Missouri rural schools face both progress and neglect
Inspectors report on over a hundred country schools across multiple districts noting new and comfortable buildings in many areas, but also dilapidated rooms, dirty conditions, and poorly organized desks. Calls are made for better heating, ventilation, lighting, and stronger supervision to improve teaching quality and resources. Authorities warn against overpriced charts and books sold to districts, urging prudent purchases and focused support for teacher retention and classroom equipment. Additionally, Missouri legislators are urged to address broad reforms including bridge upgrades, taxation, state institution funding, and other policy measures.
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Niendletriete
Mena
Chariton
Clinton
Tno
Seh
Missouri Library Association
Bnt
Marcus Daly Empire Builder from Humble Beginnings
A biography sketches Daly as a self made mining master who rose from a thirteen year old orphan digging potatoes in San Francisco to master of his profession and wealth. Despite lacking formal schooling he studied geology and mineralogy while swinging a mine’s pick, outpacing wealthier contemporaries and becoming a key figure in mining history.
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Marcis Daly
Horn
Atlantic
San Francisco
Daly
Marcus Daly
Empire- Huilder
Samuel B. Moffett
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Bee attack damages suit sparks town dispute
John Burnh sues La Plate town for 10000 damages after a bumblebee assault during a village festival last August leaves him with breathing and speech difficulties. He was jailed briefly for a minor offense while bees swarmed the public area.
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John Buneh
Macom County
la Plate
Valalione
Honeh
Ojali
Otto
Hhineh
Belo
Oly
Secon
Monch
Hooch
RK. O. Journal
Cantarel Catarrh Cure Promises Citywide Cure
A 19th century style notice touts Cantarel Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It claims internal use cures constitutional disease by targeting blood and tissues, with a $100 reward for any failure. Includes testimonials and Ohio address. Also notes two locals sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary for counterfeiting moulds.
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Tall
Hall
Cheney & Coy
Torpedo
Ohio
Jesse Paul Briles
John Frank Kenner
McAllister Springs
John KF. Philips
Kansas City
Pity and Beauty in ailing Infant’s Hunger
A mother notes her baby’s dwindling fat and weight loss, describing dimples lost to illness. The text urges giving Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a fat supplement to restore strength and save the child, offering a free sample and promising agreeable taste.
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Scott
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W.T. Carrington
Poh
Blaten Misther
State Tribune
Jefferson City
Missouri General Assembly
State Fruit Experiment Studont
Evision Commission
Eldew
World's Pale Fund
Moucru Bupire
Binet
Burt
Kenner
Marshal McKenna
Priles
Jackson Conmnty
Jade Philips
Wiley Lee
Sweet Springs
Phillps
Sweet Springs Herald
Gut
Ence
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