Dillingham Bill Seeks Compulsory School Attendance
The North Carolina Legislature advances Dillingham’s bill allowing local boards of education to petition for compulsory attendance. If a majority signs, an election may be held to enforce attendance, with penalties for parents and employers. Other measures include pensions, divorce laws, railroad regulation, and school funding proposals.
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Dillingham
Senate
House
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly
County Board of Education
Shorne
Sewyers
Buxton
Mitchell
Judiciary Committee
Old
Cape Fear and
Deep River Navigation Company
Preston
American Congress
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Raleigh
Graded Schools
Rockingham
North Carolina
Kershaw
Virginia
Sampson County
Holt
McLean
Robeson
Saxony
Germany
Turner
Normal & Industrial Institute of
Elizabeth City
Blount
Agricultural & Mechanical College
Harris
McCracken
Parsons
State Board of Education
Parables of Jesus Show Truth Cuts Deep Says Ned Henderson
The sermon at Irving Square Presbyterian Church by Rev. Ira W Henderson argues the parables of Jesus remain potent today. He labels them pungent, cogent, and profound, driving moral insight and spiritual transformation through vivid earthly images.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Ira Wemmell Henderson
Jerusalem
Palestine
Christ
Toledo
Sheffield
Damascus
Matthew
The Christian Ascent and Continuous Renewal
A meditation on spiritual growth describing the Christian life as a continual ascent up an immeasurable mountain. The piece frames ascent as a privilege rather than hardship and credits J H Thom with the reflection.
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J. H. Thom
Speed Peace on Earth Quote by Horace Mann
A reflective quotation urges devotion of one thousandth of war effort to reason and Christian principles. It argues that if such focus had existed, humanity would have avoided past terrors and deprivations, and learned more from history.
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Earth
Horace Mann
God and Heaven on Earth in Daily Life Quote
A Thomas Lathrop reflection urges that enjoying God and heaven need not wait for death. One may carry divine peace and glory into everyday, dull scenes and prosaic life.
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God
Heaven
Earth
Casta
Thomas Lathrop
Pray For Others And The Duty To Pray
The text urges praying for others as essential to true prayer and duty to God's people who need and deserve supplication. It emphasizes a neglect of a moral obligation to support others through intercession.
Breeding Places of Tuberculosis
A Cleveland Leader quotation argues tuberculosis grows in crowded urban slums and inside unsanitary housing. It asserts that civilization and houses remain, but slums spread disease, contrasting with successful yellow fever prevention and noting a large share of US deaths from consumption.
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Mars
United States
Cleveland
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Orange
THE
N. S
Legislature
Lexington
Southern Railway
Yount
House Committee On Public Service Corporations
Southern
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line Railways
Pasenger
Ormond
Union
Onslow
Rowan
Doughton
McNeill
Stephens
DR. Torre
Tien
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