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Domestic News
October 4, 1943
The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
What is this article about?
In Springfield, Ill., Police Judge William D. Conway resolved a dispute between two housewives over straying chickens by ordering them to paint their birds' legs blue and red, respectively. Delighted, the women gifted him a barred Plymouth Rock rooster.
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Solomon Rewarded by Gift of Rooster
Springfield, Ill., Oct. 4 - INS - Police Judge William D. Conway took his place today as a worthy successor to King Solomon in settling a question of disputed ownership.
His decision came in the case of two housewives whose chickens strayed back and forth from yard to yard until the women were quarreling as to which belonged to whom. Judge Conway's ruling was masterful in its simplicity. This was it:
Housewife No. 1 was to paint the legs of her chickens a vivid blue. Housewife No. 2 was to use a cardinal red on her flock.
So delighted were the women with the decision that they forthwith made the judge a present of a barred Plymouth Rock rooster, one of the disputed birds.
Springfield, Ill., Oct. 4 - INS - Police Judge William D. Conway took his place today as a worthy successor to King Solomon in settling a question of disputed ownership.
His decision came in the case of two housewives whose chickens strayed back and forth from yard to yard until the women were quarreling as to which belonged to whom. Judge Conway's ruling was masterful in its simplicity. This was it:
Housewife No. 1 was to paint the legs of her chickens a vivid blue. Housewife No. 2 was to use a cardinal red on her flock.
So delighted were the women with the decision that they forthwith made the judge a present of a barred Plymouth Rock rooster, one of the disputed birds.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Chicken Dispute
Judge Conway
Painted Legs
Rooster Gift
What entities or persons were involved?
William D. Conway
Housewife No. 1
Housewife No. 2
Where did it happen?
Springfield, Ill.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Springfield, Ill.
Event Date
Oct. 4
Key Persons
William D. Conway
Housewife No. 1
Housewife No. 2
Outcome
women gifted judge conway a barred plymouth rock rooster; dispute resolved by painting chicken legs blue and red.
Event Details
Police Judge William D. Conway settled a quarrel between two housewives over ownership of straying chickens by ruling that one paint her chickens' legs vivid blue and the other cardinal red.