Education Notes and Legislative Changes in Schools
European schools adopt moving pictures while Chicago creates two naturalization schools. Maine bans secret societies in public schools and removes Jan 1 as a holiday. Wisconsin plans a health instruction bureau with correspondence courses to promote disease prevention and rural hygiene nationwide. Willie-Whats an artistic ending dad Puck joke.
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Chicago Board of Education
Maine
University of Wisconsin
Humor at Jail Two Men Face Death By Electric Chair
Two Black men arrested for murder share a jail cell and joke about their fate. They discuss guilty verdicts and punishments, debating choosing execution methods. One prefers the electric chair, arguing it hurts less than hanging, while the other dismisses it as ruinous.
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Sam
St. Louis Republic
Belasco Recalls Risk of Writing Plays
At a banquet David Belasco praised a play’s success but warned writing is risky. He cited a playwright’s first night failure and a woman who snipped a lock of the author’s hair as a quip about the fragile fate of a writer’s work.
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David Belasco
Tyre
Sensitive talk on sensibility and consequences
James tells John he is highly sensitive and internalizes criticism. John recalls a man who received six months for the same behavior, as reported by the New York Journal.
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James
John
New York
Journal
Counterfeit Half Dollar Sparks Noted Exchange
A street con artist and a passerby exchange a counterfeit coin in a brief incident cited by the New York Mail. The sponger pretends to beg for a dollar while the other reveals the note as fake, highlighting a common fraud tactic.
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Sponger
New York Mail
Home Course in Fruits and Berries by G B Brackett
The article outlines soil drainage and underdrainage, manures and ashes as key to successful apple orchards. It stresses deep tillage, fall planting when suitable, spacing of 32 to 40 feet, crop-free cultivation between rows, and purchasing hardy whip trees from local nurseries. It also notes Larry Doyle’s value to the Giants and highlights Sam Agnew as a promising catcher for the Browns.
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Warder
Agnew
Ray Schalk
Sam Agnew
Browns
Vernon
Health Hint for Today The Summer Cold
A simple early home remedy for a fresh head cold is to snuff warm salt water through the nose using a palm cup. Use about a teaspoon of salt per pint of water, avoid blowing hard to prevent ear trouble, and repeat if needed with a hot footbath at bedtime.
Moclips Amusement Pavilion seeks space concessions
The Moclips Amusement & Tours Co announces space concessions at its Amusement Pavilion in Moclips. Interested parties should call or write to the Aberdeen address 514 East Market St. Tel 229 614 note.
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Moclips
Moclips Amusement & Tours Co
Market St
Aberdeen
Konetchy Noted as Useful Player for Cardinals
Ed Konetchy, first baseman, proved a valuable pitcher for the Cardinals by closing four extra innings against the Cubs. He previously finished a Brooklyn game after exhausted St. Louis pitchers, and pitched a full contest in Cincinnati in 1911.
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Konetchy
Ed Konetchy
Cubs
Cardinals
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Proposals to Change Soccer Free Kick Proximity
The document proposes changes to the laws of football before the English Football Association. It suggests opponents must stay ten yards from the ball during a free kick unless they are on their own goal line.
Blind Pittsburgh Fan Follows Games Since 1901
Charles Knight is a blind Pittsburgh fan who attends games regularly since 1901. He says his hearing is so acute he can tell what is happening without seeing it.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Knight
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