Alma Public Schools See Attendance Rise Three Hundred
Alma records show school attendance this year about three hundred higher than a year ago and roughly one hundred fifty more than November last year when temporary schools opened. W E B Wilcox named truant officer as district enforces attendance rules. Ladies Aid of M E church held annual meeting electing officers and sharing reports.
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A. F. Schultz
Alma
W. EB. Wilcox
Chaol
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Traver
J. Campbell
BE L. Smith
Vic
Mra
FP. J. Graham
Winn
Wallace Smith
Frank Parker
Dressing for Dinner on Roman Customs and Etiquette
Dressing for dinner traces to Roman customs of wearing light, white to meals. The practice persisted to ensure guests from far places could appear suitably dressed despite late arrivals. The essay argues social authority over fashion, not mere renown or power, guiding such etiquette.
Fragmentary extract on angels and ethical maxims from unknown text
The passage lists angels such as Galetes and Michael with roles like revelation and protection, mentions Aurel the angel of death and Terniel who will sound the trumpet. It also touches on Montessori methods, words about courtesy, charity, hunger, and a few cryptic lines about virtue and heaven.
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Galetes
Revelation
Michael
Aurel
Terniel
One Consolation Note From a Round Shouldered Man
A fragmentary line notes a round shouldered man finding a consolation like others. The text hints at equal footing or shared relief but offers scant context or proper nouns to anchor a full news item.
Lieutenant Lester von Thurn Promoted To Captain
Word arrives that Lieutenant Lester von Thurn of this city has been commissioned as a captain. He led the personnel of the company at Wort Oglethorpe, Ga where he served. Captain von Thurn is well known locally as a longtime resident and Alma College graduate who excels in service and sport.
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Lester von Thurn
von Thurn
Wort Oglethorpe
Alma College
Many Formations of Sponges and Habit Advice
The text describes sponges as animals that start as eellike larvae, attach to rocks, and grow in fingerlike forms including mermaid's hair and carpet sponges. It also mentions costs of business stationery and stenography, and offers advice on forming good habits with cautions about lapses and consistency.
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Bec
Value of Common Things in Life and Nature
The text reflects on recognizing everyday objects and experiences that shape a mature writer like Bradford Torrey. It describes a bird unseen by the narrator yet familiar in memory and notes how sponges are harvested by West Indian fishers using long poles and glass-bottom buckets to spot them on the water.
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Bradford Torrey
Rich Platinum Rock Discovery Reported in Sipheria
A conglomera rock in Sipheria yields platinum via grinding and washing ore from chrome iron rocks. An experiment extracted 200 ounces of platinum from 0 720 pounds of chromitic slack, highlighting a notable early effort in platinum recovery.
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Sipheria
Unite
Gunty
Fragmented moral proverb on thrift and success
A garbled excerpt asserts that a boy taught to save money will not become a thief and will succeed in his trade, while a man who caves will fail. the text presents a cautionary view of thrift and moral conduct as destiny.
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Gladstone
Three Drivers Fined By Justice Of The Peace
Three men charged with traffic law violations were brought before Justice William H. Rogers last week and each paid small fines. Harvey Allen was fined 2.50 dollars and costs, W. A. Wiles 5 dollars and costs, and Charles Romine 5 dollars and costs.
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William H. Rogers
Harvey Allen
W. A. Wiles
Charles Romine
Proved Nut Diet Benefits and Infant Feeding Success
A New York Sun report notes the value of nut diets and nota free from parasites and disease. It cites liquid ant preparations saving hundreds of infants over twenty years. A Washington telegram warned of a dying infant from cow’s milk nutrition, but nut feeding improved the child’s health within years, per the cited case.
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Washington
New York Sun
Ant tunnels and ancient woodwork fascination
An excerpt discusses ants hollowing trees and tunneling abilities across forests and streets. It notes a South American ant excavating a riverbed tunnel under Parahyba, broad as the Thames at London Bridge, illustrating remarkable ant engineering noted by W L McAtee in an American Museum Journal piece.
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Nnte
Pice
Flowers on Mountain Tops and Peru Coal Deposits
On high Hawaiian ridges open bogs host hemispherical tussocks and showy Jobelia with large cream flowers. In Peru’s Santa valley the Santa River irrigates a broad area, powering industry and agriculture. extensive coal deposits, including anthracite, are found suitable for briquette manufacture.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Peru
Santa
Chitnhote
Santa Valley
Cawt
New Hydraulic Air Compressor For Water Head Pressure
A novel hydraulic air compressor operates under water head of about two hundred feet, using two large vertical cylinders. Water pressure drives one side, forcing air into a horizontal work chamber. When air reaches the desired pressure, water is released and the cycle reverses, producing alternating compression.
Yew Trees Lonnest Lived and Tigers Bathing Tales
Fragmentary OCR notes describe long lived yew trees and the behavior of tigers fond of water. It recalls Singapore lore about a tiger reputed to swim across parts of the harbor to catch a person. The text mingles odd spellings and partial phrases without clear dates or sources.
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Oksrim
Singapore
Ravens Help Elijah Spend Long Wilderness Vacation
A brief note from the St. Louis Globe Democrat suggests that Elijah could spend an extended vacation in the wilderness due to the administration of the ravens, while other mortals must endure longer camping trips.
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Elijah
St. Louis
Make Good Use of Spare Time
A fragmentary admonition urges binding spare hours to a definite purpose to increase achievement. It urges gathering fragmented time to avoid waste and improvidence, associating the message with Nam M Taylor as a referenced figure.
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Nam M,taylor
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