Miscellany, Jan. 24, 1955

From San Juan Hill. In Atlanta, Harry L. Olive, 82, and Mrs. Jennie Goodby, 82, divorced during the Spanish-American War, remarried.

As Ye Sew. In East Providence, R.I., District Judge Eugene J. Sullivan listened patiently while James S. Gomes, 73, argued that his eyesight without glasses was normal for driving, watched as Gomes deftly threaded a needle three times in a row without the aid of glasses, tried and failed to do the same thing himself, dismissed the case.

Rude Awakening. In Mobile, Ala., Laborer Alexander Robinson, opening his eyes in the hospital after surgery...

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