Annual Promenade Elicits Approval
One of the most successful Annual Junior Promenades was the 1920 event. Guests were received in the library by Miss Cook and Miss Olive Robinson. Dinner and refreshments, music by the McFarland and Clark orchestra, and a large turnout of faculty, Juniors, Seniors, and out-of-town guests marked the evening. The gymnasium featured wistaria, apple blossoms, roses, and Japanese lanterns. The affair lasted until midnight with elegant gowns and a festive spirit.
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Cook
Olive Robinson
C. ¢. Cidiams
W. M.wennett
Patton
Tellraiy
Wistaria
McFarland and Clark Orchestra
Dormitory Chats and Small Happenings Around Page
A lively dormitory note recounts callers to Helen Galloway and Inez Gray, and Florence Wallace’s travel woes from Page due to dust. It mentions long distance calls from a father, names like Skurdy, Reddy, Ruby, Regina, and Mr Eikenberry. Milk cans, leap year mischief, Mary venturing out, and a S. B. supper at Switzers with an eight mile river boat ride conclude the item.
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Helen Galloway
Inez Gray
Florence Wallace
Page
Rhodes
Skurdy
Reddy
Plan clinics to study crime and delinquency
A Mental Hygiene article by Dr. Thomas W. Salmon outlines how psychiatric clinics linked to courts and correctional institutions could prevent crime by addressing underlying causes. He argues for independent clinics in modern court procedure to aid judges, moving toward prevention and early intervention before criminal habits form.
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New York
Thomas W. Salmon
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Salmon
Supreme Courts
Courts of
General Sessions
Red-Haired Old Maids Scarce Says Briton
An authoritative anthropologist notes there are few red haired old maids and links red hair to higher intelligence. He says red haired girls attract admirers and marry young, contrasting with a cinema producer who claimed brunettes are cleverer than blondes. Scientists generally view dark complexions as quick witted and imaginative, while many fair people are steadier but slower mentally.
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Leadon
Pomona Boys Who Never Learned to Talk Highlight Parental Duty
In Pomona California three Keown brothers aged ten nine and eight never spoke. A teacher reported the case to the Welfare league noting the boys use of gestures and a peculiar speech like Hawaiian dialect. Specialists found no physical defect and the family’s poverty and neglect left the children under the care of older siblings until placed in three homes where they are now learning to speak.
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Pomona
Cal
Keown
Harold
Udell
Roy Keown
Welfare League of
Deedee
Roy
Adell
British shoe invasion targets American market
Walter Crick, agent for 45 English shoe makers, showcases 3.75 million dollars in footwear at the Waldorf Astoria. He notes favorable exchange rates and plans to sell about 500000 pairs of work shoes and calfskin goods to U.S. dealers, with retail expectations of five fifty for workwear and twelve to fourteen dollars for better calfskin grades.
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New York
Walter Crick
Waldorf-Astoria
Crick
England
Mr. Crick
Four Young Hearts Wed in Noted Elopement Pact
In Burnside Kentucky a "youngest" double elopement joins Mont Lee age fifteen with Dora Brown fourteen and George Lee fourteen with Lizzie Campbell twelve. The four children, aged 55 combined, traveled to Tennessee where they were married.
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Burnside
Mont Lee
Dora Brown
George Lee
Lizzie Campbell
Tennessee
Whisky bottle unearthed as Talbott hotel stable torn down
Workmen in Bare-town Kentucky uncover a long buried uart bottle of whisky while tearing away the old Talbott hotel stable. Ridden years ago, the discovery halts the project as authorities assess the artifact and safety concerns.
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Talbott Hotel
Burdock’s secret weakness helps farmer uproot pest
An eastern farmer discovers burdock’s long tap root shrinks after cutting. By cutting four inches above ground and pulling while the root is shrunk, the tap root can be pulled almost entirely from the soil, ending burdock’s repeated regrowth on that farm.
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Amn-Iquity
Racial vigor will return in postwar Europe says editor
The Illustrated London News editor argues recuperative power of nature will restore Europe’s physique after heavy losses in the war. He cites French stature and energy rebounding by 1914 and warns of a possible decline in children born 1914 to 1944 unless epidemics are avoided, then expects England to return to its prewar standard.
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Europe
News
Prayer of a Little Girl Across the District Line
A Washington Star reminiscence recalls a child's evening prayer and a humorous question about the Lord's bald head, told from the perspective of Lois who lives near Maryland. The tale reflects on how youthful prayers charm adults and endure in memory.
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Maryland
Lois
Washington Star
Electrification of Seeds Sparks Farmer Interest
The article describes using electric treatment on seeds before sowing. Seeds in tanks with iron electrodes receive a nitrate electrolyte, boosting yields of grain and straw in cereals like wheat barley and oats. About five hundred farmers adopt the method and seeds are dried in a kiln before planting.
Papuan Oil Ventures Attract Commonwealth Australia And Britain
Australia and Great Britain will spend up to 250 000 each on Papuan oil development with two British geologists likely to start soon. Projects build on prior Commonwealth work. universities in Australia show interest in anthropology native customs and languages. Government patrol reports form a groundwork for broader Pacific studies.
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Australia
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Papua
Pacific Islands
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Drs. Featherstone
American Exchange Building
Valley City, N. D
Scott & Bowne
Scotts
J. van Houten, M. D
Nay
Block Valley City
N.D
E. A. Pray, M. de
Graduate Untv, of Pennsylvania
Winterer
Ritchie
Lawyers Valley City
Theodore 8. Lindland
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Valley City
N. D
Minnesota
Thief River Falls
Minn
C. E. Johnson
Middlewest Bank
E. A. Pray, M.D
Kitty Dalton
New York City
Knights of Columbus
Forty-sixth Street
Broadway
U. S
Burdock
A. Snider & Son
4Th Ave
Davidson’s
Palley
Rudolph Geselius
Joe Dnovs
Bien
Castoria
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