Monday, Oct. 08, 1928
"Time brings all things."
Babies
In Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Contrera appeared before Judge Gemmill to secure a divorce. Antonio Contrera, 25, charged misconduct. Maria M. Contrera charged cruelty. A pretty 13-year-old Mexican, she carried with her into the court a doll.
Nuns
Near St. Louis, Mother Aloysius of the Carmelite Sisters, who had not left her convent for 50 years, moved to a nunnery several miles away. She was taken there in an automobile driven by one William McKenna, who later said:
"She thought I was going at terrific speed, although I never exceeded fifteen miles an hour. She wanted to know why all the people were in such a hurry. When we got to Forest Park, she exclaimed at the beauty of it, and when we passed the golf links, she wanted to know why the men and women with the clubs were hitting the ground. When we reached the new convent, Mother Aloysius seemed very happy and relieved."
Another Carmelite nun, leaving her cloister on the same occasion, for the first time in 33 years, said in a soft voice:
"I thought the tall buildings would topple over on me!"
German
In Oshkosh, Wis., Theodore Borutski, onetime German soldier, owner of an iron cross, stated that he wished to change his last name to Roosevelt. Not in honor of famed Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Borutski wished his name to be Quentin Roosevelt in honor of the son of famed Theodore Roosevelt, aviator who was killed by Germans in France. To France, Theodore Borutski wished to send his iron cross that it might be laid together with a wreath upon the grave of Quentin Roosevelt.
Fire
In Durham, N. C., there was only one fire in the month of August. This was caused by one drop of sweat which fell from one H. Toohey, an employe in a hosiery mill, into a combination of cotton-bleaching chemicals, causing combustion.
Fires
In Muskogee, Okla., John Coffey, a farmer, wished to smoke a pipe and lighted a match. The match broke and fell into a tank of kerosene. The kerosene began to burn and a cat walked past it. The cat's fur caught fire and Farmer Coffey chased the cat. The cat jumped into his haybarn and the haybarn burned down.