Education and the role of parents in public schooling
The piece discusses education as the development of intellectual powers, outlining primary to professional education, moral training, and the historic push for free state schooling. It notes the drift toward universal, compulsory attendance and compares early systems to the evolving U.S. approach, ending with a question about local adherence.
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New York
Connected
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Michigan
Chilé
Fis
Athens
Great Britain
Germany
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
France
United States
California Prohibition Ballot Issue for 1914 Election
The state will vote on total prohibition in the 1914 general election. Petitions show 41 045 names supporting the measure which would ban sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquor in California except for medicinal and technical purposes.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Dawes Memorial Hotel Opens For Jobless Men In Chicago
Chicago hosts the Rufus Dawes Memorial Hotel offering beds for five cents a night and meals from one to five cents. Charitable founder Charles Dawes, former comptroller of the currency, runs the facility with free baths and a free employment agency for unemployed men in need.
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Chicago
Gaidligé
Chas. Dawes
Rufus Dawes
Free Speech Goals Backed by Political Science Group
A committee will pursue steps to guarantee freedom of thought and speech for professors of political science in American universities as the American Political Science Association closes its annual meeting.
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Washington
American Political Science Association
Life Expectancy Rising for New York Children
The New York Evening Post notes vital statistics showing a five year old boy in New York now can expect about forty years more life, up ten years from 1880, while a female child’s expected life rises from forty three to fifty four years.
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New York Evening Post
Metropolis
Department of Health Bulletin
Engraved Visiting Cards Prices to Suit All
Local shop promotes engraved visiting cards with a range of prices designed to fit different budgets. Sample designs and finishes are highlighted to attract customers seeking personalized stationery.
Deniture Dadl Readby All Readers Sheltered by Borrowed Copy
The fragment hints at a reader demand to broadcast or share the Deniture Dadl widely even through borrowed copies. It emphasizes universal access and suggests a communal engagement with the news or story. The text is garbled but implies a call for broad distribution.
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Etops
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Ec, Payne Lumber Co
Pourte Avenue
Mew
Ala
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Jill
Habana
Key West
Blair & Co
Hnk Street
THE
Morgan County
Wim. E. Skeggs
Odworth
U.S. Treas
Tames
Agra
Assembly of
Massachusetts
Public School System of States
Hot Springs
Liv
OWL Drug Co
Piper Little Cahaba
Coal & Grain CO
Fire and Life Insurance
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Phenes
R. M. McGrathery
Grant Street
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