Local Rural Spelling Bees Prompt Community News
The town notes a well attended spelling event at Old Anar with Robert Matthews champion speller and others, plus various social visits around Blankenbaker and South Boston. Many residents report sickness easing, church attendance, and Christmas preparations as Emmett Hinds family and neighbors manage ailments.
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Old Anar
Robert Matthews
Samuel Walker
Edward Weir
Mrs Huts
Martin and
Caniy
Roy McClellan
Cleo Gorman
Pearl Tietrick
County Superintendent powers and rules in county education
The County Superintendent of Public Instruction licenses teachers, grades manuscripts, and supervises county schools. Elected for four years by township trustees, the role includes instituting yearly teacher institutes funded by the county and teacher fees, with strict rules against perquisites and a final say on school-site disputes. The office requires a state license and has a history dating to 1899 and 1905 license standards.
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County Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Normal School
Cadiploma
Local Notes From Salem Pekin And Virginia Visits
A fragmentary local notes column reports Curtis Souter in Salem at week start, G N Curtis as caller in Pekin, EL H Wright and wife visiting Virginia, Bruge back home, Dr. Wilson removing John Voyles cast, and a crowd visiting John Voyles on Sunday. Protracted meeting at Oscar Nale with fodder cutting, James Short trip with Hazel Brim, and Grover Bolding family visiting Oscar Nole’s Sunday among other brief items.
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Souter
Fiansera Gray
Salem
G.N. Curtis
Pekin
EL H. Wright
Virginia
Bruge
John Stewart
George
Short
Will Barker
Oscar Nale Waa
Pethel
John Rowers
Miller Just Rey. LaHue
Sarah Messinger
James Short
Hazel Brim
Chas Wilson Willl
Grover Bolding
Oscar Nole
Daisy Ridge revival draws good crowd in opening scene
Daisy Ridge revival has been well attended. Mr and Mrs Amog Allen of Illinois visit Daisy Ridge parents Elmer Blankenbaker and wife. Palmer Burns rooms at Boriden while attending school. Bichelter of D M and Hes ter Gray are very sick with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Schleisher
W. T. Blankenbaker
Grover Terrell
Mie
W. C. Burns
Aon Palmer
L. M. Blankenbaker
Roe
Wm Bywater
Ldaugarr
Mildred
Peter Lepprk
Gesse Elliott
Howard Motsinger
Honey Run
Arthur Payne
Oscar Wayne
Boston
Teachers Institute
Winslow School
Lelnott
L. A. Elliott
Nora Rudman
South Boston Exchange
Nora
Clyde Howard
Hickory ‘Grove
Foster Williams
Charley Wells
Besse Elliott
Ray Payne
Walter Maharon
Daisy Ridge
Amog Allen
Elmer ,Blankenbaker
Palmer Burns
Boriden
Bichelter
D. M
Hester Gray
The Ad Killer Silences Outdated Market Messages
A poem laments the dull effect of stale advertising. It argues that ads reveal what a merchant sells and that outdated ads drive customers away, likening the act of stopping ads to winking in the dark and predicting business failure.
Markland Pharmacy Offers Specialty School Supplies
Markland Pharmacy lists family recipes for a specialty lineup including tablets pens inks and E Z Seal fruit jars, signaling a varied inventory for students and households. The item mix highlights school essentials and storage jars as part of a broader market offering.
Sheriff role and mob limits described in old county note
The text explains the sheriff as county executive, arrest power, jury summons, public notices, and jail duties. It warns a mob lynch of a prisoner vacates the office unless governor intervention occurs, and questions whether the current sheriff would break up a mob.
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Idulies
Down Jriblic
Enmmty
Old Established Undertaker Offers First-Class Appointments
We respectfully submit that we be retained to perform the duties of undertaker and embalmer. Our experience enables us to render services in a highly satisfactory manner with smoothness and attention to detail appropriate to the occasion. Both phones.
County Superintendent Salaries and Duties Described
The text outlines that tend employs lecturers for the institute and emphasizes the Superintendent's role in keeping bad teachers from classrooms. It notes a right industrious County Superintendent is worth $16,000 annually, while those who neglect duties earn little. Salaries are fixed at $4.50 per day, about $1,400 yearly, with postage and office space provided by the county and other expenses borne by the Superintendent.
Off the Wira Operator Number Please
Brief item notes a miscommunication overheard in a Milwaukee News snippet where a caller claims a husband disappeared after a push on a fire. The exchange hints at a domestic incident and a possible investigation.
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Milwaukes News
Rabbits Threaten Australia Grasslands With Overrun Fears
Observant men estimate eight to ten rabbits can consume much grass on a sheep run. In New South Wales the rabbit population is booming despite trapping poison fumigation and ongoing control efforts, raising fears for carrying capacity.
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Lear
Nui
Rabbite
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