Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — FREAKS DISCLOSED IN ROUND-UP of COUNTRY’S NEWS [ARTICLE]

FREAKS DISCLOSED IN ROUND-UP of COUNTRY’S NEWS

i New Yprk—The most pampered pup in the world today sought a new back yard.- The Wendell family, which for .years kept a back yard on Fifth evenue for their dog, sold the canine playground for $200,000. , New York —E. Dickson today asked police to aid him in hunting for Loretto, who left home when Billy Sunday moved in. Loretto is a parrot with a seafaring vocabulary and Sunday a bull dog. Wilmington, Del.— A. party of Wilmingtonians had visions of drifting out to sea when they cruised around all night in a heavy fog unable to reach shore. Daylight revealed anchor overboard and they were cruising only a few feet from land. Kansas City.—Every tape a roach stuck its head from under J'rank M. Lester’s bed, he- shot at it with a high calibre rifle. He shot at- four then told the judge he’d been drinking Jamaica ginger. Berlin.—Frau Emma Westphal, living on the fourth floor of a Berlin apartment house, leaped out of her window but alighted safely in the court below. Her skirts acted as a parachute. '• .ri/. I -