Honor Roll at Graded School Week Ending April 28
The weekly honor list from the Graded School includes First Grade Robt Anderson Clifton Barnes Norwood Nunn Lamar Winstead Jesse Howell and others. Advanced First Lizzie Winstead Ida Ellis Rosa Taylor Minnie Mayo Lucy Clark Otway Moss and more. Details of grades and the note from Supt. Mangum follow, plus agricultural progress report for the week ending May 1 with crop updates across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. Anderson
Clifton Barnes
Norwood Nunn
Lamar Winstead
Jesse Howell
Varus Edgerton
Millard McKeel
Ella Cherry
Minnie Watson
Mary Wilson
Mary Moore
Mary Sugg
Birdie Cohn
Ethel Winstead
Susie Draughn
Estelle Winstead
Lizzie Winstead
Ida Ellis
Rosa Taylor
Minnie Mayo
Lucy Clark
Otway Moss
Herbert Bryant
Homer Dew
Tom Uzzell
Moses Weaver
Fletcher Overman
Jed Connor
Etta High
Mary Quarles
Olga Brittop
Hattie Privett
Sallie Jordan
Pattie Watson
Pattie Clark
Gladys Wells
Ella McCraw
Clara Daniel
Clyde Farmer
Caroline Pasteur
Bessie Ward
Julia Walls
Laula Moss
Daisy Strickland
Jennie Boykin
Mattie Culpepper
Tom Powers
Tom Hadley Saunders
Vernon Moss
Allen Gray Tomlinson
Frank Nunn
Julian Pennington
Edgar Boykin
Arthur Strckland
Edwin Deans
Luther Ruffin
Sidney Eagerton
Elmer Oettinger
George Hackney
Wiley Stallings
James Powers
Groves Herring
Floyd Gardner
Collier Elis
Vernon Alley
Lizzie Farmer
Dida Paschall
Bertha Mayo
Tillie Pasteur
Matie Warren
Lena Farmer
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cited For Croup Cure
A child recovered from croup after taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral while a neighbor's child died from the same illness as a father prepared to summon a doctor. The note urges keeping Ayer's Cherry Pectoral readily available.
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Ayer
Hart's Emulsion of Cop LIVER Ol with Creosore and Hypo
Hart's Emulsion a specific treatment for weak lungs consumption and bronchitis marketed by B. W. Hargrave. Leading physicians endorse its use and it is available through local retailers.
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Hart
B. W. Hargrave
Ss.s
T. W. Lee
Montomery
Ala
Swift
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Pleasant Blood Purifier
An old voiced ad praises Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a powerful blood purifier and compares it favorably to prior spring medicines, noting it is now as pleasant to the palate as a cordial.
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Ayer
Bravery of Yankee Tars Amid Bombardment at Sea
A sailor recalls near miss moments aboard the Brooklyn during two bombardments at Santo Domingo. He describes shells whistling overhead, the eerie roar of firing, and the calm discipline of Commodore Schley’s crew as they managed fire control and kept their nerve in the face of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Leslie’s Weekly
Sehley
Sears
Santiago
Temperdince Wins at Launch by Christening Vessel with Water
An odd New York Weekly vignette recounts Temperdince Win-1 vowing to stop wasting liquor at a ship launch. The narrator, calling himself Old Salt, recalls christening the vessel with pure water rather than wine and resolving to curb such foolery.
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New York Weekly
Vestal’s fortune and folly in a Montana gold rush tale
A Montana prospector named Vestal strikes rich at the Penobscot mine near Helena, selling out for $509,000 and later blowing money in New York Wall Street deals. He travels to Paris, Washington, and Philadelphia, then returns to Helena with only a fraction of his wealth, illustrating the boom bust of the mining era.
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Montana
Vestal
Jena
Penobscot
Helena
Avariz
iKine Faro
Belt Mountains
Vestal Tle
Helene
Paine
Eielish
New York
Wall Street
Syracuse
Philadelphia
Washington
Paris
Gay Paree
Alaska
Old Vestal
St. Michaels
Nate Vestal
Lin
Dewey Before Manila Told by Calkins of Olympia Charge
Lieut. Charles G. Calkins recalls Admiral Dewey during the Manila operation on May 1. He notes Dewey’s calm, focused demeanor, the absence of dramatic words, and the fleet’s steady movements. Calkins dismisses sensational depictions of attire and addresses rumors of foreign pilots or damaged hydracran reports.
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Charles G. Calkins
Olympia
United States
Dewey
Manila
Orient
Admiral Dewey
Mierts
Cavite
London
Enelis
Constalk Aera
Chimney climate fogs blamed on city dust and vapor
The Boston Transcript notes fogs in large cities stem from dust particles and an invisible vapor formed with them. It argues fogs occur more often in manufacturing centers and questions why scientists have not found an antidote to this urban pollution.
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Boston Transcript
Men of Science
Florentine Candlesticks Match Flowers in Natural Hues
Florence made candlesticks feature natural colors of flowers with leaf foliage. The stem curls into a handle and candle shade is chosen to match delicate tones or white for contrast. Inexpensive candles suit multiple displays with small blooms using a central receptacle.
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Piutence
Florence
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Liams
Biighty Grape
Julia Foote
Mattie Paris
Rosa Powell
Mary Stallings
Grace Tomlinson
Rosa Wells
Mabel Barnes
Henry Best
Eloy den
E. P. Mangum
Northwest
Ape Fear
A. J. Hilton
Nats Vestal
J.C
Zep
Tutt
Sas
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Lun
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