Jasper High School Commencement Week Plans
Commencement week at Jasper High School features an elaborate plan with a Class Day program, a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W. T. Ferguson, and an emphasis on student performances. The schedule runs Sunday April 28 through Friday May 3 including class day, commencement, and alumni banquet with Dr. Jeffrey as guest speaker. Reserved seats go on sale April 24.
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M. E. Churen
Ten Page of History Reveals Clay's Defeat Linked to Scandal
In Minneapolis city hall, 95 year old Mary Hunter recounts a forgotten 1832 episode tying Henry Clay’s failed presidency to a North Carolina banquet scandal involving a freed mulatto woman. She says social pressures among Southern and Northern leaders kept the truth quiet to block Clay from the White House. Hunter, a former slave who moved after the Civil War, continues to work daily and seeks aid only when injured, reflecting her resilience and long life.
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Mary Hunter
Henry Clay
United States
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Clay
Asheville
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Minnesota
Edward Ekman
Clock Driven Gas Controller Promises Public Lighting Savings
Consul Albert Halstead of Birmingham reports a patented automatic gas controller now on sale in England. The clock based device can light and extinguish incandescents each day, adjusting by calendar to vary on and off times seasonally. It requires winding only once every two weeks and would need no reset for a year, potentially reducing municipal lighting costs.
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Albert Halstead
Birmingham
Gale
England
United States
Scientific American
Saved from the Flames by a Brave St Bernard Dog
A dog named Truno barked to awaken a family as a horse stable caught fire. The owner saved one horse, then saw the St Bernard bite through the halter rope to free the other, risking life to save its animal friend.
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Speaking of happiness a bachelor and seven daughters
A homegrown philosopher contrasts happiness between a bachelor with $50,000 and a poor married man with seven marriageable daughters. He argues the bachelor wants more than he has, while the husband has more than he wants, illustrating a witty take on contentment.
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Ballard
W. L. Settle
Richmond
Ballard Snow Liniment CO
North Second Street
ST. Louis
Webs Brothers Mercantile CO
Joyce
C. E. Campbell
Bank of Jasper
Bert Webb
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Kansas City Star and Times
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the Times
Associated Press
Farmer
H. C. Burch
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