OOL Board Proceedings February 7 1922 Meeting Recap
The Board of Education met February 7 1922 with President Johnston and six members present. Minutes approved and bills read with all bills allowed and orders drawn. various vendors and fund allocations listed, including General Fund Building Fund Library Fund and others.
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Board of Education
Johnston
Mesers
Truecttner
Knight
Bennetts
Lintelmann
Masale
Massie
Sophomores Host Hop with Rides and Priced Tickets
Anvil News reports the Sophomores invite students to a Friday Hop with tickets at twenty five cents for girls and fifty cents for boys. The article notes student academic standings, listing top averages and several 90 plus scorers, plus social events with local shoppers and village activities surrounding Bessemer and Wakefield.
Nine Cent Knife Scandals and Fordney Tariff Debate
Testimony before Congress exposes profiteering in imports from Germany and France with a nine cent knife yielding five dollars in Chicago and a two dollar forty cent sale price for the same item abroad. Supporters push American valuation to curb duties based on domestic value. Fordney tariff fight intensifies with importers spending over a million dollars to defeat the bill.
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Chicago
America
J. A. Henckels
Germany
New York
Fordney
U. S. Senate
Eyese
Washington
Congress
Declamatory Contest Set At Local School
The high school will host a two part declamatory contest on March 10 with serious and humorous divisions. Winners from the local event advance to a district contest on March 324. Wakefield Ironwood participants join our school champions for the district round.
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Wakefield
Ironwood
School desks sanded stained varnished in recent room upgrades
Teachers worked over the last week to sand paper and refinish desks and seats. All first floor rooms are complete and second floor rooms near completion with stain and varnish. Miss Mary Davis's room received curtains. The improvement is expected to extend the desks' life.
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Mary Davis
Hickory Tree Cut Down After 108 Years Near Walton
A landmark hickory tree planted for Andrew Jackson in Walton Delaware County was felled due to decay. The sapling, planted when Jackson was elected in 1828 by Col John Townsend, measured 108 years of age by ring count, marking the end of a local memory tied to Old Hickory.
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Middletown
N. Y
Andrew Jackson
Walton
Delaware County
Jackson
John Townsend
Village Birthday Parties and Local Calls Highlight Ramsay Week
Mrs. Bert Sharpless hosted a Valentine party for her children Margaret six and Verle five with a lunch for 25 guests at five. Oline Uren marked her twelfth birthday with games music and a 5:30 lunch for relatives and friends. Ramsay saw Herman Erickson sustain a fractured leg at the Castile mine while residents and visitors from Ironwood Anvil Verona Mellen and Cary visited Ramsay and nearby towns.
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Bert Sharpless
Margaret
Verle
Herman Erickson
Castile Mine
Ramsay
Oline Uren
Mary Nordquist
Lonna Moyle
Eleanor Moyle
Louise Rizzle
Elsie Bartell
Elsie
Violet Uren
Margaret Ahnen
Clance
Leslie Moyle
Anna Sternod
Frances Hetherington
Emily Harris
J. Hetherington
J. Moyle
Olive
Edith Uren
James Ford
Mrs. Nickles
Anvil
James Roberts
Bob Rice
Verona
Mellen
Bill Moyle
Bill Koskie
Alex Rosemary
Houghton
William Hocking
Matt Brockbank
Nick Abhuen
Vida Oberg
Cary
Ida Fink
Ironwood
William Phillips
High School Yell Sparks Spirit at Tuesday Gym Game
The gym audience heard a new school yell, We’re all right, we’re all right, we can win in any fight, as part of a student performance. A query questions the barber style of hats among students, noting the recent fashion at the high school.
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B.H
Babson Plans Statistical City to United States Capital
Roger W. Babson unveils a dream to build a 220 acre central statiscal city in Wellesley Massachusetts as a hub for production and distribution with two campuses. The Babson Institute would anchor a plan to organize employers and reduce unemployment through centralized data and cooperation.
