Prize

In Mexico City a young cartoonist won a cash prize for an anti-alcohol poster, got drunk, landed in jail.

Teachers

In Cleveland two school teachers won a live turkey in a Christmas raffle. Unable to cut its head off, they dosed the bird with chloroform, put it in a box, plucked it. When nearly naked the bird awoke, flopped grotesquely on the floor. The teachers screamed, police arrived, decapitated the turkey.

Nuggets

In Rossport, Ont, Mrs. C. Gerow, cleaning a turkey, found two gold nuggets in its craw.

Drive

In Chicopee, Mass., one Eugene Guiel drove his auto against a stump; it turned a complete somersault, losing its top, bursting two tires. Unconcerned, Guiel drove on for three miles until arrested for drunkenness.

Dares

In Cleveland, one William McSherry was dared to put the muzzle of a loaded shotgun in his mouth. He accepted. The man holding the gun was dared to. pull the trigger. He accepted, blew Mr. McSherry's cheek away.

Function

In Cleveland an educational society was raided by Prohibition agents who found quantities of beer. The manager declared the club's function was "to educate the boys to drink beer instead of hard liquor."

Sentence

In York, S. C., one J. H. Barfield, sentenced to serve two years in the chain gang, wondered how he would be able. He is legless.

Attempt

In Avon, Mass., three employes at a shoesole factory were arrested. The charge: that they had attempted to inflate a fellow workman with a compressed air pump. Their victim subsequently died.

Schoolboys

In Youngstown, 0., two boys clubbed one Joe Chizmar to death, robbed him of $2.50. Arrested, they told police of a crime school they were attending where a "tutor" taught them "how to slug."

Baboon

In Dallas a band of Negro possum-hunters were startled at the sight of a baboon named Rollo who appeared out of the night and treed them until morning. Rollo is missing from a local zoo.

Stranger

In Paris Mile. Annette Cozo, sitting in a cafe was accosted by a stranger whose advances she accepted. They went outside to talk; Mile. Cozo took off her hat, displayed her yellow hair. "A blonde!" exclaimed the stranger, bent her over his knee, spanked her, disappeared. Killer

Near New Marlboro, Mass., one Henry Hart, huntsman, spied two wildcats fighting over the body of a rabbit, fired and killed both with one bullet.

Wait

In Kansas City one Robert Sprinkle, septuagenarian, returned home rich after a 50-year absence, married Miss Willie Hayden, septuagenarian, who had promised to wait for him when he left town.

Cat

In Evanston, Ill., C. Miles MacDonald, automobile driving, heard loud screams and cries issue from the hood. He investigated, released a large gray cat.

Cats

In Mount Vernon. N. Y., one Patsy Zuzzolo has a two-legged cat that walks upright. The cat's mother has six toes on each paw.

Rancher

In Gillette, Wyo., Guy Burr, rancher, rode over the plains on Christmas Eve, was seen no more. Three days later a cowboy riding near the Burr ranch spied a horse standing motionless on the plain. Approaching, he found Burr's body, shot through the mouth. Beside him lay his revolver and a note to his mother:

"My horse slipped and fell on my left ankle. I can't stand the pain any longer. Goodbye."

Method

In Franklin, Ind., Floy S. Owens, trustee, greatly reduced the township poor fund. Method: he refused to give charity to claimants who arrived at his office in automobiles.

Worthy

In Evanston, Ill, William Henry King IV, longtime town worthy, was tried for wife-beating. He pleaded that he had been "compelled to swing on her" when she dyed her hair green. The judge dismissed the case.

Bride

In Chicago, one Victor von Gerhard secured a bride by mail, then sued for divorce. Charges:

She chewed snuff inveterately.

She carried a gun. threatened to kill her husband and his family.

She jumped from a bridge into the 'Chicago River.

She wrote von Gerhard from Texas that she would return and slay him.

Convict

In Atlanta, Tom McGee, ex-convict, threw a brick through a store window, stole a shirt, reported to police. He told the judge that while in prison camp he had grown so fond of feeding the hogs that he wanted to go back. The judge acquiesced.

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