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laugh Patterson,
New Jersey:
When 60-year-old Al Asbaty returned to
his car after shopping, he was startled to find that
thousands of bees were building a hive inside his
Oldsmobile.
Due to the sunny and warm weather, he
had left the windows rolled down, allowing a queen bee to
fly in, followed by about 20,000 of her most faithful
servants.
Just as one of Asbaty’s relatives
was about to spray the inside of the car with a can of
insecticide, police bee expert Tom Fuscalo arrived and
managed to coax the insects into an artificial hive.
St. Paul, Minnesota:
For people with lots on their agenda,
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company creates
25-inch-by-30-inch Post-It Easel Pads.
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INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Sunday School Class
Picnics.
The Westminster Sunday school classes
of Mrs. Chas. Tobias, Mrs. W.H. Butts, and Miss Alice
Bradford picniced yesterday at McDaniel’s mill
bridge on Spring river east of town. They drove out at
8:30 a.m. in several rigs, quite a number of the boys
going in a big transfer wagon. Fishing and swimming were
the pastimes indulged in by the boys. A big picnic lunch
was spread at noon.
Married Three Couples
Today.
W.R. Dunham, of Montevallo, Vernon
County, and Miss Dora Basnet of Webb City, and Francis M.
Phillips of St. Louis and Jessie P. Henry of Webb City,
were no sooner licensed to marry today than Judge T.M.
Garland chanced on the scene at the recorder’s
office and performed a double wedding. At 10 o’clock
this morning Judge Garland married Jas. King and Mrs.
Annie Kinser of Joplin.
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Today's Feature Lost One of the
Good Ones.
The Mornin’ Mail
lost a co-founder and driving force with the
passing of Gloria Johnson last Sunday evening.
Gloria participated in nearly all aspects of the
business with her husband H.J. Johnson since its
beginning in June of 1992. Her responsibilities
ranged from distribution to sales and layout and
eventually to the actual printing of the paper
for a few months after the couple purchased
Carthage Printing Services late in 1992.
As the printing business grew,
she shifted into more of a management role and
was responsible for accounting and overall office
management, while continuing to contribute to ad
sales and management of the Mornin’ Mail.
In February of 2003 the Mornin’
Mail and Carthage Printing Services moved to
its current location when the Kress Building was
purchased along with the Oldies and Oddities
Mall. Gloria had always appreciated hand made
funiture, quilts, and other collectibles and
contributed daily to the operation of the mall.
Her passing marks the end of a
two and one-half year battle with breast cancer.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I grew up workin’
‘round farm country most of my
childhood. I always figured I was pretty well
educated on the various nomenclature for
animals associated with the midwest. I
can’t for the life a me think of what ta
call a bunch a pigs.
I don’t think they
aren’t a flock, or a covey, or a heard.
The only thing I ever heard ‘em call a
lot of the animals was "the pigs."
I’m thinkin’ pigs
are too independent to be lumped into a
group. Even humans are sometimes referred to
as a clan, or a tribe, or a community. Pigs
seem ta be just pigs.
Don’t know much about
wild pigs, maybe they don’t gather in
bunches. The man made pig pen may be the only
social structure able to confine their
yearnin’ for self sufficient,
independent expression.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’
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Weekly Columns Here’s A Tip
By JoAnn Derson
• "Hi, JoAnn.
Don’t throw away those plastic containers
that meat is sold in. Use the deep white ones for
planting seeds indoors and the shallow pink ones
for trays underneath them." -- J. in Vermont
• "Most folks have a
computer, and some have problems keeping track of
their monthly expenses. Here is what I do. Using
a very basic word processor, I list all my
monthly expenses with the amounts, due dates and
how to pay them. When it comes time to do the
payouts, I have them all right there, so I
don’t miss any. I label the file for either
‘1st of the month’ or ‘15th of the
month’ as necessary. When I need to edit
either one, I just click on the start button,
select the document, scroll down till I find it
-- and voila." -- M.H. in Colorado
• "To make footed
sleepers last a little longer for an infant, cut
out the foot portion." -- S.R., via e-mail
• "I go through a lot
of paper at work. Now I save any papers that
don’t have sensitive information and bring
them home for my children to draw on. I have
found that I also can use the unmarked side in my
printer. It stretches out the paper’s use,
and we always recycle paper when we’re done
with it." -- B.A. in Wisconsin
• Here’s a quick and
painless trick to remove a fruit-drink stain on
an upper lip, more commonly referred to as a
Kool-Aid mustache. Just use toothpaste. Dab it
on, rub it in and rinse it off.
• Go Green Tip: Setting
your water heater’s thermostat to 120
degrees F or lower can both reduce energy costs
and help prevent accidental scalding
in the bath.
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