Commencement Exercises at Akron High School Held
The Akron High School class of 03 holds commencement at Akron Opera House on June 5 with a baccalaureate sermon on May 31 by L Benedict of Hawarden. Fifteen girls and six boys perform in a program featuring mandolin club numbers, readings, and the presentation of diplomas, with valedictory by Chester Adams and a massed choir.
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Akron Opera
Bacca
Akron High School
Opéra House
Ste
Akron M
L. Benedict
Hawarden
Lola Burnett
Mary Bartletts
Bonney
Hadith Barber
Annie
Smith
Minnie’ Wallin
Chester A
Conrad Hennett
George Cilley
Douglass
Willis Husted
Walter Mellon
Badtlett
Shyer
Walter Mellen
West
Amy Brith
the Republic
Leo Douglass
Nellia Muhs
True Nobility
Mary Bartlett
Bolo
Chira
Iva Kennedy
Rue Happiness
Annie Gleason
Conrad Bennett
Siren Voices
Gladys Bonney
Vay
Mandolin Club
Olasa Will
Minnie Wallin
Modern Chivalry
Jennie Mallen
Valedictory
Chester Adams
A. Q. Blackman
Mul
Isc
T. L. Burnight
Cliss
Olhes
Plymouth County Institute Opens Annual Teachers Institute
The third annual session of the Plymouth county teachers institute for 1908 will be held at the LeMars high school starting May 22 for two weeks. Faculty includes C. Hise county superintendent conductor A. H. Bigelow LeMars High School principal 8 G Richards Prairie City principal J H O'Donoghue Storm Lake principal and Miss Anns Verall LeMars. Prof Hise issued an announcement to county teachers regarding the institute and its work.
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LeMars ‘Sentinel
Plymouth County
LeMars
Mie
C. Hise
A. H. Bigelow
G. Richards
Prairie City
J. H. O'Donoghue
Storm Lake
Anns Verall
Hise
LeMars Market Leader Delaney Sells Top Hog Load
A farmer named Delaney topped the LeMars market on Saturday with a load of mule-footed hogs. The hogs’ sire was captured by A C College of LeMars while hunting wild boars in India. The breeding experiment appears satisfactory and stirs rival county confidence. A local ad promotes Kidney-Ettos by March Bros. for kidney health.
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Delaney
LeMars
Lgat
A. C. College
Himalaya
India
Kingsley
News- Times
Local Mention And Social Notes From Akron Area
Local notes describe visits by Ray Horton of Hawarden and Miss Katherine Gemmill of Canton S. D. to Akron friends, include Chas A Jones shipping to Washington with a fancy pacing mare, and Katherine Gemmill's performance as Marguerite in Faust in Chicago receiving praise. The item notes a stormy Sunday, a new home shipment, and various family mentions in the community.
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Cobb's
Fields & Slaughter
Ray Horton
Hawarden
Akron
Chan
Puesta
Iyeton
Frank Marchioe Betaniay
George Horvee
Chas
A. Jones
Washington
Mr. Jones
Noah Knapp
Millnerville
Katherine Gemmill
Canton
Chicago
Marguerite
Mixed Global Notes on Duty Wealth and Roles
A collage of scattered facts cites Bishop Clark of Rhode Island as the oldest bishop in a new world order, mentions varied emotions, and quotes on remedies for whooping cough. It notes York shire ailments, Italian silk mills, naval hours, wages, and a George Foster Peabody scholarship at Harvard. It lists 26,000 postal workers, Persia’s king’s riches, Abbas I’s favorable view of a match, Cornell University teaching retirees, and a Russian minister considering nationalizing medicine with a commission collecting data.
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Bishop Clark
Rhode Island
Algileni
Commusnion
Yorkshire
England
Italy
George Foster Peabody
Graduate School of
Harvard
University of Georgia
Persia
Tesseran
Inga
Epeche
Egypt
Abbas I
Cornell University
Isite
Allts Professora
Interfor
Firsts in Early American Print History
A fragmented account lists early American print milestones including the first Bible in America 1658 1003 the Bradstreet poems 1678 the Watts hymn book about 1716 Wickliffe Bible 1382 and early presses at Harvard in 1039 references to Damon and Pythias Ralph Royster Doyster and Westminster school plays.
