Rural School Program and Tips at llard School House
Saturday program at llard School House features welcome remarks by James A. Wimsatt and talks on rural education including the value of graduating classes, improving school premises, agriculture emphasis, and methods to involve parents and pupils. Also advice on economy and household care with various practical tips and regional notices from Missouri newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Meyers
G. A. Montgomery
Margaret Heubsch
One Mother's Mistake
A Missouri reader recalls a mother who failed to train her daughters in homemaking. Frances, not yet fifteen, runs the kitchen while Mollie, married to a patient farmer, lacks basic domestic skills. The writer reflects on missed lessons and the lasting heartache of unmet household training as Louis Lear of St. Louis visits Monroe friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie
Frannces
Osiuy
Frances
Why Not The Verse You Write And The Rules
Poem attributed to Harold Skinner in Harpers Monthly mocks contradictions and wordplay. It contrasts what is said with what is done, noting stative and dynamic verbs differ across actions and outcomes in a playful verse.
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Mora Vandevender
Miss Evans
Newell
Harold Skinner
Harpers's Monthly
Ely Woman Visits Parents in Cal State News
Mrs J R Spiker of Ely has been visiting her parents Dr and Mrs J R Hull, with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Spiker
Ely
J. R. Hull
Temptation Tale From Sunday School Mischief
A child recalls meeting a minister who questioned Sunday fishing. The boy answers with a playful biblical line and flees. A judge is referenced in the anecdote, framing the moral moment.
The Prayer Was Answered by a Little Girl
Dorothy six repeats a prayer asking for help with a habit. Her mother, frustrated by nightly clothing piles, challenges her, then Dorothy asks the Lord for aid in a moment of bedtime prayer. The Delineator notes the incident in contrast to the Democrat's broad coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
The Difficulty and a Horse Trade Conscience
A dialogue from the Houston Post jokes about conscience in bargaining. One character notes that leaving a horse trade with a clear conscience usually means leaving with the poorest horse.
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Houston Post
Kansas City Friends Attend Game With Three Men
Rev. E. D. Weeks Dent Owen and George Turner joined Kansas City friends to attend the game together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Weeks
Dent Owen
George Turner
Kansas City
Mrs Hattie Eshon Visits J W Hutchison and Wife
Mrs Hattie Eshon of Mendon Illinois is visiting J W Hutchison and his wife, sharing time at their home and calling on old acquaintances during a calm social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Eshon
Mendon, IL
J. W. Hutchison
What the Missouri Editors Are Saying Then Some More
Fayette Democrat surveys Missouri editorial opinion on Taft and Roosevelt era disputes. It traces eight years of Taft then shifts to Teddy Roosevelt and mentions Teddy Jr Nicholas and related commentary.
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Missouri
Taft
Teddy
Teddy, Jr
Nicholas
Pfayette Democrat
Hell
Huntsville Herald
Political sniping and election talk across Missouri papers
A collage of editorials and quotes from Missouri weeklies attacks on Democrats and praise for Republicans, criticizing Folk’s U S Senate election plan, citing turnout in Missouri and rebating cases, and noting 1912 party implications. Strong figures include Rockefeller Carnegie Harriman Hill and Standard Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
E. H. Harriman
J.J. Hill
Richmond Conservator
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teachers’ Township Association
Llard School House
Seow
James A. Wimsatt
Everett Johnson
Stella Carrico
Carrie Meyers
Maggie
Folk
St. Louis
Senator Stone
Glassow
Rodman
Swanger
Wm. R. Painter
Jacob F. Gmelich
Philadelphia
Chariton Courier
Horace Williams
The
State University
Brookfield Gazette
Louis Lear
Monroe
Tommy
Iever
Mater
Darling
Satan
Judge
Democrat
Bryan
Nebraska
Conway
Lebanon
Lewis County Journal
Boonville
Cannon
Glasgow Missourian
Lexington Intelligencer
Standard Oil Company
United States Court of Appeals At
Chicago
Lawrence Chieftain
Kansas City Star
Stone
United States Senate
Lexington News
Senate
Missouri U. S
Clarence Courier
the Democrat
J. S. Conway
St. Louis Times
Paos
ST. Louis, MO
Annie May Barr
Macon
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