April County Teachers Examination Questions
The Special report from Columbus Ohio lists the uniform examination questions for county teachers examinations in April for elementary school certificates. It includes a quoted specimen of penmanship with Byron’s lines about Niobe of nations and the empty urn, followed by notes on the examination content supervised by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Columbus, O
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Byron
Geography and civics quiz from a historical query
A series of questions covering Standard Time belts with longitude reckoning, regional designations like Tide Water and Fall Line plus cities on it, export ports for listed cities, forms of government for various regions, transcontinental and canal routes, city classifications and large US cities by population, and comparisons of the United States with Japan in area population resources and civilization, plus Mississippi Valley aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
el Paso
Atlanta
Piedmont Region
Sisal
Santos
Para
Iquique
Belfast
Oporto
Carrara
New Orleans
Japan
Mississippi Valley
English Grammar Exercises on Clauses and Figures of Speech
This item lists tasks on sentence form and use, active voice conjugation of to write, sentence diagramming and parsing of underscored words, identifying figures of speech, verse feet, plurals of several words, and definitions of pronoun and verb terms. It includes examples and prompts for analysis.
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Johnson
Proteid and non proteid foods and their examples
Proteid foods give body tissue building and growth. examples include meat eggs and dairy. Non proteid foods supply energy and vitamins. examples include cereals fruits and vegetables.
Orthography questions on accent syllables and sounds
This item asks the value of accent and asks for a definition of syllable. It requests identification of aspirate sounds and all aspirates. It asks how forty or more sounds can be represented by alphabet letters and requests full explanation. It also asks to illustrate one use of the cedilla the transverse bar and the tilde.
Profit and discount word problems in arithmetic
A set of eight linear and percent problems. Items include marked price calculations for bread cloth at 5 percent discount with 15 percent profit. a horse bought at a loss with a hypothetical gain. stock bought at 65 with a 544 percent dividend and sold at 82. diameter of a ball displacing water in an 8 inch diameter cylinder. net proceeds from a flour and pork sale with storage and commission. train crossing a bridge. two men building a house with equal days and a 40 day difference. and list price from multiple discounts plus potential gain at list price.
United States History Study Questions and Issues
A set of social studies prompts covering why the North and South debated extending slavery, Grant and Lee surrender terms at Appomattox, constitutional amendment methods with last two amendments, Panama Canal advantages, U S claims to Oregon 1792 1828, arguments for or against woman suffrage, the Kansas Nebraska Act political impact author and date, and the spoils system versus civil service with arguments for merit based reform.
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Mississippi
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
U.S
Panama Canal
Oregon
Insect pollination and crop farming basics
Definitions and roles of insect pollination, value for yields, and how crops benefit from rotation. Includes testing seed corn timing and methods, reasons for cultivating corn and potatoes beyond weed control, San Jose scale impact and control, peach borer and pear girdler effects, coddling moth description and timing, plus hot bed care, cold frame use, and celery varieties.
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San Jose
Reading examination procedures for provisional certificates
The examiner will conduct the examination following any plan. Applicants for four year elementary provisional certificates must have their reading grades sent by the examiner to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
General History Quiz Prompts on Classical and Modern Topics
The list asks for concise historical summaries on Marathon and its outcome, Alexander the Great’s life and conquests, Cicero’s life and politics, the Norse invasion of England and Norman rule, medieval feudalism and chivalry, Monroe Doctrine and Mexican affairs, tolls through the Panama Canal, and Irish uprising causes with English relations.
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Marathon
Alexander the Great
Cicero
England
United States
Panama Canal
Ireland
Benefits of studying literary history before reading works
The prompt lists advantages of studying literary history prior to engaging with texts. It argues that historical context clarifies themes, influences, and evolution of styles, aiding critical interpretation. It also suggests building cultural literacy and interdisciplinary connections to enrich current reading.
State civil service opens May 22 exams nationwide
The Ohio state civil service commission will hold competitive exams on May 22 in Cincinnati Chillicothe Canton Cleveland Columbus Athens Dayton Defiance Bucyrus Findlay Steubenville Portsmouth Toledo Sandusky Zanesville Youngstown and Wapakoneta to fill provisional clerical assistant posts with salaries from 30 dollars per month to 4500 per year. Additional posts include field veterinarians examiners of chauffeurs normal school supervisor inspectors tuberculosis division organizer and several medical and administrative roles statewide with various salaries and April or May dates.
