What Happened to Jones Junior Class Play and Debates
The article notes the May 212 junior class play What Happened to Jones plus two debates. Debates covered algebra versus English and whether private citizens should feed tramps. Miss Marcum taught debate in the Tenth English class. judges were class members. Attendance and student recognition are also reported.
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Jones
Newa
MacVey
Clarence Peterson
Pauline Miller
Thelma Kaiser
Melvin’ Thompson
Ella May
Cook
Miss Countryman
School Notes Highlight Campus Growth And Plays
The D M T school notes report Mr. Edwards becomes assistant professor of commerce at State Teachers College Kirksville Mo for ten weeks. Senior class wings arrive as the cast of The Rut earns praise. Students outline campus landscaping with trees, a crescent, brick pillars, and widened roadways funded by classes 1919 1920 1921. Marjorie Howe ill and eighth grade county exams upcoming.
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Edwards
State Teachers’ College
Kirksville
Aladin
Mr. Edwards
Lamp
Maurice Stephens
Ruth Peterson
Miss Peterson
Louise Woods
Minnie ‘Peterson
Jimmie
Woods
Wesley Lehnus
Sarah
Frieda’ Thorson
Thorson
Sarah Woods
Nancy. Stephens
Hattie Dehnus
Lehnus
Harve
Ross Richard Graham Richard
Graham
Stephens
Harry. Bruner
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offer
An old advertisement offers $100 for cases not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces and is sold by druggists for over forty years. Price 76 cents. Testimonials free. B. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
B. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Oho
Doctor Saunders Delivers Dual Persona on Stage
The review notes Dr Saunders played two personas with ease. as the kindly family doctor he appeared natural, while longer speeches showed him less the character and more himself. Clarence Thompson Franklin Majorowicz as the young superintendent impressed, though a touch more expressiveness in longer scenes could help.
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Saunders
George ‘Lehnus
Doctor Saunders
Dr. Saunders
Clarence “Thompson Franklin Majorowicz
Ants Tunnel Through Wood and Soil InRemarkable Feats
Observations describe ants hollowing trees and biting through hard woods. Ants tunnel under ditches and streams with expert skill. A South American ant reportedly carved a tunnel under the Parahyba riverbed at a site as broad as the Thames at London Bridge.
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Thames
London Bridge
W. le. McAtee
The
American Museum Journal
Flowers on Mountain Tops in Hawaii Bogs
Open bogs on high Hawaiian mountain ridges support unique flora. Hemispherical tussocks rise above bogs and host species such as a showy lobella with cream flowers about three and a half inches long, plus peculiar violets and a sundew.
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Hawaiian Islands
New Hydraulic Air Compressor Harnesses Water Pressure
A novel hydraulic air compressor operates from water heads of 200 or 800 feet. It uses two large vertical cylinders where water pressure drives air. When one cylinder fills the horizontal tank, a two-way valve shifts pressure to the other cylinder, enabling continuous action.
Montessori Methods and Atticus Aided by Alphabet Games
A passage notes Herodes educated with his son Atticus to counter dullness. He placed 24 young slaves in a cohort and named each after a Greek letter. To play with them Atticus learned the alphabet to recite their names.
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Herodes
Atticus
Eminent Biologist Warns on Rat Population Growth
An Ohio State Journal report states a single pair of rats left undisturbed could multiply to 37 million in two years, though the narrator notes these rats are almost always disturbed.
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Ohlio State Journal
Roman Warship Crew and Speed Details
A Roman man-of-war carried 225 men with 174 oarsmen across three decks. The vessel's speed reached about six knots per hour in fair weather.
Walnut for Gunstocks Drives Forestry Note
Article notes that historic tree plantings aimed at producing wood for gunstocks, valuing walnut for light strength and warp resistance. It explains trees were chosen not for fruit but for stock wood properties.
Insects Destroy Wood
Investigations by the bureau of entomology show insects destroy more commercially sized timber than forest fires.
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Bureau of Entomology
Point of View on Saving Money in Cincinnati Times-Star
A brief column contrasts frugal behavior with stinginess, noting that some save money due to practicality while others hoard funds, reflecting differing attitudes toward thrift in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Optimistic Thought Cannot Define All of Life
A reflective note argues that optimistic thinking cannot establish universal rules governing life. It discusses limits of optimism and the complexity of individual paths, urging readers to weigh hope against pragmatic experience.
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