Bible Reading in Public Schools Across States
The article surveys state laws on Bible reading in schools, noting tested variations. New Jersey demands five Old Testament verses while Alabama and Georgia specify general Bible readings, Massachusetts bans notes or commentary, and Pennsylvania requires ten verses. Indiana and Iowa grant graduation credit for approved Bible study. some states permit excused students and allow secular use of nonsectarian Bible passages per Wisconsin rulings.
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Ohio
Hood
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Alabama
Georgia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Fillmore Tomato Crop Expands With Higher Shipments
Fillmore reports a bumper tomato crop with a carload a day shipped by a Brazil Canning Company buyer. If ripening continues, three to four carloads daily. Harvest quality described as exceptional. price ten dollars per ton. Nearby moves include residents relocating and local business updates.
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Canning Company
Brazil
Fillmore
Fred Duncan
Brazil Canning Company
Niere
Fillmore News Social Roundup and Local Happenings
Fillmore residents spend Sundays with relatives and friends in Bainbridge and Belle Union. Local couples marry in Marshall Illinois and plan future trips. Real estate agents list properties in Owen and Monroe counties while Ed Zeiner and family prepare to move to Arkansas. The Christian church to host a pastor shower and supper, and Miss Edna McCoy aims for Indianapolis business college.
Bible Reading in Public Schools Varies by State
Washington report surveys how many states require or permit Bible reading in schools and notes court rulings affecting sectarian issues. It cites six states requiring reading, six permitting by law, and twenty other states plus DC silent on the matter with reading deemed permissible.
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Washington
William R. Hood
Federal Bureau of Education
Mr. Hood
District of Columbia
Michigan
California
Michigan Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Attorney General
New York
Commissioner of Education
New York City
Hood
Court of Appeals
Germans in Ruhr Forced to Make Own Money
London reports that Germans in the occupied Ruhr are printing home made currency as Reichsbank notes are unavailable. Private firms press Berlin for permission to issue local currency to pay workers. Mines and businesses issue notes and bonds backed by mine assets. A Düsseldorf firm has issued metal tokens of various values.
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London
Reichbank
Duesseldorf
Daily
Mall
Finance Ministry
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Woman Recovers Jewels From Village Dump
Mrs. E. E. Fink of South Street Peekskill reported losing about $1,000 worth of jewels placed in a waste paper basket. A search at the village dump recovered most items, with a diamond ring valued at $500 still missing.
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New York
E. E. Fink
South Street
Peekskill
Doubts over Atlantic cable from Dover to Calais
Early proposals to lay a Dover Calais cable were mocked as a mad freak and a gigantic swindle. Fishermen mistook the line for seaweed, and critics warned the sea bed was too rough and fish would gnaw insulation. Marine Lt Maury doubted a successful lay was ever possible.
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Dover
Calais
Roberts cites Indian colonel tale on thinking snakes
Charles D G Roberts, a noted nature writer, compares reading certain nature books to a comic anecdote from India. An Indian colonel describes repeatedly chasing a cobra to a hole in a tub room and being thwarted when the snake finally turns and enters headfirst, a moment he calls evidence of reptile thinking.
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Charles D. G. Roberts
New York
India
Girl Elopes Sparks Family Shindig at Rumpus Ridge
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge relays that a local girl ran off with a man and wed the night before last. The elopement triggered a large kin group who cheered then fired into the air and later shivareed the newlyweds without further violence.
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Kansas City Star
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