Murder

At Tyler, Tex., James Franklin Neeley, 70, was arrested for a murder committed in 1883.

Candidates

At Franklin, N. C.; Bert Slagle and Sam Franks were Democratic and Republican candidates for sheriff. Candidate Slagle chopped wood an hour for a woman constituent, sat down to rest. Said the woman: "I hardly know whom to vote for. Both you and Mr. Franks have been so nice. Why, right now Mr. Franks is out on the back porch churning."

Radio

At Pine Bluff, Ark., Ulysses Long, Louis D. and Walter Holcomb went out to disconnect their radio aerial before moving. The aerial wire fell across a 2,300-volt power line. Ulysses tried to pick up the aerial, Louis to pick up Ulysses, Walter to pick up Louis. All three were killed.

Ponderer

At Sawyerwood, Ohio, a naked woman and two men companions were brought into court. Squire Listen Mclntyre retired to a chamber to ponder the case. While he was gone the naked woman & friends departed.

Smolowitz

At Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Rachel Smolowitz, arrested for begging, was discharged, grinning, by the court when her scowling son testified that she owned property worth $100,000.

Surprise

At Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Chance Sherwood arrived from Los Angeles for a surprise visit to her sister Mrs. John H. Cassens. On the same day Mrs. Cassens arrived in Los Angeles for a surprise visit to Mrs. Sherwood.

Sister

At Portsmouth, England, on the eve of his wedding, Kenneth Hay discovered that his bride-to-be was his long-lost sister.

Toller

At Punxsutawney, Pa., John Arney, 78, died of a fractured skull a week after the clapper of a church bell he was tolling fell on his head.

Guards

At London, a miniature golf course in Charing Cross tube station was so popular that special guards had to be stationed to warn players of train departures.

Dalle-Libertelli

In Manhattan, John Delle Dalle, serving two years for assault on Anna Libertelli. was released under guard for one hour while he married Anna Libertelli. Guards were forced to tear bride & groom from one another's arms.

Huff

At Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Emma Huff, 57, was granted a divorce from Andrew S. Huff, 84, because he would not dance, would not play bridge.

Respect

At Washington, Patrolman Frank J. Scoville was killed in a collision. Judge Robert E. Mattingly released Patrolman Scoville's last arrest, Charles Martin, serving ten days for drunkenness, "out of respect to the memory of the man who arrested you."

Jobhunter

At San Francisco, Robert Rails, jobless, ran an advertisement in a newspaper offering to hire out for "anything within the law, regardless of the risk." The advertisement was answered by:

1) A husband who wanted Rails to woo his wife so he could divorce her.

2) A bootlegger who wanted a gunman bodyguard.

3) A husband who offered $5,000 to have his wife killed.

Worms

At Menominee, Mich., some urchins wanted worms for fishbait, were too indolent to dig them. They set fire to a brush-patch. Firemen came and put out the fire. Soon from the well-soaked ground squirmed worms.

Pot

In Manhattan, a hotel guest descending to the lobby saw John Doris and Cornelius Putsch holding up a clerk. He returned quietly to his room, dropped a geranium pot out of a window in front of a police-man who promptly arrested Doris and Putsch.

Crossing

Near Stafford, N. Y., on a branch line of the New York Central, engineers must stop their trains 75 ft. from Route 5 motor highway, be flagged across by new rule of the State Public Service Commission.

Hand-holder

At Boston, Mass., S. Earle Carpenter was fined $100 for holding the hand of a girl who applied to him for a job.

Blind

At Greeneville, Tenn., Shoun Lane, 39, tripped on a staircase, pierced his right eye with a knife he was carrying. A glass eye was substituted. While he was out walking last week a pebble flipped from the tire of a passing automobile, struck his left eye, put it out.

Natural

At Forsyth, Ga., natural gas was installed. Alderman 0. T. McConnell lit the first jet, lost his mustache when the gas flared high, burned it off.

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