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Western
Union News Service
Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Canton
Cleveland
Athens
Dayton
Defiance
Bucyrus
Findlay
Steubenville
Portsmouth
Toledo
Sandusky
Zanesville
Youngstown
Wapakoneta
State Automobile Division
Industrial Commission
Hamilton County
I%anks
Comumons
State Highway Department
Columpus
Loledo
Springfield
Cuyattaga
Franklin
Hamilton
Lucas
Mahoning
Montgomery
Ohio State University
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
State Commission Hia
Ralph C. Smith
Maud V. Leslie
Senee
Lewis J. Boyer
Ohio
Opal M. Fluke
Ashland
FE. L. Burns
Mt. Sterling
Lewis J. Royer
Boyd J. Travis
Ora L. Smith
Massillon
Augusta M. Barber
Paulding
Gladys Larkin
Barclay L
Canton, Ohio
Ruth E. Pecher
Manicure Scissors to Update Convicts at Prison
In Columbus Ohio the state penitentiary provides every inmate with a pair of manicure scissors as part of a push to improve inmate appearance and hygiene alongside running water updated barbering and tailoring.
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Ohio
Columbus
Advanced Methods at Ohio Medical Association Convention
Eight hundred surgeons gathered in Toledo for the second annual Ohio State Medical Association meeting. Clinics in public and private hospitals prepared over 100 patients for free surgical operations. Noted surgeons from New York Chicago Philadelphia and elsewhere attended and papers discussed modern surgery.
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Toledo
Ohio State Medical Association
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ohio
C. S. Hamilton
Columbus
Ohio Association
George M. Todd
George W. Crile
Cleveland
C. A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
L. G. Bowers
Dayton
Dam Contract Change Delays New State Dam at Middletown
Hamilton public works superintendent John L. Miller takes $40,000 contract for the New State Dam across the Miami River at Middletown from commissioner Frank Davis after Davis failed to finish by April 1 under the contract terms. The state will complete the dam using Davis machinery and pay him for the items. Davis originally faced a January 1, 1914 deadline but received a three month extension. This week’s high water damaged part of the machinery and the unfinished cofferdam.
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Hamilton
John L. Miller
Public Works
Miami River
Middletown
Frank Davis
Butler County
State Department of Public Works
Davis
United States League to Attend London Building and Loan Convention
A US sub committee decided the first International Congress of Building and Loan Associations will meet in London on August 11 and 12. A 2,600,000 member US commission will represent the United States, led by W J Bayerdorfer with members from Cincinnati, Shreveport, Columbus, Covington, Laporte, Wollaston, New York, and Omaha. The US convention will be in Washington in late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States League of Building and Loan Associations
International Congress of Building and Loan Associations
London
Engl
W. J. Bayer&dorfer
United States League
Shreveport
H. F. Cellarius
L. L. Rankin
Columbus
H. F. Rosenthal
H. W. Pinkham
Wollaston
Mass
Charles B
Clark
Covington
C. A. Rouse
Laporte
Ind
Charles C. Hennessy
New York
George D. Gilmore
Omaha
Neb
United States
Washington
Chautauqua Tent Hosts June July Dates
Telegraphic briefs from Ohio report Urbana Chautauqua to be held in a tent from June 5 to July 1. Other items note revival meetings in Ironton by Dr Biederwolf, no expected flood on the Ohio river, H C Bayliss named Y M C A secretary in Marietta, mine operators challenge Green coal screen law, Adams county bonds sold at premium, Mahoning county grand jury indictments in a wet election probe, a Martins Ferry gas explosion injuring a mother and son, and York township voters approving 15000 in bonds for a new centralized school.
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Urbana
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Mrs. Matheny Found Dead at Columbus Sanitarium
Mrs. 8. B. Matheny 46 of Dola was found hanging from an improvised rope of bed clothing at a Columbus sanitarium. The coroner ruled death by her own action.
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8. B. Matheny
Dola
Columbus
Piqua Student Selected for State Fair Free Trip
Piqua high school sophomore Franklin Patten is named by Gov. Cox as one of the first boys in the state to receive a free trip to the state fair this year.
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Piqua
Franklin Patten
Cox
Fifth Field Conference of Y W C A Ohio and West Virginia
Dayton hosts the fifth field conference of the Young Women's Christian Association of Ohio and West Virginia with about five hundred delegates registered. Dr Herbert Welch president of Ohio Wesleyan University spoke at the principal session while Mrs Harry B Talbot led the music.
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Dayton, O
Young Women's Christian Association of
Ohio
West Virginia
Young Women's Christian Association
Herbert Welch
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Harry B. Talbot
Ohio tax commission reorganizes elects leadership
F. E. B. Munn, the sole Republican on the Ohio tax commission, was chosen chairman as the commission reorganized for the new year. A. B. Peckinpaugh, a Democrat, was elected vice president.
