The Grading of Teachers Is A Heavy Burden
The piece argues teachers face unreal demands far beyond basic schooling. S B Todd lists duties across science civics literature music and business forms, requiring expertise, endurance, and constant self improvement. Teachers must absorb many roles without corresponding credit or resources, while attending endless institutes and enduring misguided reforms.
Ne Dollar Bargain Subscriptions Offer From St Louis Paper
The Twice-A-Week Republic of St. Louis Missouri offers a Christmas deal a three year subscription for 1.00 dollars valid December 1 to 31 1909. No premiums or commissions, rate remains net and non negotiable after December 31. The paper touts itself as oldest biggest and best in the Southwest and urges readers to send money promptly.
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Republic
St. Louis
Southwest
Great Western Cereal Company
Boston
New Haven
New York Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Albany
A Very Small Lie and Its Far Reaching Shame
A moral verse recounts how a tiny falsehood grows into a monstrous lie that spreads fear, shames the community, and destroys a person’s good name as pieces scatter like smoke and clouded judgment. The second letter to Scientific American asks about spiral sap in pines and cyclone rotation, proposing cross hemisphere comparisons and a weight question for a spinning top.
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Scientific American
Church to Get Big Publishing House
R A Long buys two thirds of Christian Publishing Company at 100000 dollars and plans to donate the stake to the Christian church. Major stockholders include Doctor J H Garrison editor of The Christian Evangelist W Palmer Clarkson and Oreon E Scott.
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Christian Publishing Company
Pine Street
R. A. Long
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Kansas City
Mr. Long
J. H. Garrison
The
Christian Evangelist
W. Palmer Clarkson
Oreon E. Scott
St. Louis Republic
It Pays To Stick To It Advertising Advice
Wanamaker extols persistency in advertising. He compares steady, sustained effort to a barnacle on a hull and a team of horses that slowly yet firmly pulls a heavy load, arguing that many spasms fail while steady work moves progress.
The Count and Countess Debate Finances in Verse
A satirical exchange on economic pressure and household budgeting from Lippincott's, with the Count and Countess debating whether they can curb expenditures as the tariff debate looms. The poem notes tariffs are widely discussed in essays and songs but have yet to be enacted.
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Harper’s Weekly