Letters From Alumni Share News Of Old LeGrand School Days
A collection of letter excerpts from former LeGrand alumni dated 1922. GC R Arnold of Traer Iowa writes from Washington State about his Singer Sewing Machine Co. role and life since leaving school. Lena Diller from Haugen Wisconsin sends dues and regrets missing the reunion. J R Hawbecker in Chicago and Mr Mrs J R Hawbecker express wishes to attend. A. Ray Welker from Marshalltown mentions date plans and encloses 50 cent yearly alumni fee.
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Sam Noé
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Inland Empire
Washington
Singer Sewing Machine Co
GC. R. Arnold
Haugen
Wis
LeGrand
J. R. Hawbecker
Waller Ave
Chicago
McAllister
Oak Park
Marshalltown
A. Ray Welker
Makes Ferry Crossing Easy in North China
Temple Manning writes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer about a novel river crossing method used by northern Chinese villagers. Each household keeps an airtight bladder made from cow or horse skin, carried with a paddle. A person wades into shallow water, places the bladder beneath, sits and paddles across swiftly, a simple yet perilous skill mastered by locals.
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China
Temple Manning
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trained for the Job: Stage Hand Hiring Dialogue
The manager asks about experience and the applicant replies she was the second maid in a wealthy household for two years, cleaning bedrooms daily, illustrating a hiring interview for stage hand work.
Ohio State University Establishes Plant Institute
The board of trustees authorized a plant institute within the college of agriculture at Ohio State. All staff interested in plant studies may join as members and graduate students majoring in plant work become associate members. The institute will hold a seminary, review graduate work, and encourage research across botany horticulture farm crops agricultural chemistry and soil science.
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Board of Trustees
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Plant Institute
Statue Mystery Carved Figure Discovered at Crater Lake
Campers in Crater Lake National Park Oregon found a life size rock carving of a woman with marks including 1843 initials M A and an arrow. The work's date and sculptor are unknown and unlikely for 1843 as the region was then largely unexplored by white settlers.
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Crater Lake
National Park
Oregon
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Modest new teacher sparks family debate in history class
Joseph tells his mother about a new teacher who does all the talking and ends each lesson with a complaint that the class had a rotten lesson. He argues she is modest, and his mother concedes the point after his explanation.
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Joseph
Mother
Sonic deep therapy outfit and its new X ray wonder
The London Chronicle reports a perfected X ray device named the Sonic deep therapy outfit that aims at deep seated cancer. It pierces two inches of steel, photographs through floors, exterminates cellar mice, and can raise supply voltage to 250000 volts for very hard rays.
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The
London Chronicle
Cork endures as a timeless material in a substituted age
The Chicago Journal notes cork remains a rare unreplaceable material despite German wartime substitutes. It cites Horace and Pliny on cork use and highlights cork’s five enduring applications described since ancient times, asserting its unique longevity.
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Germany
Horace
Pliny
Chicago Journal
Put Up to the Pedestrian
A Woman steps off a curb as a motorcycle with an empty sidecar speeds by. The rider reclines against a back rest showing a large white pierced heart with an arrow and the name Fuzzy. The Woman notes the heart ad and questions if it fuels speeding or reflects charm.
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Chicago Journal
Umbrellas Always in Order Seasons and Rainfall Work
Seasons near the equator are defined by rainfall rather than temperature. The year splits into wet invierno and dry verano, though timing varies by region and altitude. Some areas rarely rain while others rain daily. In Colombia's Pacific coast San Jose records 400.83 inches of rainfall, a hemispheric record.
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Equator
Pacific Coast
Colombia
San Jose
Bathtub Debate Sparks Rural Caution Tale
An Arkansas exchange recounted by Zeke Yawkey and Gap Johnson unfolds as a cautionary tale about installing a water system and a bathtub. Johnson, wary of lightning danger, warns that being alone during a storm could leave one trapped in an infernal bathtub.
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Zeke Yawkey
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Ikaneas City Star
Mousetrap inventor Raphael Chasse dies at Middletown
Raphael P. Chasse inventor of the Chasse mousetrap is found dead at his Middletown New York home after predicting his death. He told friend John Schindler on October 30 that he expected to die within a week. He left his residence the day before and wandered the business section before returning home and dying of heart trouble.
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Raphael P. Chasse
Middletown
N. Y
John ¥. Schindler
Whistler Provoked by Harper's Suppressed Dul Maurier Issue
A Harper's Magazine March 1894 copy containing a veiled critique of J McNeill Whistler sparked the artist's ire. Du Maurier's illustrations caricatured Whistler as Joe Sibley the Apprentice, triggering publisher apology, mass suppression, and later edits for the book form.
