Flashes of Life: Clovers, Trials, and Tiny Miracles
A collage of brief items: Roman Fetheral hunts lucky four leaf emblems in Fairmont West Virginia. a woman’s case ends with acquittal after a deputy’s verdict in Elizabeth City. Calvert Kelsey collapses with mumps during a New York band concert in a Homeopathy convention. An Oklahoma case involves counterfeiting a judge’s name and a two year sentence. Cripple Creek reports a chain letter boom paying out fifteen thousand six hundred twenty five dollars. Chicago notes seven wolves in Lincoln Park, yielding quintuplets. Rock Island hires a man for hit and run arrest aid after a citizen’s intervention. Mora celebrates Mrs Jarvis turning 98 with a surprise homebound party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick Service
New York
Calvert Kelsey
Trenton
N. J
American Institute of Homeopathy
Calbert
Four Keys Sisters Leave Teens This June
Hollis Oklahoma reports the Keys quadruplets Mona Roberta Mary and Ja born June 4 1915 reach twenty in 1935 marking a historic first as far as records show only this many siblings reaching adulthood. Roberta notes voting age in sight Mary resists maturity Mona regrets leaving teens Leota still cherishes the high school group.
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Hollis
Okla
Ollis
Sis
Mona
Roberta
Mary
Flake Keys
Leota
News Writers Expect Nothing From Uncle Sam
National delegates of the American Newspaper Guild hear vice-president Robert M. Buck say the guild should not expect government benefits. He notes the newspaper code offered no promised gains and credits NRA section 7-A with enabling rapid guild organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
American Newspaper Guild
Robert M. Buck
Buck
NRA
Youths aided by friend who bit foot to suck out venom
A 19 year old hiker Dana Wallace was bitten by a copper head two miles from a highway. His companion Vincent Bour bit Wallace’s foot to suck out the poison, applied a tourniquet, and carried him to their car. Wallace is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Une
Dana Wallace
Vincent Bour
Bour
Wallace
Senate Votes on Utility Bill as Air Base Move Advances
AP reports Senate considers a public utility measure and a $460 million Navy bill while conferees review air base projects. Hastings speaks on a holding company bill and a bonus block delays a fight until the next session. House passes private bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Senate Center Public Utility
Navy
Frontier
Senate
Hastings
House
Silver dollar proves easier to spend than greenbacks
In Hazelton Pa a growing use of silver dollars spreads through nine eastern cities. A Spaulding Bakeries payroll of fifty thousand dollars in silver dollars circulates widely while less than thirty percent of the coins return to banks. bankers note novelty and convenience as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Greenack
Spaulding Bakeries, Inc
Pennsylvania
New York
Shamokin
Norristown
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Binghampton
Middletown
Elmira
Oneonta
Middletown Bazaar Carnival Planned for June 6 7 8
Middletown Community League schedules a bazaar and carnival on the school grounds Thursday through Saturday June 6 7 8. Committees finalize booths with R A Wall and a crew erecting installations as work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Community League
R. A. Wall
Middletown Bazaar Helps Community League Fund
A local bazaar sponsored by the Middletown Community League features bingo stands, a grab bag booth, a ball game, turtle races, fortune telling, and numerous stalls selling treats and goods including cake ice cream coffee lemonade and hot dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Community League
Await Chemist's Report On Blood Tests In Murder
Hagerstown police awaited chemists reports on a blood stained hatchet and pinch bar believed to be the murder weapons in the slaying of 80 year old David L. Buchana a rooming house owner found beaten to death at his home early Sunday. Detective William H. Peters said nine lodgers were being grilled as the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
David L. Buchana
Unclear confession inquest details at rooming house
Anan's establishment withheld clues as detained men' stories conflicted about activities in a rooming house before the discovery of an aged man's body covered with bed clothing in an adjoining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anan
Bonnet Parade Is Called Off After Loss in Glenville
In Glenville West Virginia Amanda Thompson lost the mayoral race to incumbent A. L. Cottrill 68 to 51. The sunbonnet parade planned by women supporters was postponed and efforts shifted to campaigning at polling places.
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Glenville
W. Va
Mandy
Amanda Thompson
A. L. Cottrill
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Fairmont
Roman Fetheral
Roman
Fether
Elizabeth City
N. C
C. Morse, Jr
Paul Williams
D. S. Darden
Williams
Morse
Law
Logic Hugo
Oster Johnson
Tom Hunter
Cripple Creek
Colo
E. J. Duffy
Duffy
Dr. C. Livitty
St. Johnsburg
Conn
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Rock Island
Ill
Donald Jennings
John A. Bengston
Jennings
Mora
Minn
M. J. Jarvis
Keys Sisters
Nta Uy
ZUTAT
Shenandoah
Uncle Sam
Capitol Hill
Hazleton, Pa
Licorri & Myzus Tosacco Co
Muggs McGinnis
By Wally Bishop
Mary JO
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Winchester Business College
P. O. Box
Winchester
A. B. C. of Food Protection
Iceman
Winchester Cold Storage Corp
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage
Virginia
Apple Storage, Inc
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Winchester Furniture Co
Miller Tires
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Republic Oil CO
Twin Orsom A Oil &Gas Corp
Bickers Motor Co
FORD
Cammertire CO
Ullanizing &Road Service
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Myers
C. I. Brumback’s
N. Cameron St
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