Thoughts on School Teachers and School Teaching
An extended editorial argues for higher student-specific teaching, better teacher selection, and increased parental support. It warns against mere budget concerns, advocates individualized instruction, and cites risks of uniform class instruction and excessive workload on educators. It also notes the evolving demands on education and the need to align teaching with students’ capacities.
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Posey
Iis
Bounty Equalization Debate Across Parties
The Grayville Independent reports on a congressional bounties bill for monthly service pay, noting likely failure in the Senate and differing Democratic and Republican positions. It contrasts Democratic support with Republican obstruction and recalls earlier proposals by Ni nablack Gunckel Voorheers. The piece also outlines 1876 electors by state, separating slaveholding from non-slaveholding regions.
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Ninnack
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Voorueers
Controversy Over Colorado and New Mexico Statehood Bill
The Cincinnati Enquirer criticizes a Senate pass for a bill creating Colorado and New Mexico as states. It denounces representative parity for New Mexico given its population and race, calls Civil Rights provisions unconstitutional, and warns against granting two Senators to new states, arguing equal sovereignty across states.
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Congress
Multiman minister linked to polygamy across towns
Milwaukee readers report Rev. Bonestee Sawyer Green Jones, a well married preacher, connected to multiple wives in Andover, Hanover, and Galesville. Authorities allege repeated marriages while he fled and sought new brides, described with light chin whiskers and a wart under his left eye.
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Milwaukee
Boncateel
Sawyer
Sawyer-Green- Jones
Galesville
Jones
The Belle Falls At A German Ball
A Washington correspondent recalls a slippery night at a German ball where six ladies scatter on the dance floor. The belle of the ball, tall and admired, trips over another’s flounce and tumbles with her partner amid lace and ribbons, quickly rising with a gracious smile and a fierce look at the culprit.
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Washington
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Calico Clerk Collapses Behind Counter
A dry goods clerk suddenly collapsed behind the counter while serving customers. The woman who had asked for calico assistance urged the proprietor to remove the incapacitated clerk and dispatch another employee.
A Bugle Blast for Better Balls Recalled in Racy Notice
A reader ribbing about a February 13 event recalls changes in ball management led by Mr Flanigan and his aide Friday. The piece praises improved entertainment from Mendelssohn to Strauss, notes a spotless floor, and recalls theater control and a stove incident, urging opposition to defy the polite managers.
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Epitor Recistoy
Flanigan
Andy
Justice
Mendelssohn
Transit of Venus Observed by New Zealand Expedition
Dr C H W F Peters of the American Venus expedition writes from Queenstown December 11 1874 about observing the transit with clouds briefly clearing. He describes using a double image micrometer to measure Venus and the sun to determine Venus’s real size within about three hundredth accuracy, and notes 239 photographs taken in the final minutes before egress before cheers and flag dipping.
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C. HW. F. Peters
New Zealand
Utica
Queenstown
Venus
Washingtons Farewell Address rewrite claim debunked
A New York Sun interview with Alexander Hamilton Jr. claims his father rewrote most of Washingtons Farewell Address except the first three lines. The tale mocks grand figures and notes claims of shared credit for public works and state papers.
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New York Sun
Washington
Hamilton
Hamilton, Jr
Humbug
Township officers and bonds set at quarterly meeting
The Vernon board convened in regular session with commissioners Robb Mills and Merritt. Auditor-elect Owen presented a $2,000 bond with five sureties and began duties. Township assessors were appointed for Black Blockley Lynn Bruce Point Conlin Narmony Johnson Robb Williams Marra Crank Robinson Smith Center Cartwright Bethel Waller. A new Marrs township road was granted after some allowances and the board adjourned to the next day.
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Mills
Merritt
Owen
John G. Young
Henry C. Pitcher
Charles A Parke
W.N. Owen
John D. Dietzle
Black
Russel Blockley
Lynn
John M. Bruce
Point
Thomas Conlin
Narmony
Thomas J. Johnson
Leroy Williams
Marra
Robert Crank
Robinson
Joseph Smith
Smith
John B. Smith
Center
lJohn W. Cartwright
Bethel
John Waller
Marrs Township
Vernon Republican
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Perry Aee
Marrs
George W. Cox, Sr
Center Township
Abraham Whitson
Bethel Township
Charles Kimmerling
Harmony Township
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C. A. Butler
Black Township
Max. Munte
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Areeaceeheba
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Aura
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Katty O'Sheal
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Lormie
P. J. Wade Bay
Stephen Fitzgerald
District Court of the United States
District of Indiana
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White County
Algo
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Edward Homer
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