The Home School Word Method For First Year Success
The writer presents a home made chart based reading plan with Swinton's Primer and Harper's Readers, detailing gradual steps for reading writing spelling and drawing in the first year. It covers chart use, when to introduce readers, word drilling, tracing copies, letter formation, language lessons, and light gymnastics, urging slow steady progress and individualized pace.
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Corus
Fesch
Ars
Priné
Ecripé
Bio
Swinton
Bios
Harper's
Anita
Aud Nojy
Harrington
Harper’s
Eyual
Lzsona
Hrarann
Home Schoo
Anecdote of Andrew Jackson at Federal Spring
A Tennessee border anecdote recalls Federal Spring near Rodgeraville where colored women washed and bathed for a century. It recounts Gen Andrew Jackson as judge, a cock fight bet, a minister’s sermon, and Jackson’s generous gift to the preacher. Also notes a Washington office-seeker who failed to gain an appointment under Jackson. A medical ad then promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and a local tale of a 75-year-old Indy toothless is given.
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Rodgeraville
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Rodgereville
Dr. Henderson
Judge Jackson
Adam
Bia
Federal Springs
Gen. Jackson
Aatore
Washington
Jackson
White House
Durbin
Philadelphia
Hegan
Havesone
Preichlog
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Bill Arp laments distant schooling and local costs
In a letter from Cedartown, Bill Arp reflects on sending his youngest daughter Jessie to Agnes Scott College in Decatur. He argues funds should stay local to build a first class institution, criticizes state and county education allocations, and laments boys courting schoolgirls, while recalling family memories and community priorities.
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Alcanta
Conatitu
Jessie Hag
Agnes Scott
Decatur
Jensin
Sho
Boy Pie
Stufly
Cedartown Ailie
Acworth Ring
Cartersville Town
Sam Jones
Paul
Lori
orIouvo
Judah
Agnes
Tetaman
Lis
Iim
Awit
Providence
Alfred Suorter
Lion
Lie
Shorter
Rome
Ibia
A Woman's Remarkable Memory A Quilt Reunion
A former Missouri resident in Olio recalls a memory sparked on a streetcar ride. She spots a quilt in a yard and identifies it as one she helped her friend make eighteen years ago in Central Missouri. The tale highlights a sharp recall linking two old friends through a remarkably distinctive quilt.
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Olio
Taatant- Tyabo
Missouri
Indy
Aniali
Kiavisns City Times
Childish Patth An Analyzed Faith in Prayer
A vignette from the Propidqnce Journal shows a young boy alone in a country yard asking God to move the sun so it stops hurting his head. Two dogs sit nearby as the boy explains his request to Romeo and Chief and receives a patient, inscrutable response from fate.
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Lim
Romeo
Chieftala
Propidqnce Journal
Wouldn’t Marry Him Because He Drank
August Savannah dispatch reports Miss Hila Inez Anderson of Brunswick engaged to L W Bingham. After drinking and improper conduct by the groom, the bride elect fled to Savannah and then planned to marry in Savannah tonight, but declared she would not wed a dissipated man.
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Savaysart
Brunswick
Alway
Savannah
Hila Inez Anderson
L. W. Bingham
Cama
Salvannah
Maron
Lit
Miss Anderson
Alania June Nual
The Beauty Myth and Farming Tariffs in Late 19th Century Debate
A fragmented article contrasts beauty standards across nations with praise for a pure complexion and Dr. Prier's remedy claims. It then shifts to J B Moore on tariff impacts, noting eight manufacturing states gain wealth while agricultural states lag, urging reform to protect farmers from inflated prices and feudal accretions. A 1885 Blue Mountain find is described as the oldest American footprint discovery, inviting questions about the discoverer and era.
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New York Times
Moore
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Pennvalencia
Massars Dogelta
Mr. Moore
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
Theas
Moro
Washington
Allaire
Scotland
Lallinare Sos
John B. Wiggins
Waverly
N. J
Blue Mountain
Perry County
Pensylvania
America
South Carolina drains to pension and tariff costs
A long summary discusses money circulation, pension drains, tariffs, and railroad bond flows, focusing on how Northern capital and policy raise costs for the South. It notes pensions to Federal survivors totaling 130 million dollars, tariff transfers to Northern states, railroad earnings leaving the region, and the call for self sufficiency in corn, bacon, and mules to keep money local. It cites Newberry in detail, mentions local commerce and agricultural outputs, and ends with a mix of anecdotes and advertisements.
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United States
Trédsayer
Meoney
Dutthorn
New York
South Keats
Syhieh
South Carolina
Nawberry
Republican
Democratic
Allianca
North
Newberry Observer
The Color of Gold and Gold Coinage Secrets
An asepyer explains that gold color varies by source such as Australian versus Californian ore and placer versus quartz. Metallurgical mysteries include why placer gold appears yellower and why redder hues occur in heavily alloyed coins. He notes that the purest coins were fifty-dollar pieces once common in California before being abandoned for weight and security reasons.
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Asepyer
California
Conspiracy Thwarted in Hartford Saloon Betting Plot
A Hartford saloon tale recounts a money-drawer saw 625 pennies and two men plan a trap. The bettor offered $5 each on 624 626 and a bystander guessed 625, winning the pot and making the betting man dominant in the saloon. An advertisement promotes a skin salve with guaranteed results.
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Ruspi
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P. Gossett & CO
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M. Fisher
Fisher
Mein
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Williamston Male Academy
W. Gaines
B.S. M.M.P
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Dievipling
Furtley
Williaane
Goles
Tita Ghers
O. Waeduaw
Schou
8. C
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Oates
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Chingiepin Region 1
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Wilhite
Lick Observatory
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Eala
Salonnisren
Utah
Fulton County
Atlanta
Pertle Springs
Missouri Alliance Convention
Ocala
Wilbite & Wilbite
Hartford
Bucklen
Avalon
Hill Broa
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