Gettysburg Academy - Osoga Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY Wlth the greatest of dxfficulty I can dlscern and transcrlbe those symptoms that wlll reveal to me the future of Frederick Hunsburger Bowers Here IS a lad who all through hls school days was noted for hls cleverness ln many dlverse ways He has not devlated one solltary lnch from hls habltual course As the leadlng textlle manufacturer IH the country Hunsy com mands more than a mere glance Holdlng down a posltlon that yxelds pecunlary relmbursement to a much hlgher degree than he had ever hoped whlle attendlng school he IS a man who IS quallfied to glve us h1s vlews on the world of Wool and sllk Hunsy says that lf all the sllk stockmgs that h1s firm has manu factured ln the past year were to be cast lnto one mountalnous p1le thls heap would make the Woolworth Bulldlng appear llke an underslzed and shrunken dog house He IS also the compller of the famous Bowers Intelllgence Tests Thunderous and ear spllttmg applause reverberatlng and re echolng through the the multltudlnously crowded New York scored another amazmg and mcredulous trlumph 1n her dazzllng Human Can Opener Julia IS the scmtlllatlng star of the per formance and her d1v1ne symmetrlcally lncllned form has made countless thousands pay homage and trlbute to her as the most v1vac1ous and wlthout the sllghtest shadow of doubt the pro tagonlst of the art of coquetry before the foot hghts Yes you are rlght w1ll wonders ever cease It appears that they wlll not for as I gaze 1nto the lntrlcate and enveloplng maze of magnamlnous act1v1t1es that James Joseph Hand IS a part of I wonder how many of us ever thought that Jlmmle would ever own and control one of the blggest and cleanest Pretzel factorles that are scattered over thls pragmatlc and busthng contment of ours James Joseph whlle 1n school had an unsatlsfiable lust for pretzels H1s bllls for these grotesquely formed P16063 of pastry mounted to such an alarmxng degree that to save h1s name and the remnants of hls fast dlssappearmg fortune he purchased a run down dllapl dated and archalc bread factory By dlnt of hard work and 1923 Page 41 1 'K 9 ii ' . 77 Winter Garden means just one thing-Julia Eliza Peters has ,, ,, . . . . . - 7 . . , - . ., ! . . I , . . ll ' I! ' ' 7 , -

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY much needed rest after thelr never end1ng batle vu1th Mother Earth so they gave Freddle the ChO1C8 of thelr rustlc company or the companlonshlp of the afore ment1oned DISCS of muslcal mechamsm Ile choose the latter Passons nous SPECIAL TODAY A fam1l1ar palr of da1nty and well kept hands man1pulate the glue brush everv day 1n order to post to those hungry mortals vx hose nasel cav1t1es have ass1m1lated the dellclous a1omas that have pe1 vaded and saturated the at mosphe1e '1 llst of 3pp6lZlZll'lgly prepared edlbles These ana tomlcal members belong to MlSS Jane Robmson She IS novs the proud propr1etor of an eatlng empor1um that IS knovwn fal and Wlde as the Sassy Parrot Any thlng ed1ble at all can be pro cured at th1s mans1on of m'1st1cat1on from a cluellv tvusted pretzel to '1 plateful of Russmn Cavlar You lre about to hear of the pl edlcted career of one Iuther Seymoul Hafel Whlle he IS to you now an unassummg and gentlemanly young man he IS destlned to become a genuflectlng hlS far famed and 1ntens1xe beauty he has more customers fvnomen that my than Boston has beans llowsex er me1cenary and sord1d thls professlon mu seem to us It IS to Luthel the one brlght and scmtlllatlng 1obs of 1obs To Ht a vsomen artls tlcally vs1th a pa1r of brogans and make a palr of number tens appear l1ke fix es IS truly an art And l1ke he was accustomed to take bread at school 1 e by tvs os and threes he endeavors to sell shoes 1n the same manner Wllllam Henry Rex Gardner now commands our undlvlded attentlon Flom the first he has had an avs ful handlcap to over come 1n the person of h1s somewhat prolonged and elongated name He has str1ven ceaslessly and now hls reward has finally been del1vered or rather purchased ln a beaut1ful tract of farm 1ng land Yes B1ll has turned to the S011 for h1s llvellhood and has It all planned out to ralse razor backs' or ln other words hogs Not however of the Mullen varlety We can now Imagine Wlllle out 1n a palr of mud caked and toll worn overalls wal lowlng and Slldlng about ln the somewhat so1led compamonshlp of h1s p1 lZe members of the country s future bacon 1923 Page 40 i . . 7. 7 ' , CK - !! L7 ' V D 7 Y . . . . , - n 4 L V . C x ' ' , c -I . l Q K . . ' - ' u yy y ' ' - lk sr . Cx . ' R .I x C ps .K ' 1 2 c ' l J t V 7 .S . . shoe clerk in the great metropolis of Phillsburg, Pa. Because of - K v , K v ' 1 7 . . V. 1 . t . ,, ,, . Y ,, . . . V . Y , . . K ' 4 1 ' - , - ' . ' cc - 1 ' Y - . 1. ,

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GETTYSBURG ACADEMY tlreless exertlon he finally bullt up a trade that made F W Woolworth s pale into slgnlficance Dlstance IS no oblect whatever ln the forecastlng of ones llfe My eyes must now roam to a sunny sleepy country where the men loaf and the women wash There among the crowd of lndolent natlves I can easlly dlscern the face of one AHtOHl0 Florez Garcla After leavlng Amerlca he met the glrl of h1S dreams one who could wash and cook and stlll smlle He got marrled and became prosperous Because of hls lntenslfied and magnamlnous learnlng that he recelved at G burg he was elected mayor of the llttle hamlet of Bogota From the vsarm sunny cllmes of South Amerlca to the barren bleak plalns of Alaska IS qulte a dlstance but It IS here that we must go to find Albert Rossvllle Heckey Wlth hls pedal ex tremltles topped up agalnst the patented stove marvellously ac curate ln hls alm of expectorated tobacco IUICC he IS our com mon ldea of a proprletor of a general store In thls emporlum of dlverse and varled merchandlse one can procure anythlng from an Alu ays Cut safety razor blade to a brlght and glltterlng wlth the Bearlng Stralght Nlne durlng the summer The plckle klng Edward Phllllp HQIHZG planned a rosy future as a mlnlster but h1S calculatlons were farther off than the West Indles He became affillated Vklth a plckle concern somewhere ln thls pragmatlc country and IS novu turnlng more cucumbers lnto plckles than Solomon turned good looklng glrls lnto WIVSS Although Brldgeport Conn IS Where thls handsome lad re S1d8S durlng h1S off moments New York IS h1S place of buslness The lad referred to IS Edwln UD Slmons He IS a successful lawyer and he has so many cllents that lf they all stood Slde by Slde they would form a llne from N Y to Kalamazoo and half way back agaln Whlle hlS brllllant and successful brother 19 astoundlng the world with hls spectacular arguments Joseph Leon Slmons IS bewllderlng the same sphere wlth hlS conclusive and emphatlc ldeals of why a man shouldn t work He has become the enthu 1923 P g 42 .......' , . . . . . . . . , ' 9 Y Y . . Y 9 , - . v ' 9 y - . . . piece of mechanicism known as the Ford. Albert also pitches . . - V . . . . i . r. . . . . . Y . v - ' , . 7 . . , fl C