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Harper's Magazine
Harper’s Magazine
du Mourier
Trilby
J. McNeill Whistler
Whistler
du Maurier
Joe Sibley
Dhe
London
Royal House of
Harper
Through Brick Wall Feat Delights English Crowd
A woman appears to pass through a solid brick wall built on stage. The eight by ten by nine inch wall stands eight feet high and is set on a wooden frame with a trapdoor. The woman crawls under the wall as it sinks through the carpet center and reappears on the other side, while the trap closes under spring pressure.
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England
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Egyptian Obelisk Found At Teil Nabi Ned Site
Excavations at Teil Nabi Ned near ruins of ancient Kadesh reveal fortifications canal and layers of Roman Greek Syrian and Babylonian remains. At the deepest level a carved Egyptian obelisk honors Pharaoh Seti 1310 B C in adoration before the Syrian god credited with victory.
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Syria
Teil-Nabi-Ned
Kadesh
Seti
Egypt
Nail Designed for Tight Joinery Popular Mechanics
For benefit of amateur a double headed asil is being manufactured to draw boards tightly for concrete and other temporary wood structures. The compound head features a larger holding part than a common nail head, with the upper part exposed to provide an easy means of extracting the nail.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Scientists Quest for Altitude Adaptation in Peru Mission
Five scientists from Cambridge and Harvard form an Anglo American expedition and sail from New York aboard the Grace Line Santa Teresa to Cerro de Pasco Peru. They will study physiological factors enabling long life at high altitude 14 000 feet above sea level.
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Cambridge
Harvard
New York
Grace Line
Santa Teresa
Peru
Cerro de Pasco
Silly Senate Hat Debate Highlights Aged Attire
A humorous exchange features Senator Sorguhm defending an old-fashioned silk hat as a symbol of accumulating wisdom and dignity since taking office. The dialogue underscores tension between tradition and modern style in political image.
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Senator Sorghum
Unexplored Islands Hint at New Guinea Riches
Explorer Carl Lambolz plans an expedition to New Guinea, an island near Australia, asserting vast uncharted potential. He notes birds and animals possibly unknown to science and native peoples never having seen a white man.
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Excample
Carl Lambolz
New Guinea
Australia
Whipple Probes Vacant Capitol Frieze Space
New York artist Charles Ayers Whipple, retouching Brumidi decorations in the senate wing since 1919, seeks to fill the 30 year vacant space near the dome top with a sample scene titled The Spirit of 717. He recalls painting a black eye on a senator’s secretary and retouching a dice eye to hide blemishes.
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Charles Ayers Whipple
New York
Brumidi
Senate
Capitol
Whipple
Michael Angelo
New York Sun
Passing the Buck and a Drunken Exchange
A courtroom jape centers on a sheriff deputy's quip about the prisoner being drunk when found. The judge corrects the idiom, and the exchange pivots to a humorous misunderstanding about sobriety.
Crowd Emotions Mark Mexico City Bull Ring Scene
In Mexico City a bull ring drew over 23 000 spectators who applauded a grand opera performance before the bull fight. The crowd cheered as 25 000 again roared when Matador Rodolfo Gaona performed his famed passes of death.
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Mexico City
Rodolfo Gaona
New York Evening Post
Fifty Fifty The thrifty courting proposal in verse style
A witty young man proposes fifty fifty courting expenses while a girl at his hostess home retorts that last winter they used a fifty fifty basis of entertainment she supplied heat for the parlor and he provided the steas for conversation addressing modern courting costs with humor
Never Heard in Court Charged With Speeding and Reckless Driving
A Cincinnati Enquirer account reports a defendant admitting speeding at over 63 and consuming moonshine. The judge hears the plea as the motorist seeks a $500 fine per count, ten days in jail, and a one year driving suspension.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Primary Law Flouted in the Garden Exchange
A Buffale Express exchange features Adam insisting his word is law in the garden while Eve responds that making a law is one thing and enforcing it is another. The dialogue underscored gendered authority and household power dynamics.
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Adam
Eve
Buffale Express
Electric Lines Lead Passengers by Railways
Electric railways in the United States transport more than 1,009,000,000 passengers annually, ten times the number carried by steam railways.
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United States
The Pothooks and Hangers by McClarm
Ommy waits at Louise house as war fesSon night nears and the Shark looms large in Jimmy’s mind. Louise reads his fate in shorthand marks while Terry’s lessons reveal rival affections and a love triangle unfolds around a parlor table.
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Ommy
Louise
Jimmy
Terry
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Traer
Delia
Sud
Lena Diller
Walker
McClarm Newspaper
Synuicate
Jehoshaphat
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