The Common School Law and Public School Tax Debate
The editorial attacks tax funded teachers institutes and praises voluntary, privately funded training. It condemns overlong school laws, calls for simpler curricula focused on reading writing arithmetic, and criticizes excessive book purchases and taxation. It recounts the Sullivan Kilrain bullfight controversy and lampoons sensationalism in American papers. It also recounts the Dead Peddler Silas Wilson story and its charitable ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sullivan
Kilrain
Lef
Cicero
North Carolina
Appomattox
Widow Recalls Life of Disabled Worker and His Socrates Friend
A Star reporter describes the widow of a lifelong laborer who earned about ten dollars daily, read widely, and kept a talkative shoemaker known as My Socrates as the sole keeper of his savings. The man died ten days after a bout with cholera morbus, leaving behind books and pictures in a modest room as his wife mourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Jay Guard
Silas Wilson
Lynda Gilbert
West Sixty-fifth Street
Lng
Pekeu
Jui
Philadelphia
Gilbert
Board of Charities and Correction
Western Union Telegraph Company
Buffalo
Lowe
Wilson
Enouch
Eveabe
Mari
Ninth Avenue
Mise Gilbert
Jay Gould
Uit
Shakespeare
Dickens
Gibbon
Moore
Socrates
Star
Hepmate
Don't Pay for Unproven Remedies Warned by Dr Sage
A warning against paying for uncertain cures urges consumers to avoid misleading claims. Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy is touted as guaranteed to benefit or cure, with promises to treat blood and skin diseases and consumption if used timely. The ad condemns hawking and spreading offensive breath while promoting the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rece
Fragmentary Rant on B B B and Cure Motives
A garbled, opinionated passage argues that B B B has never failed and should count for someone seeking cure. It asserts a self-styled cure by B B B and reflects unclear, inconsistent phrasing devoid of concrete facts or context.
Oxford Female Seminary Opens Sept 4 1889
The next session at Oxford Female Seminary opens September 4, 1889. The location is praised for healthfulness and accessibility. Faculty includes graduates from the University of Virginia and Cooper Union Art School, with specialists in Piano, Orgo, Vocal Music, and languages trained at Norwics Conservatory and in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Virginia
Sauveur School of Language
Patrico Institute of Maryland
Cooper Union Art School
New York
Norwics Conservatory
Richmond Female Institute
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the Weekly Recorder
Hackney, Easter & Proprietor
New York Star
Ellis’ Emporium
Staunton Virginia
Wim
A. Marria
C. B
Virginia
Vorchants’ Exchange
A. Summerfield
Durham
Mangum Street
Mackinac
Palace Steavens
Detroit
Mackinag Island
Deane
Joe Westeat
Beery
Cleveland
Tal Renna Garling
Hal
Agee
Chicago
Team Hay
Peace Institute
Raleigh, N. Y
R.burwelt
Oxford Female Seminary
Oxford, N. C
Nate Fuel
Nghes
Wosntas Eeeppet Secon Ilonaoop
July
Horner School
Horner
T. J. Drewey Botken
Va. c
H.w. Rountree & Bro
Richmond
Durham, N.C
Pemenet Ia Association
Parker and Ee
Assatant Phyetes
Baltiach
Hawes
Richmond, VA
8Th & Cary Streets
C. C. Taylor
Bissell
Carta
Deering & O
Evan
Planters
Aultman
Taylor & Co
Moser & Co
Guid Emporium
Emporia
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