School Committee Notes Budget and Opening Enrollment
The School Committee continued discussion on street service and referred paving matters to the building committee. Bills totaling 5489.03 were approved for payment, bringing total expenditures to 63211.73 with 52688.27 remaining of the appropriation. Superintendent Hobbs reported school openings on September 4 with 1981 pupils present, rising to 2085 after new arrivals, and congestion noted despite Reynolds building housing 13 schools in 11 rooms.
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Thames Street
O'Wolf Inn
Building Committee
Committee On
William C Hobbs
High
Reynolds
Byfield
Walley
Oliver
O’wolf Inn
Burton
Hayman
Taft
Mason
Weeden
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Marguerite Brogan
Columbia University
School committee debates needs for assistants and schedules
The committee discusses adding an assistant to handle detective tasks and transfer students to balance crowded Burtol and Hayman rooms. Recommends five hour sessions like Mason, with noon intermission adjustments and outdoor physical training, plus platform plans and funding estimates.
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Burtol
Oliver
Hayman
Taft School
Mason School
Reynolds School
Frances Merriman
Patronage and Quiet Life in an Algiers Café
A World Traveler writer notes life in an Algiers coffee house where patrons mainly chat drink coffee and play games. The proprietor relies on steady customer loyalty, hires a water pipe for a farthing, and spends time reading the Arabic Daily News. The coffee is strong dark and sweet, growing on the speaker after several tries.
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Algiers
World Traveler
Daily News
Self-Deception Warns About Oaths and Ongoing Duty
A Grit editorial cautions that self deception is the gravest error and that trying to fool one's inner self cannot be done. It warns that those who seek to honor freedom with a floral wreath may awaken to corruption and calls for accountability to both self and others.
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Bristol Resident
William Martin of 68 Charles St Bristol reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his back and kidney pain. He says his back was lame and kidneys dull, but a few boxes ended the trouble. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufacturer.
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Bristol
Doan
William Martin
Charles St
Joan
Martin
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Magnetized needles arrange themselves under magnetic stresses
A Washington Star note describes a variation of the Mayer needle experiment. Ferric needles floated in water with cork bits align asymmetrically under differing magnetization strengths, their positions varying with the number of needles and the magnet's intensity.
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Mayer
Washington Star
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Eernamental
Opie Talbots Hopkins Electrical Supplies & Service
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Boston
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Carpenter and Builder
UNION
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Tel
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Pierce Avenue
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Cooke Street
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