South Carolina Textbook Adoption Costs Debate
State education leaders debate the cost and impact of replacing old textbooks. Swearingen critiques the plan as costly to families, noting per child estimates of 42 cents yearly and arguing for fair handling of book replacements, with figures amid a clash over adoption methods and a push to modernize high school texts.
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Eas Ely
South Carolina
Ourseboolk
Meir
Mi. Swearingen
Columbia
State Superintendent of Education
Swearingen
Rock Hail
County Superitendents of Education
Dorfree
State Board of Vdeation
Taraa
AL Tech
No Reason to Suffer Back Pain Kidney Ailments Publicized
A Walhalla reader endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney trouble, claiming lasting relief after years of locomotive work. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, offering a reward if it fails and urging readers to buy from local dealers.
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Walhalla
J. T. Hugher
Hiealty HN. Walhalla
8. C
Dean
Tam
Uonn
Hall
Wall
F. J. Cheney & Go
Toledo
Bomb Explodes in Brooklyn as Sgt Lane Captures Suspect
A Brooklyn police sergeant discovered a device on the eldewade and charged at it, triggering a blast that shattered windows and left him unconscious. He was hospitalized in critical condition. Detectives analyzed fragments claiming explosive powder. The report notes confusion amid school board debates and a rush of changes to textbooks, with no clear motive identified.
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New York
Brooklyn
Michael Lane
Ser Koanl Witk
Lo Ce
Joss Town
Evstaind
Jerome Hotel
State Superintendent of Education
Kotton
Phere
Church of God
Jerusalem
Ely
Vietal
International Press Bible Question Club Preview
A 1911 feature from the International Press Bible Question Club outlines Sunday school study prompts on Josiah and King Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 34, with multiple questions about youth, worship, righteousness, and church finances. It notes a July 30 lesson and includes a public notice about Mark Twain’s wealth and estate.
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DR. Linscott
International Press Bibl Question Club
International Press Ble
J. H. Walker
Sunbury
Ohio
Mark Twain
Carmichael to Serve Five Years at Federal Penitentiary
Edward Lee known as A W Carmichael, once a celebrated Croesus in Atlanta, will return to the city to serve five years at hard labor after pleading guilty to a crime that earned him his title. He rose with lavish gifts to a role as a seconding paymaster of the Battleship Georgian and was sentenced after a Buffalo plea deal.
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Atlanta
Edward Lee
A. W. Carmichael
Croesus
Beat
Federal Penitentiary
Carmichael
Entity
Buffalo
Athanta
Atlanta Police Reform Drives Citywide Agitation
In Atlanta, July 15, residents and officials urge reform of the city police department amid complaints from white citizens about robberies. Advocates seek a cleaning out of the department, criticizing inefficiency and corruption while critics blame the police for laziness and inaction.
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Auania
Atlanta
Ian
Judge rules on racial ejection in sleeping car incident
Police court in Shreveport, July 14, sentenced two Negro women to $25 fines for violating Jim Crow after being escorted from a berth at the union depot. A white passenger complained of the women's presence, prompting the ejection amid a local dispute with prevailing segregation laws.
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Shreveport
Ian
Berlin
Witte
Hanchard
Blanchard
Jim Grow
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