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\ ' THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
\ray 13 , , 1904 _ . - - . . - - - - -
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r"kt , l Educailoncil Department
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y. G. A. i\1endcnhall , director ; uf
Dist. 73 writes as follows : "Just
' ' - ' - , . a line to let you know that we
; , : . have contracted with Lizzie Morris -
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ris for a Second l term at 845 , an
( " , tncrease of 85.00 per month. "
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Dist. 58-Alvirda Allen , teach-
er-School closed May ( , . Our
last day was spent in a social
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. way in 'games , pleasant } conver-
sation and a treat for the chil-
. dren. Our eighth grade gradu-
ates this year are Hattie RcIf ,
Fnuna Kelly and \ollic.Stewart. [
Dist 55-Elizabeth A. Hossack
tcacher-Our school closed on
Tuesday , : May 3rd , at which time
we enjoyed a basket dinner. In
the afternoon we played games
and had a good time in gcncral.
, At eight o'clock p.m.the children
I rendered a splendid program to a
. . . large audicnce. The school year
4- seemed only too short.
Pearl Cunningham closed a
successful term of school in Dist.
blast Friday. In the evening
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the pupils gave a program and a
basket supper. 'fhe program is
considered thc Lest ever given in
the district. The basket supper
J 1 - netted 823 which will be used to
purchase library books.
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. . Dist. 94-Cathcrine 1'lcMahan ' ,
. . . . teacher-School closed Friday , .
I May ( , . 'l'hc pupils enjoyed a'
J lawn social at the home of their
teacher in the afternoon. One
4 pupil has taken the examination
, for common school diploma
I York win soon begin on the new
. school building so that it may be
" , in readiness for the opening of
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school next September.
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-4 four-horse load of school
peo'ple from Districts 5 and 6 , between -
tween Stella and Shubert , attended -
ed the Field Day Saturday. They
, met with strenous experiences on
" the way home. Besides being
caught in a heavy rain a broken :
wheel compellcd them to borrow
a wagon and continue the home-
. . ward journey on a hay rack.
. 'rhcy reached home at . 4 a. m.
the next da \ ' .
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Dist. S0. Nellie Dunn teacher ,
school closed Friday , May ( ) . 'l'he
i pupils gave a short program in
. the afternoon , and nearly all the
patrons were presen t. , Vega
an exhibit of the school work
J clone during the last two months.
t . . Our attendance for the term was ,
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: I" 22 and only three tardy marl\s. :
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, Miss Dunn will attend the summer -
user session of the State Normal.
Our institute will be held . Aug'
15 to 20 inclusive.
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Dist. 55- Pearl Snethen , teach
er-Ou school closed April 27th .
Ve had an old fashioned basket
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limier and all the school boar l
and most of thc patrons were
present. After dinner we g.lve
a program and made an exhibit of
each pupils work during the year.
At our basket social that we gave
last fall we took in 823.87. with
the proceeds we purchased window -
ow shades , stage curtains , waste
basket , water can , some ' black
board , a box of talc heat protec-
tors and a few books. During
the year for part oJ our morning
exercises we studied seven of our
most pronlinentAmerican authors
and their principal works , three
of the great artists and thei l'
principal paintings and one musi-
cian. ' 1 \ lie members of the 7th
grade drew maps of Richardson
county , which with a little other
work we will take : to the exhibit
at the teachers iltstitutc .
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Special Examination for the Summer.
Friday and Saturday , : May 20
and 21 in Central : school building ,
Falls City ; lay 23 and 24 in the
high school room , Humbc1 ;
June 17 and 18 and July 15 and
16 in Central school building ,
Falls City.
Program of Examinations.
'rhe presentation of and the
time limit for writing 011 the var-
ious subject will be as follows :
First day-morning.
Arithmetic - 8:00 : to 11:30 :
Grammar , - 10:00 : to 12:00 :
Afternoon.
Reading , - 1:00 : to 2:00 :
Geography , - 2:00 : to 3:30 :
History , - 3:00 : to 4:30 :
Civics , - 4:00 : to 5:30 :
Second clay-morning. 1 i
Composition - 8:00 : to 9:30 < :
Elements of Agricul. , 9:00 : to 10:30 :
Orthography , - 10:00 : to 11:30 :
Theory , - 11:00 : to 12:00 :
Afternoon.
