Philippine Islands Education Report Foresees Industrial Focus
The 4E TWELFTH annual report to the Bureau of Insular Affairs highlights marked gains in English quality across primary to secondary schools and expansion of industrial instruction. It notes 155 standard reinforced concrete school buildings completed with 173 more planned, and widespread adoption of farm, housekeeping, trade, and business courses as part of early specialization. Industrial work engages about 9 percent of February enrollment, with thousands in school and home gardens, trades, and public workshops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Director of Education
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Islands
Baguio
Raat
Philippines
United States
Uonsas
General Office
Philippine Normal School
Philippine School of Arts and Trades
Jatiremente
Ths
Lalaoda
Weight of Atoms Confirmed by Millikan and Perrin
The text notes two professors, Millikan and Perrin, confirming atom weight via precise measurements. It mentions experiments with charged particles and electron weights, asserting progress toward weighing indivisible particles. The report emphasizes simultaneous verification by both researchers.
Incomplete OCR Note Sparks Brief Miscommunication
Fragmentary text shows a speaker attempting to explain a point to someone named Ble. The rough note hints at frustration or irritation when a pot or beverage was involved, but the overall meaning remains unclear due to garbled phrasing.
Late Market Quotations for Cattle and Hides
Market notes show mixed cattle prices from dairy to beef cattle, with values for steers cows heifers and feeders. Grain and hay prices in ton and per 100 pounds appear alongside dairy and packing prices, reflecting regional Denver Nebraska inputs and farm goods trading.
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Denver
F. O. Pf
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colorado
Nebraska
South Park
Cholee
San Lule Valley
Gunniwon Valley
Mixed Markets Report From New Orleans to Omaha
Miscellaneous market notes show cotton prices steady in New Orleans with middling around 12 cents. Omaha bids include native steers at 6.25 to 6.50, cows and heifers 6.15 to 6.40, western cattle 6.25 to 6.25, and hogs around 7.0. Sheep and lambs listed with feeders steady and yearlings at 40 to 55 dollars, lambs 6 to 7.40.
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New Orleana
Omaha
South
Texas Stove
Incomplete OCR Item About Kansas City Creamery Meters
Fragmentary text mentions a Kansas City creamery and various numeric strings. The readable parts do not form a coherent event or clear details suitable for a proper summary.
Grain in Kansas City and Ranees City futures mix
Fragmentary grain market notes show wheat December and Opte December terms with May and July references. The text mentions Tee Tee, Sir CEdtee, Comm Dewsmler and percentages, but lacks clear trades or prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fragmentary local notice summary
The readable text is garbled with partial phrases and names missing. This item lacks clear events, dates, places, or parties to identify a coherent notice or story. No verifiable entities or actions are retrievable for a proper news card.
New Herd of Bison Sparks Scientific Interest
Washington scientists show strong interest in a Winnipeg dispatch announcing Harry V. Radford's discovery of more than 560 wild bison in the Brave Lake district of Hudson Bay. The piece notes the decline of wild buffalo in the United States and details Radford's 1909 expedition and the preserved specimens sent to Edmonton and Washington.
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Ashington
Washington
Winnipeg
Harry V. Radford
Brave Lake District
Hudson May Country
American Plaine
Bronx
O New York
Yellowstone National Park
United States
Hudson Bay Country
Radford
Thte
Akin
Edmonton
Alberta
National Museum
Indolent Farm Wives Cited In Government Report
George K. Holmes cites a government study accusing farm wives and daughters of neglecting household duties to pursue social life. He notes rising farm wages for men, but says farm living costs mask true compensation and that domestic skills fade as living standards rise.
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George K. Holmes
Agricultural Department
Washington Library Bars Juvenile Books From Oliver Optic to Pansy Series
District of Columbia library committees aligned with teachers to curb juvenile reading seen as harmful. They condemn Oliver Optic and Horatio Alger works as purposeless or too aspirational, the Pansy series and Old Sleuth titles as breeding goody goody mindsets, and ban or restrict several popular juvenile series.
