This might be the dumbest news story I've ever read.

Odgen Standard Examiner, Aug 26, 1933 EXECUTIVE MUST DECIDE PEANUT ROLLING MATTER Butte, Mont. August 26--(UP)--The future of peanut rolling in Butte rested with Mayor Archie McTaggart today. Last night the city council received a requet from a business college fraternity, asking that pledges to the society be permitted to roll peanuts up and down a central business street with their noses. The council debated the matter for 45 minutes, but voted to refer the question to the mayor when no decision could be reached. {I shouldn't be so critical. I suppose I have probably wasted 45 minutes in worse ways...}