Glow Worms Yearbook Declarations From Seventh Grade
Sealed pages from The Glow Worm yearbook show student signings and bequests. Students like Beth Cunningham John Biggerstaff and James Stuteville transfer seats grades and roles to peers while promising future honors and sports feats for 1939 40 in a playful classroom treasure trove of names places and events.
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Beth Cunningham
John Biggerstaff
Wallace Reeves
The
Lester Simpson
County seeks Japanese bond payment for buried estate
Massachusetts officials handling the Oliver D. Hovey estate seek to compel the Japanese government to redeem bonds bought in 1905 and buried underground on a Wilbraham farm. Surrogate Delehanty ordered Yokohama Specie Bank to show cause why it should not pay bonds and interest due since 1918.
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New York
Hampson County
Massachusetts
Oliver D. Hovey
Hovey
Delehanty
Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd
Japan
Wilbraham
Mass
Rattlesnakes Debunked by Butte Enthusiast
W T Sweet, a longtime rattlesnake hobbyist in Butte Montana, challenges common myths about snakes. He says rattlers do not go blind in August and tolerate heat, do not enjoy fighting, only strike when disturbed, cannot strike farther than half their length, and do not always rattle before striking. Sir Walter Scott is noted as a sickly child.
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Butte
Mont
W. T. Sweet
U S scouts colleges to hire cream of the crop
Washington reports government talent scouts are visiting colleges this spring to recruit top graduates for science, law, engineering, and public administration. Agencies like Justice, Agriculture, and the Civil Service Commission seek bright juniors and plan training programs, internships, and on the job rotations to fill junior executive roles.
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Washington
Colleges of the Land
Bond House
Truman Arnold
Trustbuster
Justice Department
Josephine Blades
Rural Electrification Administration
Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
Utah
Minnesota
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Department of Agriculture
Farm Credit Administration
Agriculture Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oscar
Quantico
Albuquerque
N. M
Indian Service
Forest Service
Institute of Public Affairs
Post Office Department
O'Daniel Kills Barber Price Fixing Bill
Texas moves to fix barber prices with minimums of 40 cents in cities and 30 cents in small towns. Attorney General Mann deems the bill unconstitutional for the second time, citing improper delegation of power and lack of health protection link. Governor O'Daniel vetoes the measure.
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Austin
Mann
O’daniel
State Board of Barber Examiners
Mandy Seeks Relief Job Reveals Strain of Welfare
In a plain spoken exchange a woman named Mandy explains she has a new job, yet cannot work and must rely on relief. The dialogue highlights the tension between employment expectations and welfare aid.
Foreign Customs Make Lively Job Of Manufacturing Cars For Export
Foreign car makers tailor vehicles for export to many nations with varied rules. Designs change for right or left drive, windshield and instrument panels, tire sizes, and engine layouts. Special gas caps, horn tones, and desert or alpine adaptations show how regulations shape every export model.
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Egypt
Holland
South Africa
Algeria
Sudan
Rangoon
Mandalay
Africa
Sweden
Paraguay
British Empire
Panama
Virgin Islands
Belgium
Cuba
Argentina
Cairo
Farouk
Arabia
Medina
Alps
Rise of cottonseed as farm wealth story of a comeback
The cottonseed tale mirrors a diamond quest, rising from farm waste to wealth. Less than a century ago it was useless in many states, now cottonseed products power mills and markets, making it a top crop in Cotton Belt states.
Centrifugal Patient and Doctor Exchange on Water on the Knee
In a humorous exchange a patient asks what to do about water on the knee and the doctor replies with a quip about wearing pumps. The snippet captures a light medical joke likely from a period column or cartoon caption.
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Glen
Virginia Jones
Azilee Smith
Mary Frances Call
Jack Ward
Edward Montgomery
Belle Price
Montie Faye Coffman
Thomas Brown
John Rufus Taylor
Coolidge Hall
C. J. Watson
Witches
Miss Sanders
Billie Jo Phillips
Mary Lee Hughes
Bertha Burchfield
Joanna Harrison
Tom Layman
Lloyd Mitchell
Eudell Bush
Anna Ruth Johnson
Lowelda Myrick
Mary Frances Stephens
Mildred Kent
Ruby Carraway
J.D. Hughes
Bobby Jim Morgan
Billy Grammer
John Hall
Edith Harper
Opal Bennett
Mary Jean Simmons
G. C. Brown
Iia Marie Clark
Daisy Johnson
Betty Jane Harper
Kirk May
Elizabeth Mullins
Betty Sue Thornhill
Joe Howard Cook
Ola Agnes Riddle
Pete Ford
Kenneth Norris
Ben Robert Jones
James C. Stuteville
Foucheaux Vestal
Sammy Jack Taylor
Dorothy Sue Douglas
Cecil Magers
John Charles Jones
Carlton Alexander
Melvin Fleming
Charles Skaggs
Carl Pierson
Monty Atkinson
Winnell Stapleton
Gaynelle English
Jean Fern McLarry
Mary Nell Talley
Dale Marie Robbins
Gladys Cameron
Etna Louise Brown
Pattie Everheart
May
Margaret Lucyle Hanna
Loriie Taylor
Leroy Martin
Billy Rhom Pennington
Mary Helen Maddux
Martha Louise Vestal
Homer Gray Rountree
Ann LaRoe
Billy Coy Harris
New Mexico
Evelyn Garner
Betsy Club
Ruby Caraway
Tommy Thornhill
Hoyle Riddle
Sir Walter Scott
S. H. Montgomery Agency
U.S
Barber Bill
Yeager
Sinclair Gas
Sinclair Oils
Williard
Ford
Greasing
Yeager’s Service Station
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Stafford
Typewriter
Markwell
Versal
Whitewright
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