Diller Public Schools Open After Holiday Break
Diller public schools started January 2 with a clean building, mopped floors, and repairs. Illness keeps many students home with flu and colds. teachers Miss Overturf and Miss Broyles fought flu. Mr Roehtkasse recovered from pleurisy but now has rheumatism. Harbine visits Diller on January 9 with a strong team after beating Endicott and Steele City. Diller aims for a win. The town team may play as well. High school teams travel to Odell January 6 to face Odell High.
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Harbine
Diller
Endicott
Steele City
Odell
Odell High School
Lame Duck Senator May Push Probe as Sons Strut Bareheaded
The piece notes a lame duck senator could push an inquiry while contrasting sons strutting with hair in their eyes and fathers wishing for similar hair. The tone blends political ambition with humorous family imagery.
That's True Now If We Had Eleven Billion Dollars
The speaker argues even with eleven billion from Europe and all bankers' theft from bonds and major tax cuts and halved government expenses, the economy would still have a reason to complain as business improves yet remains unsettled.
Counted cents multiply a bad check losses
A radio tale tells of a man in a Southern state who writes a $1 check that passes twenty hands with endorsements but bounces for lack of funds. The twenty endorsers contribute five cents each to cover the loss, totaling nineteen dollars in business affected by the worthless check.
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Sothern
Corned beef preservation guide for surplus meat
Farmers with extra beef can corn it for spring and summer use using plate rump and chuck. Pack meat in a salt brine with sugar baking soda saltpeter and lake water, weigh down, drain after 28 to 40 days, then smoke. Keep cool for summer storage and watch brine for ropiness.
Weird U S Town Names Quiz Riles Readers
A National Geographic bulletin catalogs odd American place names from coast to coast. It lists towns such as Gooseprairie in Washington and Dusty in New Mexico, along with many others like Muddy in Illinois and Soso in Mississippi, highlighting quirky local nomenclature.
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Washington
United States
National Geographic Society
Dad
Bill
Nick
Tim
Floe
Vick
Maggie
Kentucky
Washington State
New Mexico
California
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Trump
Colorado
Arizona
Ladiesburg
Appeal
Maryland
Deadwater
Grindstone
Thorofare
Merepoint
Maine
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Michigan
Louisiana
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
New York State
New Jersey
Colt's Neck
Happy
Gunsight
Texas
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Haysi
Virginia
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Wisconsin
New Diggings
Rib Lake
Wyoming
Promise City
Coin
Nodaway
Stout
Wick
Iowa
Cad
Deepstep
Dewgrose
Georgia
Cocolatia
Captain
Inkor
Notus
Idaho
Coats
Peck
Potvin
Kansas
Doughboy
Flats
Hire
Rescue
Wynot
Nebraska
Arkansas
Bowls Best Recreation for Worried Minds Says Professor
The Boston Globe notes Prof. William G. Anderson endorses bowls as the ideal healthful recreation for men of all ages and for women, citing its suitability when business or domestic worries weigh on the mind. He also outlines a games diet recommending tree climbing for boys, cricket for teens, and tennis for young adults to build fitness and mental stimulation.
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William G. Anderson
Professor Anderson
Boston Globe
Wisconsin Peat Bog Dates From Glacial Age
Investigation by the botanical department of the State university concludes the bog began as a lake during the glacial advancement. Scientists identified 25 fossil pollen types, with ten pivotal to tracing water mosses. Layers of raw peat and oxidized peat reveal climatic shifts during formation.
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Wisconsin
Botanical Department of
The
State © University
Attractions of Conway Town in Valea faindus
Conway is praised as a charming old town with sights including a tubular bridge by Robert Stephenson a historic castle and the William Wordsworth grave in St Marys church south porch The article notes a statue of Edward versus Llewellyn in Lancaster square quaint houses from 1200 with panelled rooms and ornate ceilings and references a Wordsworth poem We Are Seven.
