Prison schools shown in most US and Canada prisons
A report to the United States Bureau of Education finds forty four of fifty five prisons in the US and Canada operate schools or libraries. Thirty three prisons have civilian led teachers, with twenty seven evening schools nine teen day schools and eight correspondence schools. Dr A C Hill notes three aims for prisoner reform, highlighting education as humanity’s tool to restore those confined.
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United States
Canada
United States Bureau of Education
Mers
Tve
United
Bureau of Education
Weacher
II ‘Ng
A. C. Hill
New York State Eduation Department
United Bureau of Education
Erie
Hu “ Ls
Bureau
Better Methods Needed Urges Efficient Character Vfiiding
Dr Hill calls for better methods and greater efficiency in character forming from school to home. He argues public effort must provide the right education for neglected children whose environment fosters bad characters. He sees hopeful signs in public sentiment demanding full facts and vigorous action against moral degeneracy at its source.
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Hill
Ile
Agriculture Dept to Send Weekly Farmer Letters
Secretary Trouston announces a weekly department letter to 35 000 township and 2 800 county correspondents. It will cover crop conditions prices pests pure food decisions irrigated lands forests and other farmer benefiting topics. The Crop Reporter monthly will be discontinued as too late for practical use.
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United States Agriculture
Trouston
Department of Agriculture
Houston
President vetoes gift fund for Baltimore wedding
President Wilson discourages a public fund for his daughter Jessie's wedding in Baltimore. Private secretary J P Tumuity asks Mayor Preston to notify Nordenholz and halt announcements in newspapers. The note emphasizes the president's preference against raising money for the occasion.
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Baltimore
Wilson
Jessie
J. P. Tumuity
Preston
Nordenholz
Safety First for the Miner at Pittsburgh Mine Safety Meet
The American Mine Safety association plans a Sept 22 24 conference in Pittsburgh to push uniform safety and rescue practices. Attendees from across the U S will review methods after 1911 saw 3003 mine deaths and 63801 injuries.
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American Mine Safety Association
Pittsburgh
United States
Arsenal Park
Bruceton
Bureau of Mines
J. M. Wilson
Bureau of Times
Trees Ardenites Sleep in Trees for Bed Homes
Arden Delaware singles tax and socialist colony residents construct tree bunghalos in Poplar Row as their sleeping quarters. Frederick Whiteside and his brother first built a thirty foot high tree bungalow followed by Billy Worthington and others embracing the treetop dwellings amid a local craze. A divorce petition from Z R Swett also appears amid the fragmented items.
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Arden
Del
Frederick Whitesi ¥Ffe
Poplar Row
Billy Worthington
Losider
All Things Unul
Hielit Io
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Furnisher
Jr. Kridel
Broad St
Red Bank
Penai
Farmer
Bride
Weil
Z. R. Swett
Atlanta
West End
Westwood Avenues
Heke
A. T. Woolley
Broadway
Long Branch, N. J
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