Five Clark County Pupils Win The Opportune Spelling Contest
County Superintendent Harold Bright selected five pupils with the greatest improvement in spelling during 1925 26 from Clark County. A 200 word test and six weekly results measured progress, with medals awarded in December and commencement day. Names added to the graduate list include Evelyn Schaefer Ernich and Erma Nave from West York.
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Harold Bright
Clark County
Lawrence Shrets
Tower School
Casey
Ivey Ryan
Fur Isho
Martinsville
Mildred Fish
Casey Wilma
Thelma
Motor Bus Should Be Train Feeder Declares Barber
Mr Barber of the Egyptian Transportation System testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Chicago on motor bus service replacing local rail. He argued buses offer local travel and through service, acting as feeders to rail, and urged elimination of some local trains in favor of limited stops every 20 to 40 miles. He called for curb on railway expansion and comparable restraint on bus operations.
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Chicago
H F Barber
Southern Minessa
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Marshall
Esch
Flynn
Middle West
Barber
Mojor
Lmited
Molter Stez Sauce on a Mean Waffle and Electric Front
The fragment suggests Molter Stez promoting a sauce on a bold waffle dish with an electric front theme. Details are sparse but imply a promotional culinary note or ad style. No clear event dates or organizations are identifiable from the readable text.
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Molter
Stez
How It Started By Jean Newton Ot
An anecdotal explanation traces the origin of the phrase to a man named Kelzober who planned suicide by hanging. He stood on a bucket to reach a beam and, after performing the act, allegedly kicked the bucket.
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Alice Calhoun
Kelzober
Ing
Sprinting Snails And Sea Snail Races At Brighton Aquarium
A humorous note from the Brighton aquarium describes two sea snails trained by Mr F Brown to race up a submerged tree branch. They start at the bottom and race toward the top, each vying to win though the prize ends with both toppling off shortly after.
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F Brown
Brighton Eng Aquarium
Higher Death Rate for First Half Year in Illinois
Illinois health officials report the six months of 1926 saw the heaviest influenza and pneumonia mortality since 1923, with 47 496 total deaths and a mortality rate of 134 per 100 000. Typhoid fever and diphtheria fell to record lows, while pneumonia caused about a third of excess deaths. The Stork record shows 70 444 births and a birth rate of 201 per 1000.
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Springfield
Illinois
Isaac S. Rawlings
Rawlings
New Work in County Court estates and guardianship actions
In the estates of Fannie M Miller Dan E Mundy Ralph D McIntosh Phoebe Shields M O Whitaker Arthur Cork and others, court approved inventories petitions for sale of real estate nonresident affidavits and publication orders bond filings guardians final report and discharge. Adultery and liquor possession cases are noted with bonds set and orders issued.
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Fannie M Miller
Dan E Mundy
Grace Mundy
Daniel E. Mundy
Ralph D. McIntosh
Phoebe Shields
M O Whitaker
Guardian
Arthur Cork
Vern Carter
Pina Shields
Hall
Arthur Leatherman
Paul Bair
Tank Fire at Martinsville Hits Ohio Oil Tank
Tank No. 40 of the Ohio Oil Company at Martinsville caught fire on Wednesday night causing heavy loss. The tank was about half full.
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Ohio Oil Company
Martinsville
Methodist Howard Leach Pastor Sunday Times at United Church
Pastor Howard Leach leads Methodist services with morning and evening programs every Sunday beginning August 15. Topics include Religion of the Heart and Life's Emphasis with a male quartet singing. evenings feature pictures and discussions on religion electiveness and Wes Foundations. midweek devotional and league meetings noted with quarterly conference.
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Semono
Chile
Shoe String Republic
Wes Foundations
Epworth League
Fragmentary OCR Notice of Royal Fragments and Carvings
A damaged OCR fragment describes relics of royal origin and a grand, ill fated son of James I depicted on horseback. The text mentions bone carvings, Verhags, and a royal daw with an elaborate presentation.
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Tua
James I
Bureau of Standards tests precision shop measurements
The text describes standards bureau procedures testing shop measurements to ten thousandths and hundred thousandths of an inch. It mentions garage blocks tested to one to five millionths of an inch and an ultram ergometer capable of detecting faults at one millionth of an inch.
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Bureaun of
Tamdards
Bish
Bureau of Standads
Wehr
A Wet Ordination in Beverly Mass 1785
An old bill of expenses reveals a Beverley Massachusetts ordination in 1785 with humorous detail. It lists thirty bowls of punch and ten bottles of wine before church, forty four bowls of punch and twenty eight bottles of wine, various brandy and cherry rum, and six people drinking tea at dinner.
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Beverly
Mass
No Sooner Said Than Done West Lunch Day
A fragmentary line describes observing a cat and a box of matches as part of a brief Progressive Grocer snippet. The text presents a colloquial diary style moment without clear event or attribution.
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