Today In History

School Meeting Forgotten

Event date: May 8, 1874

Though ample notice was given through the village newspapers of the adjourned school meeting to be held last Tuesday evening, the matter somehow seemed to have escaped the minds of those whose especial duty it was to be present (as well as about everybody else,) and consequently the bell was not rung, and the few who did gather at the school house found the door locked.

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