Miscellany, Aug. 31, 1931

Alphabet

In Bowman, Ga., Mr. & Mrs. John R. Ginn named their sixteenth child Quaver Ginn. Other Ginn children: Brodie, Corbin, Dorcas, Elmira, Fezzan, Gregor, Hassie, Ithmar, Jessie, Kester, Lisbon, Manson, Nelson, Ornice, Pascal.

Asylum

In Fergus Falls, Minn., one Maurice Larson while being shown through an insane asylum became violent, was put in a straightjacket, kept there.

Bricks

In Boston hundreds of Bostonians bought wine bricks, dissolved them in water, tended them carefully, made strawberry pop.

Dance

In Wildwood, N.J., John Birch. 28, danced eight weeks in a dance marathon, danced into the ocean,...

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