Georgia House Debates State Public School System Reform
The Augusta Chronicle argues for a new state actout system to replace the fragmented public school setup. It urges establishment of a state board of education and empowered state superintendent to audit funds and supervise local systems, reducing waste and ensuring proper use of more than half a million dollars yearly.
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House
Georgia General Assembly
Committee On Education
Richmond
State Board of Education
State Board
Augusta Chronicle
Safe Investment Feature by Dr Edward S Meade
Lippincotts begins a Financial Department in the August issue to be conducted by Dr Edward S Meade professor of finance at the Wharton School of Finance and Economy University of Pennsylvania. He will discuss stocks and bonds and offer help for men of limited means to choose secure investments. He is a noted author and contributor to financial journals. Each month’s talks aim to provide a thorough working knowledge of investments.
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Lippincott's
Edward S. Meade
Meade
Wharton School of Finance and Economy
University of Pennsylvania
The Sacred Brass Pound at Philadelphia Mint
The sacred brass pound serves as the fixed standard for United States coinage weight. Originating from 1827 London instructions to weigh a twelve ounce troy pound, it remains the ultimate reference to prevent coin sweating and ensure precise gold content, with a frictionless, chamois-covered lifter avoiding direct contact.
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United States Mint
New York Herald
Philadelphia
United States
London
Modern Plow and Thomas Jefferson Innovation
The Modern Plow credits Thomas Jefferson with founding the mathematical principles behind plow design. He demonstrated how two wedges form cutting and lifting functions and defined the proportional relations between them. Before his work, smiths made diverse plows. afterward, production followed a mathematical formula.
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Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Jefferson
Smitha
Habit of the Trade tale from the tailor tale
A tailor berates an employment agent over a man sent to work at the shop. The tailor claims the man only worked in a ladies' tailoring establishment and mocks references. He notes the worker promises clothing makes customers look younger, a claim he distrusts.
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New York Times
Appendix labeled detail prompts hush in hospital critique
In a Washington Star exchange a physician’s wife asks what caused him to mutilate a new book. He replies the act was professional instinct. He explains the cut targeted a portion labeled Appendix and was the first thing he did.
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Washington Star
Cordial Invitation Stray Stories Card Fragment
A brief line from Stray Stories presents a debt collector remarking on the hard business of collecting debts. The sympathetic collector laments calls and the persistence of debtors, concluding with a cultural note on the taunting reclaim of calls.
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Tha
They All Saw It Move in Trieste
Mrs Burton and Sir Richard Burton with two ladies drove from Trieste to a village dance and watched a tin rat on a roof appear animated by the music. They claimed the rat moved its head and tail until informed the creature was a painted tin figure fixed to the house. They reflected on imagination.
Do or Die Bold Framing of a Tragic Struggle
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt depicts a man in a fevered, nocturnal duel, the brand of Cain in his eye and cold sweat on his brow as he grapples a foe for control. The scene ends with his torn collar on the bedroom rug, a stark image of desperation and collapse.
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Cain
Brooklyn Eagle
The Hard Thing In Writing Story
A thirteen year old girl speaks with an old writer about starting authorship. She asks which ink color to use and whether to write on ruled or unruled paper. After settling these points she remains certain she can write if she finds a topic, noting the hardest part is discovering something to write about.
Poultry Note Sparks Odd Business Plan
A brindle faced old hen declares she will go into business. The young rooster asks what kind. The hen quips about meeting an egg plant, delivering a playful rural exchange from Chicago ows.
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Chicago
Mistake In Creation Skeptic Debates Creator’s Work
A skeptic argues with a minister that the Creator’s work is imperfect citing human flaws as defects. The minister quips that eyelids can block sight, but laments lacking ear flaps, ending the free conversation. Source: Chris'inn Guardian.
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Contendim
Chris’inn Guardian
The Homely Man Riddle Ends With a Duel of Looks
Old Joe Appley boasted he had seen the homeliest man ever but met a stranger even homelier. He declared he must kill him to prove his boast. The stranger challenged him, says if he is homelier than Joe to go ahead and try.
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Joe Appley
Joe
Old Historian In Berlin Encounters Pupil
A London Globe item recounts historian Mommisen.Limped. Mommeen meeting an old pupil in Berlin. The pupil greets the master who laments beginning to limp since that morning and aging. The pupil hides amusement as the professor, stepping onto the curb with one foot, walks in a lurching gait.
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Mommisen
Mommeen
Berlin
London Globe
Feather Bed Offer From Covington Manufacturer
Limited time sale of feather beds weighing 38 pounds with six pound pillows for $10 cash. Beds advertised as made of A. C. A. ticking and refund if not as advertised. Purchase directly from the manufacturer to save half your money order today.
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Phillips & Crew Co
Steinway
Knabe
Fischer
Hardman
South
Atlanta
Covington
A.C. A
Eorereate
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