PKA High and Grade School News Notes
School week's activities include a high school song duet by Lillian Ruth Stephens and Dorothy ie Mabel Belcher. American History class studies the Revolutionary War. Selma Walker appointed treasurer. new books ordered. first Boy's Glee Club with twelve members. blue ribbon for best school display earns a five dollar prize. Basketball practice to start. DeLay attends Northern Egyptian Basket Ball Conference meeting. Room enrollments, examinations, visitors, and prizes at Farmers Institute noted. several pupils win prizes in penmanship and display. drawings progress under Mr Potts. September attendance praised. Advertisements for appliances and goods appear.
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Tle
Lillian
Ruth ‘Stephens
Dorothy Ie
Mabel Belcher
Selma Walker
Treas
Watson
DeLay
Vandalia
Dean Linton
Florence Cain
Blanche McCallen
Farmers’ Institute
Violet Nattier
Davis Jennings
Forest Wadkins
Leon Hart
Potts
Leon Hurt
West Frankfort
Ruby Eagan
Dale Walker
Flossie Belcher
Stereotypes Across Cities From A New Yorker’s View
A passage lists humorous city stereotypes with notes about Boston Philadelphian Chicagoan Detroiter San Franciscan and others. It contrasts beliefs like Harvard graduates in libraries and movie people in Los Angeles with regional myths about Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, and Spokane reflecting lighthearted urban caricatures.
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Stock Yards
Michigan Avenue
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Iowa
Salt Lake City
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Spokane
Pittsburg
Detroit Firm Weaves Global Fame From Local Ford Plant
Detroit locals celebrate Ford's factory impact as the city gains national recognition. The piece notes how the auto works shape town identity and highlight broader American reach.
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Detroit
Ford’s Auto Works
United States
The Big Strong Lion in the Sunday School Tale
A Sunday School teacher asks children about the danger of Daniel in the lion's den. A six year old answers with a surprising reason, and the class learns a lesson about fear and faith.
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Daniel
Prompt Arrival Sparks Offbeat Remark
A fragment shows a quick response with a humorous exclamation about a prompt arrival, featuring a playful line that sounds like a character reacting with a sassy odor joke. The terse note captures a moment of comic timing.
Ward and Neff clash over a boy and a car
Ward frets about his boy and Neff asks what happened. Ward reveals it was about the car. A guest complains of a fly in ice cream and a waiter quips about the rascal being in the soup. The dialogue notes modern movies and cars never stop.
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Neff
Ward
Rascal
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Lucille Britt
Ool
Lester Stretch
Ezra Harper
Forrest Walker
Anna Mae Pierce
Anna Belcher
Irene Malan
Roy Sears
Francis Belcher
Pries
County Institute
Homer N. Potts
Patoka Hdw. & Furn
R. L. Walton
Cains
Milley & Hartmeat
Floyd B. Cain
N. Locust St
Centralia
Illinois
L. E. Belcher
O. G. Archer
Optometrist
Centralia, Illinois
City National Bank
Livesay Garage
Vernon
Oakland
Pontiac Cars and Service
Marinello
Simcox
Marcelling
Minnie
California
Lion
Pewiyes
Aredoy
Sionitti
Vholvd Uclaudoud
Attus Add
Edoydalay
Pee-eu
Brussells
Winchester Flashlight
Winchester
Stainless Steel
Superior Blue Parlor Furnace
Davenport
Superior
Geo. Christie
Farmers Institute
Wm. Martin
Salem
Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
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