Be Kind to Animals Week and School Involvements
Last week highlighted Be Kind to Animals week with first graders making an illustrated chart of animals and second graders writing about kindness. Pupils study bees in reading and color theory in art while planning May baskets. Gerald Schneider is absent with illness and Georgana Falk has chicken pox.
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Lehman
Gerald Schneider
Hobby Lobby Club
Jane Falk
Colleen Roberts
Barbara Wilson
Werley Gene Bailey
America
Georgana Falk
Grammar Room Notes on Classes and Readings
Letha Adrian returned to school Monday after a week's absence. Margaret Rippon reviewed Boy Scout's Motor Cycles and Anna Mae Schupbach reported on The Cousins by Alcott. We plan oil painting scenery on Upson board. In music, 7th and 8th grades practice a three part song. The senior literature class prepares a verse Speaking choir featuring Vachel Lindsay's The Congo.
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Letha Adrian
Margaret Rippon
Anna Mae Schupbach
Alcott
Upson Board
Vachel Lindsay
The
Congo
Camp Fire Ceremonies at Methodist Church
A Camp Fire ceremony was held at the Methodist church on Thursday evening April 20. The program included entrances, a Hand Sign Song America Candle Lighting and a Law of the Camp Fire reading. Trail Seekers received ranks and a committee of Awards listed multiple mothers and leaders. After the ceremony a party followed the meeting.
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Methodist Church
America
Wesley Bailey
Anna Mae Schupbach
Alice Becker
Betty Alice Schori
Barbara Wilson
Margaret Becker
Alma Ruth Grimes
Ruth Reed
Betty Schori
Betty Strauch
Geraldine Pinney
Georgana Falk
Nora Klingman
Mary Bailey
Louise Zosehike
Night Banner Inspiration From Fort McHenry Tale
The article notes that the national banner should not stay on the staff after dusk, yet flags fly over the Capitol and forts day and night in battles. It mentions Fort McHenry as the setting that inspired Frances Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
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United States
Capitol
United States Forts
Fort McHenry
Francie Scott Key
Hybrid corn strides toward style as yields rise and soybeans boom
A Department of Agriculture survey shows farmers plan to plant 7.7 million acres of soybeans this year, up 12 percent from 6.9 million last year. An all-in-one inoculant hits shelves while soybean bacteria may be crowded out. Butterfat excise tax dates May 1 to May 15 to curb milk surpluses with modest costs to producers. Iowa pig crossbreeding results from Ames will soon be released, noting higher vigor and faster gains in crossbreds. Corn Belt cattle feeding climbs with 13 percent more cattle on feed as conditions improve over two years.
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Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Corn
Live and Hope Arthur Preview Promising Theatre Return
In a brief exchange between Live and Hope Arthur and his father, the performer declares landing a role in a new play and jokes he has been married twenty times. The father responds with cautious praise, noting it as a starting point and hoping for a speaking part someday.
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Arthur
Poor Visibility In A Witty Exchange At A Date
A humorous anecdote centers on a naive young man who remarks on his date’s stockings. The girl responds sharply that she wears no stockings, turning the moment into a lighthearted, revealing quip.
Three Reasons The Rev Sandy MacGregor Refuses Drink
A Scottish pastor named Sandy MacGregor declines a offered drink before sermons. He cites three reasons: he is a teetotaler, plans to preach on temperance, and admits he has just had one. The deacon offers a “wee nip” as the service begins, illustrating local church humor.
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Sandy MacGregor
Scotland
Sandy
Fraud and a Delusion on Old Age Pensions
A New York Times excerpt warns that as the Social Security Act nears its third anniversary, many Americans believe a large reserve fund in Washington will grow to fund future pensions. The piece argues the old age reserve is a fraud and a delusion under current conditions.
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United States
Washington
New York Times
A Matter of Menus and a Troubled Marriage
Caroline Burton, a good cook, sees her husband Charles grow distant at meals though he still has a healthy appetite. Once he praised her lemon pie, but recent silence hints at waning love. He insists on a weekly $50 allowance, while she notices the change in his table demeanor.
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Charles Burton
Caroline Burton
Charles
Caroline
Marise Marion
Alie
Olymian
Bur
Charlie
Naver
Griffin
Mrs. Burton
Constance
Mrs. Squibbs
Recipe for a Happier Marriage Brings a Smile
A distressed wife writes for advice and, after a humorous misdirection to a newspaper cookery column, tries balanced meals to win her husband’s affection. Her letter redirects to culinary tips, yielding a renewed harmony as liver and onions replace lemon pie and a movie night seals the success.