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America
Dllot
Anna Bradstreet
Isaac Watts
Wickilife
Wis
Damon
Pythias
Edward
Thomas
Backvile
Ralph
Royster
Doyster
Westminster ‘School
Aphorisms on Cheerfulness and Hard Times
A compact collection of quoted ideas emphasizes cheerfulness as a steadfast heart quality. It notes difficulties as God’s errands and proposes that contentment reduces the wear of life while citing voices from Smiles Beecher and Stanton on resilience, faith, and civil reform.
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Daniel ‘Webs Heman
Samuel
H. W. Beecher
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
London Facts and Figures on Wealth and Industry
The Jord Mayor of London wears a diamond badge valued at 600000 dollars. The Bank of England employs about a thousand people. Wages reach 4 million, with 35000 pounds more in pensions. Italian silk factories run long hours from 4 am to 8 pm with daily wages, while London’s largest laundry dries waves of cloth in miles of covered racks. Eighty thousand people can be dried at once in half an hour.
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Jord
London
Bank of England
Italy
Quarrel Over State Pride Sparks Restaurant Exchange
In a restaurant a quarrel erupted between two men one claiming pride in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvanian boasted of the state's greatness while a former Missouri man retorted questioning why Pennsylvanians praise the East rather than the West.
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Missouri
King Edw ards memory and strange Chinese customs noted
A survey of royal memory describes King Edward VII never forgetting a face or name and recalling details after meeting strangers, with anecdotes from Rome to court life. It notes Victoria’s similar hobby and contrasts Kaiser's memory. Then it briefly mentions Chinese shop practices and pricing by weight, with anecdotes about servants and bargaining customs.
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Jay
Prince of Wales
Rome
Mr. Smith
Corso
Ostend
Victoria
Himperor
Germany
Ton
China
John
Barsabia
Coutmon
Me Wide Awake Too and The Sultan's Diet
A historical note contrasts a Philadelphia Chinaman's keen enterprise with stray signs promising meals and late hours. It then describes the Turkish Sultan's simple diet, coffee habit, and cooling adjustments by physicians. An article fragment ends discussing incandescent bulbs and heat versus light efficiency and related fire hazards.
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John
Tohn
Lis
Philadelphia
Algun
Not a Beauty Tier frees fer fortune.
A fragmented line from a column or poem fragment hints at a social or moral judgment nuance. The text mentions fortune and a disgraced tone, suggesting a satirical or humorous remark in a period paper. Names, places, or dates are not readable in the fragment.
Akron What Akron Needs Editorial Letter from Anon Iowa 1903
An anonymous 1903 letter from Anon Iowa argues Akron should pursue a lighting plant and a brick factory. It proposes combining with Akron Milling Co to power a lighting system and mill operations, citing high water closures and local bricks shortages as justification. The writer urges liberal town funding for these enterprises, predicted to revitalize business and commerce.
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Anon
Iowa
Eviton Reoision-Unipine
Akron Milling Co
Milling Co
Umbrella Lost. reward offered for return to FA
A heavy wool shawl-like gray umbrella with fringes around the edge is missing. One side is light gray and the other dark. Finder should return it to this office for a reward.
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Bogan
Cement Work of All Kinds by A L Dow
AM Dow offers cement and brickwork services with first class guarantee. Promises reliable, quality results for stone and brick projects at reasonable prices. References available on request to prove reliability and skill.
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Plymouth County Institute
March Bros
Moines
Robingson
Horace’ Wait
Mondu
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SCIS
Roe
Olieat
Scientific Fimerican
Isw York
Ge Pig
Staroning
York 10
Schaps
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Turkey
Bie
Aldo
Tay
Misa Nobes
MISS
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