Pennsylvania Schools Report Highlights Teacher Shifts
A 1908 Pennsylvania education report by Dr. Nathan C. Schafer details salary changes, the rise of female teachers, and a drop in male instructors. It notes 242 fewer male teachers, 1,181 more female teachers, wage increases of 1.81 dollars for men and 0.76 for women, and an overall payroll rise of 720,000 dollars. It also covers more graded and total schools, land purchases, and the push toward township high schools, with plans for a state display at the World’s Fair.
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Pennsylvania
Nathan C. Schacter
Schaefer
Schaeffer
St. Louis
Union
Addison
West Chester
Controversial Opinions Spark Free Speech Debate
Manuscript fragment discusses support for a professor despite dissent, praising free speech as sacred. Mentions Western politics, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure advertisements, New Zealand socialist state ideas, and various local remedies. Includes scattered references to Siberia, China, and a Texas business figure.
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The
Philadelphia. Inquirer
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promised Cure
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as remedies for skin eruptions by cleansing the blood and building up the system. It warns against using drying medicines and claims the tonics provide permanent relief from eczema and related conditions through blood purification.
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Hood
Algora
Beck
Powder and Ball Eighteen Desert From Regiment in One Day
A chaotic report notes eighteen men desert from a Hungarian regiment in a single day due to dissatisfaction with new enemy orders. It mentions a minister and Zeliongens in armor with a thinner farmer plate and hints at arms reforms. The piece projects the U S army adopting the Springfield magazine rifle and Krag Jorgensen guns becoming valueless within three years.
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Hunarian
United States Army
College and School: Indian scholars and university events
The text notes industrial schools paying wages and many Native students in public schools across tribes. It also mentions Wisconsin's university setting with a commencement and inauguration of the newly elected president, Charles Van Lee.
Homes For Sale In Wyoming And West Pittston Areas
An 11 room house on Wyoming avenue with lot 55 by 170 and Barn in rear features furnace heat bath water closet brick sidewalks and fruit trees. owner will sell at a sacrifice for 2800 dollars. Another home in West Pittston suitable as a private residence. A 10 room house on Delaware avenue built six years ago with modern improvements brick and stone walks fruit bay window front and back porches priced at 2700 dollars.
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Wyoming
Avenue
West Pittston
Delaware Avenue
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New York
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Mr. Haller
Ti ‘Armstrong
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Honate AZ
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Buss’ Outfitting Store
Louis Heels
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