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Conway
Valea Faindus
Robert Stephenson
Edward
Llewellyn
Lancaster Square
High Street
St. Mary's Church
Wordsworth
Pavlova’s London Home Sold and Garden Lore Told
The Ivy house on North End Road Golders Green London once home to the dancer Pavlova has been sold. She hosted a house warming outdoors and danced a ballad on the lawn for her guests. Her routine included tending plants watching swans on a small lake and keeping pigeons and two peacocks.
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Pavlova
Ivy House
North End Road
Goldersgreen
London
London Mail
Lanthanum Spectra Measured by Bureau of Standards
After seven decades researchers at the Bureau of Standards determined wavelengths and relative intensities for more than 1500 lines in lanthanum spectra. They also examined nearly 500 lines under a strong magnetic field. The work advances atomic studies and insight into atomic structure.
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Bureau of Standards
Rahere and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Birth of London’s Hospital
A centuries old vow by Rahere during a Rome pilgrimage led to the founding of St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. The institution, built in part by Rahere’s own hands, remains the city’s sole hospital within the municipal boundaries, with the lord mayor and city aldermen serving as automatic governors.
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St. Bartholomew's Hospital
London
Rahere
Rome
St Bartholomew
Bart' S
Sincere Speaker Wins Over Mere Eloquence
The piece argues that true impact comes from sincere conviction rather than showy rhetoric. It cites Jesus as an example, noting his simple, direct preaching and willingness to die for his beliefs, contrasting it with eloquent, less effective preaching.
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Christ
Ieelf
Origin of Top Hole A Feasible 1908 Sierra Leone Anecdote
A reader suggests the phrase top hole originated in a Sierra Leone mess in 1908. A game involved striking a peg linked to an upright, raising a weight until it reached the top marked with strength indicators. When the weight topped, an attendant shouted top hole as the striker exhausted his energy and spent a penny.
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Mess ‘At
Sierra Leone
Ty Taok
London
The Zuiderzee reclamation and Edam cheese origin
The Zuiderzee sea in the north of Holland was drained after centuries of effort. The daming will reclaim 900 square miles of land, creating rich grasslands from which Edam cheese comes, with the sea bed 400 feet thick and a parapet 23 feet above sea level.
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Holland
Zuiderzée
Piltdown Man Exhibit Sparks Debate on Early Humans
British anthropologist Sir Arthur Woodward displays a chipped flint implement found in Sussex, claiming it supports fires by early humans as long as one million years ago. He argues the evidence suggests early humans inhabited two distant regions, including England and China, around that era.
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Piltdown
Arthur, Smith
Woodward
Sussex
Fuglsni
Arthur
China
England
Free-Wheeling Cuts Fuel Costs in London Tire
A British locomotive tire equipped with coast ing devices reduces fuel consumption about 50 percent. Total fuel and lubricating costs run about 3 cents per mile, according to the report.
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London
Locome
Steady Rise in U S Employment Cited by Multiple Bodies
Reports from the American Federation of Labor and others indicate steady U S employment gains and improved European conditions. Observers quote increases of 8 to 8 percent since June in many nations, with continued unemployment rises in England and Japan noted as a counterpoint. The AF of L and the federal government report growing jobs, though relief needs persist this winter.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
United States
Europe
England
Japan
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Canada
France
Poland
Finland
Labor Federation
Seekers of New Plants Face Dangers in Wild Frontiers
Plant explorers push into Madagascar China and Alpine regions risking encounters with hostile tribes and superstition. A hunter nearly fell to cannibals in Madagascar and endured a perilous journey before marriage to the chief's sister saved him. Despite such risks, plant hunting continues enriching gardens worldwide.
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Madagascar
Sone Parta
China
Ganed
Hain
AiMentias
Crusoe's Island Home Reexamined In Historical Note
The article questions the link between Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and the real island. It identifies Crusoe’s fictional setting as Ta bago a Baliur hospitable south of the West Indian coast. It cites Columbus naming it Assumption Island in 1198 and notes a current population of about eighteen thousand with sheep farming as a principal occupation.
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Alexander Selkirk
Robinstitt Cruse
Jin Fernandez
Defoe
Crusce
Tabago
Orincen
Hristopher Columbus
Assumption Island
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