Akron Public School Spelling Gold Stars Across Grades
The Akron public school notes spell out first time gold stars this year for all in second grade and many in fourth and fifth grades. Students Joy Deane Aridi Darrell Bodken Margaret Brunner Jaude Burrell Freeman Caskey Arnold Morehead Marian Gusman Nevella McDonald Sally Ann Mattison Mary Low Rose Cleanor Sebatt Della Warren LaVerne Vanderham Addie Burris Stanley Smilcah Clayton Small Joy Coleman Betty Dirks Marvin Dirks Cleah Mollen Ralph Stryzewat Dorothy Sykes Trene Bellwood Forest Greenwood Alvin Painter Alden Potlock Wilert Pollock Gordon Ros sow Florence Thatcher Genevieve Swift Tola Mae Small Loyal Tucker. Fourth Grade Gold stars include Joy Coleman Betty Dirks Marvin Dirks Cleah Mollen Ralph Stryzewat Dorothy Sykes. Fifth Grade stars listed for Donald Von Hagel Maa Thorson Darrell Sivensa Joyce Peck Lois Melt Mary Ann Battist Eldon Caskey Parnell Boger Charlotta Batter Lynn Arstin Endeth Biake Ralph Cunningham Ronald Dirks Jock Gale Charlene Pollock Donald Von Hagel. A story written by Betty Dirks recounts Larry and a rubber ball tale inspired by a class activity on rubber history. The Totem News notes the band program and algebra study advancing with a county spelling contest in LeMars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Deane Aridi
Darrell Bodken
Margaret Brunner
Jaude Burrell
Freeman Caskey
Arnold Morehead
Marian, Gusman
Nevella McDonald
Sally Ann Mattison
Mary Low Rose
Cleanor Sebatt
Della Warren
LaVerne Vanderham
Addie Burris
Stanley Smilcah
Clayton Small
Joy Coleman
Betty Dirks
Marvin Dirks
Cleah Mollen
Ralph Stryzewat
Dorothy Sykes
Trene Bellwood
Forest Greenwood
Alvin Painter
Alden Potlock
Wilert Pollock
Gordon Rossow
Florence Thatcher
Genevieve Swift
Tola Mae Small
Loyal Tucker
Gall
Larry
South America
von Hagel
Maa
Thorson
Darrell
Sivenssa
Joyce Peck
Lois Melt
Mary Ant Long
Rubins
Jackie Jake
Eldon
Kanago
Walter
Henke
Mary Ann Battiost
Eldon Caskey
Parnell’ Boatger
Charlotta Batter
Lynn Arstin
Endeth Biake
Ralph Cunningham
Ronald Dirks
Jock Gale
Charlene Pollotk
Donald von Hagel
Pble
Whviith
Tiegira
Mary Ann Darnest
Lola Moir
Charlens
Pols Lock
Lucidé
Blake
Ruth Ling
Charlotte Baler
Salo
Toyee
Mary Ann Long
Tone Hendricks
Charlena Pollock
Luctlle Blake
Chatsworth robbed general store report of break in
The W. 7. Kelley general store in Chatsworth was broken into Monday night with about 260 dollars in goods stolen. Entry gained via back door. items included sugar shoes overalls socks coffee flour and underwear. Deputy Sheriff Dykstra investigated. a cap left behind may help identify suspects. Local residents reacted to the loss and minor details circulated. Old newspapers for sale at the Regis ter-Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatsworth
W. 7
Kelley General Atore
Dykstra
Grange City
Kelley
George
C. L. Roland
Humnoldt
S. D
Sioux City
E. H. Johnson
Centerville
Dorothy Harris
Akron
Marie Degen
Mary Brownmiller
The Rooster and the Worms Tale From Detroit Drug Journal
Card of thanks from Mrs. W. M. Parker and children follows a tale of the little red rooster and an old black hen amid drought and hunger. The hen endures floods and dry spells while the rooster laments hunger, the worms persist, and the tale closes with thanks to neighbors for sympathy and floral offerings after a bereavement.
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Norma
Detroit Drug Journal
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Loss
We thank neighbors and friends for assistance and sympathy during the illness and after the death of our beloved wife and mother. Grateful for the beautiful floral offerings. S. W. McMilan and Family.
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W. M. Parker
S. W. McMilan
Clean-Up Notice From Town Council For Property Owners
Notice to all property holders to remove ashes and rubbish from premises alleys and gutters by Saturday April 22 1988. After that date the city will remove the debris and charge the owner or tenant. By order of Town Council Mayor Dick Bohlken.
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Dick Bohlken
Pure English Demanded of Actors in Movies
A director of a voice and dramatic school bans southern accents and other inflections. Actors must reinstate pure English to widen roles and avoid limits on performances. Southerners Yankees and Westerners must remove provincial speech to become valuable players. The director cites duty over personal preference.
London Big Ben Clock Not World’s Largest Timepiece
The great bell of London’s Parliament clock tower, known as Big Ben, weighs 12½ tons and was named after Sir Benjamin Hall. It is not the largest clock, with the Colgate building clock in Jersey City, New Jersey, claiming that title. It features an 88 foot minute hand and 27 foot hour hand, a 50 foot dial, and needs a quarter horse power motor to wind.
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London
Parliament House
Benjamin Hall
Whitechapel
Colgate
Jersey City
N. J
Hudson River
New York Bay
World's Fairs in U S History and Major Expos
The record notes that only two other real world fairs were held in the United States before the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Expo. It lists Columbus celebration in Chicago in 1803 and the Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876, plus smaller expos like Trans-Mississippi 1888 Omaha Pan-American 1901 Buffalo Jamestown 1907 Seattle 1908 San Diego 1912 and San Francisco 1916, with Paris world fairs every ten years in the late 19th century.
