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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1943
Page
2
A reflective piece follows students racing to class and gossiping about dances while a storm outside roars unseen to a deaf writer. The narrative shifts from classroom masks to a lone voice seeking connection amid wind and rain and a silent night.
Mr. Timmons arrives at the scene and notes a broken window on both sides in the peeing room. He deems the matter more serious than expected and expresses alarm at the extent of the damage.
War era poem parody pieces by students Cathryn Detweiler and Irene Nesbitt humorously urge housewives to endure rationing. The verses contrast wartime shortages with grocery duties, urging work to support the war effort and ease strained resources.
Carolyn Duprey notes men overlook how rationing books fill purses with essential items. The piece points to the growing practice of packing more necessities, illustrating a shift in daily life as shortages persist.
A short verse about a geometry class focusing on similar polygons proportions and parallel lines. It mentions spring fever and a wish to get good grades without falling behind next fall.
Poet Donna Yeck laments ragged youths begging for care as adults work to clear a war torn air and restore safety for children in a troubled town.
Poem speaks to hopeful postwar outreach urging international cooperation to end all wars. It frames world prayers and national anguish as driving forces for a lasting peace plan.
A Princeton student chronicles a moneyless voyage around the world. He tours Germany, climbs the Matterhorn, tours France and Spain, and travels via Gibraltar India Egypt and Asia. He recounts arrests for sneaking aboard trains, steals rides, and ends with mounting luxury on his return.
Francis Hussing is described as previously wasting time but now faces a new status. The text states he has been classified 1-A, indicating eligibility for military service. The tone suggests a personal or local interest angle on his change in status.
A preacher faces scorn from a sinner yet remains the moral victor as the deacon’s fate takes a dark turn and a hopeful end arrives for the preacher.
A brief poem recalling tougher wartime days when driving to town and cinema outings ceased. The speaker laments gas shortages and shifts to staying home writing letters to relatives, capturing a quiet homefront mood.
A pair of poems urge citizens to pay income taxes to fund the war effort and to combat profiteering. The first stresses paying taxes as part of defeating the Axis. The second reassures that the FBI will stop racketeering during wartime.
Hartzell Spence, born 1908 to a Methodist minister, grows up in a parsonage facing stigma as a minister’s son. He builds a newspaper business, pursues journalism, defies limits, and becomes editor of several papers and an author. His family supports his path to journalism despite early pressure to follow ministry.
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