Miscellany, Oct. 23, 1933

Ali Baba

In Philadelphia, Negress Maude Roberts gave $60 to "Prince Ali Baba" for a "vanishing powder" so her sister could vanish from a Washington jail, had Prince Ali Baba (one Grant Reid) arrested when she failed to vanish.

Fisherman

In Crookston, Minn., Everett Latta. fisherman, saw a golden eagle soar past him. Everett Latta cast his line, hooked the golden eagle, knocked it off a tree with a chunk of dirt, strangled it to death with his fish line.

Tooth

In Erie, Pa., a dentist extracted a tooth through the right ear of...

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