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1,467 PUPILS ARE INSPECTED IN YEAR

Miss Cora Bruess, Local School Nurse, Submits Report of Work to Board of Education ———— 29 CHILDREN INCREASE WEIGHT, DRINK MILK ———— Interesting Data on Result of Serving Lacteal Fluid to Underweight Kiddies in Schools. ———— A total of 1,467 pupils, ranging n from the kindergarten classes to the eighth grade, were inspected by Miss Cora Bruess, local school nurse, during the past school year. In addition thereto, Miss Bruess conducted 454 class room inspections and 59 investigations, gave 37 lessons in home nursing at the high school and 537 ...

Freight Cars Off Rails Near Ravine Two Wrecking Crews Called Immediately After To Clear Track

Broken flanges of car wheels on a car of wheat were responsible for the wrecking of four cars in a freight train on the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad near this city Saturday morning about 8:30. Very little damage was done and no one was injured in the pile-up. Two Crews Busy The accidents occurred in the big cut in Fritsche’s ravine near this city when a carload of wheat went off the track, thereby throwing off an empty freight car and two stock cars. Within a very short time two wrecking crews arrived on the scene, one crew coming from St. James, and the other from the Cedar ...

Revolutionized energy extraction with new techniques, technology

America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. Coal, timber, oil and natural gas have fueled America for generations. When it comes to coal, oil and natural gas, Western Pennsylvania has always played a pivotal role in creating revolutionary ...

Iron, culture, and the Little Steel Strike

It was June 19, 1937 when violence erupted outside Republic Steel's Stop 5 plant on Poland Avenue. Workers had picketed for weeks as part of the nationwide Little Steel Strike, a bitter battle over union recognition. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube refused to follow industry ...

Sleepy Eye gains state semifinal round

ARLINGTON — In a game with as many strategy moves as a chess game, Sleepy Eye High School edged Arlington-Green Isle 6-5 in eight innings here Monday night. It was one of four state Class “A”baseball quarterfinal round games played out-state. It means Sleepy Eye is in the state ...

Lucky pilot plans return to friendly skies

LE SUEUR - Jerald Erickson says he’ll continue to fly although he doesn’t know if he’ll crop dust any more. Erickson, 27, of rural New Ulm spent Thursday at Minnesota Valley Hospital in LeSueur after walking away from a light plane crash as he was crop dusting a wheat field northwest ...