State Educational Needs Endorsed by Kentucky Meeting
The Educational Committee of the Greater Kentucky Convention endorses amendments for a new seven member State Board of Education and for county and rural school support. It calls for inspectors, state funds distribution, rural teacher training in agriculture domestic science and music, a compulsory attendance law, and improved schoolhouse funding after 1914. Signed by Patterson Rhoads Tease Coates and Ar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Kentucky Convention
Theeneral Assembly
Legislative Committee
The
Kentucky Educational Association
Board of Examiners
State Board of Education
County Board of Education
State Board of Edun
Pouilding
Educationalittee
James K. Patterson
McHenry Rhoads
J. E. Tease
T. J. Coates
Fortunate Henry and a Wise Wife
A humorous Iowa meeting anecdote features a missionary bishop and a sharp young clergyman. The bishop replies to an eggs joke with a quip about hens and a crowing rooster. The wife explains the speech will do Henry a great deal of good for his levity.
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Iowa
Henry
Advertising Agents Mark Wash Goods Up
A dialogue shows an Advertising Agent urging a 15 percent price increase on wash goods to make a later markdown appear more striking. The proprietor questions the plan, and the agent explains the tactic.
Thackeray Delights in Verse and Letters to Hole
A Youth's Companion excerpt shows Thackeray blending prose and rhyme in a playful note to his friend Hole. He jokes about autograph pages, praises writing poetry and lyre playing, and thanks a benevolent donor who sent partridges and pheasants, admiring the hunt regardless of method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
Hole
William Makepeace Thackeray
Esquire
United States Wheat Crop 1909 Census Shows Acreage Decline
Census figures show U S wheat harvested area fell from 52 589 000 acres in 1899 to 44 261 000 in 1909 a drop of 8 328 000 acres or 15.8 percent. Despite reduced area production rose about 25 000 000 bushels to 683 350 000 with per acre yields up from 12.5 to 15.4 bushels and average price up from 56 to 96 cents.
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North Central
United States
South Atlantic
New England
Middle Atlantic
West North Central
North Dakota
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
East North Central
West North Central Division
East North Central Division
Root or a Ped How Do You Get Capers
A fragment shows a humorous exchange about capers and their preparation. The dialogue asks if capers are liged or cut, with a brief mention that cutting is known. No further context or sources provided.
Humorist Simeon Ford recalls Vermont boarding joke
New York humorist and hotel man Simeon Ford recounts a Vermont farm boarding tale. He quotes a postmaster remark about his landlady keeping boards thin, joking that boarders look thinner than they are.
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Simeon Ford
New York
Vermont
Unclear Exchange Sparks Caution Over Smoke Etiquette
A dialogue between Mrs Patt and Mrs Batt discusses household smoking. Patt asks about allowance of smoking inside, Batt replies by noting stove fires in kitchens make control difficult. This brief fragment hints at domestic tensions over fire safety and habits.
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Mrs. Patt
Mrs. Batt
Engraving Steel Dies by Electricity Advances
A note reports that steel dies are now engraved by electricity, marking a technological shift in engraving methods. The process uses electrical discharge to carve precise patterns onto steel, improving efficiency and consistency.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Mt Sterling Residents
Mt Sterling resident Mrs Hazzard Trimble reports Dean's Kidney Pills greatly improved her health after kidney pains and dropsy symptoms. She bought them at F C Duerson's Drug Store and says she is a different woman now. Doan's Kidney Pills priced 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Duerson
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
The Singer Faces Toll and Trouble of Fame
A reflective verse notes a singer still voices a song despite toll and trouble. The piece contrasts unrelenting woe with fame’s elusive bubble, hinting at enduring artistry amid hardship.
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Thedford's
Thedford
MT. Sterling
J. W. Jones
Mt, Sterling
Kentucky
W. H. Berry & CO
W.H. Berry & CO
Bremen
Grates
G. H. Stother
Bank Street
Mt. Sterlina
Country Board
FLO
Southern Resorts
VIA
CARTE
QUEEN
H. C. King
E. Main St
Lexington
Singer
Clay Street
Clay and Elm
Howard Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Queen Street
M. Bryan
Percy D. Bryan
Hadden & Son
Court St
Antwerp Ave
MT. Sterling, K
Robinson & Moore
Florida
Cha
North Carolina
R Southern Railway
St. Louis
Louisville
Knoxville
Asheville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Macon
Jacksonville
H. 3
Tomes
Treremony
Beam, Jr
Ae Ae Aotf
ST. Louis, MO
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