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PERSONALS

Revs. William s. Robinson and
r. X. Stephenson attended the
Preachers Meeting in Dover, yes
terday and the day before and
took prominent parts in the dis
cussions.
Mrs. Leni Carrow, wife of Thorn
as l.. Carrow, returned last week
from a seven weeks trip in the far
West with him, and entertains her
friends with many interesting mar
ratives.
Mrs. Clarence Prettyman is on a
two weeks visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jehu M. Reed, near
Frederica, Del.
Mrs. Thomas Moore and daugh-
ter Madge Ethelda, of Cheswold,
are visiting relatives and friends in
Mont Clair, N. j., Mrs. Moore's
old home.
Mrs. Stephen Walker, of Ken
ton, has just returned from a
three weeks visit to her father,
Mr.. Alfred Ougheltree, of Mont
Clair, N. j., who is extremely i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mullen
and daughter Ethel, of Wilmington
spent Sunday with Mrs. Mullen's
sister, Mrs. George Walker of
Kenton.
Mrs. Carey ard Mrs. Vanneman
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WOMAN
WINS OVER 80
New York Herald Tribune
Award Goes TO Mrs. p. c.
Gordy, of Laurel
IN NATIONAL CONTEST

Mrs. Paul Q. Gordy, of the Laur-
ell New Century Club has been
awarded the S25 cash prize for
first honors in the national press
and publicity contest sponsored by
the New York Herald Tribune in
cooperation with the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. Mrs.
Grace Allen Bangs, director of the
Herald Tribune Bureau for Club
Women announced the local win
ner from San Francisco where she
presented the awards at the Cen
eral Federation convention. Mrs.
Gordy's entry, the best of those
submitted by club women in 80
states and Alaska, so the judges
felt, was news-story of the Laur-
ell Clubs plan to purchase a wheel
chair for some worthy person. 1t
was judged Delaware's best by the
staff experts on the New York
Herald Tribune, leading metro
politan daily, which selection auto
matically placed it in the national
competition. Second place in the
nationwide contest went to Mrs.
William j. Phelps of the New Hav-
en- (Conn.) Woman's Club, with
third place to Mrs. Miriam Odett
of the Yuma, Ariz. State Fedora
tion's southwestern district. Mrs.
Gordy's selection was made from
among the largest number of en-
tries ever submitted by press rep
resentatives since the contest was
established three years ago by the
New York Herald Tribune as its
contribution in part to the mani
fold activities of the women's or
ganizations from coast to coast.
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GOLD LEADS
IN MINING
New Production Peak For the
Precious Ores This Year
Possible
GOLD MINING REVIVAL

DENVER.-Gold led mining re-
vival which began in Colorado in
1887 and continued through 1888
near boom proportions, the state
bureau of mines has revealed.
While production of most miner
ais showed substantial gain over
1887, the upswing was paced by
gold. More than 100000 tons of high
grade ore valued at $4,000, 1000 were
produced in the state during 1888.
The rise in gold production was
noted particularly in the Cripple
Creek district and ''The Little King
dom of Gilpin," where during the
days of the famous Central City
boom, miners claimed to have dis
covered the richest square mile of
earth in the world"
More than $1,000 Working.
]. P. Joyce, state mining commits
sioner, said that more than $1,000
hard rock miners were employed in
the Cripple Creek area during 1888.
The gold boom also was felt in
Boulder and Clear Creek counties,
where new territory is being de-
veloped. Rich strikes were report
ed in regions heretofore untouched.
Mining activity reached a peak at
Climax, where the worlds greatest
molybdenum mine produced an
average Of $4,000 tons of ore daily.
Prosperity in this field was reflected
when the Climax Molybdenum
company declared Christmas div
idend of 1920, 900. The mine is the
only one of its kind in the state.
New High Probable.
Joyce said that if tentative plans
to reopen flooded workings in the
Leadville district materialized silver
and gold production in Colorado
would reach a new high this year.
The mining commissioner said a
move was under way to obtain PWA
funds in 1889 to aid in draining
these mines, once the greatest silver
producers in the nation. 1t was at
two-mile-high Leadville that H. A.
w. (''Silver Dollar'') Tabor made
his wealth.
The most pessimistic note in the
1888 production figures was the drop
of nearly 1,500,000 tons in the pro-
duction of coal The reduction was
blamed chiefly on a dwindling mar
ket.
Joyce said that figures showed
large output of limestone, mica.
gypsum, granite, fireclay, building
stone and cement.
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Will Try To Reduce Accidents

