Women Professors in France At Lycee Examinations
A French report on the competitive examination for agrege shows 27 aspirants with 15 awarded the title and honors, while eight passed the preliminary exam for second-rank teachers. Lectures by women aged 25 to 50 impressed examiners with their command of French literature and teaching, especially in history geography and moral science.
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France
Agrege
Lycee
Lycees
M. Manuel
Bulletin Administratif de l’Administration Publique
All Mall Gazette
Klipter Thief Deflects Accusations With Chicken Under Coat
An elderly man accused of theft in Arkansaw Traveler becomes suspiciously defensive when a grocer confronts him about a chicken hidden under his coat. The man protests his innocence, then exits claiming a forthcoming fine on those who label him a thief.
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Arkansaw
Rascal
Lank Ben and the Snipe Island Prank Ends in Panic
Lank Ben, a newcomer nicknamed Lank Ben, moves to a river town in Arkansas. A trio of young men lure him for a snipe drive on an island, but a panther sighting, thunder, and rising river panic the group. They abandon Ben to safety as a steamboat rescues the drenched youths.
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Ben Stephens
Lank Ben
Misa
Arkansaw
Lank
Ben
Abe Granger
Luke Potter
Mr. Granger
Mills
Yan Island
Potter
Granger
Lem Mills
Yan
Opie P. Read
LibrLte Rock, Ark
Pittsburg Dispatch
France
Bordeaux
Carruzac
A Speculator's Wife in Apples Speculation
A Detroit husband learns his wife has voyaged east to Mohawk Valley New York and plans to ship a carload of apples on speculation. The apples arrive frozen and the freight agent asks who shipped them in such weather. The husband replies, my wife, sir my wife.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Mohawk Valley
New York
Tam
Knowledge Is Power Finds Powder Kegs Burst in Ohio Church
Harper's Weekly reports a village incident where a man carried out a keg of gunpowder from a church cellar, a dry fuse sparked a blaze that destroyed part of the building but spared serious injuries. The tale illustrates risky curiosity about dryness and explosive power.
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Harper's Weekly
Ohio
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Schwartz
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Vienna
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Connersville
Chicago News
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Old Reliable Drug House
J. F. Fezer
John J. Stevens
Queensware
H. C. Watson & Co
H.C. Watson & CO
Dexter Country & Machine CO
8Th and
Larimer Streets
Denver
Main
Walnut
Pine
ALFRED T_. BACON
Hunter
Mitehhell
Pourri Joyce
Maple Street
Greeley, Colo
T. C. Morley
Frank Baker
Fort Morgan
Ort Morgan
Costas
Hayfever
Ely
Owego
Central Medical and
Ica Institute
St. Louis
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Sixteenth Street
Opera House
Voltaic Belt CO
Marshall, Mich
Missouri Steam
John R. Dodge, Jr
Raou
Mra. Hauck
St. Joseph
G. Jaques
Ignace
Michel
A- W. Morrison
Longview
Parcisculars
J. Worth
Castoria
GUNS
Powell & Son
St., Cincinnati
Forest City Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank Mapp
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