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...Near Brownstown, Ind. last fortnight Harold Jankowitz, 20, CCC worker, chewed the head off a blacksnake for $1. Said he: "I didn't really bite its head off. I mostly pulled it off. The snake was too tough." Worker Jankowitz added the $1 to a fund with which he hopes to pay for an eye operation so he may take a West Point entrance examination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 3, 1935 | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

...Brownstown, Ind., Mrs. Bruce Jarvis was granted a divorce from her wealthy husband because only once in the last 20 years has he had his hair or beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Turnip | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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