Because of the increasing num-
ber of accidents on the Glasgow
Blackbird road by way of Summit
Bridge and Middletown, Supt. of
State Police John r. Fader an
nounced that two men from each
shift have been assigned continu-
ously to patrolling the detour. eff
accidents on this detour continue
to increase" Mr.. Fader said, "the
number of men assigned to the
work will be increased" A survey
by dward E. Clough, in charge of
the safety division for the State
police, showed 56 accidents have
occurred on that highway since
January I, with 81 persons injured
and three killed.
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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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congestion of the lungs. She had
been unusually cheerful that and
the proceeding day, as had been
remarked byher friends, and they
were unprepared for so speedy a
demise. Some two years ago she
had a stroke of paralysis that in
terfered with her walking, but
otherwise she had been in good
health. Mrs. Penniwell was noted
throughout her life for her cheer
full temperament and social dispo-
sition, and had many warm
friends. She was the daughter of
Hewitt Layton, of this county, a
leading family in Methodist cir
cles, a fact which she exemplified
throughout her life. She married
Mr.. Penniwell, who came from
Berlin, Md, then school teacher,
forty-four years ago, and has lived
in Smyrna and its vicinity ever
since that time. The married life
of this couple has been throughout
one of singular devotion to each
other and contented happiness. Mr..
Penniwell has no children living,
nor blood relations in this State,
where he has made his home for
nearly century, but has in his
lonely condition the warm sym
pathies of the community. The
funeral will take place on Friday
afternoon.
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MARYLAND ITEMS

Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. Henry D. Roberts
and Miss Emily Boyer. The cere-
mony will take place on the 22nd
inst, at the Millington NJ. E.
Church.
DR.. Isaac Leonard Adkins died
at his residence at Easton, Nd,
Friday after a lingering illness. He
was born at Milford, Del, 1928,
and was educated at the academy
at that town.
The new NJ. E. Church at Hen
derson was dedicated on Sunday.
Rev. r. G. Jones, of Odessa, Rev.
]. D. c. Gamma, of Asbury Church,
Wilmington, and Rev. w. w
Sharp, of Kenton, assisted the pas
tor, Rev. Albert Chandler in the
ceremonies.
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which he is after.
When experiment after expert
ment fails to yield the coveted sec
ret why does he persist on and on ?
1t is because of hope.
Hope is the confidence that the
object of your desire awaits you in
the future.
TIL chemist possessing such a
hope, such confidence, can not be
discouraged by the many failures
of the present.
Perhaps you are not a chemist.
Yet you have experimental with
life. What you were seeking to
find was happiness. But the re-
suits of your experiments have
clouded your sky. Perhaps they
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have brought on a night Of da
spair. Yet there is a light above
you. What if it is only as tba
light of a single star?
There are certain stars that ber-
aid the approach of day. Hope is
such a star. 1t shines with tbe
light of the day which is to be
the day for which you have been
hoping.
What makes your life 50 rad
iant?" I asked a man whose face
was beaming with joy.
"Hope!" he declared. Some day
shall walk with the King in the
Realm of Gloryi"
But, man, you are having
trouble, and your finances. YOU
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day when flames destroyed the
property. William Fleishauer,
owner, estimated the loss at ST.
600. Lawrence Hammond, 25, night
attendant, discovered the fire at
2:15 a. m. and aroused the Fleis-
hausers who were sleeping on the
first floor and theen ran a quarter
Of a mile to telephone an alarm to
Harrington Fire Company. Car
Isle Company, Milford and Green
wood also were called. Hampered
by lack of water, the firemen were
unable to save the building. The
cause has not been determined.
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Men work out of darkness into
light, out of failures into successes.
The chemist seeking the discov-
er yof great achievement by
working his way through an intri-
cate maze of difficult experiments
day after day and often year after
year until he discovers the secret
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DELAWARE BAY RAILROAD
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