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United States
Columbus
Chicago
Philadelphia
Omaha
Buffalo
Jamestown
Seattle
San Diego
San Francisco
Paris
Diagram of the Malenma Analemma on Globes
The diagram shows the figure malenma resembling a nine extending from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn. It marks where the sun is vertically overhead and helps calculate the equation of time between solar and clock time.
Islandmagee and Gobbins Cliffs in Ulster Ireland
Jalendmages Islandmagee sits on a peninsula near Larne in Ulster Ireland and was anciently home to the Magees. The Gobbins cliffs along the shore have opened to the public, with vast precipices and caves that shelter seabirds and hold legends of falls from their tops.
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Jalendmages Islandmagee
Larne
Ulster
Ireland
Depth of Great Lakes Deepest Measurements
Depth data shows Lake Superior reaches about 800 feet in most areas and records a maximum of 18 1 208 feet near Otter Head Ontario. Lake Erie averages around 60 feet with maximum depths near Long Point Ontario. Other lakes Slane 882, Huron 750, Ontario T
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Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lake Erie
Otter Head
Ontario
Long Point
Slane
Huron
Revere Church Bell Sells at Boston Auction for 1800
A rare 87 inch high church bell cast by Paul Revere sold for 1800 in Boston. The bell, 45 inches in diameter, was removed from a West Newbury Massachusetts church after its destruction by a hurricane about 26 years ago. The inscription reads Revere Boston 1828.
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Revere
Paul Revere
Boston
Weat Newbury
Mais
Ira
Revere Boaton
Circumference Tape Stretch Thought Experiment
A historical note explains that if a steel tape wrapped around the Earth’s equator and then expanded by 25 feet, the new circumference would imply a consistent radius increase of about four feet. The idea translates to a theoretical relation between circumference and radius, showing how a small addition to length affects the earth’s radius uniformly.
Taxed for Cussing in Venezuelan Port Towns
A fragment describes La Guaira near Caracas, noting a steep highway to reach the port and a church funded by fines for profanity. It also mentions Cartagena Colombia as a colonial stronghold with Moorish towers and walls built to resist pirates like Francis Drake and Henry Morgan.
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Chutéh
Tia Guayre
Venezuela
Crulger
Shipa
Lata Caracis
la Guayra
Amelia
Ita
Inglesia de la Santisima Carranba
Church of the Most
Cartagena
Colombia
Francis, Drake
Henry Morgan
Sausages and Bananas Compared in Odd Essay
A quirky excerpt critiques food wisdom found in a young Japanese mind. It contrasts sausages and bananas, noting differences in skin consumption, handling during eating, and origins. The piece playfully claims bananas are natural while sausages rely on human or machine effort.
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Inn
Lancastrian School System Pioneered in England and America
The Lancastrian system emerged in England with Joseph Lancaster's free school for the poor at Southwark and gained interest in the United States through De Witt Clinton. It spread as monitors from pupils assisted instruction, enabling as many as 1,000 learners per teacher.
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United States
England
Joseph Lancaster
Southwark
de Witt Clinton
New York
America
Bottomless Pitch Lake At La Brea Draws Visitors
The Land of Hummingbirds in Trinidad features the pitch lake at La Brea, a vast asphalt expanse with holes that refill instantly. Travelers note Trinidad’s Hindu population, Port of Spain’s 200000 residents, and the scene of elaborate dress and jewelry among Hindus.
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Trinidad
la Brea
Port of Spain
Brothers Bigler Governors of California and Pennsylvania
John Bigler and William Bigler were elected governors of California and Pennsylvania on the same day in 1851. Both born in Pennsylvania of German descent, John (born 1804) later served two California governorships and died in 1871, while William (born 1814) served as Pennsylvania governor and U S senator before dying in 1880.
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John
William Bigler
California
Pennsylvania
John Bigler
United States
Literacy Law Details on Alien Admissibility
The law requires aliens aged sixteen or older to read English or another language or dialect, with exceptions for those physically unable to read. It allows admissible aliens or U.S. citizens to send for certain family members aged over fifty five, including father or grandfather, wife, mother, grandmother, and unmarried or widowed daughter, if they are otherwise admissible.
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United States
Bridges Across Tops of Trees On California Railroad
The London Ti-Bits describes a railway built over a deep coastal ravine in California using tree trunks as spans. Branches were cut to bark level and timbers laid on stumps to support the line, a solution chosen to avoid costly stone or iron bridges. The article asserts the bridge is quite safe.
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R. R
California
London
Mongolia split into Inner and Outer regions
Mongolia, a vast Central Asian tableland and former Chinese empire dependency, is now divided into Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia. Inner Mongolia drifts toward absorption by China while Outer Mongolia becomes a republic with close ties to the Soviet Union.
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Mongolia
Central Asia
Inner Mongolia
China
Outer
Mon- Kolla
Republic
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GM Company
Phyllis Skerr
Dorothy Kaelke
Donald
Mac Thorson
Diniée
Winifred
Thatcher
Akron Public School
LeMars
Miss
Baldwin
LeMars Parochial School
Seney
LeMara
Winifred ‘Thatcher
Regluter-Tribune
Evry
F. J. Swanson
Iowa
South Dakota
Klauer Bros
L. E
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