Bonus Humor

While researching my last post, I got this little gem from the same 1958 edition of the Gazette as some of my source material:

Rock Eater Better After 200 Removed

Salem, Oregon - Connie Holland, Salem’s 10-year-old rock eater, has fully recovered after swallowing an estimated 200 rocks.

Her mother Mrs. Patrick Holland said a touch of pneumonia, treatment of which led a week ago to discovery of the rocks inside Connie, also has cleared up.

Connie, who says she now is called “Gravel Gertie,” swallowed the rocks during the past six months because they “tasted real good.”

Doctors, who removed some of the pebbles and let nature take care of the rest, said Connie may have suffered from a mineral deficiency.