Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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 « $$ « »$ $ | The Milestone. Editor in Chief, - WM. DARLINGTON Associate Editor, WINNIE JEFFRIES Editor Wit and Humor Department, ANNA Law Business Manager, ANNIE MCBRIDE Assistant Business Manager, - ERNEST BRIDGE GREETING. The ’99 edition of The Milestone extends a cordial greeting to its readers. That each year’s Seniors should publish a yearly book, seems to us a commendable plan, and so we have written and publish this, our volume of The Milestone. We have endeavored to make each department better and more interesting than ever before, and have added several new and attractive features. We extend our thanks to those who have helped 11s to make this book a success; to our Teachers and Superintendent for their valuable suggestions and criticisms; to the other Classes for their contributions; to the Board of Education and Alumni for their warm co-openUion; to the Business Men for their liberal patronage of our advertising columns, and to the Public for its generous number of subscribers. Again Commencement week has come and gone and all the Classes of’99 have received their diplomas, made their courtesies to the public, stepped down and out, and are no more. Among this vast host of Classes that now exist only in history, are we. We hope this little book will be kindly received by the Public as a souvenir of our work as a Class. It will always be a memento to us of happy, joyous, useful school-days. « $ « fc a HMt «

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Norfolk : High : School, Published by THE SENIOR CLASS 1899.

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Current Topics. In the school room during the last year, many little incidents, amusing, entertaining, perplexing, embarrassing, occurred, which we Seniors shall always remember and recall with a great deal ot pleasure. And outside the school room, mighty events have shaped themselves, and have been met and managed for the better or worse of mankind. A very few of these memorable events of international importance, which occurred during our Senior year, we herewith present: The Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha closed October 31. It had been open every day since June 1, and was visited by over two million persons. The splendid resources of the great Mississippi Basin and the West were better presented than ever before. The Fair was a success financially, and every other way. The Peace Treaty between Spain and the United States was signed by the five American, and five Spanish, Commissioners in Paris, December 10. These Commissioners were appointed by their respective governments in accordance with the provisions of the peace protocol which the two governments had agreed upon August 12. General Calixio Garcia, one of the bravest of the Cubans, died in Washington, D. C., December 12. Senator Justin Smith Morril, of Vermont, died at Washington, December 28. in his 89th year. He had served continuously in the Senate for over thirty-two years,