Reading Circle Aims At National Education Effort
The home education division of the interior department runs a National Reading Circle with 18 000 readers in the United States and abroad. Boys may access classic literature through a three year course without school attendance, by enrolling with name address age and occupation. Nine states including Indiana Kentucky North Carolina Arizona Wisconsin and the Dakotas already cooperate.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Education
United States
India
China
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
France
Canada
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Extension Division
Indiana
Kentucky
North Carolina
Arizona
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Home Education Division
Department of Education
National Reading Circle Register
Champ Clark Rebuffs Long Awaited Vengeance at Farm
A former Kentucky farmer who beat Champ Clark in youth faces rough poverty on the old farm when the future speaker of the house visits after ten years. Clark intends retribution but finds the man alone, destitute, and declines to strike.
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Hamp Clark
Kentucky
Champ
Champ Clark
Own Your Own Half-After-Six Clothes
Washington representative Albert Johnson once bought a co operative dress suit with roommate Smith. At a Stewart mansion reception the antiskid shoes caused the floor to tilt, a vase toppled, and Johnson ruined the suit. The incident haunts him and shapes his motto to this day.
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Albert Johnson
Washington
Congress
Johnson
D. C
Smith
Stewart
Nevada
Stewart Mansion
Vanze
Legal Right to Remain in Ignorance Exposed in Child Labor Study
A federal bulletin on the administration of the child labor law reveals that among 19 696 working certificated children only 788, or under four percent, attended or completed the eighth grade. Five states have partial compulsory laws up to sixteen with exemptions, while three permit work at sixteen without basic literacy. Cleveland attendance laxity and lack of continuation schools appear common, with only 18 states offering such programs.
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Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Bureau
The
Bulletin
Cleveland
United States
Hoosier News Briefs From Indiana and Nearby States
Indiana and nearby counties report results from livestock judging and dairy contests with Blackford County leading boys judging and Dearborn County winning dairy honors. Crop and market notes cover rains boosting potato yields in northern Indiana and Michigan, fruit abundance, and price impacts. bridge and tax news. Purdue enrollment. school crowding. mint crop prospects. hog market movement in Indianapolis. Bermuda onions and vegetable markets. road material allocations. Franklin Canning fire loss. and tuberculosis prevention efforts across several counties.
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Indianapolis
Blackford County
Mark W. Langdon
Charles Olamme, Jr
Vaughn Johnson
Chicago
Decatur
Tipton County
Madison County
Clay County
Dearborn
Indiana
Madison
Wells
White
Tippecanoe
South Bend
Michigan
Jeffersonville
Board of Commissioners
Clark County
Anderson
Sparks
Richmond
Wayne County Council
Lafayette
Purdue University
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Branaville
Bend
Thervey
Indiata
Nelders
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joseph County
Bermuda
Laredo
Tex
United States
L. H. Wright
State Highway Commission
Public Service Commission
Illinois Sand and Gravel Producers’ Association
Commission
State Highway Department
Franklin
Franklin Canning Company
Fame Canning Company
New York
Wabash
North Manchester
Society For the Presvention of
Pkgue
Mopechy
Wheat crop prospects across prairie provinces rise sharply
The Winnipeg Bree notes optimistic wheat yields across Western Canada with Saskatchewan's crop nearing 125 million bushels and three prairie provinces potentially reaching 250 million. Alberta may surpass 70 million, while oats rise elsewhere. overall Manitoba reports a larger than average wheat harvest.
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Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Provence
Bats Ftleford
Canadian National Railway
Lloydminster
Manitoba
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