(This article originally appeared on page 8 of the April 24, 1952 publication of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and is reprinted word-for-word below.)

‘DAMMED MISSOURI VALLEY, BOOK DISAPPEARS IN FLOOD

BISMARCK, N.D., April 24 (AP)

A patron notified the Bismarck Public Library he was unable to return a borrowed book because his home had been flooded by the Missouri river.

When last seen, he said, the book was going down the Big Muddy.

The title of the book: “The Dammed Missouri Valley.”