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From the Nov. 27, 1952 Telegram: "While hundreds of turkeys were prepared for the festivities in Superior homes, Ma and Pa Turkey owned by the Slettens were spared the ax. They are being kept to raise a family. Oren Sletten, co-owner of the miniature turkey farm, has made such pets of the birds he said that he wouldn’t kill them to eat if he never tasted turkey again."
On Sunday, April 25, 1915, Robert Bean, a “respected” 64-year-old Colborne Township farmer, married with seven children, left John McHardy’s home on the Loyal…
A MOTORIST has been given a hefty ban from the road for drug driving.
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