A meeting of the stockholders
of the Smyrna and Delaware Bay
Railroad was held in Smyrna on
Friday, when the following persons
were elected directors: George S.
Joes and Frank L. Hall, of New
York; E. Thielens, of Philadelphia;
John H. Hoffecker and N. F. Wilds,
Smyrna; and John F. Nicholson, of
Dover. George S. Jones was elect
ed President and Frank L. Hall,
secretary and treasurer. Con-
struction committee F. l.. Hall, E.
p. Stacey, and E. Thielens. Col.
Bingham, j. Gould's lawyer, was
also present at the meeting. The
Smyrna and Delaware Bay Road
formerly known as the Kent
County road) continuous line to
Chestertown and is to be extended
to Colchester. The stockholders of
the latter road met at Chestertown
on Saturday and the following di-
rectors were elected to serve for
the ensuing year: ]. Ragers Max
well, president of the New Jersey
Central road; r. w. DeF'orest, E
Theilens, George S. Jones, S. M
Williams, F. L. Hall and J. w.
Watson. F. L. Mall was elected
president; George Jones, secretary
and treasurer, and z. p. Stacey,
superintendent. ]. r. Franklin is
general agent, and is located for
the present at Chestertown. They
have force of carpenters and
from fifty to a hundred track men
now at work. Mr.. Bingham, Jay
Goulds lawyer, says the road will
be completed to Colchester Beach
at an early day The moving
spirit in the new road is, to all ap
pearance, Emil Thielens, but be-
hind him is the Central Railroad of
New Jersey. Mr.. Thielens has Wis
tied Smyrna several times, and is
meeting with the encouragement
of the people of this vicinity. A
correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says: 'It is understood that
Thielens, who is a Philadelphia
merchant, has made a contract
with the New Jersey road. 1t is
proposed to spend 100000 in re-
pairing the road. An entire new
track is to be laid, and work was
commenced May 1st. 1t is expect
ed to have the new road in running
order by July 1. Fruit and pas
sengers can then be carried from
Chestertown to Boston by train to
Bombay Hook and thence by float
ers to Bay Side, New Jersey, there
connecting with the New Jersey
Southern road and then by way of
the Central of New Jersey to New
York City. 1t is apparent that
the New Jersey Central intends to
make an effort to cut into the P.
w. and B. freight traffic, and the
new road claims that they can
land fruit in New York several
hours earlier than the Pennsyl-
vania. The latest map Of the New
Jersey Central places the new road
as one Of its branches. The name
of the old Bombay Hook line has
not as yet been changed.
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SELF-CONSCIOUS JOHNNY

Teacher-Johnny. now you have
IN front of you the north, on your
right the east. on your left the west:
now what have you behind you?
Small Boy--A patch on my pants
Il told mother you'd see it.
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Discovery

BILL forgot my umbrella this
morning.
Harry-What made you renem.
Ger you'd forgotten it?
BILL missed it when 1 reached
up to put it down after the rain.
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Three Escape Flames

A couple and their 16-year-old
son escaped through a first floor
window of their combination SER
vice station and dwelling on Route
IS, near Pennington. early Tues
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Different Evidence

The doctor was questioning the
new nurse about her latest patient.
Have you kept a chart of his prog
ress?"
The nurse blushing. replied: mo.
but I can show you my diary"
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The Cheswold fire company had
a call on Wednesday to the home
of Dean Seeny, colored. 1t being
a chimney fire and was soon ex-
tinguished.
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Why, GRANDMA

Grandpa-In my day. my dear.
Young ladies knew how to blush.
Modern Miss-Really7 Do tell me
what you told theml
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Invitations have ba,ly basy =
Fleming, Dover -@liSs far ). Hafs
reception Of their /, d.ls, ras 2.
Arcadia Robinson Iaagate5 p5v5
Curtis Francis Jar,., Flenias !
mervilIe S. G. son @-,ls as ofI
Jenkins and the i i. y !. Nrs
Of Summerville ~ ~ W. \
ternoon, May 20 q Sa'l'd u
their home on Nor. =, oc4
Dover. = State
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OF Mrs. Joseph SmltherS on Satur-
day and Sunday.
LETTER FROM CHESWOLD
The town election passed off
smoothly: they elected but three
commissioners - Jefferson Cooper,
Ephrim Garrison and Thomas
George. Two more were to have
been elected but they tied four
times and finally gave it up. An
other meeting is to be called soon.
The party favoring street widen
ing was debated. The colored in
habitants also voted. Hope the
sidewalks and curbs will all be laid
before fall, when if it is as it was
last winter, you will lose yourself
in mud almost anywhere.
What seems to be troubling the
people most, is that the railroad
company owns land on the west
side of the public road including
the pavements and porches of sew
eral houses.
Mrs. t. A. Moore is recovering
from a bad spell of sickness.
Mrs. T. F. Moore and daughter,
are visiting her grandfather. T. F.
is talking of selling out his store.
There is to be a picnic here at
the school house on Saturday, May
25th.
The first quarter of the singing
school under Prof. Quimby ended
last Wednesday night. About 25
joined for another quarter.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
George w. Lindsey, cashier of
the National Bank of Newark, car
ries cane that belonged to An
drew Jackson.
Electricity viii probably be used
as the motive power for turning
the draws of the Third and Eleven
tn streets bridges in Wilmington.
Messrs. Philip Burnett and Will
liam E. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Richardson, and Mrs. Sophia Stuot
of Dover, will sail for Europe on
Saturday next on the steamer
Servia.
Two months ago Capt. A. D.
RICHTER, of Lewes, bought a
wrecked ship containing a cargo
of sugar, near the Breakwater, for
$50, and has SO far realized $1,000
from the speculation.
The passage of two two-masted
schooners through the drawbridge
at Laurel last Tuesday was the
cause of a genuine demonstration
1t was the first time that large
vessels ever passed through the
bridge. Little Creek at that place
has lately been materially widened.
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Know gone 1,7
am living il j. ! a'atsd
yet to be!!o = .le Joy
phantly. oeclatsi
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of Port Deposit, Md, were guests
of Mrs. Joseph Smithers on Satur-
day and Sunday.
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FIVE HURT IN
AUTO MlsHAPs
Three Injured When
Tire Goes Flat;
Car Swerves

