Teachers Battle Illiteracy in Interwar Struggle at Home
A chaotic 1920s style call to action rouses teachers to attend a regional meeting on October 14 and 16. It honors educators and local college leaders, urges civic engagement, and lauds teachers for enduring low pay while fighting ignorance, vowing loyalty to the profession and community.
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Ania
Wesry
Hollywood
Richmond
Toibravena Low
Jsckoe
Stewart
Sowall
Beth
Commie
How to Teach Spelling in School Methods Evolve
A reader advocates classroom spelling by written practice over oral drills. The piece emphasizes teaching children to recognize and write words, using slate work, ruled boards, and progressive steps from letters to sentences. It urges patient, systematic writing to build spelling and literacy skills.
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Abe
Ignithia
Apella
Lottore
Vowals &c
Teachers Association Meets to Welcome Educators
The Teachers Association invites teachers trustees friends and citizens to a Friday evening meeting on October 14 with a large audience expected. Attendees from Abbeville area and Honey Path nearby districts are urged to attend to discuss progress toward higher education and public school excellence. A Saturday afternoon adjournment allows travelers to catch trains.
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Teachers’ Association
Honey Path
Xisglow
Abbeville
Ghostly prank ends in near tragedy and village hero
Calvin Antry dies and Robert Antry earns townwide praise after a staged ghost scene in a Milton County graveyard turned real when a jagged stone mortally wounds a supposed specter. The affair unfolds amid a family feud over a common beloved maiden and a church consecration backdrop.
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Atrmanerra
Calvin Antry Fa
Samuel A, Antry
Oalyin
Samuel A. Antry
Milton County
Calvin
Robert
Clear Spring Church
Merntime Robert
Might
Hayes and South views from Col. Bryan in Galveston
Col. Bryan recalls President Hayes seeking aid after his inauguration and discussing Louisiana and South Carolina. He says Hayes intended to remove troops once legislatures were organized, and that southern support could have advanced home rule if Congress and Southern allies had backed him.
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Hoo
Guy M. Bryan
Congress
Galvest
Yexaa
Hayes
Kenyon College
Galveston Nowe
Geo. Hayes
South
Smd
Col. Bryan
Waa
Washington
Louisiana
South Carolina
Bryan
Four corn flour prompts curious grain trials near Walkersville
J L Vaughn reports a new corn variety called four corn that ground in a wheat mill yields a fine white product. He grew it near Walkersville Buller Township and says it makes good biscuits, nearly as palatable as wheat flour. Plants bear 10 to 16 ears per stalk, mature in four months, and Vaughn estimates 160 bushels per acre.
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Julius O. Smith
J. L. Vaughn
Walkersville
Buller Township
Busch
Vaughn
Greenville News
Bear interrupts baptism as crowd flees in Whitley County
A bear charged the Wan Silom Baptist Church baptism near Williamsburg as worshippers fled. The minister, Rev. Bell, aided by parishioners, led the exodus after a large black bear approached from the hills. The animal mauled hymn books and the minister’s coat before escaping. 467 pounds, one of the region’s largest bears, was later killed after a dog pursuit. Additional items note a violent assault on Daily Sun editor Reynolds and a humorous railroad puzzle.
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Williamsnune
Whitley County
Bob Gentry
Williamsburg
Gentry
Lisa Taate
Om Ursino Epicure
Wan Silom Baptist Church
South Fork Creek
Farmer Gentry
Bell
Eliza Estill
Bruja
Williamsborg
Chances In Life In Bold Youth Advancing Era
In an era of rapid progress youth should be bold as life is prolonged. The article urges embracing opportunity, rivalrous drive, and collective effort to achieve great feats despite setbacks. It notes a Potsdam accident where George Young survived severe skull fractures and brain injury, and a Boston prank where a stranger’s umbrella was taken as a joke.
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B. P. Olinkevales
Eztrada
Giles J. Pattoramn
Mt. Holly Farnera
North
South Carolina
Meana
Btatea
Union
New York
Charleston
Treasury
Ephera
George Young
Potsdam
Boston
President Cleveland to Visit Athens for Georgia Tour
In Artants Georgia on September 25 officials announce President Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland will visit Augusta area events begin October 17 with a procession to Atlanta. A public reception at the Executive Mansion and a torch light demonstration feature the visit with a parade by 10 000 Young Men Democratic Leagues and a review of militia. Leaders emphasize southern support and invite northern and western observers to witness progress.
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Artants
Cleveland
Mra
Aulnota
Noahville
Atlanta
Pelock
Kennesaw Mountain
Gordon
Taylor
Tennessee
Richardson
South Carolina
Scales
North Carolina
Les
Virginia
Sony
Alabama
Judice
J. H. Porter
Capital City Club
General Assembly
Fair Grounds
P. M. B. Young
Fair Grounds Club
Weekly Press Association of
Georgia
Kimball House
Democratic Leagues
Mra. Cleveland
Henry W. Grady
Executive
Young Men's Democratic Leagues
Montgomery
Washington
Heary
W. Grady
Haased
Temperance Boy Davy Stops Brandy Jug For Family Meal
A temperance pledge leads a boy named Davy to refuse carrying brandy. His mother empties the jug in the sink to keep the pledge and meal prep on track. Davy cheers, dancing as the brandy drains, and the promise extends to future meals.
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Davy
Thors
Equinoctial Storms and the Autumn Storm Belief
A Baltimore Weivr article discusses equinoctial storms tied to the equinox, noting popular belief that storms strike around September 21 but scientists deny a real equinoctal phenomenon. It cites a central storm off Texas coast and explains meteorological changes as seasonal shifts rather than celestial triggers, with higher rainfall during transition periods.
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Baltimore
Sd. Batytember
Gulf
Cosat
Texan
Make Haste With Life Like Napolean’s Quick Order
A compact moral urges action now not later in life. It compares aging to the fading day and recalls Napoleon’s quick ordering at dusk to seize victory. The quote warns that delaying work leads to failure while urging timely use of opportunities and effort.
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Napoleon
Maropgo II
Rev
M- Taylor
Weight of fodder per acre and crop spacing insights
An American Cultivator excerpt notes acre yields, fodder weights, and the impact of plant density. It contrasts hay bulk with weight, cites examples like mangel-wurzels and ruta-baga, and warns crowding root crops reduces value. Proper spacing between plants boosts cultivation and overall yield.
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England
A ChUd's White Hairs at Tzor Mo Sept 22
A strange report from Tzor Missouri describes an eight year old girl whose hair has progressively turned gray since a town fire three years earlier. Despite repeated hair cuts, the gray tint grows, with bets that she may someday sport a white head like an old woman. The tale also recounts a physician who tailing a cucumber buyer, and a reporter questioning why many teachers seem single.
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Tzor
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James A. Seddon
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Whittle
Holling
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G. T. Beaure
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E. Kirby Smith
D. H. Hill
Stephen D. Lee
Wade Hampton
Jubal A. Early
Alexander P. Stewart
Joseph Wheeler
Simon B. Buckner
John B. Gordon
Thomas H. Watts
Joseph E. Brown
Zebulon B. Vance
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Richard Hawes
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Argquala, Ga
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Miles
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Maron
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Macon
New York Sun
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Irwinton
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Lincoln
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New Jersey
Salem County
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