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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1889
Page
8
A new schoolmaster journeys to Pena coskeag to face a stern exam before the school committee Elder Hawkins and Mr Adams. He meets Ned Kingsley a troublesome pupil and forms a wary bond as he begins teaching amid village scrutiny and wary locals.
An aged committee leader boasts of a ritual exam process claiming it tests temper and suitability. The narrator recalls teachers saying this “educational acquirement” was regularly used during exams in Elder Hawkins’s tenure and wonders what temper test actually measures.
A new teacher faces a tough first day in Penacoskeag school. Ned Kingsley offers blunt yet valuable feedback and becomes a supportive friend, while a determined former student pursues marriage, testing the teacher's resolve.
This Times style piece describes Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt hosting a reception with Coquelin and Hading performing recitations for about an hour. It notes lavish Veronese tableau inspired dining at Mrs Hewitt’s Lexington Avenue home and lists numerous society figures present among the 400.
Large consignment of firearms and sporting goods offered at reduced prices. Includes guns, ammunition, knives, swords, camping gear, fishing tackle, traps, and related items. Open Saturdays with catalogues offered, J H Jaheston at Great Western Gen Works 621 Smithfield. Also rail excursion rates to Washington with Baltimore stopovers and art and curtain displays at Gillespie Co and Groetzinger.
A Pullman vestibuled train runs from Council Bluffs and Omaha to San Francisco via Union and Central Pacific roads. The service features steam propulsion, electric light, bath rooms, barber shop, library and dining car, described as a palace on wheels with departures every Wednesday.
A mixed late news item batch reports Treasury bond proposals, Welsh miners wage demand and possible strike, a convicts sentence and family hardship, Standing Rock hostilities, smallpox scare at Tievmeen Reserve Kansas, Alfred Liscomb’s Washington walk bet, Josie Troop wreck with fatalities, a Camden Jersey City rail crash, US statehood jubilation in Minnesota and Helena, Johnson county liquor crackdown, Democratic state party organization plan, Connecticut telephone service growth, Hartford disaster body found, extreme cold across Iowa and Michigan, Texas armed robbery at Toyah with $2000 stolen.
A dense list of canned goods, fruits, soaps, tobaccos, and household items with prices and discounts. Contains notices for carpet prices at Edward Groetzinger and watch specials at Hauch's. Also promotes portrait finishing services by Dabbs and urges readers to order catalog items.
Due to a large stock, James McKee a jeweler at 13 Fifth Avenue announces removal to 1420 Smithfield Street. He advertises wholesale and retail offerings including 100 pieces of American challs and a sizable carpet assortment with designs and colors at reduced prices.
The Teachers Academy met at Grant School with a large crowd and secret proceedings. Board member J K Bane proposed changes in candidate qualification, session method, and membership rolls, to be reviewed by a committee for next meeting.
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