17 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1913
Page
1
A set of historical examination prompts discusses duties of truancy officers and tuition funds, daily pupil spelling, headmarks, school entertainments, teacher conduct outside school, and the skill of teaching. It also asks about discipline, personality in teachers, and high school attendance limits under Boxwell Patterson law.
A dense compilation of prompts covering constitutional powers denied to states, key dates and figures in colonial and early US history, and a broad set of geography and civics problems. Includes questions on Berkeley of Virginia, the French and Indian War, the Boston Massacre, and John Quincy Adams, plus arithmetic, agriculture, literature, and world geography tasks.
A list of language and literature prompts covers comma usage, quotation marks, direct and indirect quotations, punctuation with semicolons and periods, and analyzing literary works by Lowell Cooper Shakespeare and Whitman. It also asks about capillary water water table percolation, rotation in communities, and anatomy and health topics.
A dense prompt lists multiple spelling and linguistic tasks including synonyms for ten words, diacritical marks, accent changes with illustrations, root and derivative words, digraphs, spelling a long list of words, chemical reactions, charcoal, match heads, and agronomy questions about soil fertility and seed corn, followed by an advertisement for Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment with testimonial claims and price.
A Tuesday evening storm in Darke County caused extensive damage from Ithaca to Arcanum. Lightning killed two horses hauling wheat near Ithaca. a barn near Cashel’s schoolhouse burned with four horses and implements destroyed. The hail belt from Weaver's Station to West Sonora stretched about fourteen miles, five wide, devastating corn, oats, tobacco, cabbage, clover, and other crops. Estimated losses exceed half a million dollars. West of Ithaca hail remained visible Wednesday morning.
A bustling family scene centers on Minnie Henderson a twenty year old debutante and her suitor Joel Davis. Aunt Judith Wellman schemes to push the couple toward marriage while Minnie wrestles with love and courage as Joel finally declares his feelings amid town gossip and a looming family consensus.
A scientist study notes Lake Como stores heat from February end to August, absorbing energy equal to the heat from burning 4 000 tons of coal. The cooling water then releases heat to surrounding rocks until spring, making the Como region a perpetual warm retreat.
A pupil, Katie Barnes, arrives at school with tears and an incomplete excuse for being born. Miss Green consoles her as the girl explains she lacks proper filled blank forms for parental names and birth details, highlighting a child’s misunderstanding of school requirements.
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