Ritz and Bathrooms Shape Paris Luxury Hotels
A writer cites Cesar Ritz as the pivotal figure in hotel luxury as Paris hotels like the Ritz opened in 1898 and transformed amenities. Bathing practices at the time required remote delivery of hot water and tubs, with royalty and elites receiving at home services, while socialite Lady Essex allegedly sparked public cigarette smoking in London in 1889 at the Carlton.
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Ni Ritz
Kangas
Cesar Ritz
Ritz
Paria
Marie Ritz
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Madame Ritz
Lord Lurgan
Lady Essex
London
Carlton Hotel
Helen's Tree Frog Noted For Its Odd Coloration
A New York Times writer describes PhyNomedusa helenae, Helen's tree frog, noting its grotesque yet slender tropical form. Distinctive features include large suction toes, pea green back with occasional near black shading, cream under surfaces, orange eyes with ellipse pupils, and orange feet contrasting green limbs resembling gloved hands.
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New York Times
Soaps from Tallow and Oils in Detailing Types
A described guide covers soap making from tallow and resins for color, fat melting with lye, and salt separation. It notes translucent soaps with alcohol glycerin, floating soaps from tallow coconut oil and potash soda, air as a foam, Castile from olive oil, shaving soap from coconut and palm kernels, and minor additives like gin to slow lather. It lists animal and vegetable oils such as tallow cottonseed coconut palm castor olive linseed and soybean as key ingredients.
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Castile
Earning Cats and Dogs in Weather Lore
In northern myth the cat governs rain and storms while dogs and wolves symbolize wind. Witches riding storms are said to become cats, and Odin’s attendants include these animals. Historic art often shows wind as a dog or wolf head, with the cat linked to heavy rain and the dog to gusts during storms.
Sloths Adrift in Trees Highlight Curious Survival
A fragment describes a sloth living upside down in a tree with hooked feet and leaf eating habits. It notes how the animal averts danger by swinging to another limb and hints at human observers and an attempted domestication.
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Loth
Washington Post
A Loafing Nation Does Not Prosper
A fragmentary editorial argues that a loafing nation cannot prosper. It warns against illusions and pipe dreams and urges return to stern realities, noting no short cut to success and criticizing government spending as enriching none.
Economic Strain Sparks Claims of Tax Imprisonment
Red Oak Express argues confiscatory taxes crush employment and pauperize workers. The piece contends that progress comes from work and saving, not reckless spending, and critiques government policies as hindering individual advancement.
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Red Oak Express
Boasting of Power Quote From Hi Ho Sages
A Chinatown sage known as Hi Ho complains that toasting power drains strength and laments that claims far exceed actual holdings. The remark highlights concern over exaggerated influence and the mismatch between boast and capability.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Possible 1940 Republican Candidates Attend Banquet
In Washington, D C, potential Republican presidential hopefuls joined the American Society of Newspaper Publishers and Editors banquet. Left to right: Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Thomas E. Dewey, District Attorney of New York, and Senator Robert A. Taft.
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Washington, D. C
Home and Farm Building and Remodeling Contest
The Broadcaster announces a Home and Farm Building and Remodeling contest with a $2000 grand prize and monthly prizes of $50 for four months. Official entry blanks are required and available from the broadcaster.
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Enoss
Kimpson
Olaf Berg
Elgin
Richard Brackin
John Deere
McCormick- Deering
Elliott Implement Co
Postville
Olson
Bradley and Vrooman
Feller’s Hdw
West Elgin
Elgin Farmers’ Coop
Max Medberry
Mer
Stoehr
Geo, N, Schori
Albert Gehring
Echo
Elmer Pinney
Bridge
Mabel Holzer
R. P. Strauch
Telegraph Herald
Elgin Echo
West Union
Frompt
Gladys Schori
Mabel Rennison
J. C. Warton
Miss Reed
Miss Brant
Bailey
Committee of Awards
Iy Smith Ioses
J. Walah
WNU Service
Paris
Helen
Bloth
Guy
Keates
Eagle Ledger
Raven Post
Cote Pinder Siam
Sisyie
Peertess
Delhi
Introcins
Eine Pote
Pinto Andogs
Hasdrea
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