Educational Progress and Education Financing 1900 1910
The United States Commissioner of Education highlights broad gains in the decade 1900 to 1910. Increases include school term length, days attended, teachers, salaries, and school property value. Public kindergartens high schools and pupils rose. public funds for normal schools, professional courses and university endowments grew. Illiteracy fell notably among whites and blacks, yet calls for renewed effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Commissioner of Education
Fletcher B. Dressler
Federal Bureau of Education
Courier-Jourseal
Locust Street Paving Delays Produce Pickup on Maysville
notice states during Locust street paving produce will be received on Maysville street opposite L. F. Tabb's, signed E. T. Reis.
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Locust Street
Maysville Street
L. F. Tabb
Self educated farmers drive the quiet brain of the nation
A Collier's essay notes that about 4,000,000 people farm on owned land and over 2,600,000 owe no debt. It lauds self educated farmers who read, think, and quietly steer industry, science, and government away from elite pretensions.
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North Atlantic
United States
Collier’s
W S Lloyds Push for Quick Sale of Dr Howard's Specific
W S Lloyd promotes Dr Howard Co specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price, offering 25 cent bottles and a money back guarantee. The ad claims relief from headaches, indigestion, and liver troubles, touting thousands of women freed from sick headaches.
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W.S. Lloyd
Dr. Howard Co
Dr. Howard
W. S. Lloyd
Estate of R. B. Crooks Executors Notice
All claimants against the estate of R. B. Crooks deceased are asked to present proven claims to the executors W. F. Crooks and J. R. Crooks or to attorney Earl W. Senff. Also appears an unrelated ad for RED CROSS models and J. H. Brunner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Crooks
Earl W. Senff. W. F
J. R. Crooks
RED Cross
J. H. Brunner
Shee Man
Snakes Serve Nature's Balance in The Raw Woods
Harper's Weekly notes snakes sustain ecosystems by penetrating swamps and bogs where larger carnivores cannot reach. They control lesser reptiles and provide prey for small mammals and birds, while other species keep their numbers in check to preserve harmony in nature.
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Bacon
Tropics
Harper’s Weekly
Poor Man Quips About Slugger in Quick Exchange
Henpeck boasts of a peaceable nature yet longs to confront the man who first introduced him to his wife. Henderson asks who that is, and Henpeck reveals it was the man who introduced him to his spouse.
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J. F. Daniels
Sip. Ky
Cardui
Henpeck
Henderson
Money and Churches in Russian Villages
Dr Francis E Clark notes that church spending reflects devotion and that even poor villages honor their church with gold domes and lavish iconography while priests wear rich garments, indicating religion's central role in village life.
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Francis E. Clark
The Highbrow Slang Ban Raised
A discussion argues that highbrow is a valid vivid term for a social group of ostentatious intellectuals. The piece critiques pretentiousness and the booster image of the educated class.
Untitled fragment hints at wedding dialogue
A fragmented dialogue scene shows a bridegroom questioning constant calls to his wife and discussing loving talk, with garbled phrases suggesting a mood of tension and affection amid unclear speech.
Sonnet Debate Between A Patron and Naggue
In a brief exchange Borus questions reading sonnets while Naggue answers he checks the last word of each line to see if the poet follows traditional sestet endings. Their dialogue highlights approaches to verse structure and literary conventions.
Senate Joke on Election Fraud Inquiry Committee
The Elizabethtown News notes a Senate prank appointing W. O. Bradley and Thomas H. Paynter to lead a committee to investigate fraudulent election spending. The piece frames it as a notable joke within the chamber.
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United States Senate
W. O. Bradley
Thomas H. Paynter
Elizabethtown
Transfer and Carriage Service Advertises Train Meeting
Carriage and transfer wagon ready to meet all trains. Contact by phone 21 or 3387 for service.
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Gardu
Cardus
E. T. Reis
W. S. Lloyd’s
J. W. Jones
the Jeweler
MT. Sterling
Kentucky
Sorosis
Sorol
W. H
Berry & CO
Moore-Young Electric CO
East Main Street
Lexington
Milton Young
J. W. Moore
Mg'r
Fayette
Nature
Money and
Taare Iava
Chicago, Ill
Columbus, C
Detroit
Alb
Utlanta, GA
Dallas, Tex
New Orleans
Birmingham, Ala
Galveston, Tex
Knoxville, Tenn
All Points South
Cincinnati, C
Cleveland, C
Toledo, C
North
Chattanooga, Tenn
Jacksonville, Fla
Shreveport, LA
Uthwest
Pots
Queen & Crescent
Hh.c. King
E. Main St
W. A. Beckler
Cincinnati
Apter
Borus
Tutt
Senate
Bourbon Remedy Company
Thos. Kennedy
W. Holman Wood
Manjj
Earth
McDonald Bros
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