Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-08-26
Queer Quirixs 81 News

Newark, N. Mrs. Kath-
ryn Bleier has bought Q six
passenger touring car and gone
into the "jitney bus" business.
Miss Emma s. Redfern, q train
ed nurse, will follow her ex.
ample shortly, although she
will employ q women chauffeur
Ter her car.
Gentry. Mo. Mrs. Polly Lew.
lie, SO years old, has never had
q hat on her head. She has
never ridden on q railroad train.
She is we'll off.
Kansas City, Mo.-Dick Craig
3 year old son of John A. Craig
ls the youngest professional
singer of Kansas City. He has
won over $50 in prizes at sing.
ing contests. He sings at large
assemblies, picture shows and
church entertainments
Seymour, Ind. When An
drew Robinson, a Lacrosse
grocer, died recently, Babe, an
old horse he had driven before
he became prosperous, appear
ID at his front door without
b idle and followed the hearse
to the cemetery. Babe had
been living on a farm nearby.
Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee
men are up in arms against the
practice of their wives shaving
their under arms. Local de-
partment stores are sellit g
razors for the purpose in large
quantities. A local newspat. Z
arrang d column of protesss
from the men against the fad.
New York, N. Y.-The hot
wave has resulted in bare
ankles on the streets of New
York. Seven well dressed
women recently paraded the
streets without hose and sever
al others are taking up the
practice.
Allentown, Pa : When d, ma
mite exploded in a chain works
1ere, piece of iron was hurl, d
almost a mile, strik ng Mrs.
Harvey Fox and cutting off her
right hand The explosion
,howertd that section of The
city vi h fragments of on
Gainesville, Fla Dec. mh.r
and May will Jim fortunes
when j. o. McMannu<, 70. ard
Miss Henrietta Whaley, Is, ave
married. The parents of the
girl secured the license and
gave their consent to the mar.
riage.
Boston, Mass. George Apron
of Revere, with one arm and
one leg, swan from Nahant to
Revere q distance Of 3 miles in
8 hours and 55 minutes. He
was handicapped by rough
water and a heavy fog.
Reading, Pa Wren Ed in
LiesmaD, inst antly killed ty
lightning, was picked up, an al
most perfect likeness of a tree
was found in minute detail to
have been photographed on his
breast. The tree was outside
the window in which Liesman
sssitting when the bolt struck
him.
New Brunswick, N. john
Whiteman was bequeathed his
mother in law by his wife who
died recently. She specified in
her will that he was to take
care of her mother for the re-
mainder of her life, and that if
he refused. the mother was to
bring suit against him for
wages for sixteen years of do
mestic services.
Washington, d. C.-Ten
thousand dollars was received
by Secretary McAdoo, accom-
panied by a letter stating that
the writer chad paid double to
the United States the amount
he stole" and this was another
payment to satisfy his con-
science. The sum was the
second largest contribution ever
received for the conscience
fund.
Davenport, la. John Il Ohde
9 night mail distributor, look-
ing through an old safe, acci-
IDENTIFY pressed q secret spring
and opened q compartment in
which were found $34O in cur
renew and checks amounting to
$1,000. The safe was bought
in Peoria forty-two years ag