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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
3
The column argues good English is vital for job prospects, urges standards in speech and manners, and advises learning from grammatically elevating peers. It offers a classroom anecdote and a math puzzle about matches to engage readers.
A reader named Bessie Kostak lists various Texas geography facts and comparisons, including Texas width and length, area in square miles and acres, and relative sizes to Michigan and other states, plus distances between Texline and Point Isabel and hemispheric location notes.
A boy provokes laughter by claiming half of twelve is seven. He proves it by writing XII and drawing a line through the middle, then shows how to make five and subtract two to leave four by printing five and removing the letters f and e to reveal IV. He then asks who can write seven.
News from a local school notes correspondence with students in thirteen states from Massachusetts to California. Dr and Mrs Wagner spoke about a trip to New York and a hopeful mood filled the classroom. The high school and school team played ball to a scoreless ninth inning, and the PTA’s country store last Saturday raised about seventy dollars with thanks to contributing mothers and patrons.
St Ludmila Hawks defeated Wied 12 to 7 as Micky Michalec earned his first win. Wied collected twelve hits, Hawks nineteen off Vesely. Janak and Rosenauer led with power including two doubles and two singles for Janak, Rosenauer three singles. Michalec struck out seven in the third straight Hawks victory. Score by innings shows the Hawks rallying early and holding on.
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