Drawing , - 1:00 : to 2:30 :
Physiology , - 2:00 : to 3:30 :
Bookkeeping : , - 3:00 : to 5:30 :
, y ri ting , - 4:00 : to 5:00 :
Time for first grade branches
will ] be given on examination
days.
Verdon School Notes.
The , botany class are having
some trouble to get their herba-
rium completed owing to the late
spring and the early closing of
school.
? I. A. breach gave a dollar prize
of 50 , 30 and 20 cents respective-
ly to the first three pupils of the
eighth grade who would solve
the following problem correctly :
"Find the number of cords of
wool in a cylindrical pile 7 ft 3 in
high and 12 ft in diameter. "
i\abel Auxier won first prize ,
Howard Conoversecon 1 and Mary
Hanley third. 75 per cent of the
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class got the correct answer and i
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a hundred percent used the cor-
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cent used the correct method.
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Second Annual Field Day Meet
Owing to the recent rains the
Salem fair grounds could not be
us d , and at the last moment it
was decided to hold the meet at
Falls City. on the high school
grounds. The weather was fine.
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Delegations from nearly" every
high school in the county were
prcs n t. 'l'he'leet was a grand
success ; the enthusiasm was
great. Such collateral activities
create high school patriotism and
raise and st'rengthen the quality
of the high school work.
In the basket ball game , Falls
City vs ; Dawson the score was
16 to 3 in favor of the former.
, In the regular Field Day sports
Geo. Petrashek of I-Il11nboldt won
first honors as individual athlete ,
having made 30 points. Taylor
of Shubert ranked second , with
20 poin ts. lIU1n bold t high school
took lirst t honors with 41 points ;
Shubert second with 31 points.
The trophy ( the cup as it were )
of the association was carried
home by the Humboldt schopl.
100 yard dash. 'l' lylor of Shub-
ert first ; Patrashek of IIumboldt
second ; Morris of Humboldt third ;
record 12 seconds.
440 yd run , 'l'heron Lewis of
Falls City ; Stalder of Humboldt ;
Lundy of Shubert ; record 62
second.
Running broad jump , Taylor
of Shubert first ; Grecnwald of
Falls City second ; Lundy of S111.1-
bert third ; record P ft 116. in.
Mile ' run , M. Boose first ; Higgins -
gins of Shubert second ; I"ibbe of
Dawson third , record 5 min 42
second.
Running high jump , Petrashek
of Humboldt first ; Greenwald of
Falls City second ; 'l ayer of Sm- }
: bert third ; record 5 ft.3 in. .
Shot put , James of HU1nbold ,
first ; Patrashek of Humboldt sec-
end ; Lundy of Shubert third ;
record 34 ft 7 in.
220 yd run , Petrashek of II um-
boldt first ; Taylor of Shubert
second1orris ; of Humboldt third
record 25 seconds.
880 yd run , Yates of Dawson
first ; Boose of Falls City second ,
Lundy of Shubert third ; record
2 min 26 sec.
Pole vault , Ralph Lewis of
Falls City and Petrashek of Hum-
boldt were tied , 4 each ; Crawford
of Humbollt was third , record 8
ft. 9 in.
Standing high jump , Pctrashek
of I-Iumboldt first ; Taylor of Slm-
bert second and Greenwald of
Falls City third , record 4 ft. 3 in.
Hammer throw , Petrashek of
Humboldt first ; Taylor of Shubert
second , and Lundy of Shubert
third , record 102 ft and 5 in .
Relay race , Dawson first , Shu-
bert second , record 4 minutes and
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50 seconds.
Whooping Coulfh.
In the spring of 1901111y children -
ren had whooping cough , " says
\1rs. ' D. \V. Capps of Capps , Ala.
"I used Chamberlains Cough
Remedy with the most satisfactory -
ory results. I think this i c tw ]
test renwdy I have ever used for
whooping cough. " This remedy
keeps the cough loose , lessens
the severity and frequency of the
coughing spells and counteracts
any tendency toward pneuulotlia
For ; sale by A. G. \Vanner.
W. H. MADDOX
REAL ESTATE AGENCY .
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Land bought and sold
Hartford Fire Insurance
Houses in city for sale
Money to loon
Telephone 178