Changes in school readers shift from fragments to complete poetry
A New York Post summary notes a sweeping move in textbooks over two decades toward abundant illustrations and photographs, especially in primers, geographies, and science books. The shift embraces induction, language books for young learners, and a decline of higher readers in favor of complete literary pieces. experts praise deeper understanding and taste formation over rote memorization.
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United States
Central
Europe
Jomenicus
William H. Maxwell
New York City
Sheep fed by electricity on trial in Michigan
A Michigan State Agricultural Experiment Station at Lansing tests an electric sheep pen devised by McNair. The 15 foot square moving pen travels fields at two feet per hour, feeding two lambs and an old ewe. Water must be carried daily, electricity adds cost, but early results show reduced trampling and quicker weight gain. Additionally a bedside button feeds horses via barn electrical connections.
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Michigan
McNair
Agricultural Experiment Station of Michigan
Lansing
Curious odds and ends from a quirky world
A statistician notes that women may have 40 to 60 miles of hair on their heads while a St Louis cat with diamond earrings amuses its owner Mrs. Anita Comfort. Paris Count Bont de Castellane hosts cherry trees used as decor with $4 cherries. Maryland patents a shirt with detachable bosom. Chopin study claims two minutes five seconds daily effort equals about a tenth of a horsepower. A Danish land penny rent ends due to a hero ancestor. Salmvan Indiana stores feature ground oven pots and smoked meat cooking.
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Chopin
Salmvan Indiana
Comrox Deflects Hostile Question With Witty Elevation
A Washington Star quip has Mr. Comrox answering a friend who asks about addressing his son-in-law. He replies humorously that he calls him High-priced-ness rather than Highness, turning the exchange into a sharp social aside.
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Comrox
Washington Star
Suez Canal to be widened and deepened
London hydraulic engineer Linden W. Bates reports feasibility of widening the Suez Canal within a reasonable figure using dredges. The Suez Canal Company hopes to enlarge the waterway with dredging as ships grow larger. Bates, en route to Queensland, has built three dredges including the Hercules and will oversee experiments in the canal. If successful, improvements will proceed. war and colonial offices support the plan.
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Suez Canal
Linden W. Bates
London Hydraulic
Suez
Canal Company
Great Waterway
Bates
Queensland
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Suez Canal Company
War Office
Colonial Office
Electricity in the School Promises a Bright Future
A current Success feature quotes Thomas A. Edison predicting electricity will power enterprise in the next half century and expand into science, surgery, manufacturing, air travel, and national education. He urges electricity to be a core school subject alongside spelling and arithmetic.
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Thomas A. Edison
Niagara Falls
America
Indigo Displacement Prompts British Dye Decline
A London Paris Messenger correspondent argues British manufacturers failed to study progressive chemistry in aniline and napthal dyes, ceding global market share to Germany. The piece predicts British indigo and related dye industries, including Behar and British India, will collapse under German competition as a single bath dye system gains dominance.
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London
Paris Messenger
Germany
British India
Behar
Nervura Hope Promises Strength For Run Down Women
An old newspaper ad extols Dr Greene's Nervura as a tonic to restore blood and nerves, cure weariness and restore ambition. It claims renewed color, better sleep, and daily vigor, promising transformations in communities through the remedy while noting a woman’s weakened resolve at night.
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Dr. Greene
Nervara
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Knights of Old
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Thompson
Rogbuck &Coo
Rine Shafer
Shater
M. D
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Pittsburg
Suamen
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la Croseo
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New York
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Buli
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