High School Notes Elect Officers and Staff
At a Thursday meeting the Senior Class elected officers for the year and named the Annual staff and play committee. New editor in chief Kenneth Todd and business manager Byron Reeves head the staff, with Archie Dunkin as president of the athletic board and Archie Allen as senior class president. Eighteen students attended the orchestra rehearsal, an increase of six from last Monday, and Mr. Sloane praised the growing interest.
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Sloane
Notice of Sale of City Time Warrant Greencastle
Sealed proposals are invited by Greencastle Indiana city for a single time warrant of 1500 dollars at 6 percent interest dated September 24 1921 and due November 15 1921. Warrant sold at par plus accrued interest. City reserves right to reject all bids. E Rupert Bartley mayor. W M McGaughey city clerk.
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Greencastle
Indiana
E. Rupert Bartley
Running the Rhea A Patagonian hunting sport
Running the rhea in Southern Patagonia combines horse and dog chase with bolas to disable the swift flightless bird. Hunters pursue on fast mounts, throw bolas to entangle legs or wings, then overtake the bird. The rhea crouches when danger nears, aiding concealment in wind, with meat valued for larder.
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Patagonia
Turkey
Cradle Believed Immensely Ancient in Woolwich Home
Mrs S E Hawthorne of Woolwich Me possesses a pine cradle claimed to be over 200 years old and linked to William Phips later Sir William Phips. The family says the cradle rocked the infant Phips and ties to Woolwich’s early settlers who came from York aboard a self built schooner.
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Old Town
William Phips
Sir William Phips
Hawthorne
Woolwich
Phips
York
Revenge, Midnight Misadventure Overtones
A professional pianist, after hours at the keys, hints at stopping. The landlady urges him to continue, noting neighbors once poisoned their cat and insisting no one should mind. The scene ends with a stubborn push to keep playing.
Six Boxes of Cheap Cigars Satirize a Marriage Mixup
A week before his birthday Ir Newed contemplates substituting six boxes of cheap cigars for dear wife’s gift of six boxes described as Ha vanas. The next day Mrs Newed explains she bought six boxes of cheap cigars for her uncle Jonas the sea captain in Salem and mailed them, noting the price of a collar per box.
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Ir. Newed
Jonas
Salem
When Woman Wins in 1211 In Trepid General Rally
The passage depicts a female leader rallying her troops in 1211. She questions fear and armor, challenging the idea of showing weakness. The soldiers respond with a murmur that grows into a decisive, transformative moment described as wonderful and marvellous.
More Charitable Court Encounter in Repeated Hearings
A man enters the courtroom with ease and a polite smile, only to meet a stern magistrate who notes this is his seventeenth appearance. The exchange reveals a clash between familiarity and authority as the defendant quips about the judge’s long tenure.
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Cadi
Siberian bread drunk at a bite claims from humid Far East soils
Reports describe alcohol like effects from bread baked with corn grown in hyper humid Far Eastern Russia where fungi on ears of corn allegedly ferment bread. A Russian resident cited as M Narrion explains the phenomenon with local climate details and cultural practices.
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Siberia
M. Narrion
Russia
Masuri
The Only Dry Place on a Wet Scottish Loch
A stingy angler on a wet Scottish loch asks his gillie for a dry place to strike a match in the boat. The gillie quips that his throat is dry enough, a quip printed by the Fishing Gazette. England 2 Soupless Country cites a cooking authority claiming England is soupless despite soup being common in English charity meals and dinners.
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Gillie
Fishing Gazette
England
Alaska Mosquito Nuisance Harms Yearly Fishing Value
Despite cold in Alaska the mosquitoes thrive causing a nuisance. The annual fishing output in the country is valued at about 64 million dollars.
Versatile Young Man In Wanted Column
A London situation wanted notice offers a versatile candidate who claims broad knowledge from American culture to European studies. He asserts expertise in stocks deeds and legal matters, drawing and planning to scale, writing ability, and fluency in French and German, describing himself as capable, twenty five to forty five years old.
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London
Park Yards
Australia
Continent
Color Blind Giant Seeks Navy Service
Ollie Threet of Nebraska described as six feet five inches tall and 225 pounds, a former cowpuncher tired of shore life, wished to enter the navy. An examining surgeon deemed him a perfect specimen of manhood except for color blindness, which led to his rejection.
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Ollie Threet
Nebraska
Navy
Tisman
Bluejacket
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Eldon C. Hill
Arbhella Masten
Frank Johnson
Frances Forcum
Archie Dunkin
Archie Allen
Dorothy Richards
Kenneth Todd
Lester Sudranski
Byron Reeves
Beryl O'Hair
Florence H. McGaughey
Winifred Boyle
Ruth Kauble
Donald Ellis
Carolyn Foreum
Ate Birgts
Cease Music
iMabel Haltom
Aubrey Cox
Gilbert Brown
Ee Athletic
Cornelia Allen
Philip Maxwell
Glidewell
Miss Walls
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Kelloggs
Qoblogy
W. M. McGaughey
Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
King, Morrison, Foster Company
John King
Clair Robison
Fillmore
DELOS
Don McLean
Morton
Maine
Boston
Tung
Esther Nieman
Monroe Street
Philadelphia
Central Police Court
Pop
Tam Jacob Nieman
Alaska
Central Trust Company
R. L. O'Hair
A. Hays
J. L. Randel
Allan-Lloyd Lumber Company
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