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Liver Optic
Horatio Alger
Mra. Alden
Public Library
District of Columbia
Washington
George ¥. Bowerman
Oliver Optte
Alger
A. Henry
Henty
Alger Epot
Secretary MacVeagh Rules What Is a Herring
The Treasury Secretary ruled on the definition of herring stating that anchovies brisling sardines pilchards and alewives are impostors and not to be counted as herring. He held they must pay duty at 20 percent ad valorem per pound or 5 cents per pound if packed differently.
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Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Fragmentary cartoon caption lines hint at party mischief
OCR fragment shows a gossip style cartoon caption with names Cresty and Crests and phrases about a party and someone telling his wife about a dwarf. The readable parts suggest a humorous exchange but lack clear events or identities.
Philadelphia hunter shouts to deer hiding in Maine woods
After counting companions the Philadelphia hunter Thomas Martindale exclaims that deer fever is a strange disease. A Philadelphian hunting in Maine fired into a thick copse then called for all to come out. Six sportsmen emerged, he asks if all out and congratulates himself on a buck.
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Thomas Martindale
Maine
Jake
Aure
Durrab
Surrab
Death by Own Action Among German Children
A discussion on rising child suicides in Germany links the trend to educational pressures and social depreciation. Experts note crises among youths and question whether schools foster such despair and how other countries have faced the phenomenon.
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Borah
Chicago
Why He Wept At a Reception A Woman's Home Companion Tale
A reveler sings loudly at a reception while a middle aged guest quietly weeps in a corner. The hostess, pleased with the party, learns the man is a musician not a Kentuckian, prompting a gentle, ironic exchange about life and art.
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Aing
Old Kentucky
Tia
A Friends Advice A Recommendation That Helped
A Nebraska man recounts illness from fever and weakness last spring. He followed a friend's tip to eat Grape Nut cereal, which led to improved appetite, strength, and health after days of sickness and a severe neck rash.
New York imports set monthly record in October
Record shows New York imports hitting a peak in October, with domestic merchandise exports also reaching a high point in December, while discussions note potential state and federal support for an agricultural research station in Colorado to study potato and beet diseases and tuber varieties.
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New York
Oetober
Settlement Nears in Carter Fall Suit Against Stewart Mining
Bettie Mining Gulls New York notes a settlement in the Carter fall case against Stewart Mining Company and reports a near conclusion of a suit by A La France copper bandholder Ogainet the United Copper Company.
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New York
Carter
Stewart Mining Company
A. la France
United Copper Company
Grand Valley Seeks New County Fruita Name
Residents in the Grand Valley push to form a new Dow county named Fruita. They propose carving west Grand County including Rhone, Fruita, Loma, Mack and four new towns from the 60 000 acres opened by the government high line canal. Grade Park would join the new county.
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Grand Valley
Pion
New
Grand Junction
Fruita
Meas County
Frulta
Rhone
Loma
Mack
Grade Park
Colorado
Burlington Builds Thermopolis to Powder River Line to Orin Junction
The Burlington railroad completes the Thermopolis to Powder River segment in Wyoming and plans to extend to Orin Junction. The Chicago & Northwestern anticipates routing traffic from Powder River to Bililoga Montana via Burlington and Northern Pacific onto Puget Sound. Grading on the Thermopolis-Powder River line is to be finished by year’s start.
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Burlington
Orin Junction
Wyo
New York
Thermopolis
Powder River
Chicago & Northwestern
Bililoga
Mont
Northern Pacific
Puget Sound
Colorado & Southern
State Highway Fund Able to Reach Three Hundred Thousand
The State Highway Commission expects about 300000 in the state treasury for road work by year end. October receipts from land board leases amount to 18552.03 and November projections add about 8000 to the general fund. A $16050.24 federal check is added as five percent of public food mile receipts for year ending June 20, 1912. Availability depends on land board receipts from leases to support the commission.
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Galea
Denver
State Highway Commission
Land Board
United States
Commission Ia
Capitol Board
Tohoo
Highway Commission
Cotton Ginning In America Surges Past Last Year
Washington reports cotton ginned from November 1 to 14 reached 11 422 000 bales, about 6 000 daily more than 2011. The season total to Nov 14 stood at 10 501 091 bales with round bales included and state totals listed. An Agriculture Department estimate of the full year’s crop will be released December 12 at 2 p.m.
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Washington
Conus Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Cmt Fue Bury
Arkansas
Flomidm
Tbasia
Laueau
North Carolina
Oklahome
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