Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-12-23
QUEER oufRtts Of NEWS.


Thomasville, Ga. = Malachi
Jenkins, negro, has confessed
that he has entered the matrimo-
NAL state Twenty-Five times. He
is regarded as a probable presi-
dent of the United States of mat
rimony, which he has founded.
Wilmington, Del. While
speeding between this city and
state road Engineer Eugene Jami-
son OF the Norfolk Express was
nearly blinded when partridge
flew in his face.
Bcllefontainc, O.-James Me-
keevcr of McGulIcy, although to-
tally hind. drives his own auto
mobile when some one is in the
car and gives him directions. lie
has taken the machine apart and
put it together again and is an
accomplished musician.
Camden, n. J.-When the cor
oncr was called to investigate the
death OF a newborn infant he
found the child had two heads
and three arms. Both heads
were we'll formed and each had a
distinct neck. The third arm
grew from the neck on the right
side. The mother is also the
Of two normal children.
Washington, ID. C.-The Blue
Ridge mountainccr who didn't
know the civil war was over has
been outdonc by Pennsylvania
stranger, who appeared i'm the
White House grounds recently.
Hello" said the stranger to IA
policeman. The cop nodded. rs
the big boss in?" the stranger
asked. 'Who?" demanded the
policeman. why, Ted! Teddy
Roosevelt of course, the stranger
replied.
Dublin, Pa.--When William
Newsone. Il negro undertaken,
sued Walter Blackshear for fail
ure Ia pay FOR the funeral of
Blackshear's mother, it was
proved in court that Newsome
had furnished casket that was
too short for the deceased. and
i'll order not to delay the funeral
he had trimmed the body to make
ii fit in.
San Francisco, Call" Swearing
off, caused the death of Jason
Rutter, pioneer Of Siskiyou
county. Rutter was 72 years old
and had been an inveterate smok-
er for more than fifty years. He
quit and his heart failed for lack
of its usual stimulation.
Nashville, MO.--Ora Tomlin-
son, believed to have been de-
mented, took a knife from child,
opened it and swallowed it, blade
foremost. An X-ray showed the
knife landed in his right lung, and
physicians say he is bleeding to
death.
Salisbury, Mo.-William Hem
mack of this town has never had
a tooth pulled by a dentist or had
his hair cut or face shaved by a
barber. He is 90 years of age.
LnOdon, Eng.-The record for
bearing children is believed to
have been broken by a Mahratta
woman in East India. She has
had eight children in one year.
Three were triplets and the others
were quintpulets, two boys and
three girls. The mother is 33
years old.
Meridian, Miss.-Mrs. James
Reeves, who has five grandchil-
|dren, recently presented her hus-
band with triplets. Two are girls
weighing seven pounds each, and
the other boy, eight pounds.
Kirby, Vt.-Frank G.. Grant Of
Santa Monica, Cal, who taught
school here years ago, went to the
old school house, rang the bel!
and nineteen of his thirty-s;x
former pupils, gray haired ard
bent, responded to the call.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Jilted at the
altar, when his bride failed to ap-
pear, Michael Zcigler proposed To
Mary Noble, the bridesmaid, was
accepted and married her at the
hnmc of her parents the same day.
New York, N. Y.-For years Jo-
|seph Truda and his wife, Marie.
wanted baby. Finally, discour-
aged, Joseph deserted his wife.
She adopted a child from an
asylum and wrote Joseph that
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