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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1916
Page
3
Uniform questions prepared for the June county teachers' examination for elementary school certificates. Sent out from the superintendent of public instruction under Section 7819 of the general code.
A collection of mathematical, economic, and civics prompts asks to compute average speeds, freight costs, and dividends. determine collar sizes for Brazil, investment yields, weights of pyramids, and square roots. and discuss civil service advantages, presidential issues, territorial acquisitions, the American flag history, U.S. physical features in history, Grant and Washington campaigns, Indian policies, and War of 1812 results.
Describes skin structure and three uses. States liver location size and chief function. Explains how alcohol raises germ diseases and details teeth composition functions and care. Defines excretion and lists four excretory organs. Identifies digestive circulation respiration and nervous organs and outlines bone uses. Names three external body animals and gives drowning resuscitation steps and gas exposure precautions.
This piece argues pencil use in initial grades for control and erasure, preferring softer HB pencils for beginners. It notes writing should be simpler, letter shapes clear, and aim at legibility, with progression to size, spacing, and sentence structure in higher grades. Movement exercises build motor skills and speed, while blackboard work reinforces formation but has limits like limited individual feedback. It includes a penmanship specimen from Shelley's The Cloud as practice content.
The passage asks to mark diacritically the words Rendezvous worsted trachee gooseberry mirage intrigue saccharinagon feigned hilum and identify which letters are vowels, including whether y or w function as vowels. It asks for definitions of digraph and diphthong with examples. It also requests using fables myths stories and poems to teach morals. The remainder of the examination in reading is oral.
A set of geography prompts exploring rainfall causes and effects, Washington DC site advantages, European islands south of Europe, country ownership, comparing resources of belligerent nations, monsoon climate quotation, Pacific trade routes and ports, and Alaska industries.
The request combines definitions and usage of multiple word classes and verb forms, asks for process explanation, sentence diagrams, and multiple grammatical distinctions, and includes several pluralization and correction tasks to illustrate grammar concepts.
Clover benefits the farmer by fixing nitrogen, improving soil structure, and aiding forage quality. Demonstrations show seeds fail to germinate or germinate slowly without adequate air, while proper aeration promotes vigor and establishment.
The question explores themes and methods across Bret Harte Ralph Connor and Harold Bell Wright, seeking shared concerns such as frontier life moral didacticism and character focus. It asks for significance of two classic poems My Captain and Old Ironsides and for notes on other poets including Keats DeQuincey Austen Burns Shakespeare and Dickens Thackeray Eliot and Whittier Lowell Holmes Longfellow. It requests examples of nature poetry and notable character sketches and asks for personal reading counts of poets.
Summarizes the value of the five formal steps and outlines Froebel’s central educational ideas, including nature study and the early social aims. Also sketches Rousseau’s Emile and place of nature study in education history.
The State Tax Commission targets hidden intangible property in Ohio as Franklin County Board of Revision estimates 75 million on deposit versus 4.2 million listed, suggesting 94 percent unlisted. National Guard camp at Camp Willis earns local support while political maneuvering foreshadows a heated governor race between Cox and Willis backed by Republican gains.
A statement suggests that if Carranza seeks to disavow the act, authorities are ready to compose a note addressing the future status of affairs and potential relations.
A public report by State Auditor A V Donahey reveals 47158.87 in technically illegal payments in the State Banking Department from April 10, 1911, to January 1, 1916. The findings cover portions of Frank E Baxter and Emory Lattamer tenures and rely on attorney general opinions. Most irregularities involve liquidating expenses paid without court approval. a $4775.61 item for Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co includes a $13 frame charge for portraits of Governors Cox and Harmon and Lattamer. The document notes doubtful claims sold without court orders and absent records for deputy appointments and fixed salaries, with salaries paid without court order.
Representative Henry I. Emerson of Ohio protests a Secretary of State publication that lists him as a Democrat. He writes from Washington asserting the error harms his reputation and requests correction.
President Wilson urged Americans to translate America first into deeds praising truth and candor in business. He spoke to the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in Independence Square urging justice to nations and selfless service, declaring he is ready to fight for his beliefs and country.
Sir Roger Casement was found guilty of high treason by the high court of justice in London after a 50 minute jury deliberation. He faced immediate execution by hanging as Baron Reading pronounced the sentence. Casement, arrested in April while attempting to land arms for Irish rebels, argued the trial was unjust and that the jury should have been Irish.
London reports that Russians claim a major breakthrough in East Galicia with advances toward Kolomea and three Austro German trench lines captured. Petrograd notes a large prisoner tally, including 221 officers, as part of a June 4 to date roundup totaling 205000 men.
Oresta Shillitani was executed at Sing Sing prison for the three year old murder of two New York policemen who tried to arrest him for killing a man in a quarrel over a girl.
Washington reports the state department will conduct a formal inquiry with Germany to learn what punishment the submarine commander received for torpedoing the steamer Sussex. Public interest follows the July 3 dispatch detailing the incident and diplomatic steps.
Precede shampoo by touches of Cu t icura Ointment for dandruff itching and scalp irritation. These super creamy emollients benefit complexion hair hands and skin and serve as toilet preparations. Free sample by mail with Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
Leigh Ritchie in Ireland encountered a pallid, ragged beggar describing his hunger with vivid, painful detail. The man, claiming to beg, explains his emaciation speaks louder than words and pleads for aid with a thousand tongues.
A comic in a failing touring troupe tells the manager he cannot perform claiming he “feels so funny.” The manager retorts that he has never been funny since joining the gang, prompting a sharp exchange before the cue.
A witty exchange notes that every era has cycles, but one speaker jokes this age overflows with motorcycles. The remark contrasts broad historical patterns with modern vehicle abundance, hinting at cultural shifts without naming individuals or places.
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