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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1949
Page
2
Editorial urges students to smile after exams. It notes few passersby smile and argues a simple greeting can lift moods. The piece promotes cheerfulness in school halls, streets, and homes and claims frowns use 46 muscles while smiles use 13.
Residents share playful responses to who they would gift a heart to on Valentine's Day. Names include Shirley Ladenberger Bill Loos Roger Puterbaugh Tom McCormick Max Baumgardner Vada Meyer Bob Czuprynski and Patty Batcheller, with varied answers about affection and restraint.
A 1949 Valentine’s Day primer urges men to show affection with simple gestures like a card or courtesy rather than expensive candy. It playfully contrasts leap year by addressing masculine bravado and encourages thoughtful kindness to win the girl in English class.
A LADIES' HOME JOURNAL piece summarized by Sub Deb Dept surveys diverse male reactions to women at first sight. Names include Robert Taylor Bing Crosby Eddie Cantor George Abbott Tex McCrary Budd Schulberg and Edward Fenton. Observations span walks eyes clothes color scheme shoes and how a woman uses her hands or reads a book.
The narrator describes a classroom scene where a stern leader assigns the dreaded fate worse than death: exams. Students, including the narrator and friends, dread the moment and cannot avoid the upcoming test despite preparations and late-night pondering.
The note invites all readers to join in celebrating Sweethearts of the World Day with a call to make the most of the occasion. It emphasizes collective pleasure and buoyant community spirit for the event.
A student recounts waking early for a debate tournament, missing glasses, etc. The group arrives late, endures awkward speeches, and places fourth, but the speaker remains oddly eager for the next event.
A compact item lists three individuals with brief counts: Bunny Butler 30 words, Virginia Wolf 40 words, Bertha Peterson 50 words, Lavern Octzel. The note records word counts for typed submissions.
A jumble of intimate rumors and social snippets circles Cedar Grove High peers. Jeanne Torrance and others are linked with late night parties and secret crushes while Geraldine Elmendorf and Jack Brown surface in gossip. The column catches flirtations, hidden romances, and college-town humor from the New Year festivities.
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