, and a swarm of rock pigeons consuming 12 tons of grain in an English field.
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Chicago
Government denies cart ridge supply for guns
A report notes government obstruction of a cart ridge supply used with firearms. Separate Ireland item tells of a man who said the ghost of his father in law objected to his marriage, prompting a remarriage without divorce. Iran deployed bombers against Kurdish revolt. U.S. education enrollment expected at 32,903,000 students this fall.
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Ireland
Iran
Kurdestan
Enrollment at South Prairie School Reaches Nineteen
Ruth Gideon reports 19 pupils at South Prairie School this fall with eight grades represented. Beginners are Margarett Crawford and Eugene Hoyle, while the 1B to 5th grades include 17 students and one in 7th grade and one in 8th grade. Local families and social visits noted. Grand Prairie School opened with 13 pupils and Bonnie Campbell, Ellen Knottnerus, and Dennis Horak are beginners taught by Mrs. Mary Ann Swailes. Sympathy extended to Mark Campbell Sr and family.
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Keota
Ruth Gideon
Ray Niffenegger
Myrtle
Nate Pearson
Gideon
May
Charles Plecker
Grand Prairie School
Bonnie Campbell
Ellen Knottnerus
Dennis Horak
Mary Ann Swailes
Norma Horak
East Prairie School
Elizabeth
Willis Longer
Wayne Hyde
Bethel
Mark Campbell Sr
Buffum and area families gather for reunions and visits
LeRoy and attendees joined the Buffum reunion. Dale Auld and daughters of Gibson, with John Auld of near Sigourney, and Richard Keep and Burton Coffin groups visited Brighton friends. Frank Darnielle from Ottumwa visited C. E. Darnielle’s home. Ray Nordyke of Chicago and Mae Nordyke’s family were guests. Various local families hosted or attended gatherings at Ollie park and nearby homes.
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Ray Nordyke
Chicago
Mae Nordyke
TTT
Loren McNeese
J. F. Kraemer
Iowa City
Mrs Evelyn Crabb Of Brighton Taken To County Hospital
Mrs Evelyn Crabb of Brighton has been seriously ill and transported to Washington County Hospital. Her daughter Susan William and Linda Crabb have gone to Washington to live with grandparents. Other local visits include C E Bennett of Rockford Ill and various relatives in Brighton, Spencer and Fredonia. Twins Robert and Raymond Bridges joined the navy at Chicago and were sent to Great Lakes.
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Brighton
Susan William
Linda Crabb
Washington
Mel Crandall
Evelyn Crabb
Washington County Hospital
C. E. Bennett
Rockford, IL
Bennett
James Morgan
Danny
Rose Marie
Tom Shimak
Fredonia
Roy Fread
Margaret
Winfield
Levi Shidler
Harold Cole
St. Louis
Willard McGaffey
Spencer
Hugh Cole
Navy
Robert
Raymond Bridges
J. C. Bridges
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Myrtle Helmick
Charles
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Iowa
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12Th St
Rock Island Tracks
South Prairie School
Walter Ruggles
Cecil Ruggles
Warren Nash
John Ingle
Verle Porter
Ingle
Ollie
Nathan Sayre
Detroit, Mich
Delbert Sayre
Keosauqua
Claude White
Benners
Orange
Pascal Celery
Prunes
Sunkist
Colorado
Elberta
Jellies
Spain
Avon
PERK
Webadt
Martha Mead
Oscar Mayer
Krafts
County Hospital
Edna Crile
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