Small Is Cost of U.S. Schools Examines Education Spending
P. P. Claxton argues that public and private expenditures for education are small relative to the number of children to be educated. He presents tables showing per-child spending by state, averages for instruction, and total education costs including buildings, equipment, and services, comparing outcomes with and without school investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gouch
Alabama
Mississippi
Montana
Wois
Bureau of Census
California
Maols
Hmnors
Tan
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE HIS SON
Stanley Shirery of Westinghouse Village drowned while attempting to save his 12 year old son during a fishing outing on the river bank. John Bailey of Westinghouse Village and Bailey’s help failed as Shirery disappeared beneath the water after securing his son.
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Philadelphia
Stanley Shirery
Westinghouse
Shirery
John Bailey
Bulle
Bailey
Boys Ordered Home Nights in Greenfield Case
Seven boys under twelve were found guilty in city court by Mayor Myers of taking pennies from milk bottles on porches. They were ordered to stay at home after 6 p.m. for 80 days and their parents must enforce the rule, with boys not allowed to leave between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Ind
Myers
Arsenate of Lead Poisoning Hits Dexter Picnic
Eight people near Dexter Kansas were stricken after eating a cake made with arsenate of lead instead of sugar at a family reunion picnic six miles northeast of town. Medical teams battle the poisoning as hope remains.
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Dexter
Kan
Newport Begins Four Months Cruise Under Brooklyn Bridge
The ratuing ship Newport of the New York State Nautical School sails from under the Brooklyn Bridge marking the start of a four months' cruise with merchant marine officers aboard.
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Newport
New York State Nautical School
Fatire Merchant Marine
Brooklyn Bridge
Miss Maude Hovnen Granted Weekday Service At Two Churches
Leader of a reform movement to allow women to preach in the Church of England Miss Maude Hovnen is permitted to conduct weekday services at St. Paul’s and St. Barnabas churches. Ingram bishop of London objected but the court or authorities allowed the arrangement with Miss Hovnen wearing a surplice and a close fitting head dress.
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Maude Hovnen
Church of England
St. Piaal’s
St. Batelph’s
TO. Bevretthur W. Ingram
London
Royden
Dirk Bie
Watch That Premises Are Clean
Guidance urges daily cleaning to prevent disease by keeping a tidy home and avoiding accumulation of refuse. It warns dirt endangers health and should not be sporadic but an ongoing domestic habit.
Global facts span food, wildlife, immigration and infrastructure
The text notes cocoa beans originate in Mexico and occur worldwide, identifies the green moray as the largest eel reaching up to eleven feet, reports Canada welcomed 147,502 immigrants from 64 countries versus 117,580 the prior year, and describes compressed air for industrial purposes piped through many of Pan's Streets similar to gas and water in other cities.
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Mexico
Canada
Pan's
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New York University
Willan Curlen Bryant
Joseph Choate
Mark Twain
Doctor Brown
U.S
Education
P. P. Claxton
U. S. Naval Air Station
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Batt Lleships Ostfriedland and
Frankfort
Hampton Roads
White House
Reveille
Wren
Penmeete
American Legion Weekly
Washington
Matalee Talbutt
Harding
Denby
Mies
Hie
Mittin
Bawin Denba
Lemnos
Greece
American Central Committee For Russian Reef
Crimea
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