Hastings senior class play garners decisive praise
Hastings crowds fill the opera house for back to back performances of When a Feller Needs a Friend. The farce drew strong applause with several standout performers trained by Miss Wilma Shaw and Superintendent Maroney. Commencement for the high school is set for Wednesday, with classes ending Friday May 16.
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Supt. Maroney
H. P. Rea
Omaha
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Thelma Davis
Emerson
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Son Dent
Plattsmouth
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Charles Irwin
Butch Crawford
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Glenwood
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H. N. Baxter
Council Bluffs
Ma Baxter
VanGorkum
John Peterson
Ethel Mark
Shenandoah
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F. J. Martin
M. B. Cupp
Ethel Clark
State
Ray Hughes
I. O. Jacobs
Charles. Hildreth
Martin
Ralph
Ford
Hushbend
Pauline Kelley Robinson
Ener Davis
Malvern
Chicago
John Ridlen
Bethany
Moniher
Ross Roberts
White Cloud
Christy
J. A. Wearin
Methodist Hospital
Gifford
Facial Reconstruction Tops Surgical Breakthroughs At Congress
At the eleventh annual American College of Surgeons meeting in Philadelphia, brain surgery advanced notably as intra cranial operations moved from last resort to routine. A surgeon operated over two hours using a tiny electric bulb inside the skull, illustrating growing confidence among brain specialists.
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Philadelphia
W. A. McGarry
Scientific American
Europe
South America
French battlefield press kept alive after armistice
Reuters notes in the Westminster Gazette that former French trench editors form a friendly society of front newspapers. Their joint paper Leux-presse du Front appears erratically, stressing delays due to shelling and night counterattacks and advising readers not to panic when late as it is signaled monthly to avoid level crossings.
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Westminster Gazette
Trench
Front
Iex-presse du Front
Eix-presse
Befogged in New York
Justin Wentwood recounts Jim Harper's fall into poverty in New York, a chance sight of a woman's purse and address leads him to Jamaica, where he confronts a past mystery and a chance at renewal as he tries to restore the lost bag to Miss Alice Richards.
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Ire
Atlantic
New York
London
Jim
Mel
Jin
Alice Richards
Swayle Avenue
Jamaica
Pennsylvania Terminal
Miss Richards
Mistah
Meeting on the steps ties Jim and Alice in foggy rendezvous
Jim, chasing a clue, discovers Alice is the laundress he had seen before. A coincidence leads to a warm, lingering conversation on Swayle avenue as they plan to meet again and share more about their paths and lives.
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Alice
Jon
Jim
Swayle Avenue
Dark Horse in Politics a Hidden Candidate Phrase
The Chicago Journal explains dark horse as a surprise or compromised candidate in politics. The term, borrowed from horse racing, describes a contender kept confidential until the final moment for strategic betting or surprise success.
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Custon
Chicago Journal
Newfoundland Fleet Shrinks Amid Storm Toll
Heavy storms have halved the Newfoundland fishing fleet, with 42 schooners lost to shipwrecks. By current estimates only about 400 ships between 30 and 65 tons remain, far below numbers seen at the end of the nineteenth century. A legislative push seeks high bounties to rebuild the fleet.
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Owfoundland
Schiaomars
Davy Jones
Loesnes
Newfoundland
Cape Breton Finds First Salt Bed Near Whycocomagh
The first rock salt deposit in Cape Breton was discovered near Whycocomagh in Victoria county with a salt vein pierced at 120 feet. Natural salt-rich springs have been found and a Cape Breton company has been incorporated to develop local salt production.
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Cape Breton
Whycocomagh
Victoria County
Immense Demand for Furs Reaches Montreal Sale
Several hundred thousand pelts including polar and grizzly bear skins coyotes buffalo silver red cross fox muskrat beaver sable and mink arrived at a Montreal company for its winter sale. Shipments came from across Canada and from Russia Labrador United States and Patagonia.
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Montreal
Canada
Russei
Labrador
United States
Patagonia
Jump era tale from Kansas City anecdotes
Gabe Gosnell of Grudge recalls life in Kay Lee where after four o clock a respectable man is a potential robber and a shabby one a plain clothes cop. He says he stayed ready, dodging both threats while on his feet.
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Clark
iDes Moines
George
Hastings
National Bond Investment. Co
Des Moines
Johnson
Oklahoma City
Wace
Kansas City
Gabe Gosnell
Kay Lee
Kansas City Star
Gorgeous Turkish Wedding Worth Six Figures In Splendor
A Creosus like Albanian Turk groom spent about $60,000 on a lavish wedding in Stambul after the armistice. He rented 48 houses for guests and entertained 300 guests per table for a week at a decorated school building. Presents reportedly totaled $30,000 as guests arrived in a procession of 100 morterears and 300 open carriages.
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Stambul
Dbeldegroom
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