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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
16
A historical outline urges spelling to be prioritized in schools with teacher training emphasized. It advocates oral pronunciation, visual word imagery, daily drills, and minimal blackboard copying, plus structured word lists, dictation, and phonetic spelling studies to improve accuracy and understanding.
Focuses on important vocabulary from reader and physiology. Uses The American Word Book pages 89 to 133, excludes duplicates, emphasizes practical terms, reviews sounds and diacritics, adds n s x, drills long u endings, and covers abbreviations. Includes spelling of aught ought and related word pairs with blanks for written work.
A school guidance note urges preparing and drilling a comprehensive list of the most important words from the year's work as shown in The American Word Book and related texts. It stresses daily practice, proper diacritics, sound review, spelling accuracy, punctuation, and capital use through dictation and word analysis until mastery.
The record lists eight year tenures for Amy Weilir and five year spans for Alice Shannon Liz zie Lowden and Ella Shannon with Edna Crossen. Two year entries include G Dye and one year notes name Oney Warren Iva Hawk Orley Shaw J A Dye Mary Neff Ray Copeland Helen Howard and W E Grady. It notes 70 million U S laborers with about 2 million belonging to unions.
Miss Bessie Dean daughter of Mrs Harriet Dean of near Athens left for Shelby Iowa where yesterday she married Edward Watkins a former Athens county youth now living in Shelby They were long-time friends and neighbors whose engagement leads to a planned ceremony next Wednesday.
An old ad promotes a California plane wafer claimed to prevent dypsepsia and constipation after meals. It offers 100 wafers for 25 cents and instructs readers to ask their druggist.
William Sprouse a colored suitor traveled from Nelsonville to Athens to obtain consent from Minnie Tookey’s mother for marriage to Miss Tookey. Lacking consent he hired a livery rig with bride and mother-in-law and drove to Athens to secure the license, marrying Miss Tookey. They returned to Nelsonville that night.
The marriage of Prof. M. F. Andrew to Miss Elizabeth Wilson occurred Thursday at the bride’s sister Mrs. Charles W. Dewey’s home in Jasper Ohio. He and his bride will reside at Paxton Hyde Park Cincinnati after January 1. Andrew, a longtime Athena county native and Linwood School principal, is noted as a self made educator.
The statement notes that about half of the United States black population resides in six southern states including South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
Paris reports a surprising meat trend with last year’s totals showing 1790 horses, 485 donkeys, and 49 mules consumed in the city. Authorities note the data reflects recorded imports and sales across markets.
The American Protective League articulates a program to solve the race question by moving eight and a half million southern Black residents to northern and western towns over time.
The Hocking Valley Railway promotes the fourth annual International Live Stock Excursion in Chicago from November 23 to December 5. Tickets go on sale November 7 at one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip, with exhibitors able to secure tickets on November 27 by presenting certificates signed by the exposition's General Manager. Tickets must be deposited in Chicago and signed before the return journey begins.
Texas congressman Ball will receive 3000 dollars for three days of service in the House. He has been a member elect since last March and resigned his seat three days after being sworn in.
An old article notes congressmen invite peers to the restaurant for milk and pie since liquor is banned in the capital. It also mentions an African missionary bringing pygmy families to the St. Louis exposition for ethnological display. The dwarfs are described as about the size of twelve year olds.
Notice to teachers announces examinations on the first Saturday of September October January February April May and June and on the first and third Saturdays of August Primary tests occur in May and August Boxwell tests are set for the third Saturday of April and second Saturday of May By order of the board of examiners Maurice M Bryson no 4 52
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