High School Adopts New Building Plan For Grades Seven and Eight
The Pella public schools open September 11 with a shared high school department in the Webster and Lincoln buildings. Seventh and eighth grade pupils join three teachers in the Webster plan, while sixth graders attend Lincoln. New staff include Miss Guthrie in home economics and Miss Bootsma as Webster principal. The article urges parental cooperation, invites teacher visits, and notes tuition: grades two dollars monthly, high school five dollars.
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Ailgo
Lincoln
Webster
Iowa
Lincoln School
Webster and
Clarke
Miss Jones
Fleener
Penn Colege
Guthrie
Neponset
Ill
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Harhardt
Elkader
Ames
McQuilken
la Port City
Cedar Falls
Vida Smith
de Soto
Bootsma
Pella
Will
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Deafness Cure
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises a $100 reward for any deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Water noise disturbs McKinley as he negotiates with allies
In an 1890s Washington anecdote cited by the New York Times, President McKinley calmly handles a crucial long distance telephone conversation while a water-pump worker named John interrupts with a thirsty pail. He agrees to place American troops under German General Waldersee with a revocable clause to protect U.S. policy, then resumes work.
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Canton
Wania
Hay
Root
Washington
United States
Count Waldersee
John
McKinley
New York Times
Coleridge and Dream Inspiration Cited by London Mail
The London Mail notes Coleridge drew 200 lines of Khublai Khan in a dream lasting three hours, waking to jot a fragment before a visitor interrupted. It also credits a dream of Cruikshank with first suggesting The Ancient Mariner and claims Kipling’s Greatest Story in the World arose from a half remembered dream of a plain young man.
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Coleridge
Khublai Khan
Cruikshank
Kipling
London Mail
What Makes Mirrors Reflect
A St Nicholas explanation notes mirrors use a glass pane with a metal backing. Light passes through the glass and reflects off the metal, bouncing back as reflection. The light cannot pass through the metal, producing the mirror image.
Frederick Barbarossa Legend of Kyffhäuser Cavern
The German legend says Frederick Barbarossa lies in enchanted sleep within Kyffhäuser cavern in the Harz mountains. He sits with his knights at a marble table, his long red beard spanning the table to the floor as centuries pass. He waits for the moment to be freed.
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New York Christian Advocate
Iowa
Frederick Barbarossa
Kyffhausen
Harz
One of a Pair in a London Butler Interview
In this brief London Opinion piece a butler applicant proves decent yet dense. The mistress asks if he is single. he replies Hi er no, mum I’m twins explaining he is a twin.
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London
His Objection. Scottish Bachelor’s Tea Expense
A London Punch quip depicts a Scottish bachelor refusing tea from a visitor, not for inconvenience but due to the expense involved, highlighting social faux pas and frugal humor in a brief domestic scene.
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London
Hard Work and a Question on Literary Endeavor
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet shows a father asking his son about literary endeavor and the reply that the effort is about selling the work. The brief exchange reflects views on writing as a trade and creative venture.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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