Quizzed in Reading and Literature for Elementary Certificates
Uniform exam questions cover reading literature geography arithmetic and government. The lengthy prompt lists authors, works, and teaching topics including Lowell, Cooper, Shakespeare, Browning, and Whitman, plus geography landmarks, arithmetic problems, and ethics of teaching sex hygiene.
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State Commissioner of Common Schools
Lowell
Sir Launfal
Cooper
Edward Everett Hale
Bayard Taylor
William Dean Howells
Walt Whitman
Silas Marner
Ben Hur
British Empire
British Isles
Ohio
Cleveland
Dayton
Miami Valley
Constantinople
Naples
Corsica
Stockholm
Bogota
Singapore
Tokyo
Luzon
Salonika
Ghent
Marseilles
New York
Chicago
Western Canada Crop Outlook Shows Favorable Conditions
Reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta indicate crop area steady with last year and promising yields. Ideal rains and sunshine in early July support a bumper harvest for 1918 with wheat oats and barley progressing on schedule though some crops run a week late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie
Why Coca Cola Sells So Well Says Chemist Ady
A manufacturing chemist explains Coca Cola's popularity stems from refreshing both mind and body without mood drop. He notes its composition mirrors coffee and tea minus tannic acid and cites experiments by Hollingworth and Wood showing caffeine beverages boost fatigue resistance, unlike other stimulants that cause a depressive rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollingworth
Columbia University
H. ©. Wood, Jr
Philadelphia
Senator Borah tale of town reception to psychic visit
Idaho Senator Borah recalls a psychologist and a mediumistic professor in a small town. The professor tells a young woman she can travel to other planets in her sleep, prompting her alarm with the quip she cannot do so in her nightgown. Red Cross Ball Blue ad claims double washing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Borah
Idaho
the Sunday Magazine
English butler quits Nuritches over beer and cabbage
The Nuritches pride in their English butler ends with him giving notice after a short tenure. He explains natives prefer cabbage and beer, calling them sparta grass and champagne people, and says he cannot breathe a beery atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuritches
Parker
His Need of the Moment
Uncle Eph paddles a dilapidated skiff along the Mississippi flood relief route. An expedition boat calls, asking what he wants. He replies with a blunt refusal, saying he wants nothing but wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darky
Uncle Sam
Eph
Bose
Predictions on Taft Wedding From The Cincinnati Gazette
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette predicted a bright future for William Howard Taft at the time of his twenty seven year old wedding to Helen L Herron. It lauded Taft as a Yale graduate of high standing with integrity courage and strong instincts and foresaw for him a career of great distinction due to his information and friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Helen L. Herron
John W. Herron
William Howard Taft
William H. Taft
Yale
Hats of Shavings From Japan Stir Fashion
Japan emerges as a hub for a shaving hat industry with wooden ribbons used in summer hats. About twenty percent travels to U S shops as wooder ribbons while the rest becomes chip brand. Japan ships around one million dollars yearly, and American women favor the product over European options due to its dye-ability and delicate, flexible texture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Satan
God
Caesar
Paul
United States
Elyil Gover
Japan
Wooder
Friends Are People We Tell Our Troubles To
A reflective line views friends as privileged listeners for our troubles. It emphasizes trust and companionship as a source of support and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethe
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Clinics Early Praise
A set of testimonials from women in Swarthmore and Baltimore praising Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. They credit relief from hemorrhages and life changes after avoiding surgery and regaining health. The advertisement asserts testimonials are genuine and argues the product can help others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Orn -Penn
Emily Svmmerscut
Swarthmore
Lydia E. Pinkhean
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Columbus
Lancaster
Lancagter
Boards of Education
Congress
William Berkeley
Virginia
Berkeley
Massachusetts
Boston
John Quincy Adams
Sir
Treves
The
Christian Church and Social Government
James M. Gray
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Red Cross
Tess
Pap Neneyn
Brejpe
Old Des Pisin
the Centaur Compres
Taft
Baltimore, Md
L. Pinkham
J. R. Picking
Sargent St
Carter
Daisy Fly Killer
Draggiste
John L. Thompson Sons &Co
Troy,n
Cincinnati
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