New York City Schools Study Promotes Backward Pupils
The thirteenth annual report of the city superintendent of schools of New York highlights reforms to aid backward pupils. It details promotion rates rising to 83 percent in 1909 1910 and 203 percent in 1911 and outlines techniques such as before and after school instruction pupil teachers and major subject coverage by experienced staff. It also describes family study periods, proper study periods, combined class and sectional teaching and rapid advancement classes designed to redeem weaker students.
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City Superintendent of Schools of
New York
Birmingham
Ala
Maxwell
Alor
New York City
Straubenmuiler
Meleney
California Bankers Meet Opens Eighteenth Annual Session
In Long Beach California bankers and business leaders gathered for the opening of the California Bankers Association eighteenth annual meeting. Distinguished speakers included former Congressman Duncan E McKinley Professor E Wilson of the University of California Charles E Bentley of the California Fruit Growers Association and W H Doyle President of the Arizona Bankers Association among others.
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Long Beach
Cal
California Bankers’ Association
Duncan E.mckinley
E. Wilson
University of California
Charles E. Bentley
California Fruit Growers’ Association
W. H. Doyle
Arizona Bankers’ Association
Missouri Dedicates Model Highway to Arcadia Club
Exercises were held in Farmington to dedicate the model highway completed between St. Louis and Arcadia Country Club. The road exceeds 100 miles in length and cost about 85000 dollars, raised by popular subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Farmington
St. Louis
Arcadia Country Club
Arcadia
Get Rid of Rheumatism with Chamberlain Liniment
Instruction advises using Chamberlain's Liniment and massaging the affected parts at each application. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Belleville Club Banquet Honors Queen Victoria Birthday
The Belleville Club of Chicago has organized a banquet at the Hotel La Salle in celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday. The May 23 report notes arrangements completed for the event, with attendance expected from former Belleville residents.
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Chicago
Ill
Belleville Club of
Belleville, Ont
Hotel la Salle Tomorow
Queen Victoria
MI-O-NA and MI-DNA Stomach Tablets Ad
Money back guarantee on MI-O-NA stomach tablets promises relief within ten minutes for indigestion stomach distress and related symptoms. H R Palmer & Sons offer fifty cent boxes and a money back guarantee if not effective. Also fifty cent MI-DNA tablets marketed with similar relief claims and wide list of ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Square Deal
H R Palmer & Sons
Texas expects big grain crop in Southwest
Fort Worth Texas May 23 Bum per grain crops are predicted for the Southwest this year by the Texas grain dealers who assembled here in large number today for the fourteenth annual meeting of their state association. The convention will be in session three days with James C Hunt of Wichita Falls presiding.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Southwest
James C. Hunt
Wichita Falls
Mrs Findley Credits Foley Kidney Pills for Relief
Mrs J M Findley of Route 2 Lyons Georgia says Foley Kidney Pills relieved a severe bladder pain and claims the product also cures backache rheumatism kidney and bladder ailments and urinary irregularities. Sold by all dealers.
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J. M. Findley
Lyons
Memorial tablet honors Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull
In Jamaica Long Island on May 23 a memorial tablet was unveiled to honor Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull, a Revolutionary War soldier mortally wounded at the site on August 28, 1776. The Sons of the Revolution of New York conducted the exercises at the place of the legendary resistance to British capture.
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Woodhull
Jamica
L. I
Nathaniel Woodhull
Freckle-Face Remedy Promises Free Trial Tryout
A bold ad offers a freckle removal remedy with a money back guarantee. It promises clear skin after a single night for most, requiring only ethine double strength from a first class druggist. The seller claims the treatment costs nothing if it fails and notes rare cases need more than one ounce.
Indiana University Hosts Mississippi Valley Historians Meeting
Bloomington Indiana May 23 Indiana University entertains the annual Mississippi Valley Historical Association for three days. Several hundred members and guests attend the opening session. Professor A C McLaughlin of the University of Chicago serves as association president.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
A. C. McLaughlin
University of Chicago
Paint Now and Paint Delays Hit Hardware Customers
A public notice from Devore Talmage Hardware Company warns customers who postponed painting last year that waiting longer increases costs. It states an extra gallon will be needed this year and labor and paint may total five to six dollars, with delays raising prices and affecting intended projects.
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Devore
Talmage Hardware Company
Soliaity
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Lipscomb & Company
Orr’s School
Wray Street
S. P. Orr
Georgia National Bank
Georgia
Athens
The
Athens Savings Bank
M. Stora
M. Mera, M. G. Michael
M. G. Michael
B. Y. Harrie
J. A. Hunnicutt
L. F. Eiwards
DeuPree Hunnicutt
W.T. Bryan
J. R. Crane & Company
Pretty
An Arnold
Jackson St
City Schools OF
California
Central Real Estate
Lime
BIA Fire Insurance Company
Thens
Erwin & K Company
Acents
College Avenue
Talmage Hardware Co
Athens Cycle Co
Athens Cycle Company
Lumpkins Street
Mississippi Valley
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