Mississippi Educational Needs Urge Rural School Reform
A Mississippi call to action argues for uniform funding and expanded schooling to rural areas, detailing current inequities in term length and teacher pay. It urges six to nine month terms, trained teachers, better facilities, local taxation, and libraries, asserting education as essential for future leadership and economic strength.
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Mississippi
Lamars
United States
Union
Massachusetts
John Wesley's Primitive Physick and Methodist Medicine
A Methodist local preacher discusses John Wesley's book Primitive Physick an Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases He bought the volume for 40 dollars yet deems it barely worth 40 cents He mocks Wesley’s medical experiments citing a questionable consumption cure involving earth and a breathing exercise per morning ritual
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John Wesley
Wesley
Give Your Lamps Attention
Instruction from The New Idea Woman's Magazine on lamp care. Regular cleaning, daily filling, and wiping prevent odors. If a lamp smells, boil parts in water with washing soda, dry, reassemble, trim wick, and refill. Most lamps respond to monthly treatment.
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New Idea Woman’s Magazine
Problem Solved By Clever Potato Mash Answer
The Kansas City Star recalls a class arithmetic puzzle where a five person family has four potatoes for dinner The mother seeks equal shares A child suggests the clever solution Mash the potatoes and serve everyone a portion The room falls silent then the boy presents the witty fix as the class draws the lesson on division
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Kansas City Star
A Boy's Religion and Righteous Boyhood
A guide urging boys to follow Christian virtues while remaining active, playful, and true to peers. It promotes self restraint, courage to refuse harmful acts, and reverence for sacred things, paired with a brief ad for Dr Mil es Anti Pain Pills promising neuralgia relief.
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Lord Jesus Christ
God
Notice of Trustee's Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
Notice by H M Quinn as trustee under a deed of trust dated March 5 1907 from F R Adams and G E Adams to Security Trust Banking Co. to secure indebtedness. Sale Sept 5 1908 at Brandon court house door during legal hours of the east half of the northwest quarter section 3 township 5 north range 4 east containing 80 acres more or less.
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H. M. Quinn
F. R. Adams
G. E. Adams
Security Trust & Banking Company
Security , Trust & Banking. Company
Chancery Clerk’s
Rankin County
Mississippi
Willi
Courthhouse
Brandon
Rankiney
M. Quinn
Pelahatchie to Issue Six Thousand Dollar Town Bonds
Notice that the town board of Pelahatchie plans to issue bonds totaling six thousand dollars at 6 percent interest, payable semi annually, to replace the 1904 bond issue for public school buildings. The debt will remain within seven percent of assessed value. twenty percent of adult taxpayers may petition to block the issue. Town Clerk J. A. Spann Jr. certified the ordinance passed in 1908.
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Pelahatchie
Brandon News
J. A.spann, Jr
Rankin County Chancery Notice to Defendant Morgan
Citation notices the State of Mississippi commands Charlie Morgan to appear in Rankin County Chancery Court on a Monday in September 1908 to defend suit brought by Sarah Them. Clerk A Gayden and J C Bruce sign for complainant. Ends with ad for Miles’ Anti Pain Pills.
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State of
Mississippi
Charlie Morgan
Chancery Court
Rankin
Sarah
A. D
A. Gayden
J.C. Bruce
D.C
McLaurin, Jr
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