Rise of Illustration in Language Books Shapes Education
The article notes major changes in elementary textbooks over two decades, with heavy use of illustrations and photographs. It highlights shifts toward visual learning, updated geography teaching, and the rise of language primers that teach thinking and sentence formation. It also cites Maxwell on moving from memorization to understanding and taste in literature, plus comparisons to older readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Central
Europe
William H. Maxwell
New York City
Michigan
McNair
Agricultural Experiment Station of Michigan
Lansing
Suez Canal to be widened and deepened
London engineer Linden W. Bates reports feasibility of widening the Suez Canal using dredges to create more room as ships grow larger. Bates, en route to Queensland, will trial the Hercules dredge in the canal, with War and Colonial Offices backing the project as a large-scale improvement possibility.
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Suez Canal
Linden W. Bates
London
Suez
Canal Company
Great Waterway
Bates
Queensland
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Suez Canal Company
Hwith
War Office
Colonial Office
Quaint and Curious Facts From Past Times
A jumble of oddities includes a statistician noting women may have 40 to 60 miles of hair on their heads, a St Louis cat with diamond earrings, cherry trees used as ornaments in Paris costing $4 each, and a detachable bosom shirt patented in Maryland. Others report Chopin study time and a tiny Danish rent paid as a penny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tads
Maryland
Comrox Jokes About Titles in Washington Star
An old friend asks about addressing a titled law relative. Mr. Comrox replies that he calls him High-priced-ness, a pun noted by the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Comrox
Washington Star
Electricity in the School and Edison’s Predictions
The article highlights Thomas A. Edison’s hopeful forecast for electricity as a driving force in industry and science. He envisions its use in surgery, optics, astronomy, manufacturing, and airship tech, urges it be taught in schools alongside spelling and arithmetic, and suggests it will shape America’s future through practical business applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Niagara Falls
America
Indigo Displaced by German Dyes In British Industry
A London correspondent notes British aniline and napthal dyes have fallen to German production. Indigo grows obsolete as advances create a single bath dye. British dyeing faces decline, risking indigo exports and related workers as German competition expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris Messenger
Germany
British India
Behar
Nervura Promise Turns Discouraged Woman Toward Health
An advertisement proclaims Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy cures weariness and nervous weakness in women. It claims improved blood circulation, stronger nerves, better sleep, and restored vitality, showing a woman transformed for duty and pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Greene
Nervara
Oliver Wilson
Northboro
Mass
Barry
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New York Post
St. Louis, Mo
Anita Comfort
Chopin
Itzehoe
Denmark
Rantzau
Britenberg Castle
Salmvon
Indigo
Dor. Greene
Knights of Old
Botan
Borta
Frey
Thompson
Aceguck & CG
Chicago
Seater
Penn Ave
Pittsburg
INA
Bilious
Decemoer
A. Marx
Albany
N. Y
Vu Nak
Ara Reta
Mar Mea Nteed
Ure
Fiix
Sterling
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