Merced Teacher Smith Outlines Little Red School Rules
Superintendent W. Max Smith in Merced outlines a 1948 Little Red School House philosophy for union teachers. He emphasizes student focus, teacher quality, fair grading, modeling normal life, limited corporal punishment, and rejects excessive grade competition, threats via report cards, lax effort, and tests as sole measures.
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Merced
Cal. U.P
Little Red
Merced Union
W. Max Smith
Smith
Shocking machine used by Shakers found in New Lebanon barn
An antique dealer uncovered a glass cylinder device used by Shakers over a century ago to treat coughs and colds. The electric shocking machine, generated by friction against a chamois pad, is the most complete known example. another incomplete specimen is in Albany's state museum. References trace to an 1872 Shaker journal.
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New Lebanon
N. Y
U.P
New York State Museum
Albany
The
Shakers
Taxpayer Absent-Minded Finds Money In Indianapolis Envelope
An envelope containing $400 arrived at the Bureau of Internal Revenue office in Indianapolis with no name or address and no income tax form. The money was reported by the office as a mysterious gift to Uncle Sam.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Americans to travel Italy with passports only data
The Gdynia America Line announces that all Americans visiting Italy will require only passports. Twenty visas are requested for entry. The notice targets tourists and business travelers alike.
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Italy
Gydnia America Line
Try and Stop Me by Arthur Dragon in Beacon Street humor
A humorous reminiscence recounts Arthur Dragon from Boston's Old Corner Book Store meeting Beacon Street manners on a 1873 trolley ride. The tale contrasts Dragon's friendly, informal style with a stiff elite atmosphere and ends with a playful quip about etiquette.
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Athur Dragon
Boston
Northampton
Beacon Street
Dragon
Nationally Sought Con Man Arrested in Chicago
Stephen Adam Wick, 60, a four time convict accused of marrying 14 women and passing bogus checks, is led away in handcuffs from a Chicago apartment under FBI custody. Authorities say he fleeced about $200 000 in recent years while on parole from Buffalo, New York.
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Chicago
FBI
Stephen Adam Wick
Buffalo
N. Y
International
Fly ash proves good builder for Mississippi levee
Venice Illinois engineers at Union Electric Co. use collected fly ash as fill for a 1 000 foot levee along the Mississippi. They mix fly ash with muddy river water to set firm and reinforce the embankment.
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Venice
Ill
U.2
Union Electric Co
Mississippi
Healthy diet urged for teeth in Minnesota study
University of Minnesota dental health workshop finds a healthy diet and good medical care help prevent mental disturbances linked to crooked teeth. Dr. Thomas Speidel notes crooked teeth can cause inferiority complexes and stresses parents' duty to maintain child health and regular dental care.
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Minneapolis
U.P
University of Minnesota
Thomas Speidel
Dentistry
Greene County Estate Appointed Administrator Notice
Mae Harrel named administrator of the estate of Guernard H Harrel in Greene County The filing notes the judge and attorney J Raymond Powell and the date December 20 1948. The estate is described as supposedly solvent.
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Greene County
State of Iridian
Guernard H. Harrel
Salyvent
Mae Harrel
J. Raymond Powell
Fragmentary phrase signals precipitant role in materials
A partial OCR fragment notes a substance acting as a precipitant for other materials and causing them to settle quickly, implying a process effect without full context.
Coal Here to Stay Awhile in Energy Mix
C A Powell of Westinghouse Electric Corp. predicts the atomic energy boom and new oil extraction methods will not displace coal. He says coal will remain the nation’s top energy source for at least 30 years.
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Pittsburgh
C. A. Powel
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Man finds silver coins in factory drain under finders keepers rule
Wilbraham resident William J. Poulin retrieved several silver half dollars dating to 1837 from a clogged factory drain. He claims ownership under a local finders keepers rule, following the cleanup.
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Wilbraham
Mass
U.P
William J. Poulin
Minnesota Sixth in Doctorates Awarded 1936 45
The University of Minnesota ranked sixth among U S colleges and universities in the number of doctors degrees granted from 1936 to 1945. The top five were Cornell Wisconsin Illinois Chicago and California. The first Harvard Yale boat race occurred on Lake Winnipesaukee in 1852.
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University of Minnesota
Cornell
Wisconsin
Illinois
Chicago
California
Harvard
Yale
Lake Winnipesaukee
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