Cuba Education Progress Impresses British Report
The acting commissioner of schools in Cuba presents a report highlighting a dramatic rise in Cuban education. Schools increased from 62 in 1856 to 3318 by magnet 100, with hundreds of teachers and tens of thousands of pupils. The report urges importing American teachers and expands pedagogy through Harvard programs, signaling strong support for continued educational aid and occupation-era investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Ted
Ponts
Ulm
Harvard University
Foo Mer
Republic
Traveling Mail Box Across the Olen Tangy River in Ohio
A rural Washington bureau photo shows a traveling mail box used by James Jaggart of Delaware County to carry mail across a 228 foot river span. The device uses a No 8 galvanized wire and pulleys to suspend and move the box, with details on the tensioning, supports, and safety features described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Taggart
Delaware County
Olentangy
Chispont
Osborn Ill Correspondent Reports Local Doings and Travel
A compact list of towns and residents with visits, trips, and ongoings around Osborn and Rock Island. Individuals such as Misa Mable Payne John Crompton Mrs Fred Osborn and others appear with travel plans harvesting work and road notes. A note on a Cocaine sedative incident and a Rocky Mountain limited schedule completes the brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborn
Ill
Brown
Rock Island
Misa Mable Payne
John Crompton
John
Nettle Brown
Fred Osborn
Iowa
W. H. Johnson
Geneseo
M. Tinker
Wake, Ill
John Earheart
Do. M. Hubbart
Joslyn
Reiter
Tood
Davenport
Emma Barhesit
Port Byron
Osborn T
Che Keasele
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Rock Island County
Public auction to sell two tracts of real estate in Rock Island City Illinois under a court order. The sale, set for August 10 1901 at 11 o clock, will include a two acre parcel with dower and homestead rights, with payment options of cash or half cash and balance in one year secured by first mortgage at 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J B. Oakleaf
County Court
Rock Island County
Josephine Hinkley
Alonzo
Hinkley
Hhe
Fie Hktsland
Rock Island
Illinois
See
Neventeen
Jtonk Isswiel
Ilinois
Colona Road
Aubrett
Jubhephine Hinkley
Alonzo B. Hinkley
J. B. Oakleaf
Sdl
Notice of Second Avenue improvement assessment hearing
City of Moline Illinois announces that the county court of Rock Island county will hear objections to the cost assessment for draining curbing and paving a portion of Second avenue from Fifteenth street to Seventeenth street. The assessment is payable in ten installments with five percent interest after confirmation and a final hearing set for July 27 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secan Ar
City of
Moline
County of Rock, Island
State of Illinois
Second Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Seventeenth Street
Leids Rock Island
L. M Magill
Special Assessment Notice for Moline Alley Improvement
City of Moline in Rock Island County Illinois orders alley improvements from Twelfth Street to Eighteenth Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues excluding paved intersections. Assessment determined by Rock Island County Court with final July 1901. objections may be filed. payment in ten installments at five to six percent interest after confirmation. L. M. Magill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Moline
County of
Rock Island
State of Illinois
Fourth
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Eighteenth Street
L. M. Magill
Bids for 1901 Moline street sewer and water mains project
Public notice from the Moline Board of Local Improvements invites sealed bids by 12 m July 13 1901 for a 12 inch sewer and 8 inch water main along 6th avenue from 24th to 21st streets with crossings hydrants and valves. Bids must include a 10 percent bid bond and be payable to P H Wessel president. Specifications are on file with the city civil engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
6Th Avenue
24Th Street
21Th Street
27Th Street
P H Wessel
P. H. Wessel
Henry G. Paddock
Sec
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Third Avenue
Madam ST. Marie
Seurety
Adhesas
Library
Moline, Il
Peat Medicine Co
Cleveland
Ohio
P. Kneberg
Bidg
16Th Street
Passixig Comment
Han
O Prederth Harrison
Natal
Torker
Eoodah
Abdul Hamid
Chlos
Journal
Jaggart
Tdiagheam
Bien
Petra
James FE
Parmer
Bacon
England
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Rocky Mountain
Maine
Colorado
Fidelity Loan Coq
Mitchell & Lynde Bi'k
Moline National Bank
Eurplaa
HB. A. Ainsworth
Geo. H. Edwards
Hirschirks
Allen
Wright
Rufus Walker
Porter Skinner
J. Silas Leas
R. Ainsworth
A. Ainsworth
James G. Skinner
Europe
Banking House
3D Avenue
15Th Street
Pia
German Savings S At
H. H. Andressen
HH. Wacher
Chas. N. Voss
R. A. Andreasen
Kaufmann
Otto Albrecht, H. H. Andrem
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Tianco
C. Hi Dotnet Browning
A. A. Crampton
Good
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P. A “Weesner
W. A. Rosenfield
G.” Htvibekitbeck
Storee Stephens
Pecs Mimsion
Thos. M. Lechjer
First National Bank
Avecue
Pak
Moline State Savings Bank
1Sth Street
John H. Mueller
Second Ave
Merchants’ Restaurant
J. Mulholland
Prop
W. Parsons
Suivee
McKinnie
Sela
John Carlson
Wagner Opera House
Sth
Avenne
Ives Wek
Daniel
McMay
Maslin, Olleloth and
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D. Engmark
Market Square
Over Skinner & Co
Beeki County
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