Teachers Column on Reading and Grammar Lessons
A long excerpt critiques classroom reading drills and inflection rules in a practical teacher column. It describes exercises using the words sir What I hear gun and the teachers guiding students to read with proper intonation, ending with a reflection on educational value and a quote from Edmund Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rash
John Badsome
Jean
George
Mary
John Id
Edmond Burke
Wm. IE Griffin
A. Mn
Practical
Bill Arp Visits Atlanta and Speaks of Jubilees and Pride
Bill Arp recounts his Atlanta visit and the postwar jubilee with mixed humor and nostalgia. He notes Southern pride, admiration for General Longstreet, and a unique blend of reconciliation and defiance toward Northern critics. He praises Northern miners and drummers, and ends urging calm in Georgia as a governor’s race looms.
Do Animals Think A Debate On Animal Minds And Language
A historic note argues animals think and reason, citing beaver plans bee cell shapes and fox and dog behavior as evidence. It discusses memory, communication via antennae, teaching young, and a broader claim that animals possess foresight and compassion in battles, with human parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brovca
Brocca
Scen
Ante
Train girls for work and home life as partners in progress
A Plain Talk about girls argues many women lack training for routine home tasks and self discipline. It urges mothers to provide home schooling combining work with study, fostering independence, order, and character rather than idle idleness. It emphasizes methodical chores, reading, and shared responsibilities to produce capable women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Apervant
Spartanburg
The Fight With Stones in Second Maunaans Battle
Personal reminiscence of a Civil War engagement near Maunaans with Union artillery, a shattered embankment, and close combat. The narrator describes loading under fire, being wounded thrice by falling rock and shell fragments, and a perilous solo interview with Confederate troops. He later notes his promotion from junior corporal to orderly sergeant after exchanges.
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Gripe
Cad
Porter
Wanda
First
Louisiana
Siip
Lila
Company E
Montgomery Guards
Louisians
Sinnewall Jackson
T. W. Haircut
Venoniae
North Carolina Seeks York and Lancaster Territory Boundary
North Carolina claims border rights to parts of York and Lancaster Counties in South Carolina. Captain B Alexander of Charlotte, NC, visited the Secretary of State office to study maps for boundary clarity between Mecklenburg County NC and York and Lancaster Counties SC. A commission is to survey under North and South Carolina officials, with Mecklenburg possibly gaining a sizable slice of York County.
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Captain & B. Alexander
Charlotte
North
Caroline
Secretary of State
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
York and Lanzwater
South Carolina
York
Lancaster
Andrew Jackson
South Gimlina
Fort Mills Township
York County
North Garriion
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Rock Hill
Alexander
Sealan
North Caralios
Thompson
Scales
Hagnod
Raleigh Observer
Arthur Winslow
Charotte
Mecklenburg
Columbia Register
Reading 43 Hour a Day Lesson on Study and Latin Curiosity
A mid 19th century sounding fragment urges daily reading to build knowledge, quantifying hours per day and weeks per year. It includes a tale about an apprentice who reads one hour daily, and a tale from John Adams about hating Latin and choosing work over study, illustrating the value of Latin grammar in strengthening memory and judgment.
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Abbeville
South Carolina
Brim
Yankeex
Bose
Soul Callina
Georgy
Fairburn
Cincinnati
Georgia
Atlanta
Goa
Pourwaizen
Dr. Calhoun
The
Constitution
Nature
Paul
Sam Jones
Chicago
Thora
Thia Aindy
John Adams
United States
Bie
John
Reading method arguing for thoughtful, joined reading practice
An early teacher notes that reading should be taught as a living conversation Read as you talk and require thinking equal to other subjects. Teachers sometimes reward parroting rather than understanding urging higher quality over quantity in pupil reading with brief, reflective exercises.
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Polly
CawCaw
Jis
Ibia & Seminary
Rowling
Violent Missouri Storm Destroys Court House and School
A fierce wind and rain storm swept through Kassis City Missouri on May 12 demolishing the courthouse above the second story, wrecking the Lathrop school and an overall factory. At least twenty people, including eleven children, are reported dead with many more trapped. Telegraph lines failed, railroad bridge span fell, and chaos followed with vehicles overturned and streets flooded.
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Kassis City
Court House
Second Street
Lathrop School
Eighth Street
Western Union Telegraph Office
St. Louis
Dallas
Galveston
New Orleans
Memphis
Missouri River
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Rock Island
Wabash
Kansas City
St. Joe
Council Bluffs
Acarcely
Lathrops
P. m
Persens
Lathrope
Anay
Emigration Bill Sparks Petition Drive for Liberia Colony
May 12 report from Southern and Western states notes petitions urging a bill to grant up to 100 per capita to fund emigrants to Liberia under the American Colonization Society. Each family averages five, forming a proposed colony of 585 persons. prospects in Congress appear slim amid rising anti emigrant sentiment and critique of the project.
Escape artist Vian leads daring prison break in Montreal
Louis Vian, convict of St. Vincent de Paul, tunnels three walls with improvised tools, scales a 22 foot wall, and uses a rope to reach the roof amid a threefold security barrier. He escapes into darkness and disappears toward a village as Montreal police scour the area. a public-house query hints at a master of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
Jack Sheppard
Wea
Louis Vian
St. Vincent de Paul
Montreal
Hatelny
bin iv Tia
Canton Romance Ends in Scott County Wedding
Bob Wilkins, a Canton Mississippi clerk, courted Sallie Moore in Scott County after a failed ferry crossing. He swam Pearl River with his clothes on a pole, endured dogs and briars, secured the blessing of Farmer Moore, and earned Sallie’s hand in marriage as reported by the Canton Mail.
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Bob Wilkins
Canton
Mirs
Madison County
Scott and
Reake
Pearl River
Bob
Scott County
Hoe
Farmer Moore
Mr. Moore
Misa Sallie
Moore Homestead
Bol
Alde
Hellespont
Rogan
Cope
Moore
Hits
Boly
Mowe
Mars
Joe
Ms. Moore
Mrs. Moore
Miss Sallie
Alia Sallie
Alia Sallie, Who Rode Horseback. Returning From Church Miss Sallie
Sallie
Hobar Rend
Fur Town
Evenine
Canton Mail
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Rich Hill
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Preakdent
Atlanta Constitution
Bois
Dome
Qurland
Crow
Artemus Ward
South
Jeff Davis
Miss Winnie
Atlante
Dr. Hillyer
Ionish
Whitelaw Reid
Murat Halstead
Patriyola
Abe
Longaileet
Glaten
Markham
New York World
Langetroel
Tefferson Davis
Mr. Davis
Montegomery
Pederai
Soller
Missouri
Trig Thant
Monte Cristo
Maine
Duicastes
Mnvy
Someody
Halla
Tige
Sim
Stan
Roan
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