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t 82.000,000.nteraational rtct No. 29,.merlcH, was Yu., on a :y, chargingWhat is said to be a new method of instructing children in mathematics has been introduce-School in Chicago. At this school they have a grocery store where the children are taught not on3 how to figure the cost of their sales and purchases.authorities s in the dls-i Simonson, ter, at Sha-een missing, well known bout Okiaho-d suicide by he DensmoreWhale Towsvenport, la., assen as theirur years old, if the North-lied suddenlyirking at hisat the south-toric Simplon ilroafi for SO •rai feet, saysMen Out to SeaThey Harpoon the Monster But He Refuses to Play the Game as They Figured.SLAPS CAPTAIN OUT OF BOATValiant Southampton Veterans Have Exciting Time When They Go to Assistance of Brothers Who • Had Caught Whale.says news has war has bro-Southampton.—For the second time in two weeks fishermen took to their boats and went out after a whale. They had him hooked, too, and if the dura thing hadn’t up with its tall and knocked Cap'n Silas Edwards out of the boat Just as he was about to spear, it, there might even now be a dead whale on the beach.The whale was sighted by Captain Frank H. White, the sea-bitten old mariner who tends the life saving station here. When he first saw the whale it was about two miles off shore anil moving out to sea with the Cooperfrnm Woffle \Tmwaited expectantly for the dull explosion which would indicate to them that their quarry was about to roll over and ask to be taken home.No such explosion happened. The fishermen waited and waited. All in a wink the whale started for somewhere. And the Cooper brothers, having lodged their harpoon securely in the whale, found themselves accompanying it.They tried reversing the engine in the hope that by so doing they might convey to the whale their lack of interest in any extensive sea voyage. The motion was entirely lost on their captive, who kept right ou.The Cooper brothers then .tried to increase the speed of the boat so that they might overtake the whale and explain the situation, which, in a word, was this:The line connecting the boat with •the whale was taut, and the-fishermen could not free themselves. As fast as their boat went the whale went faster. There was nothing to dp but admire the scenery as it passed them.Captains to the Rescue.They had gone about a miie and a half, and were still going, wheu Cap-seene the whale thing other than ters, so they we to it. They eve looking for a si they intended to Then steadyic of the boat. Cap best of bis sixt and stood poset his hand ready Just at this whale - came or smacked the bo' tap'with its ta lag in the bou next seen Strug yelling for sorai The Cooper the momentary harpoon line. J Its way. The their attention wards, and to terms their desABANDON ClEnglish Compa mand Amonj for CLondon.—Bee mand for da George Co. who have roai cades, decided last butch of c their kiln reeeiFifty years
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Le Grand Reporter
Le Grand, Iowa, US
Fri, Feb 03, 1922
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