Students Learn Through Creative Efforts at School Social Motive
A New York school presents a novel report card focused on social motive and practical learning. Miss Bertha M. Bentley explains that education should merge with life, teaching girls dress needs and boys craft skills while building discipline through cooperative problem solving and real-world tasks.
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Alexander Herman
New York
Dolie
Bhs
Gollie
Bently
Pay-For-What-You-Talk Phones Cut Chatter
Everett readers learn about pay-for-what-you-talk meters as the 160 day trial in the city measures telephone use. Major Garrison Barcock Seattle engineered the telechronometer to quantify calls and reduce costs by an estimated 19 to 85 percent, with added subscribers while limiting gossip. A 60 installment plan offers party-line service for 12 dollars monthly with 30 exchanges or an hour of service, and per-dial uses priced at 1.40.
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Everett
United States
Garrison Babcock
Seattle
Signal Corps
State Publi Service Comission
Exide
Electric Storage Battery Co
Philadelphia
Two Men Plead Non Vult To Murder Life Terms
In Newton New Jersey on May 14 two men pled non vult to murder, earning life terms. Albert Koster’s 1921 Sussex Street trucking heist led to the plea, with Francisco La Motion accused of feigning insanity to dodge trial. Joseph Messina stood accused of aiding the escape while guarding truck drivers during the loot. The pleas were entered before Supreme Court Justice Mintard.
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Supreme Court
Mintard
Probe Ends in Deadlock Over Kosher of Kostar Murder Trial
In a tangled case tied to the first murder in the Kiting of Koster, two band members already convicted face death sentences. A stay of execution has been granted as the appeal proceeds, delaying final fate.
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Koster
Timber lands burned in New Jersey forest fire
A serious fire in southern Ocean county New Jersey on May 2 burned 100 to 10 square miles of valuable timber lands. About 1,300 volunteer firefighters from district towns organized to combat the flames.
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Toms River
N. J
Ocean County
Perfume concerts bring joy to those with tender noses
Washington May 2 Perfume concerts are described as a modern scientific aid to aesthetics. The article explains how scientists compare harmonies of scent to music and color, proposing staged scent and color sequences as a new form of sensory art.
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Washington
Huysmans
Hig
Will for $100000 in death by own action
W. J. Trussell, a wealthy farmer from Dilsbur e Pa, was found dead in Grant Park Chicago with a bullet wound to the heart. Police say the death appears self inflicted. The will disposes of a $100000 estate in Trussell's pocket.
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Chicago
Jpocket
Trussell
Dilsbure
Grant Park
Used up Wife's Money Then Beat Her
A Swedish immigrant wife in Bridgeport endures financial strain and domestic abuse as she wages survival on a farm. After injuries and estrangement, she seeks protection at the Bridgeport Protective Association. A later reconciliation leads to property adjustment and renewed community support with church involvement.
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America
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Protective Association For
Avas
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