Women Best as Teachers
Washington reports Edward L. Thorndike of Teachers College Columbia University found women more prepared for secondary teaching than men. The study, prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Education, notes men have less education, shorter teaching tenures, and highlights differences in education, experience, and salaries in U.S. secondary schools.
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Washington
United States
Edward L. Thorndike
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
United States Bureau of Education
Thorndike
Thorndike Sees Pay Gaps Masked by Top Salaries
The report shows average pay skews high due to department heads and managing teachers who are often men. It finds most men earn 33.3 percent more than women, with women rarely reaching the male median. It argues cities should pay teachers to sustain living standards, not just efficiency.
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Thorndike
Mrs Spencer Borden offers to equip city kindergartens
Mrs Spencer Borden wife of a mill owner and a known benefactor has offered to furnish and equip kindergarten schools in Fall River provided they are retained as part of the public school system. The offer memorializes Brooks Borden who died with two others after being struck by a train at Brownell street crossing fifteen years ago.
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Fall River
Spencer Borden
Brooks Borden
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Gardiner Woman
Gardiner Maine resident Mrs S A Witurams details her recovery from a severe female ailment after three months using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The ad urges others to try the product before surgical operation and touts decades of testimonials as evidence.
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Gardiner
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Witurams
United States
Lydia &. Pinkham
Baroness Moncheur Introduces Child At Social Rounds
Washington June 6 Baroness Ludovic Moncheur wife of the Belgian legation attaché keeps her daughter by her side at every social function. Diplomatic calls receptions and suppers allow no separation and even the governess is kept from the nursery. Her example has started a new fashion of mothers bringing children to social events and sharing care with nannies. The baroness a daughter of General Powell Clayton supports her husband in his writing project on life in Washington.
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Washington
Ludovic Moncheur
Legation
Ing
Baroness Moncheur
Powell Clayton
Mexico
Arkansas
Republican Party
Boston Mayor Bans Indecent Plays Aimed at Censorship
Boston Mayor Hibbard pledges to cooperate with the Watch and Ward Society and clergy to inspect and block performances deemed indecent. He sent the License Bureau chief to New York for reports and vows strict censorship, citing taint of sensual dances and immoral dialogue in second class theatre. The mayor also backs charter reform toward abolishing party designations while praising reform on stage as civic duty.
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Boston
Watch and Ward Society
Casey
New York
Taft
Hibbard
Republican Party
Vesta Tilley Visits Boston Before Returning Home
Vesta Tilley arrived in Boston after a Buffalo trip with her husband Walter and spoke from her Touraine apartment about Boston’s allure. The famed performer described her role as a dress authority and noted how London tailors inform her of new men’s fashion, influencing her act.
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Boston
Atlantic
Vesta Tilley
Touraine
Buffalo
Walter
England
Keith
Miss Tilley
London
Romance little to do with French insanity in Paris report
Paris authorities publish Seine Department statistics on 4000 inpatients last year. Causes show romance rare with only 17 cases from loss of a beloved person and three from love. Remorse for one case noted. Money losses and drink cited as main factors.
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Paris
Department of the Seine
Unclaimed Bodies in City Morgue Face Potter's Field
In Jamaica Plain two unclaimed bodies lie in City Hospital morgue after the slaying of a sister by Walter S. Towns and his suicide. The dead remain unclaimed as of Saturday morning and may be buried in Potter's Field unless someone intervenes.
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Walter S. Towns
Centre Place
Jamaica Plain
City Hospital
Potter's Field
Eccentric Towns Siblings End Their Lives Together
Garland E Hudson, police 13 Jamaica Plain janitor, recalls Towns and his sister Towns as eccentrics who planned suicide after losing resources. He describes their past work, education, and isolation since their mother's death, noting they sought a cure for consumption and had no fruitful profits from a department store medicine scheme.
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Towns
Garland E. Hudson
Jamaica Plain
Miss Towns
Hudson
Mr. Towns
United States
Summer
Franklin Strets
Chicago
Maine
New Hampshire
Bargain Satin Dresses Offered at O'Callaghan's Store
This morning Boston readers can buy satin dresses at low prices as O'Callaghan's 486 Washington Street holds a quarterly stock take. The New York maker brings pongees rajahs messalines taffetas tussahs and washable Cheney Brothers foulards in semi empire princess and jumper styles. Many pieces are marked down to about one third of regular values and all are sold at three price levels.
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the Post
O’callaghan
Washington Street
New York
Boston
Cheney
Lowell Pastor Delivers Maine University Baccalaureate
The Rev. Smith Baker of Lowell Mass spoke at the University of Maine's annual baccalaureate service in Orono on June 6. He treated topics around life and viewpoint, drawing unusual observations from his address to students.
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Orono
Smith Baker
Lowell
Mass
University of Maine
Prize Contest Winner in Boston May Proverb Contest
Anna J. Connelly of 19 Grimes Street South Boston wins first prize of $25 in the Boston district May 30 proverb contest. One hundred fifty other prizes of $1 each awarded each Sunday until further notice. Contestants in the department store employee division must include a statement from their head confirming regular employment with their answers. A blank form is printed for convenience.
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Anna J. Connelly
Grimes Street
Boston
Edith M. M’elroy
Shepard Norwell Company
Lillian L. Nesbitt
Farnham Street
Lawrence
Sunday Post
Deartment Stores
Boston Sunday Post
P. O
Mass
Office of the Post
Daily Post
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