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Roger W. Babson
Wellesley
Mass
United States
Mr. Babson
National Textiles Association
American Iron = and Steel Institute
America
Babson
Babson Institute
George W. Coleman
Bever
Belgium
Timber land deal sparks dispute in secret meeting
In a tense scene, Leason reports land is heavily timbered east of access and a rip mill owner weighs a purchase. Jack and Brewster overhear conspirators plotting to sell already cut timber at a high price, fearing their father will be duped. The incident ends with Jack rushing down the stairs in pursuit.
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Carl Dahlgren
Bessemer
Mamie Endrizzi
Caroline Fedri
Adelaide Ford
George Roosen
Sewing Club
Albert Tillner
Hilma Bessie
Wakefield
Mattson
Esther Becker
Becker
Delia Osanna
Peace
Carl Ropinski
John Tillier
Ewen
Eve Ecklund
fJronwood
Morrison
Jennie Williams
County Home
John Larson
Mr. Seilster
Leason
Brewster
Jack
Dad
Father
Steel Barrels vs Wooden Ones
Makers argue steel barrels may replace wooden ones due to durability compactness lighter weight and lower cost. They cite steel staves and joints as superior and note growing favor in various quarters for steel containers. The piece also notes annual grain and flour usage and cites 1921 as the healthiest year in US and Canada per insurance records.
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United States
Canada
Not enough readable details for a full headline
Fragmentary excerpt from an nearsource tone reflecting ideology on industrial civilization and salvation themes. No clear person, organization, date, place, or event is present to anchor a factual card.
Moving Service Promises Prompt Local Support
A home moving outfit offers service around the clock with two trucks and a dedicated team. Orders placed to 193W are promised prompt handling. Wm. Popps-Box 755 in Bessemer serves as the contact address.
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Popps
Bessemer
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OOL Board Proceedings
Continental Scale Works
A. Lintelman & Co
Bessemer Pharmacy
A. Tobin & Sons
Western Union Tel. Co
First National Bank
West. Disinfecting Co
Illinois Electric Co
Associated Mfg
Northwestern San. Sup. Co
Massey & Dion
The
Richmond & Backus Co
A. Flannagan & Co
City Harness Shop
Wallens Paper Co
A. R. Vinnedge & Co
Peter Wydeth
Gross Hardware & SS. Co
Thomas Charles Co
Wm. Popps
Herald Pub. Co
J. B. Lippincott Co
Stephana Butler
Basic Products Co
Geo. Winkler
Julius Bentzen Elec. Co
Louis Michelli Co
Thurston M. T. S. Co
Julius Andrae & Sons Co
Greenfield Tap & Die Cor
J. R. Johnson
Graham & Pecard
American Home Economics Association
March Brothers
Thomas Nelson & Sons
John C. Winston Co
the Manual Arts Press
Henry Holt & Co
Houghton Mifkin & Co
New Building Fund
Wm. Brannas
Wendell Bennetts
the King Mfg. Co
Jones Studio
Richard W. Gustafson
Fuel Fund
C. Hansen Lbr. Co
Text Book Fund
Houghton Mifflin Co
Ll Century Co
A. C. McClurg & Co
Horace Partridge Co
Anvil News
Alaska
Jennie Kettula
Toini Maki
Ruth Holland
Katherine Hart
Adele Michaud
Thea Swanson
Juliet Paradis
Hulda Newman
Stella Wysoski
Katherine Baracel
Lawrence Apitz
John Kostello
Elmer Englund
Hazella Anderson
Gladys G Gustafson
John Perotth
U. S
Berlin
New York Times
Marvel Products Co
Pittsburgh
Ar Websters New International
New International
Sie
Innerattacs
Laos
Snr
Mosie S
Gée Merrian
Bessemer RY
Main Street
P.M. P.M
Great Northwest
Duluth Floral & See
Duluth
Minn
D. Swift & CO
Patent Lawrens
Washington, D. C
Ernest Schaefer
Michigan
Charles Burch
Quimopracton
Darrow Building
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