Wyoming Fair Notes and Local Visits August 1907
Local notes from Brimfield and nearby towns during August 1907. Residents like James Murphey and Laura Cobb visit friends in Peoria and Brimfield. Merchants Slocum and Shane change ownership. a Peoria County Institute sessions set at Bradley Polytechnic Institute with Prof Sparks and other educators leading lectures. Institute runs August 26 to 30 with sessions daily and graduation for rural schools.
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Wyoming
James Murphey
Golden
Brimfield
C. L. Maxwell
Glasford
Laura Cobb
Peoria
L. McDermott
Helen Schnebly
Caroline Blandy
Cady Bros &Pecial
Della Clute
Dayton Curran
Oak Hill
Dakota
Jobo Maher
Jud Nickerson
Slocum & Shane
Miss Shane
Miss Slotum
Peoria County
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Edwin Earle Sparks
University of Chicago
Livingston D. Lord
EU‘ M. Hull
DeKalb
Anna M. Allen
Ftancie G. Blair
Global facts and future projections in early 20th century notes
The text surveys world metrics from population and rail costs in Australia to cement production, a Tasmanian wood, a five ounce nugget in Ballarat, rising US divorce rates, submarine cable shares, and early industrial projects in Abyssinia and Addis Ababa. It notes Germany's advances in independent cable systems and European style government building.
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South America
United States
South Australia
England
France
Germany
Italy
Linton
Ballarat
Australia
John Godden
Census Bureau
Washington
Adis Ababa
Abyssinia
Wisdom and sayings in a Spring dinner tale
A long miscellany of aphorisms from ancient authors contrasts with a New York dinner tale about Thomas A. Houston, featuring a ground dispute between Smith and Jones. A lawyer prompts a crove examination, asking if Smith admitted the five feet of ground belonged to Jones, which he denies, noting lawn mower activity at the time.
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Thomas A. Hueston
New York
Mr. Houston
Smith
Jones
Humorist's Duty Versus Health Calls for Willing Work
A temperate humorist muses that being able bodied should align with willingness to work. The brief reflection questions duty to labor and the strain of public life on personal effort.
School Exams and Office Hours for Peoria County
Claude A Stone office open daily 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Superintendent days Mondays and first Saturday each month from June 1 to June 1. Regular teacher certificate exams at courthouse on third Friday and Saturday each October January April beginning 9 0 am. Arithmetic U S Grammar Reading Civics Geography Pedagogy Botany Zoology Physics Saturdays. Grades from Minos State Normal school accepted in lieu of county exam. Circulars on grades sent upon request. Office basement of courthouse 35 Peoria Ill.
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Ember
Court House
U. S
Minos
Peoria
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J. L. Maher
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D. M Mayer
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Chas. C. Dutch
Y. M. C. A. Bldg
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Neera Jarrenson Sr
C.C. Carson
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J. H. Snyder
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J. W. Smith
W. G. Snyder
Wisdom OF Ancients
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Tacitus
Terence
Curtius Montana
Alexander Severus
Demosthenes
John F. Sloan, M. D
Masonic Temple
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Washine's
Johnsox
A. J. Hawkes
C. P. Burt
Barnes& Boulware
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LAW Office
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