Lowell District Sunday Schools Meet Unifies Churches
The Lowell district Massachusetts Sunday School association held its annual dinner at Paige Street Free Baptist church. The interdenominational gathering drew many clergymen superintendents and teachers with wide participation. Speakers urged child culture home training and persistent church activity through warm testimony and practical guidance.
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Paige Street
Lowell
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Paige Street Free Baptist Church
Sunday Schools Certify Progress with Colorful Seals
The article details church Sunday school promotions with graded certificates measured 16 by 18 inches. Primary red seals, blue for juniors, yellow for intermediate, and pink for seniors mark completed work, each bearing a motto and signatures. Primary teachers meet Fridays at 4 15 p m in Paige Street church vestry.
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Paige Street
Lowell Saturday School Teachers Learn Normal Studies for Higher Training
Lowell district pushes Sunday school teacher education with Chautauqua and State normal courses. Diploma programs spread from summer assemblies to local classes, led by district and state secretaries. Graduates now teach in local Sunday schools as modern methods meet faith.
Progress in Lowell Normal Studies and Diploma Results
In Lowell district, fourteen graduates averaged 94.6 percent with ten earning red seals for 95 percent or higher. All who took the exam passed. State diplomas are held by several teachers from local unions and churches. Seven organized classes exist in Lowell with ongoing Normal study, plus Eliot church studies. About 150 took Normal studies last year. many pursue exams, and the district expects more graduates next year. Tuition has never been charged locally, despite debates on fees for class permanence and thoroughness. The aim remains knowledge leading to the diploma, not the diploma itself.
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A. E. Wilson
Paige Street
George F. Kenngett
First Trinitarian Church
Jerusalem
Peter
Christ
God
J. Ff. Allen
Worthen Street
M. E. Church
Smith T. Ford
Palestine
Mr. Allen
BR. M. Skilton
Heaven
Home
D. A. MacPhie
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lowell
RE. V. Bigelow
Eliot Church
J. H. Vincent
Chautauqua Normal Union
Massachusetts State Sunday School Association
Primary Teachers’ Union
Ida M. Goucher
Lily A. Clark
Y. M. CA
S. Isabelle Willey
Etta Locke
Florence Rowell
J. A. Bowler
Worthen Street Methodist Church
Helen M. Brown
Mary A. Davis
Mary F. Hardy
West Chelmsford
H. B. Fletcher
Lottie Snow
Fred Snow
Florence Winship
Worthen Street Methodist
Westminster Presbyterian
Highland Methodist
Berean Primitive Methodist
Centralville Union
Hadley Street Baptist
Westford
Home Department Work of the Lowell District
The Lowell District emphasizes a growing home department program for Sunday schools begun fifteen years ago by W. A. Duncan. It aims to bring souls to Christ through home study, engage parents, and increase regular school attendance. The program, now 22 departments with 615 members and about 260 visitors, relies on a faithful superintendent and visitors, with self-support via weekly offerings.
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W. A. Duncan
Syracuse
N. Y
Massachusetts Association
Bible School
Lowell
Annie Harlow
First Congregational Church
Home Department
His Business Way
A commercial traveller tries to win Phoebe Phoebe in a village milliner shop. She refuses marriage but he vows perseverance, saying he will return in nine days with the same sample of a young man. The exchange ends with a light, playful promise in Chicago Tribune tone.
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Johann Hoff
Fife
Misa Phoebe
Chicago Tribune
Toronto schools abandon vertical writing in curriculum
Advertisers are informed to note that their ad appeared in the Courier. The notice states vertical writing has been dropped from Toronto school instruction, signaling a shift in classroom methods and printing practices.
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Toronto
Liberal Arts Exhibit at Pan American Buffalo Exposition
Edward Hale Brus reports on the Liberal Arts division for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. The grand 500 by 850 foot building with a 70 foot dome will house education social economy hygiene sanitation and related arts. Dr Selim H Peabody oversees collection and classification with models maps and exhibits from US Paris Paris Paris and Brookline public works tenement sanitation and charitable efforts highlighted along with educational progress and municipal sanitation advances.
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Buffalo
Selim H. Peabody
Chicago
United States
Jacob 8
Otto
Els
Organization Society of
New York City
Brookline
Mass
Boston
Edward Hale Brus
Poultry Show at Pan American Exposition Plans
Buffalo to host a Pan American Exposition with a Division of Live Stock focused on poultry. Prospectus notes booming poultry industry, eggs and birds trade surpassing a billion dollars annually, and a dedicated ten acre poultry and pet stock show within the stables from October 21 to 31.
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Buffalo
United States
Canada
Pan American Sports Set for 12,000 Seat Stadium
Pan American Exposition will feature a 12,000 capacity stadium with a quarter mile track and ample ground space. Amateur and professional events across many sports are planned including college and intercollegiate competitions, baseball, football, tennis, marathons, lacrosse, cycling, basketball, shooting, and more. The text notes global gold and silver reserves of 8900 tons and 170,000 tons respectively.
Uncle Sam's Guns at Pan-American Exposition Exhibit
The United States government ordnance exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition promises unparalleled heavy weapon displays. Highlights include a 12 inch gun with disappearing carriage and a 16 inch seacoast rifle from Watervliet arsenal, plus numerous innovative weapons and accessories.
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United States
Watervnlet Arsenal
Food Production at Pan-American Exposition Display
At the Pan-American Exposition the Foods and Accessories division in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts building will feature A PLAZA LION. The exhibit demonstrates soil and climate requirements for diverse foods and accessories sourced from the Orient, highlighting Western World capabilities in food production.
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Pan-America
Orient
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Branch Street Tabernacle
the Sunday Schools
Sunday School Normal Department
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George H. Phillips
Chicago and Alton Road
George A. Seaverns & Co
Morris, Ill
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H. H. Carr & Co
Board of Trade
Chicago Post
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Berlin
New York
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Hoff
Bie
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the Liberal Arts
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Plaza
Detrols Journal
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