State Superintendent praises Kansas public schools progress
State Superintendent McCarty, after touring schools in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, reports Kansas schools are ahead of the older states. He notes well-funded, well-equipped facilities, high teacher standards, extensive term lengths, and strong community support for taxation to fund education. The Lawrence Journal.
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Lawrence Journal
Law of Storms Curiosities from Government Weather Reports
Summary of meteorological generalizations by Professor J P Expy from Washington describing storm movement west to east mainly in November through March. Concepts include a long north south line of minimum pressure moving eastward, barometer drops and rises around the center, and winds spiraling toward the low.
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Washington, D. C
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Mississippi
Connecticut River
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Newfoundland
New England
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East Yard
Tell Your Wife and Share Your Troubles Freely
A column extols confiding in a wife or close female relative as a remedy for trouble. It lauds a wife as seer and partner, urges daily discourse, and notes a husband’s best success comes from shared plans and trust. Anecdotes illustrate domestic wisdom and the value of partnership in life and decisions.
Weather patterns and storms across the United States
The report explains wind directions around high pressure lines, greater barometer fluctuations in the east and north, storm progression from east to west, and rapid temperature drops near storm centers. It adds observations on vapor movement, quotes a London Financier piece praising US finances, and includes humorous and miscellaneous notes from Josh Billings and various anecdotes.
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London Financier
United States
United State
Ocean Freights Rise on Grain Shortage Demand
The grain crop in Europe boosts Atlantic freight rates from American ports as ships grow scarce. Grain charters from New York rise to 13d, petroleum to 7s 3d, with hopes of more ships serving the U S ports. Cotton exports wane, likely 1,000,100 bales moved this season, while most cotton sails to Liverpool via New York.
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To Be Remembered Three Things to Love and Govern
A compact aphorism lists three things to love courage gentleness and affection and three to admire intellectual power dignity and gracefulness. It also names three to hate cruelty arrogance and ingratitude and three to delight in beauty frankness and freedom.
Remedies for skin care and hand protection in old notes
A recipe for lard and egg with honey and oatmeal flour is given as a remedy. Another remedy details a glycerine ointment using spermaceti white wax oil of almonds and glycerine, melted and mixed, then cooled. Hands are rubbed with this and washed with vinegars, then dried without wiping to keep them soft and white despite hard water. Subscribe for the REGISTER.
Advertising: Circulars fail while newspapers prove best
The Harrisburg Telegraph argues sensibly that circulars often scatter business messages ineffectively, ending on doorsteps or discarded by households. It asserts newspapers are the cheapest, most sure medium for reaching the public, with fidelity and good humor outlasting appearances.
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