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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1936
Page
6
Amateur poetry notes urge dyeing hair platinum to be supremely fair and Photographers favor blond leads. Lorraine Dashner laments birds left unfed, asking readers to feed pheasant and quail before winter, hoping for a future bob white call in the fall.
Six grade students displayed many pretty valentines and held a Valentine party on Friday with heart cookies and fruit salad. Pupils enjoy their new language work books as first exercises cover synonyms and antonyms. Bubs Randerson brought the book Man Sherwood at Hose Naneh for reading.
A partial list of editors and staff members appears in the page’s byline and caption lines including Rel Wearin Tipha Denner Helen Wadler Kerraine Dasthnet Lorraine Toles Delment Mevtaustand with other corroborating names.
A column warns readers about pervasive gossip in town noting how every person is dissected, mocked, and dismissed by friends and neighbors. It urges a February resolution to cut gossip to a small, acceptable amount, acknowledging gossip can still be a lively topic.
The juniors begin arithmetic with a focus on the linear table of measures and note that 12 feet equal one yard. The biology class starts plant study and Friday is laboratory day for individual projects. In business, manuals were purchased and blanks are being filled on banking.
The sophomore home economics class last week studied methods of deep fat frying. They made doughnuts, shoestring potatoes and potato chips on Friday, distributing samples to a few selected students. The navy lists 44 distinct trades 144 ratings and 44 service schools.
Wilma Custer organized a Valentine themed meeting for the Girl Reserve group. The session featured a history of St. Valentine by Lorraine Cashiner, a segment on friendships by Lorraine Haders, and a piece titled Within a Dreamy Harbor. After singing they drew a talent from a box, with each girl contributing a personal display.
Freshman Hame Ee girls complete their pajama project after two weeks. General science studies focus on telephone and telegraph. English 7 conducts a Guess Who project with descriptions of high school students, seniors' descriptions rated best.
In civics class pupils map Iowa major highways and cities and compare current paved roads with a decade ago. They note profits from stock purchases last week. Arithmetic studies bonds while history students examine U S possessions and draw related maps.
Fifth graders spent Friday opening valentine boxes as postmasters and carriers moved to distribute mail. Safety Week focused on traffic rules with posters and a sanded walk illustration. Students read Lincoln stories and poems, shared valentine pieces, and built mail boxes for the afternoon.
In English class seventh graders wrote winter stories and showed unexpected talent. Geography studies on China captivated them, revealing surprising cultural differences. Classroom decorations include student valentines and portraits of Washington and Lincoln. An imaginary trip to Switzerland is planned for next week to explore its sports and customs.
Six causes are outlined in The Hoover Administration A Documented Narrative by W S Myers and Woo H Newton, from Charles Serbn ers Sons. The text discusses Europe’s repression era, delayed credit, planned inflation, and resulting economic and moral decline in the United States, warning how inflation and degeneration could have worsened if a depression hit earlier.
A fourth grade class displayed a large Lincoln birthday poster and hosted a Friday valentine party. The classroom border featured cherry headed figures designed to remind children to tell the truth.
Second graders enjoyed a Valentine party with cookies from Mrs. Dale Kline and guests Keith Herrick Lois Lincoln and Donald Houser. Visitors last week included Misa Gretchen Gidley Theron Atkinson and several teachers. Parents and friends observing their work added to a happy scene.
A garbled vignette mixes school antics and odd opinions as students comment on Ner vig Caesa dandruff beauty and a gum contest. The piece touches on humorous remarks, misheard lines, and a confused linguistic note about the word charivad with invented origins.
A garbled excerpt notes advertising for a dentist in a fictional or corrupted text. It mentions a pledge of quality and backing goods with a name, implying trust and visible proof in advertising. The fragment references a rowing term and an implied country context, but details are unclear.
Fragmented OCR notes group speculative period events including train to Chicago 1852 Spain surrender Florida to United States 1819 Herndon press service 1839 French Panama Canal construction 1881 Denmark acknowledges US independence 178. The text cites old papers and a lender offer with phrases about inflation and shocks.
Fragmentary memoir notes Widham Daly of Unpatbal Missouri born in Seprendes PSU and Kentucky. It describes wartime mail service, duties at duty stations St Gusepty Ma and mentions retirement and memorials to postal authorities in Washington.
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