20 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
1
The Semi-Weekly Gazette announces its April first week appearance with new type and a refreshed layout. The paper vows to continue protecting Gaston County interests, offering home friendly content, profitable information, entertaining reading, and practical instruction to locals and distant readers alike.
The Gastonia Gazette invites subscription at one dollar for a semi weekly paper if enough Gaston County residents sign up by April first. The price may rise after that date depending on subscriber demand while maintaining the one dollar rate for this year for those who renew or subscribe now.
A Raleigh Post analysis notes that ten southern states had 22 percent of US population and 25 percent of school enrollment in 1900 but only 64 percent of public school spending and 4.1 percent of school property value. Per capita spending, teacher salaries, and days of schooling lag far behind national averages, with much private schooling minimal.
Arkansas Gazette recalls Franklin era Tennessee with salary laws paid in animal pelts. Governors, justices, clerks and assembly members received deerskins, beaver skins, raccoon skins and mink for official pay. Memphis was a trading post and not yet a village before 1820.
The Chicago Tribune portrayed the Presidents description of a captains battle as harsh toward Lieut. Commander Wainwright, suggesting the remark was overly strong for the wartime context. The piece critiques the framing and calls for cautious language.
A Wilson based writer Colonel D Worthington of North Carolina is crafting a novel with Sir Walter Raleigh as central. he gained acclaim for The Broken Sword a Reconstruction era tale. He received an invitation to deliver a literary address at Dartmouth College in April and plans to accept.
Bill Arp laments March as disagreeable while tracing roots of our week and calendar to Norse and Roman mythologies. He links Greek and Norse gods to modern days and argues faith and Providence sustain humanity amid weakness. He contrasts Ingersoll and calls for passage of March as he reflects on marriage and family.
Dwight Darrington describes using forty trained apes on his 700 acre plantation near the Ucayali river to pick nuts. Foremen supervise two native crews while apes climb trees, collect baskets, and stock a storehouse. The program blends music and humane treatment with punishment for mischief and guards against wild intruders.
Captain George Blakely of the U S Army and mathematics professor Robert Hart Bradbury exchanged telegrams in Philadelphia. A misread word caused Bradbury’s note to become a humorous misunderstanding about socks and being out of sorts, traced to an operator error.
Bookstore advertises a special sale closing March 22 offering Teachers Bibles and a wide list of affordable volumes. Deep discounts apply to English Cloth bindings, boxed editions, and pocket-sized volumes with postages. Multiple authors and titles, including Andersen, Defoe, Grimm, Doyle, Hugo, Kipling, and Scott, are highlighted with prices.
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