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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
3
A humorous exchange about returning a Panama hat with veil and pins prompts a remark on public school spending. The Louisville Courier Journal quotes the scene with a wry tone as Salt Lake City ranks third in per capita school expenditures.
On the last day of school Peter’s prizes were given at his school. Upon returning home his mother was entertaining callers. A visitor asked if he won a prize and Peter replied that he did not. he did receive a horrible mention.
A playful quip notes Mrs Jones has winning ways and explains why the speaker avoids bridge games with her. The exchange highlights social wit and light envy in a domestic setting.
A timid man tries to pay for luncheon with a worn coin while staff insist rules forbid accepting bent money. The customer recalls receiving a similar coin yesterday, and the clerk retorts there is no rule against giving bent coins as change. The fragment mentions Red Cross Ball and grocers.
The article highlights asbestos as a lifesaving fireproof material used in theater curtains and many construction products. It notes its incombustibility, fibrous structure, and nonconductor properties. The United States increases its asbestos production and sourcing, with growing domestic fiber supply.
A Natural Inference notes growing prosperity and peace in a town as crops flourish and weather improves. Gaunt N. Grimm interrupts with the news that the speaker has received a salary raise, triggering a moment of pragmatic contrast to grander ambitions.
A Topeka man recounts quitting coffee after years of dependence and illness, claiming Postum restored health and energy. He says his brother also avoided coffee’s strain by switching to Postum, which comes in Postum Cereal and Soluble Powder forms.
A county teachers examination for elementary school certificates in September 1915 covers arithmetic topics. It asks for selling price with 19 percent gain, Roman numerals for 1915, sum of mixed numbers, converting 3 1/25 to decimal, gilding a ball circumference, wheat wagon capacity, square root of 96124.8016, views on teaching profitability of square roots, and annual income from investing 3457.50 in 5 percent stock with brokerage.
The compendium lists reasons for slow progress in Central American states, names lead ing states, identifies principal European islands by country, notes volcanic ones, and explains terms like land of the midnight sun and golden gate. It also covers Canada’s main industries and their locations, tropical forests and treeless areas, New York to Chicago travel routes, and India’s government form cities rivers food crops. It adds U.S. sparsely populated states and densely populated regions with why.
Rule 1 change y to i and add es as in berry berries. city cities. Frustrate rule by pluralizing only with s as in toys not apply here. Rule 2 keep y when vowel before y or use y plus s as in boy boys. cloudy clouds contradicts not.
The two oldest European founded cities in what would become the United States are St Augustine, founded in 1565 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés of Spain, and Jamestown, founded in 1607 by English settlers led by Captain John Smith. The voyage across the Pacific by Sir Francis Drake occurred in the 1570s to 1580s, during which he raided Spanish targets and returned to England with plunder.
The item lists terms and questions on monosyllables aMx diphthongs digraphs accents derivatives suffixes and vowel rules for y w and diacritics. It includes example words such as Mistletoe syrup catarrh apropos Pueblo routine Spell Caribbean Leipzig employee cashmere monetary negotiate deficit gopher selvage museum Fahrenheit tineturn guerrilla gunwale aqueduct siphon menagerie crucifixion camphor specific chinchilla and other terms.
A study prompting explanation of why minor scratches can lead to blood poisoning and how to prevent it, plus inquiry into headaches causes and prevention, small alcohol use and digestion, airway structure, bathing benefits, nervous system in seeing, gland nature, lymph spaces, lacteals, and the thoracic duct.
The piece discusses four basic penmanship movements and methods to prevent pupils from diverging in other writing periods. It questions how fast speed should be in writing lessons and asks for a specimen copy of refined penmanship. It quotes Albert Laighton on nature’s robes and northern lights to illustrate vivid expression.
This piece surveys the ballad Enoch Arden and notes its author Alfred Lord Tennyson, then lists three eminent American historians and a sample work from each. It outlines The Village Blacksmith for classroom study, explains pre-Revolutionary religious writing, cites two early writers, and names major poems and their authors, plus a brief Shakespeare play outline with key characters.
This item outlines methods for managing the cabbage worm and its control, timing for corn harvest and husking, handling of stover, and protecting trees from rodents. It requests weed identifications by class, explains capillary action in soils, and covers sheep shearing timing, Ohio wool ranking, sheep diet, alfalfa profitability, and tips for a pupil aiming to win a tomato contest.
The excerpt lists discussion prompts for three groups on Teacher Education ideals. Group A covers inside out education, school sentiment in control, pupil interests used by teachers, and desired pupil efficiency. Group B outlines ideal rural schools, new versus old education, correlation, and good teaching. Group C asks about home visits, potential disadvantages, equal treatment, and fatigue relief.
The examiner will conduct the examination orally following any plan of their choosing. This item notes the format and flexibility of the testing method and emphasizes the examiner's control over the procedure.
Unsigned letters from five women describe relief from severe female troubles and avoidance of surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They cite back pain, nervous symptoms, side pain, and fatigue improving within days to weeks.
A humorous exchange features Mr Bones and Mr Interlocutor discussing the old joke about why a chicken crosses the road. The punch line hints at a young gentleman with money for an ice cream soda, adding a playful regional lilt.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for eczema rashes itchiness and irritation in infants and children claiming relief and rest. It offers free samples by mail and directs readers to send a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A Kansas City Journal quip recalls a 40 pound catfish tearing a gill net and a joke that they nearly snagged a submarine. The fragment weaves in a surreal aside about mansions and castles and a cryptic line about white clothes and good resolutions that are hard to keep.
A Missouri woman shares a simple method from Woman's Home Companion to clean stone steps or sills. She uses coarse sandpaper rubbed briskly to remove marks, then dusts with a rag. Wearing canvas gloves protects hands from scratches, and the stones stay white longer than water scrubbing.
An old advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming quinine fights malaria and iron strengthens the system. The label shows the ingredients and states the tonic is tasteless with a 50 cent price.
A brief item notes club members discuss weather fate with rival forecasts. One speaker predicts rain before returning home while another asserts rain upon arrival, reflecting lighthearted pretrip banter.
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