Portrait of Benjamin Franklin and a large class portrait
A feature recalls Benjamin Franklin born in Boston January 17 1706 his role in the Declaration of Independence and his scientific contributions such as the lightning rod. The piece notes a student competition with many young readers named from Ohio Indiana Kentucky and beyond who contributed brief biographies for the prize.
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Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Mass
Philadelphia
American Statesman
Books by Louise Thirkield and Pauline Fay Featured
City listings show Louise Thirkield age 12 with titles including Elsie Series Sweet William Sarah Crewe Little Men Little Women Blue Fairy Book Queechy Palace Beautiful Down the River Jack s Ward and The Wide Wide World Ruth McKinley Pauline Fay and others listed with multiple titles from Alcott Burnett Meade Wiggin Richards Abbott Johnston Kirk Munroe Pratt in Springfield Ohio and Franklin Ohio dates noted for each entry. The compiled notes appear as reader selections or catalog entries from two Ohio cities.
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Elsie Series
Finley
William
Bouvet
Sarah Crewe
Burnett
Alcott
Lang
Queechy
Wetherell
Meade
Optic
Jack
Alger
Louise Thirkield
Franklin
Richards
Abbott
Colonel
Johnston
Kentucky
Prince Dusty
Kirk Munroe
Massachusetts
Pratt
Springfield
O. Pauline Fay
Emelia Studer Catalog of Cooper and Classic Works
Emelia Studer lists titles by James Fenimore Cooper including The Deerslayer Last of the Mohicans Pathfinder Pioneer and assigns her address 421 Hopkins Street. Also includes Water Babies Black Beauty Our Country Poems and Proses Little Faith Bride Tom's Cabin He Heress of thee Hall Greek History The Heart of Virginia Little Women and Little Men.
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Our Country
Tom’s Cabin
Virginia
Emelia Studer
Hopkins Street
City
Book Lists and Young Readers at Local Library Sales
The notice lists numerous children and classic titles by praised authors, with readers Allegra Hawes Ruth Hunter and Edith Ruffner from Ohio and their local addresses. It highlights popular works such as Little Women Black Beauty and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland among others available in the sale.
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Greece
Carroll
Hall
Stowe
Geemam
Grimm
Ciple
Ohio
Howells
India
Sewell
Joe
Saunders
Edith
Ruffner
Not a Large Increase in Marquette School Enrollment
Marquette Michigan schools report an increase of one pupil from last year, indicating a minimal rise in total enrollment. The small gain reflects stable attendance amid ongoing district adjustments and budget considerations.
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Marquette
Mich
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Alma Wood
Pleasant Ridge
O. Gladys Baker
Vernonville
Freda Kiefer
Piqua
O. Emery W. Rhoads
Hartwell
O. Wm. E. Betts
Sidney
O. Murray Goldsmith
West Eighth Street
Pearl Harris
O. Caude Payne
East Fifth Street
Howard Reibold
O. Benjamin Tuley
Hyde Park
Ike Geisnan
Sixth Street
Austin Carmwel
Lancaster
O. Irma Frost
Ripley
Ethel Metz
Madisonville
Edward D. Rowe
East Walnut Hills
Bertha Schwaab
van Allen Coolidge
Avondale
Elsie Weber
Coleman Street
Alfred Pfister
Norwood
O. Marguerite Stark
Westwood
O. Russell B. Marshall
Laurel Street
Paul D. Connor
Hamilton
Florence L. Clarke
Troy
O. Joe Elder
Taylorsville
Helen Flach
Shelbyville
Ind
Tom C. Gill
Walnut Hills
Carl J. Stilwell
Ella Welsh
Spring Grove Avenue
Lloyd Rothermel
Connersville
Harry Snyder
Camp Washington
Robert O. Beardsley
Middletown
Chester S. Eaton
Covington
Jennie White
Harry Coombs
Greenville
Cecile Campbell
Anna Taylor
Jeff D. Dickerson
Williamstown
Wm. J. Higgins
Newport
Harry C. Anton
Lebanon
Charles E. Baker
Woodburn Avenue
Carol Confiaway
Liberty
Gertrude Rapp
Jackson
Jeannette Besmer
Marguerite Dunnell
Chillicothe
James Ogden
California
Fred
Troup
Dayton
Robert Chilton
Emma D. Durbin
Bremen Street
Loretta Ferrell
Erlanger
Willie Hockness
Sunman
Wm. H. Hoppenjane
Katie Greenberger
Otto Brand
East Eighth Street
Geneva de G Ww
Belmont Avenue
Mary Bailey
John P. Junkin
Albert Silva
Alexander McDonald
George Krehbiel
Mt. Auburn
Roscoe Spitler
Frank Clair Porter
Vevay
Gertrude Knott
Union City
Gilbert D. Waite
Portsmouth
Edith Williamson
Edna Grodzicki
Anson W. Gear
Kenton
arrie_Warn
Mercer Street
Virgil Reason
Deshler
Helen Jeffrey
Newcastle
George Schwager
Leo Schreck
Clifton
William Greaves
O. Leatier
Connelly
Clark Street
Ruth Miller
Waynesville
O. Maud Nangle
Junction City
Albert H. Marback
Louisville
Alvin Hertwig
Hazel Anglesby
Bessie M. Hoover
Brookville
Oliver B. Rhodes
Woodlawn
Janie A. Thorp
Elwood Zangrein
Miamisburg
Harry Kruse
Fairmount
Willie Little
O. May Bentzel
London
O. Hazel Hollister
Cumminsville
Perry Applegate
O. Walter Hollaman
Barboursville
W. Va
John Snider
Beacon
Ella Stevens
Miamiville
Ralph Green
Delhi Avenue
Eleanor Smith
Cedarville
O. Charles Wood
Ninth Street
Nellie Swope
Ashland
Roe E. Tilton
Columbus
John F. Fisk
Wyoming
Lydia Kuebne
Ironton
O. Yea Senta
Onema Deckebach
Tifton
J. Spencer Baen
Branch Hill
Breaden Conkling
Q. Gertrude Given
O. Allen Lee
Brownstown
O. Ida Brown
Wapakoneta
Hubert Po
Circleville
O. Frances Gugenheim
Bessie Allen
Bond Hill
Edith M
Oetjen
Arthur Jenny
Lottie Belle Hargrave
Steubenville
Wm. Laber
Anna Ruckstuhl
Walnut Street
America
Ruth M’kinley
Nonie
Scott Leigh
Old
Dorothy
Mrs. Dodge
Pauline Fay
Timothy’s
Wiggin
Wikkey
Cooper
Mohicans
Pathfinder
Pioneer
The
Prairies
Sir Walter Scott
Mississippi
Glazier
England
Dickens
White, Jr
Frank Leslie
Western Avenue
Edith S. Ruffner
Creedville, O
Allegra Hawes
Andrews
Helen
Habberton
Elsie
Pansy
Lillie
Katie
Coolidge
Jolly Rover
Trowbridge
Harraden
Phelps
Xenia
O. Allegra Hawes
Ruth Hunter
Jerry
Baddie
Little Men
Elsie Dinsmore
Editha
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Ross Street
Hamilton, O
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