Recall of Old Days at the Yellow School House
Guy H. Humphreys, former Washington official, writes from Washington, D. C., recalling the old yellow school house days. He praises Joe Turner and the Citizen, jokes about Professor John L. Cravens as supreme censor, and promises to publish a memoir centering on those lively school years and figures like Dick Taylor and Walton Stover.
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Guy H. Humphreys
Industrial Home School
Washington, D. C
Guy
Tom
Joe Turner
Yellow School
Dick Taylor
Joe Haseman
Guy Cravens
Walton Stover
John L. Cravens
Kaiser
Uncle John
Ray
Hearst
Joe
Humphreys
Keystone class guests at Baptist Sunday school banquet
The Baptist Sunday school plans a Thursday banquet for the women's Keystone class with an 8 o'clock supper in the basement. A stereopticon program in the auditorium starts at 7, featuring a new projector donated by Joe Moss. The event honors the Keystone class for last year's inter-class contest victory and is expected to draw a large attendance, though a chicken mortality report is noted.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Keystone
Joe Moss
Editor's Quiet Cheer Inspires Loyal Daily Citizen Reader
A long time Daily Citizen subscriber renews with a note praising the editor. The letter asks who shares tears in sadness and laughter in joy and even swears with you when angry, describing the editor as kind and wise and rarely lying, owning a heart and a cheek, and living on 40 cents a week.
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Daily Citizen
The
Gates Long in Use
As private property arose boundaries became necessary and fences were built with openings. The gate emerged as man’s ingenuity created gates that swung in sockets or on hinges, marking a shift in access and property control.
Distorted Quote on Business Charity and Self Care
A humorous misquote attributed to Jud Tunkins mocks a man who neglects his affairs yet seeks praise by posing as a business doctor. The remark underlines irony about professional pretensions and attention to one’s own duties.
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Jud Tunkins
Judge Calls For Law On Courtship Length
A Kansas judge proposes a legal minimum courtship period to curb hasty marriages, yet the speaker argues it cannot stop two people resolved to wed from marrying, noting the gap between legal theory and personal commitment.
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Kansas
Strange Second Party Visit Recalled in Tribune Lines
A Chicago Tribune clipping recalls a peculiar second party memory where a woman visits an aunt with a small boy and returns a year later with her husband. The boy in the crib is asked if he remembers, replying I remember Qin but I don’t know the man of her.
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Qin
Chicago Tribune
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad From Linton Case
An old newspaper blurb promotes Dean's Kidney Pills claiming they help kidneys weakened by hard work and irregular hours. The note urges readers with backache headaches dizziness and urinary issues to act before dropsy gravel or Bright's disease. It mentions neighbor endorsements and references a Linton case.
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Bright
Dean
Linton
Harvey Woaper
403Rd St
N.W
Hamilton
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