- Date
- 1958-10
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityrecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1958 Beaver Beacon tells a humorous story about Sandy, Bea Townsend’s dog, being taken in Old St. James Town and returned after friends formed a search party and a mock ransom was paid in refreshments.
Evidence limits
The notice does not establish a criminal abduction, identify all participants, or provide an incident report.
Sources
- Humorously reports Sandy, belonging to Bea Townsend of Zeeland and Beaver Island, being taken in Old St. James Town; a ransom note demanded liquid refreshment, forty friends formed a posse at the Shamrock Bar, and the dog was returned in a doctor’s Plymouth. It does not establish a criminal abduction, identify the unnamed participants, or provide an incident report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the humorous dog notice; it does not expand the animal, incident, or community record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Sandy the dog is briefly “kid-napped” in a Beaver Island prank, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sandy-dog-napping-prank-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1958, “DOGGONE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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