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...Chestnut Farms dairies, their wives, children and sweethearts crowded gaily aboard the steamer Charles Macalester and set off down the Potomac from Washington for an outing. Soon after noon they went ashore at Marshall Hall, ate a luncheon of ham and cheese sandwiches, potato salad, deviled eggs, milk, tea, watermelon, ice cream & cake. Two hours later a child collapsed. Parents warned their children to keep out of the sun. Then men & women began to feel ill. Directors of the picnic mustered most of them aboard the steamer, ordered Captain John H. Turner to return to Washington...
...Springfield, Mo., Tom Escue, "Watermelon King of the Ozarks," and Sarah Sullins were married, aged 60. They were engaged at 17, but quarreled a few days before their wedding day. Said Tom Escue: "That went on for 43 years...
Near Wenatchee, Wash., Walter Griffith's truck, loaded with watermelons, skidded from the road, burst into flames. Quick-witted Walter Griffith grabbed his watermelons, threw them against the truck with might & main. The 23rd watermelon put out the fire...
...Steele, N. Dak., August Waullan, 61, killed one guest, wounded two others at his home when they did not eat enough watermelon to suit...
...Struck the First Blow," is scheduled for November.) Besides four stories and eight bits of verse there were 16 special features, among them an "exposé" of U. S. rule in the Virgin Islands; an account of primitive African musical instruments; a success biography of Samuel Winningham, watermelon tycoon; notes upon Alexandre Dumas, pére (he was a quadroon) and Ignatius Sancho, "the forgotten man of letters"; an argument against birth control with detailed objections to contraceptives; a debate, "Is It Possible for the Church to Serve the Modern Youth?" Jokes were also included. Sample: Big Congo Chief-"Waiter...