School Staff and Officers Listing Appears Unclear
A fragmented roster lists editors reporters and class officers with sponsors across multiple grades. Names include Scott Mr , Delia Roe , Max Thompson , Julia Diller , Lawrence Clark , Carolyn Clark , Irene Achtemeier , Eleanor Weigel , and many sponsors such as Gerald Garrels and Mr Ninkes.
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Scott
Delia Roe
Ifs
Max Thompson
Areneioseman
Julia Diller
Lwurence Clark
Lorene Achteme Cer
Keith Hudson
Robert Glathar
Fern Nuppert
Gerald Garrels
Ninkes
Lawrence Clark
Mildred Krebs
Treas Maxine Nider
McCreight
Glee Club Officers Listed for Girls Senior and Junior
Senior glee president Lucille Nidet secretary treasurer Delpha Wiemers librarian Clara Achtemweier Junior glee president Pern Nippert secretary treasurer Giedys Garton librarian Ariene Schnuellk present.
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Glee Club
Gleee
Lucille Nidet
Treas
Delpha Wiemers
Clara Achtemweier
Cs Pern Nippert
Giedys Garton
Ariene Schnuellk
Faculty names and roles at High School facility
A list of faculty members including Linker as Superintendent and Carl Ladington as Principal of Science and Shop. Russell McCreight covers Normal Training and Mathematics, Dorothy Weidauer handles Social Science and Biology, Margaret Grant teaches English and Music. Also noted are H C Kelley part time for 7th and 6th grade dramatics and Heyne and Flossie Raymond in early grades.
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K Linker
Carl ‘Ladington
Russell McCreight
Dorothy Weidauer
Margaret Grant
H.C. Kelley
LaVerne: Heyne
Sih
Flossie Raymond
Christmas Tuberculosis Seals Benefit From Student Vendors
The article notes grade school children collect tuberculosis seals by selling them door to door over ten days. Seals support medical care for tuberculosis with funds split between the National Tuberculosis Association, state groups, and local needs. It recalls 1907 as the start year under Red Cross guidance and cites open air schools growing to over 1200.
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Merc
Red Cross
Delaware
National Tuberculosis Association
State Association
Old Town Crier on a children’s stamp drive
Children raise funds by selling stamps to support a local plan. Each year the seal design changes and this year features the Old Town Crier. The effort has yielded unexpected benefits since its humble start.
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Old Town Crier
Office Notes: Report Cards Expected Wednesday
Assistant Editor reports that report cards will be issued Wednesday with some very good and some poor results. The faculty enjoyed Thanksgiving vacation to recuperate after six weeks of exams and will begin a new nine week period with vim and vitality.
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Itus
Pencil to Print and Industry in Nebraska Class Notes
The Reviews class studies Palmer Method handwriting and writing with typewriters noted as important. The Professional Training class covers current topics in show work and individual differences. Geography covers Nebraska manufacturing including meat packing flour mills railway shops and butter. Civics reports on world events and undeclared war. English begins with Francis Bacon born 1561.
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Nebraska
Omaha
School notes on tests and lessons across classes
American Literature students finished Longfellow study and recited The Arrow and the Song. A six weeks test was given Tuesday. American History covers post revolutionary period to 1800 with a Tuesday test. Beginning typists completed typing key knowledge. Physics explores motion and differences among speed velocity and acceleration. General Shop continues locker work while painting parts. Biology held a six weeks test Wednesday and discussed a current event about a certain substance.
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Long ‘Elrow
Diller Band Sells Season Tickets for Home Games
Supt. Sinkey will distribute band tickets this week to members who call for them. The rest will be given out at the basketball hall next Friday December 5 when Reynolds plays here.
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Diller
Supt
Sinkey
Reynolds
Unclear Old Note Hints Future Use For Tall Baby
A fragment notes a one year old baby could reach five feet in height and muses that these measurements may be used someday. No names places or dates are provided. The line reads as speculative and lacks concrete context.
Rome History Test and Geometry Exam Summary
The World History class took a six week assessment on early Rome and Teuton era notes. The geometry exam included true false multiple choice and proofs with geometric signs used throughout. An English test covered letters authors plays and letter writing tasks.
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Rome
Freshman Notes on Thrift and Solar System Facts
A study notes thrift as spending money wisely and saving. It describes the Solar System with a ball of incandescent gas at the sun's core, temperatures around 10 000 degrees F, diameter about 8665 000 miles, and nine planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto. Algebra 9 covers solving equations with parentheses and careful handling of minus signs.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
School Clarinet Quartet Plans Class C Repertoire
A clarinet quartet is formed with Merlyn Lottman Bonnie Thompson Phyllis Renz and Carolynn Clark. They will work on Canzoretta by Mendelssohn and prepare contest numbers. Our school aims for class C music with enrollment 76 to 150 in grades 9 to 12.
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Merlyn Lottman
Bonnie Thompson
Phyllis Renz
Carolynn Clark
Post Office Department Auction Promises Goods to Highest Bidder
A fragment notes the post office department plans an auction with items to be awarded to the highest bidder. The text suggests limited student involvement or claim by freshmen. The line hints at ongoing busy activity in the department.
Mail Treated With Live Snakes Prohibited Warning
A historical note recalls a postal warning that live snakes are banned in the mails while referencing a Japanese scientist who trained bees to carry messages up to three miles at 30 miles per hour.
Girls Physical Training Class Demonstrates Drills and Basketball
The Tuesday session of girls physical training featured line formations drills and various exercises. Twelve participants practiced stunts and ball handling before a basketball game, with encouragement for beginners learning bicycle riding and flexibility.