One freak" accident and an
other two-car collision caused In
jury to five persons In accidents
inside the city Thursday. The vic
Tins were recovering Friday at
their homes from injuries not be-
lieved serious.
Three members of Frank Shell
bere's family were hurt when a
tire suddenly went fiat on his car
and made the machine swerve into
. parked car near the intersection
Of lSth st. and Yakima ave. Shell
berg, 81. 4617 50. Yakima ave.
was driving. The front right tire
debated and forced the machine
into the rear end OF a car belong
ing to W. Z. DcMille.
shelberg received a cut over one
eye. Mrs. Esther Shelberg sus-
tanned bruises and small cut. and
Robert shelberg's head was LAGER
ated.
In an accident at Puyallup ave.
and East G st. . car driven by
John G. Dresden. Glendale. Calf,
struck the rear end of a machine
driven by r. F. Harvey. 80. 1918
10. L 1t. Mrs. Harvey. SO. re-
ceived bruises on her right Leg. and
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men had been wounded, one per-
haps fatally.
Richardson had interviewed
scores of men representing both
factions In the controversy and he
continued interviewing others to-
day compiling a report for Gov.
Carr in an attempt to definitely
place the blame for the shooting
Another investigation was con-
Quoted by G-men.
The controversy, climaxed by
the armed conflict and stilled by
Cars decree. started some weeks
ago when tunnel workers repre-
senting five American Federation
Of Labor craft unions demanded a
closed shop and wage and hour adj
justments. and were denied them
by the Warner Construction com
pany, contractors.
The unions finally withdrew
from the workings and esta blished
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Delay in Adjournment Seen
AS Senator'S Clash ON Bills

preparation included In the def
cheney bill for administration Of
the wage-hour act A house com
mittee killed the entire 81 600 600
budgeted for the agency, but the
house restored half Of Il.
There was little doubt that con-
gress would adjourn quickly once
the deficiency bill is enacted.
Major legislation unsettled was
the social security amendments.
House and senate conferees met
again Friday morning, but there
was little prospect that their diff
ferences over federal grants to
states for old-age pensions would
be settled. In event they are not,
there may be an attempt to attach
another rider TO a minor revenue
bill freezing present social security
tax rates at their current level.
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committee and then to the senate
floor BY midafternoon. The house
already has passed It. but a con-
ference will be an almost certain
necessity TO iron out senate-house
differences before final enactment.
Efforts viii be made to attach
to the deficiency bill all the con-
troyersial odds and ends that re-
main before congress. These in
clude:
Attempts by western senators
to revise the relief law. Sen.
Pat Mccarran, d.. New. will offer
as rider" his amendment TO
restore the prevailing wage for
skilled WPA workers.
Sen. James z. Murray, D.,
Mont. will seek TO attach his
amendment to relax compulsory
lay-off of WPA workers who have
been on the rolls Is months. That
had been attached to the defeated
lending bill.
- The administration will make
4 an attempt To restore to the
deficiency bill $4,000, 5000 item
for the commodity credit corpora
ton, eliminated by the house.
, Sens. Burton X. Wheeler. D..
- Mont, and Robert NJ. LaFoll-
cite. Prog, Wis, will seek to sal
wage from the lending bill their
plan to refinance farm mortgages.
New Dealers will try to add
= another $1,000, 900 to the ap-
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Picnic OF Credit
Men Saturday
WMDraw Many

