Not Scuare Deal for Rural Pupils
Rural education criticism calls out shorter terms and lower enforcement of attendance laws. J L OBrien cites urban-rural gaps in days, terms, and resources, urging compulsory attendance improvements to raise rural daily attendance from 67.6 percent toward 90.6 percent, with wide state disparities noted across California Oregon Colorado Illinois and others. It frames equality in education as a civic imperative.
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Sam
Duprie
United States
J. L. Obrien
Bureau of Education
Department Ist the Interior
O'Brien
South Atlantic States
South Central States
North Central States
Western States
North Atlantic Division
C. W. Neal
State Normnal School
Stevens Point
Wis
Oregon
California
Colorado
Town
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Regains Lost Ground in Pacific Shipping Fortunes
Uncle Sam sees a turning point as Pacific Mail Steamship purchases three large ships. The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce notes this adds 17,100 gross tons to the 5,000 tons remaining of American Pacific shipping. prewar American tonnage in trade was 80,000 gross tons. war reductions cut traffic from 880,000 to 280,000.
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Uncle Sam
Pacific
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Japan
China
United States
England
Shanghai
Hongkong
Sea fowl trapped by oil poured on water
Oil dumped overboard by U S warships after a storm fouled seagulls along Santo Domingo coast. Oil-covered birds could not fly for days as Marine corps expeditionaries captured hundreds by hand guarding the helpless birds and preventing harm by boys.
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Uncle Sam
U.S
Memphis
Santo Domingo
United States Marine Corps
China ship eggs to U S from Shanghai plant
Thomas Sammons reports a newly completed American egg preserving plant in Shanghai handling 800000 eggs daily for shipment to the United States. Frozen eggs, yolks, and whites are produced, dried eggs and yolks also made, and Chinese workers are vaccinated and paid about $52 a month.
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Thonas Sammons
Uncle Sam
Shanghai
United States
Pacific Coast
Thia
Cobble construction shapes California landmarks and homes
California builders increasingly use cobblestones dug from citrus belts for ornamental and structural work. Cobble piles near Los Angeles groves fuel a cheap building material used in observatories, churches, two story houses, bridges, bandstands, and park features across major cities.
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West
California
Citrus
Los Angeles
Pomonk College
Azuza
San Diego
Ganesha Park
Hastlake Park
Popular Science Monthly
Avoiding Home Plan Pitfalls in Early Construction
Careful attention to what not to do during house planning prevents future trouble. Do not set the house too low. higher clearance avoids squat appearance if street grade rises. Ensure proper drainage under the cellar wall and through the center, using a dry drain or stone-filled trench to prevent damp basements in most soils.
Baltimore's garden victory transforms dirty lots into green spaces
In Baltimore a community question split residents between a dirty back lot and a thriving green garden. Thanks to the Woman's Club, vacant spots across the city were converted into productive plots with vegetables, fruit trees, flowers, and beans, turning former rubbish dumps into thriving community spaces.
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Baltimore
Deena
Clvic
The Aim of Christian Education
The aim is to make life glorious and less grind like widening life's narrow door. It seeks to expand horizons with clearer vision, cultivate noble pleasures beyond wealth, build character and resilience, and foster science, history, healthy living, and enlightened citizenship. It sparks self discovery, growth, and perpetual enlargement, enriching youth with culture and high ideals before disappointment erodes faith.
After Long Years
A 1916 chronicle reflects on a woman's longing for her girlhood town. Returning to the old home she encounters familiar faces changed by time. Each former sweetheart and neighbor reveals how lives diverged, from marriage to career, exposing Time's churn in a small town.
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Hattie Wall
Harry Williams
Alice Shaw
Bessie Wells
Man Flees After Dinner at Local Eatery
A patron near the end of a comfortable meal abruptly rose, snatched his hat and umbrella, and rushed from the restaurant. The proprietor shouted to stop him and demanded the missing payment, but the man had already left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittsburgh Chronicle- Yelogragh
Alewife Fishing Spurs Maine Haitian Ties and Trade
A Boston Globe piece notes Damariscotta Mills Maine hinges on Haiti trade. May alewife fishing season brings 5500 to 6000 barrels yearly, with locals using traps and a salt salting process near the lake outlet.
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Haitian Republic
Damariscotta Mills
Smithereens
Boston Globe
Maine
Alli
Black Republic
Haiti
Hatti
Star of the Movies Porner Ingenue Gains Notice
A young player in spoken drama became a motion picture star about four years ago after posing for the camera and achieved quick success, turning acting into a livelihood.
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Porner Ingenue
Study Would-Be Husband Like an Algebra Problem
Mrs Frank Deshant urges girls to evaluate potential husbands as algebra problems. She presents a square with four corners representing the required traits nobility reliability endurance and action to judge men. Mothers should discuss qualities with daughters and teach practical housekeeping and income division as part of education, alongside free city light in Ashland Oregon for porch illumination.
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Frank Deshant
Decinant
Philadelphia
Gathered Smiles and Witty Exchanges in One Page
A collage of quick jokes and quips from a bygone humor column features a horse reporter bantering about profits, transit color chatter, and as others see us sketches. Short exchanges cover daily life, misheard phrases, and playful riddles with punchlines about life, letters, and letters.
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George H. Skidmore
Oneas
Yokohama
Japap
India
Siberia
U. S
Tome
Walter Scorrs
Laura Jean Libbey
Arline Pretty
Ashland
Ore
Interior Department
Carpenter
Hazel
Mr. Gumso
Aimee
Lemuel
Youn Lapleigh
Tani
Buttinski
Parker
Matey
Windig
Rifkins
Nike
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