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Clases
Thanksgiving party notes from seventh and eighth grades
The seventh and eighth grade held a Thanksgiving party last week with Betty Grabber and Avis Johnson on the refreshment committee and Leila Broadstone and Esther Lamb on the entertainment committee. They are preparing December decorations.
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Tventh
Betty Grabber
Avis Johnson
Leila Broadstone
Esther Lamb
Thanksgiving Activities In 4th 5th And 6th Grades
Pupils in the room made place cards for a Sea table at home for Thanksgiving. A new fish bowl with goldfish decorates the room. Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders wrote Thanksgiving stories and read them aloud. The fourth grade geography class guessed and measured the school building size with several near guesses. The fourth grade language class memorized Thanksgiving poems. The fifth grade arithmetic class begins studying fractions. The first grade geography class studied the North Central States. Ina Jean Nicholson scored 100 in spelling for the past week.
First Second and Third Grade Perfect Spelling Pupils
Second grade pupils with perfect spelling last week were Donna Folkers Jean Folkers Faye Garrels and Dean Moore. Third grade pupils with perfect spelling were Norma Lee Alien Peggy Bar Dwaine Green Patrick Cunningham and Duane Nicholson. Birthday songs honored first graders Lorie Moore and Robert Stahl who shared a birth date.
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Donna
Jean Folkers
Faye Garrels
Dean Moore
Norma Lee Alien
Peggy Bar
Dwaine Green
Patrick Cunningham
Duane Nicholson
Lorie Moore
Robert Stahl
Poinsettias Brighten Primary Room Decor
The primary grades appreciated the poinsettias donated to decorate the room by Connie Mae Clark Mavis Holle and Norma Lee Allen providing festive seasonal color.
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Connie Mae Clark
Mavis Holle
Norma Lee Allen
Size of a Billion The Oxford Dictionary History
The Oxford dictionary explains the term billion originated in the sixteenth century as the second power of a million. French mathematicians later split numbers into threes, making billion and trillion refer to thousand millions and millions of millions. England kept the original meaning.
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England
Porpoises Trail Ships In Open Water Tricks
A porpoise follows ships for miles and leaps ahead of the prow as a notable habit. The reason remains unknown, though it may be practice. Its main threat is the shark which it resembles, and it uses water stunts to escape.
Foreign Bodies Found in Hearts Across Cases
A Collier's Weekly writer notes postwar findings of foreign objects in living hearts. Pins needles toothpicks fish bones and bullets identified in left ventricle of patients. An English doctor reported eight cases with fibrin-covered bullets in the heart.
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Collier's Weekly
Scent of St Bernard Dogs Detects Distress at Varying Distances
The article notes that calm air allows St Bernard hospice dogs in Switzerland to scent a traveler in distress from 600 to 900 feet. If wind shifts to blow toward the traveler, the detection range extends to several miles.
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Switzerland
Whip-Poor-Will Described By Observer In Field Notebook
A whip-poor-will is recorded as nine percent inches long with black and buff streaks. The bird shows a rounded tiny tail and an unusually large mouth. Its night song is heard more than a thousand times without pause.
Curteys Pewter Lamp Patented for Whale Oil Use
The Adams fountain lamp, a noted pewter lamp, received a patent dated June 30 1857 to Henry W Adams of New York City. It was designed for burning whale oil.
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Curteys
Adams
Henry W. Adams
New York City
Correct Title of Britain's King George VI
The correct title of the king of Great Britain is George VI by the grace of God of Great Britain Ireland and the British dominions beyond the seas King defender of the Faith Emperor of India.
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Britain
Great Britain
George VI
Ireland
India
Fiacre Carriage Invented by Sauvage in 1740
The fiacre carriage was invented by a Frenchman named Sauvage around 1740. It was named after the Hotel Saint Fiacre where the hiring office was set up by the inventor.
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Sauvage
St. Fiacre
Platinum Is Flexible Enough to Circle the Globe at Equator
A statement notes platinum's bendable properties enabling a wire long enough to wrap around the earth at the equator. The remark underscores material versatility and potential industrial uses.
Inn Fire Keeps Kitchen Flame Alive for 136 Years
The Wagon and Horses Inn at Salter's Gate near Whitby claims a remarkable record for maintaining a kitchen fire without interruption for over 136 years. The long burning hearth underscores a century plus tradition at the historic hostelry.
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Salter’s Gate
Whitby
Barbed Wire Invention Emerges From Illinois Innovator
Joseph F. Glidden of Dekalb Illinois invents barbed wire and receives a patent on November 24 1874. Barbs cut from sheet metal are inserted between two wires and the finished product is coiled around a central fence line.
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Joseph F. Glidden
Dekalb, Ill
Hi Ho Sage of Chinatown on Wealth and Talent
The quoted line presents Hi Ho, a Chinatown sage, asserting wealth requires talent and that true guidance comes from transcendent genius. It frames wealth as a goal tied to knowing actions, not merely possessing skill.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
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Diller School News
Carolyn Clark
Clara Achtemeie
Jean Bond
Robert Ginthar
BheQeos
Eleanor Richardson
Eleanor’ Weigel
Juanita Anderson
Miss Weidaver
Harter Cunningham
Arlene Roseman
Mr. Ludington
Telease
Migs Grant
Seas Jean Maw
Darrel Beckwith
Donald. Engelman
Marjorie Maw
Francis Bacon
United States
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North Central States
Ina Jean Nicholson
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