Washington Farewell Address and Lincoln's State Paper Ignored
Edward Sisson of Reed College laments American ignorance of Lincoln's second annual message to Congress, calling it Lincoln's greatest state paper and urging schools to teach these details. He notes Englishbiographies dominate Lincoln scholarship and urges broader access to pivotal historical documents.
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Washington
Lincoln
Congress
Edward Sisson
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Sisson
Twenty Years Ago at Titnsville High Victory and Local Affairs
Twenty years ago Titnsville High beat Corry 10 to 6 yesterday afternoon. Today Eries conductors in new blue uniforms march. frost on Sunday morning. Street committee surveys roads for future needs. A sixty-car flour train passes through town eastbound over the P and E division. Leonard Franz guides three friends to Pindley for the day. Hugh Debury starts as clerk at Blain and Go. A new front is added to Sam Jacobson and Co. clothing store. Eugene Heath travels to Ludlow after Heath Ames Lumber properties nearby.
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Will Rogers
Rogers
Wilbur Morse
Washington
Will
White House
Answers to Revolutionary War quiz prompts
The British spy captured and executed by Americans was John Andre. The promised date of independence was in the Philippine Islands. The Liberty Bell bears the inscription proclaim liberty throughout all the land and the inhabitants there. The platoon is commanded by a Lieutenant. The capital city of Greece is Athens.
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Greece
John Andre
The
Philippine Islands
Lieutenant
Athens
McCall
Drie
Beavers
Hie
A Problem A Day Tax Puzzle From Town Ledger
A town with an 82 cent per hundred dollar tax rate seeks a total levy of 3990.96. Determine the taxable property value. Yesterday’s answer shown as 18028 plus remarks. The note includes odd calculations and steps about angles, multiplications, squares, and a rough extraction of square roots.
Daily Lessons in English Discursive Word Note
WL Gordon presents a daily vocabulary note focusing on the word discursive meaning passing from one thing to another. It includes pronunciation guidance, common misspellings, synonyms like dent indentation and notch, and an example sentence about a lecture drifting across topics. It promotes using a single word daily to grow vocabulary.
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Wl, Gordon
Nick
Waterloo students strike over missing band at national contest
Ta May 15 Waterloo Iowa 214 East Waterloo high school students walk out protesting the school board's refusal to send their state champion marching band to the national music contest.
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Waterloo
East Waterloo High School
Winners Named in WCTU Poster Contest Here
A well attended WCTU gathering at Mrs. Cora Rouse’s home on Congress Street announced poster contest winners from local schools. Helen Meceivey won first, Richard Malfast second, Dora Phelps third from forty entries. prizes funded by the local union.
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Lie W. OU
Cora Rouse
M. B. Congress Street
Sylvia Ripley Hemis
Erie
Securitr
Miss Cramer
Sust
Alout
Xenent
Helen Me‘ceivey
Richard Malfast
Dora Phelps
Bemis
I Hehalf
Corry area notes include weather, law and local events
A fragment from Corry notes covers weather prognostication changes, a feline licensing proposal, remodeling of a Traction building cafe, a stabbing at Logan & Bryan, hospital board plans, a Col u m bia Gas quarter income report, and Senator Miles B. Kitts’s leg operation. It mentions marbles and track events, school staffing and contracts, a Lindsley property upgrade, a Graham car promotion by a dealer, Knights Templar gathering at Hotel Corry, and Titusville liquor case testimonies.
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Corry Evening Journal
Penceshea
West South Street
Corry
A. D. Colegrove
Tibur Colegrovey
National
Fred Himball, Inc
46Th St
New York Tribune
Chicago
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Titnsville High
Erie Railroad
Tvan
Leonard Franz
Gentlemen Friends
Pindley
Hugh Debury
Sdlamansa
Blain & Go
Sam Jacobson & Co
Eugene Heath
Ludlow
Heath
Ames
Barber’s High
C. E. Doane
Main St
Wmrs
Sylvia Bemis
Ion City
Spartansburg
Waterford
Jay 0
Ben F Story
W. F. Bu Wentzel
Wead
Western Pennsylvania Humine Society
Hill
Senator Chapman
Warren
Wark
Tr Jg
Logan & Bryan
St Plan
J. Bromley
Clair Phelps
Wattsburg
Corry Hospital
Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation Today
Tmt
Miles B. Kitts
Ene
Buffalo
Thee
Sugar Grove
Youngsville
Tidioute
Columbus
Sehools
Rule
Tee Smith
Philadelphia
Graham
Tsny Blair
Toval Cat Desler
Knights Templar
Pennsylvania
Ben Sisley
Titusville
Crawford County
Meadville
Igon
Tyra Titusville
Sisley
S.S.S
Miss Pulliam
Mno
lEw
Ake
Ersonal Finance 60
Beneficial Loan Society
Solith Center
Absorbine Jr
Petrolagar
Pierce
Pinkham
Squibb's Oil
Allenia
Castoria
Johnson
Woodbury’s Soap
Cuticura
Hinkle
Tse
Ife
McKesson
Palmolive
Burma Shave
Mennen’s
Williams
Houbigant
Keister’s. Pare
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
Ance
Citizens National
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