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F. E B. Munn
Ohio Tax Commission
A. B. Peckinpaugh
Doctor Performs Self Skin Graft In Wife Back
Dr A Cunning ham of Marietta Ohio, a renowned Southeastern Ohio surgeon, completed a skin graft on his wife from skin taken from his own leg. He removed the skin from his leg and grafted it onto Mrs Way’s burned back after her wounds failed to heal.
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Marietta, Ohio
8. A. Cunningham
Ohio
Jum
Mra. Cunningham Way
Queen City Lost Reserve Bank Prize Draws Protest
District No 4 will include 724 national banks with a combined capital of 11 621 535 and protests are heard in financial centers as Cleveland wins the prize according to Western Newspaper Union News Service.
District Banking Districts and Capitals Summary
District No. 4 Cleveland capital 11 621 535 with national banks and territory in Ohio Pennsylvania western, Marshall Ohio Brooke Hancock West Virginia and eastern Kentucky counties. District No. 5 Richmond Virginia capital 6 543 281 with 475 national banks and West Virginia except District 4 counties. District No. 6 Atlanta capital 4 702 780 with 372 national banks covering Alabama Georgia Florida and Tennessee east of listed counties.
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Cleveland
National
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Marshall
Brooke and
Hancock
West Virginia
Kentucky
Boone, Grant, Scott, Woodford
Jessamine
Garrard
Lincoln
Pulaski and
McCreary
Richmond
Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Stewart
Houston
Wayne, Humphreys and
Perry
Lake City
Queen City
Treasury Department
Cincinnati
Organization Committee
McAdoo
Williams
Pulaski and McCreary
Pittsburg
McKeen, Elk, Clearfield
Cambria
Bedford Counties
Louisville
St. Louis
Indiana
Chicago
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Loses Fight for Regional Bank in Federal Reserve System
Washington reports Cincinnati failed to win a regional Federal Reserve Bank, with Cleveland chosen for District No. 4. The decision, aided by McAdoo, Houston, and Williams, leaves Louisville and Indianapolis sidelined, while Cincinnati gets a branch bank and subtreasury moves remain unsettled.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Federal Reserve System
Cleveland
Wabash Bridge Collapse Sends Train into River
A freight wreck weakened the Wabash river bridge at Attica Indiana allowing the eastbound Passenger Train No 4 to plummet 15 feet into the river bed. The locomotive three coaches and a mail car fell killing the engineer fireman and an express messenger while fifty others were injured. Rescue efforts saved many lives as steel coaches are credited with preventing greater loss.
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Lafayette
Ind
Wabash
Wabash River
Attica
Spaniards to Be Deported from Torreon
Gen Francisco Villa orders 600 Spaniards from Torreon deported with trains provided at once. Exiles to El Paso Texas and their property confiscated temporarily. The move mirrors Chihuahua history and reflects deep seated antispanish sentiment.
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Torreon
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Remarkable Radium Cure at Johns Hopkins
Franklin Pierce Gelvin of Denver aged 62 says radium treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore cured his tongue cancer. He is described as the first person treated successfully with radium for this cancer type.
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Denver
Colo
Franklin Pierce Gelvin
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Gelvin
Bomb set in church during suffragette protest
London reports suffragettes attempted arson at the Church of St. Martin's in Trafalgar Square. A crude bomb wrapped in suffragette literature exploded after closing, damaging two ancient pews and two stained glass windows.
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London
Cincinnati Markets Departing Corn Prices and Livestock Quotes
Exchange quotes for corn reflect various grades with white and yellow, including ear and mixed types, and pennies per bushel. Hay, oats, wheat, poultry, eggs, cattle, hogs, calves, sheep, and bulls show bid ranges, weights, and classes across shippers, fat bulls, and market quality.
Zoo Keeper Severely Injured by Savage Bear
Philadelphia reports a bear at the Zoologica Gardens in Fairmount Park attacked keeper Thomas Preator, biting and lacerating his right arm and leg before fellow keeper Julius Dages and others intervened. Preator fought the animal in a desperate struggle. the cause of the outburst remains unknown.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Preator
Zoologica Gardens
Fairmount Park
Julius Dages
Preator
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Cooper
Yim
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International Congress of Building and Loan Association
Ironton, O
Biederwolf
Ohio River
Marietta, O
H. C. Bayliss
The
West Union
O—Adams County
Charles Harding
Martins Ferry
Marysville
York Township
Reserve Bank
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Internal Revenue, Customs and Post Office
Clevland
Pomerone
Representative Bulkley
Senate
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Sra
Bulkley
Brownsville
Tex
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
Matamoras
Victoria
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