The annual picnic Of the mem
bers of the Tacoma Association
OF Credit Men and the Whole
saiers. Association of Tacoma. will
be held Saturday afternoon, Aug
ust 5. at Steel lake This event is
eagerly looked forward to each
year by the members OF the asso-
citation and their families as a
good get-together and gala time
and TO enjoy and enter into the
sports events. An elaborate pro-
gram has been arranged under
the direction of the various COM
mittees:
Sports events - George Hamm.
Frank Gillihan. Roland Wagner.
Carl Parks, Oscar Lagasse and
J. J. Haw.
Refreshments -Orren Judd and
Clark Stillwcll.
Prizes Earl Hetrick, Joe Bros
amer, Frank Chapman. J. X.
Ewart. Edw. B. Lung.
Property--Jim Upland and Ed
Perdue.
General picnic chairman is Lind
sey Crawford.
Prizes will be awarded by Fred
Wines.
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Puns Are High
Form of HunOr

BOSTON, Those with a pencil
ant for punning needn't worry
about their intelligence.
Contrary TO popular opinion,
puns are one of the highest forms
of wit and recognized as such by
masters of the language, Prof.
Roy Davis, head of the English
department at Boston University's
College of Business Administra-
ton, said at a public forum.
"Oliver Wendell Holmes" he
said, was certainly no fool and
he was one of the best punsters
OF the time"
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lines and took over the project be-
cause. they said, their livelihood
was impaired by cessation of work.
Each faction endeavored to
lay blame for the actual out
break OF shooting at the feet
of the other. and there appar-
emily was not a neutral OBJ
server In the area.
Thomas Kellerhalls, of Denver,
was the most seriously wounded.
He was transferred Thursday night
TO a Denver hospital and under
went an operation for the removal
of a % calibre rifle slug buried
near his brain. Surgeons were
obliged to remove his left eye, and
today they pronounced his condi-
ton as critical.
A concensus of authorities here
placed the battle of Green Noun
tain" casualties at Is, though only
three or four had received hospital
treatment.
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STRIKE
PEACE LOOMS

SEATTLE-The federal mari
time labor boards Pacific coast
mediator. W. T. Courts Of Port
land. held hope" Friday that con-
ferences seeking settlement Of
the three-day Puget Sound ferry
strike might result in something
concrete"
Courts planned further meetings
with Gov. Clarence D. Martin, who
settled the 1887 strike and has
been taking a hand in attempts =
end the current tie-up.
The Inland Boatmen's union
meanwhile released the ferry Balm
bridge for one round trip daily be-
tween Anacortes and Friday Har-
Dor to move crops to market and
save San Juan island farmers from
possible heavy losses.
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pickle lines early this week in
direct disregard to a state law pro-
hibiting a strike being called with
out its leaders first giving 30 days
notice. Wednesday farmers, ran
cheers and businessmen In the area
instigated a back-to-work move
ment, fought through the picket
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The St0rk Brought To-:
Mr.. and Mrs. Farley A. Mayfiel

Mr.. and Mrs. Farley A. Mayfield,
Morton, son, June 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. A. Elske,
Puyallup, son, June s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Brew
ster, 1868 So. Wright ave, daugh-
ter. June IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans n. Svinth,
1882 So. Park ave, son, June II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Ingram,
sos No. f St, daughter, June H.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Mathews,
6t7 So. Sprague St, son, June IL.
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RESIDENCE is LOOTED

After taking great pains to bur-
glarize the home of DIR. J. j. Nc
Laughlin, 1120 Tacoma ave, an
intruder made his escape with only
81 in change and a pearl rosary.
The home was entered Thursday
evening while the family was away.
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Gene Il. Harvey suffered cut lips
and bruises. Harvey reported that
Dresden failed to see the overhead
light against him and proceeded
through the intersection without
pausing.
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THIEF STEALS TOOLS

Larceny of a variety of tools
was reported to police today by Ted
Longe, 401S So. seth st. His
garage was entered Thursday eve
ming, and he later discovered a bit.
machine drills, a plane, chisels and
an extension rule missing.