Miscellany, Oct. 17, 1949

Open Market. In Des Moines, enterprising Justice of the Peace Earl W. Rinehart, standing firmly on his rights, refused to build a partition between the bar where he dispenses 'justice, and the bar where he dispenses beer.

Reformer. In Zanesville, Ohio, Joseph George Buca admitted making off with a slot machine containing $18.65, insisted that he took it only because the machine was illegal.

March of Progress. In Colorado Springs, Colo., the city council abolished the 36-year-old ordinance limiting the length of women's hatpins.

Hearth & Home. In Detroit, Mrs. Eleanore...

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