Conference on the exceptional child at College of the City
The third annual conference on the exceptional child, under the National Association for the Study and Education of Exceptional Children, opens this week at the College of the City of New York. Dr. A Femi Schmitt presides. discussions focus on differentiating the difficult from the backward and the feeble minded child, with emphasis on saving capable students for citizenship.
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College of the City of
Newark
National Association For the Study and Education
A. Femi Schmitt
New York
Maximilian P. E. Groszmann
Philander P. Claxton
United States
Redmond Tour Covers Home Rule and Congress Prep
W H K Redmond, brother of Irish Nationalist John Redmond, tours major cities to explain home rule in the United States. In Washington, Superintendent Kilott Woods notes desk space limits in the House and potential rearrangements before the December session. The new Congress opens March 4 with a possible summer extra session if needed. Fort Peck’s Indian reservation land sale to begin next spring will open six towns on 2,068,693 acres with 723,003 allotted to Indians. Lieutenant Baron von Leisner becomes junior military attache to the German embassy in Washington. A new dance, the horse trot, debuts at a charity ball in Washington. A 40-foot tower at Mount Wilson will aid sun ray measurements by Smithsonian researchers. Alaska’s coal fields near the Bering River attract 35 investigators. Switzerland aims to electrify railways using water power. Illinois farm bureau organizes to improve crops and soil. Los Angeles installs a woman policeman to handle women and girls. Maryland uses matrons to enforce curfew. New currency notes will shrink to 6 by 2 1/2 inches with design changes and an 18-month transition.
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Kilott Woods
United States Capitol
House of Representatives
Washington
House
Woods
Congress
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Montana
United States
De Young named orient commissioner for Panama-Pacific Exposition
Michael Harry De Young, a San Francisco newspaper man, is appointed commissioner for the Orient to the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. He previously served as Paris commissioner to the 1889 exposition and was vice president of the Columbian Exposition. A Progres sive party ticket lists Helen J. Grant of Albany County as Wyoming’s presidential elector, the first woman chosen in Wyoming.
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Michael Harry de Young
San Francisco
Man
Paris
Tse
Fielen J. Grant
Albany County
Wyoming
Progressive Party
Local merchant warns against unpaid bills
A local merchant laments unpaid bills and urges prompt payment to keep a well stocked store and fair prices. It argues charging on accounts harms the neighborhood, favors none, and benefits home shoppers who pay promptly over city-based creditors.
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Focal
Track Your Farm Costs With Daily Record Keeping
A prominent farm writer urges farmers to use a lead pencil daily to record income and outgo, costs of crops, seeds, feed, labor, and equipment from plowing to harvest. Proper cost keeping reveals true profits, highlights inefficiencies, and motivates problem solving while encouraging persistence.
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Kim
Kimball
Weeds and tumble tillage methods for farm gain
An old agricultural note argues weeds do not affect region conditions and presents tillage methods to improve soil productivity. It urges crop rotation, growing feed crops such as corn and cotton, and sowing clover or alfalfa where feasible to keep weeds in check cheaply. The piece mentions farmer Bond and practical farm practices.
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Bond
Kansas Farmer Passage in Obscure Verse Fragments
Fragment from a Kansas farmer quotation describes neglect of fences gates harvester and pump though misreadings suggest wind dawdling and improvised repairs. The odd phrasing refers to farm tasks and elements like fence, door, grass, and pump in a rustic setting.
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Kansas
Mystery in Effingham Ends With Insanity Revealed
An Effingham reporter narrates a town mystery involving a sleepless resident Harrison Barker. The pursuit leads to a barn fire and Barker’s insanity, connected to a past conviction of a similar crime. The piece notes a mistaken link to Gantry and the reporter’s role in exposing the case.
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Hin
Effingham
Erimes
Harrison Barker
Gantry
Carl Habe
Hartison Barker
Safe Reception For Pigs And Farm Notes From 19th Century Bulletin
Practical guidance on pig housing with bedding limits and pen corner placement. Includes corral rails specifics and a note on frost impact on corn silage, plus farming tips from the Ohio Agricultural College bulletin emphasizing continuous crop rotation, soil health, and weed control.
Age of Grapevine Age Cited From Hampton Court Planting
The article asserts grapevines thrive when properly kept and cites Hampton Court in England planted in 1760 as evidence, noting it still yields immense crops of good grapes annually.
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Hampton Court
England
Jesus Returns to Galilee and Teaches Disciples
The article recounts Jesus returning to the western shore near Capernaum, facing opposition from Pharisees and Sadducees while guiding his disciples. It notes His teaching on light and truth, His dealings with skeptical leaders, and a healing of a blind man at Bethsaida, illustrating gradual restoration of sight and tailored approach to needs.
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Jesus
Dolawnntha
Capernaant
Matthew
Temple
Galilee
Asin
Heaven
Earth
Jeane
Desis
Herodians
Herod
Bethsaida
Sea of Galilee
Tle
Tim
Jeaun
Nyse
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Survey of the World
Bureau of Eflinology
North Tinkets
Oelets
Frances Densmore
Bureau of Ethnology
Miss Densmore
Elbow Woods
Berthold Reservation
Libby
W. H. K. Redmond
John Redmond
Baron von Leisner
First Dragoon Guards
Queen Victoria Regiment
Berlin
Washington Society
Insadena
Cal
Smithsonian Institution
Mount Wilson
D. C. Abbot
Sular Research
Washinton
Algerian
Mandan
Alaska
United States Bureau of Mining
Bering River
Switzerland
Eoria County
F. A. Jones
Dunlap
Los Angeles
Maryland
New York City
Treasury Department
MacVeagh
M. H. DE Young
BY Caroline A. Earle
Efingham
Mr. Barker
Ettingham
Joved
Bqlaham
Binghams
John
Kimball's Dairy
Hoard's Dairyman
Ebatension Bulletin
Ohio Agricultural College
John Will
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