St Helena as Prison for the Kaiser and Napoleon's Exile
A National Geographic bulletin recalls St Helena as a prison like Napoleon Bonaparte and the Kaiser would have found costly yet appealing. It notes Napoleon’s limited wants, lavish pomp in two rooms, and his memoirs dictation while under guard.
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Washington
D. C
St. Helena
National Geographic Society
Napoleon
Dinizulu
Transvaal
Bonaparte
Island
Sir Hudson Lowe
England
Kaiser
Moses
Ascension Island
Lowe
Europe
Hudson
Napoleon III
Victoria
Longwood
Jamestown
Columbus
America
Great Britain
Crown
Ohio Researching Teacher Salaries in 1920s Education Bills
Ohio bills set monthly teacher salaries by training and experience, with elementary rates from sixty to seventy five dollars, high schools averaging ninety dollars. Oaths for teaching, board per diem, and school suspensions for low attendance are outlined alongside district governance changes.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
County Board of Education
United States
Ohio
United States of America
County Agricultural Societies
Boards of Education
Board of Education
Reestablishment of Suspended School Under Voter Petition
A school district may reestablish a suspended school if at least twelve or more pupils reside in the territory and a petition for reestablishment is signed by a majority of voters. Depots for student transportation must be within a half mile of pupils' homes as required when transportation is provided.
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Board of Education
Boards of Education
Indemnity Policy Prompts German Financial Frightfulness
Opinions reprinted warn that Germany faces a massive levies on capital to raise 22.5 billion dollars to pay the 1871 indemnity and future dues. The plan would confiscate wealth with a progressive rate up to 65 percent for large fortunes, seizing roughly half of wealth held by the rich. It is described as a civilizational debt payment for a war of conquest.
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France
Prussia
Germany
The Worst Never Happens In Our Worrying
An essay argues that fears about adverse events rarely come to pass and stresses the futility of worry. It compares crop damage from a storm to eventual harvest outcomes and uses a farmer anecdote to illustrate overestimating loss and the value of action over anxiety.
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Billy
No Money in Hogs and International Warnings
Farmer Brank Finsterwald of Canaan argues hog prices at about 22 cents push smallholders to loss on 200 pound hogs. He notes by products and grazing can cut costs, while warning about feed value and market risk. The piece also surveys reactions to China Shantung treaties and Wilsons pledge on justice and world cooperation.
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Brank Finsterwald
Canaan
Christian Science Monitor
Wilson
League
Shantung
China
Japan
Senate
Wilsons
Mud and Mirth on a Rainy Spring Drive
A traveler recalls crossing floods in a tin car with rain in many styles. He reflects that patience and humor beat gloom, noting a kind horse-drawn ride to dry land cost a buck and saved the day.
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O. K
The Two Clerks Compared In A Grocery Shop Tale
The piece contrasts two clerks one frantic and fast with a motor like pace and the other calm and precise yet equally swift. It argues that steady poise and fewer mistakes earn respect while perpetual hurry invites ridicule, urging readers to pace work efficiently.
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Wiliam James
Haste
James
Veal Fricassee Duchess Potatoes and Lettuce Salad
Instructions for veal fricassee with two cups liquor and butter flour gravy, duchess potatoes shaped in molds, and a lettuce salad with sour cream dressing. Includes steps for browning, seasoning, and garnishing with chives and egg whites.
Fruit Punch and Peach Cup Beverage Recipes
A historical recipe excerpt detailing Fruit Punch for twenty five, using tea, lemons, oranges, pineapple, bananas, vanilla, almond, sugar, and ginger ale with water and ice. Instructions cover infusion, rind grating, boiling, straining, cooling, and serving. Also includes Peach Cup mixing peaches, sugar, water, lemon juice, and options with cream and carbonated water.
Where is Mr Flubdub Luncheoning Today
A wry local item notes Mr Flubdub may lunch at a moving banana cart and may be anywhere in the street, highlighting humorous dinner chatter. A misery-tinged ad seeks room and board with a screaming family, prompting a quip about the cost of living rising.
Senator Fall seeks peace amendment to sundry civil bill
Washington July 18 Senator Fall of New Mexico attempted to insert an amendment declaring a state of peace exists between the United States and Germany into the sundry civil bill The senator said peace has existed for months but the move aimed to force the senate into ratifying the treaty and to speed action on the matter
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United States
Germany
Fall
New Mexico
Senate
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Athens Ohio
Helena
Little Island
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Jess
Fugi
By Walt Mason
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Neponset Twin
Jerry Flowers
Tedrick
Athens Lumber Co
Athens
Glouster
Senreco
Now
the Security Savings Bank
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