Taft At Grant Tomb Sparks Debate On Grant Weakness
War Secretary Taft’s remarks at General Grant’s grave draw fire from critics who claim he mocked the hero. The piece argues the point shows Grant’s conquest of a drink habit and defends Taft as a presidential candidate. It notes the broader warning about alcohol and urges restraint and vigilance against strong drink.
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Taft
General Grant
U. S. Grant
Times
Grant
Alexander the Great
Chicago
Twenty Year Health Sentence Cured by Arnica Salve
O B Woolever of LeRaysville New York declares he completed a twenty year health sentence. He credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing his bleeding piles twenty years ago. The salve is said to heal worst sores boils burns wounds and cuts quickly and is sold at Williams Kipp's Sons drug store for 25 cents.
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Jesse P. Morris
Skippers
Dr. King
Wm. Kipp
Bucklen
Woolever
LeRaysville
N. Y
Sons
Otterbein Community Echoes Quiet Weekend Activities
Local notes report busy farm work with tobacco and corn, church services and socials, visits among residents, and hosting guests from nearby towns. A Y P C E social is planned, and several families share weekend activities and health updates. Local shoppers and visitors frequent Greenville, West Manchester, Germantown, and Piqua, with light-weight suits advertised at a discount.
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Bowers
Middletown
Rev
Myers
Jennie Howell
Retta Gilfillan
Greenville
Bear’s Mill
Lottie Hawkey
Esta Broadstock
Township House
Rev. Myers
Brookville
Ethel
Minnie Slifer
West Manchester
Curtis Grubbs
Mr. Marshall
Piqua
Josie Roberts
Simeon Garrison
Amanda Zimmerman
Germantown
John Hetzler
Hebb Family Reunion Held at J H Hebb Home Haviland Ohio
The Hebb family annual reunion met at J H Hebb’s hospitable Haviland Ohio home on June 7 1908 with thirty eight members arriving by afternoon train. A dinner followed by a business meeting featured officer elections and a reminiscence by Wm Rohr about Civil War service. attendees included J W Barnett Frank Falkner Samuel Royer Wm Royer and others from Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
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Miamisburg
Ohio
J. H. Hebb
Gladys
Ralph
Ray
Roy
Haviland
Emmet DeCamp
Opal
Bradford
Frank Bentley
Dorothy
Dayton
Michael
Greenville
Hebb
Macedon Road
van Wert
Paulding
Brother Hebb
Charles F. Woods
Wm. Rohr
Jacob Hebb
94Th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
J. W. Barnett
Frank Falkner
John
New Madison
Samuel Royer
Wm. Royer
Zelma
F. O. Fry
Nellie
Arlie C. Maiden
Dunkirk
Ind
W. W. Sando
Ruth Heffner
Aaron DeCamp
Nina
Bloomer
Mia
E. V. Schlechty
Alpha
Ft. Jefferson
Raymond and
Nevin
White House Busy Preparing for Summer Exodus
Washington letter notes preparations at the White House for the annual summer exodus of executive employees. Furniture shipped to Sagamore Hill for the President’s June 20 arrival, with secretaries clerks and messengers arranging accommodations. Senator Dolliver is touted as a likely vice presidential candidate due to loyalty to Roosevelt policies and readiness for the presidency. Representative Serena Payne heads home to Auburn New York before heading to Chicago for the convention after securing leave for a tariff inquiry panel. Payne foresees no early Ways and Means meeting and expects tariff revision but no extra Congress session yet.
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Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Dolliver
Allison
Roosevelt
Serena Payne
Washington
Auburn
N.Y
Chicago
Payne
Ways and Means
Congress
Hair Vigor Auction Ad and political briefings
A mixed item reports on an old hair tonics ad promising health and hair growth, then shifts to political updates noting Taft backing a Roosevelt platform, tariff revision aims, and questions over the Republican national chairmanship. It mentions Marines to Panama, election order, and Roosevelt horse accident with Mrs Roosevelt.
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Ayer
Sassarhnilias
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Taft
Crane
Washington
United States
Panama
Secretary of the Navy
Tropics
Republic of Panama
Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
Hard Problems for Teachers Exam Questions
Prepared by the State Behow Commission to test the mental qualifications of those seeking pitlions in the public bencals. Questions refer to the faulty printed items, asking for word formation, syntax, and punctuation among others. The passage outlines the exam content and includes sample prompts testing language skills and comprehension.
Theory and Practice In Education Rules and Pedagogy
A compact exam style prompt outlines concerns in education theory and classroom management. It asks for the government of schools, factors of attention, teacher behavior, student interruptions, motivational aims, and definitions of instruction training and insulation, plus advantages and disadvantages of drill instruction and individual instruction. It also invites a personal paragraph on helpful teaching bows in pedagogy.
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Reygand
Seroul
Kaplain
Oecasionuay
Jon
Cavli
Arithmetic and interest problems from a vintage workbook
A collection of mixed math questions covering unit definitions currency and crop values, sun angles in St Louis, fabric pricing with markdowns and gains, bond dividends on Western Union stock, compound rate problems, rental and temperature data for a sunk shipping schedule, coal weight and storage calculations, and related word problems.
Examiners Grade Writing From Manuscript Orthography
Instructors assess writing accuracy by analyzing the manuscript's orthography. The emphasis is on correct spelling punctuation and word forms as they appear in the original draft. This evaluation highlights linguistic precision and adherence to historical spelling conventions.
Orthography prefixes and diacritics usage
Four common prefixes with meanings. Markings show pronunciation for bird work gape nautical. Provide two sentences for each of conduct refuses accent with first sentence stressing first syllable second stressing second syllable. Include four words adapted from few.
Tiga languages that retain their original hurala
The list asks to spell words so they are pronounced by an examiner, including cartilage, clavicle, coughing, percupial, bobuliak, aifaita, delirium, privilege, calal, article, vertical, valleys, manufacturing, proportion, mivessor, Apennines, Swiden, Philippines, trewwuner, control, hygiene, bronchitis, maize, mosquitims, humus, bectoria, pistil, reed, gritvuss, fornotul.
Untitled history questions on US history and government
A garbled exam or study prompt lists questions about American colonial wetting and intolerance, the Civil War, the formation of states from the Southwest Territory, Missouri Compromise, slave era education and society, revolutionary era revolutions, and definitions of monarchy and oligarchy with related terms, asking for explanations and outcomes.
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America
Lot
Surthwest
UW. Wien
Jalnsan
Olivery
Andries
Bowie
Shaw
Monearchy
Enea
Canterbury, Lie Tsleat, and Shakespearean views in literature
Fragmented exam prompt lists Canterbury tale characters and Shakespearean appraisal, asks about English novel line, six prose kinds with examples, American literary periods with representatives, and quotes from five can parts. Also requests notes on authors and a brief piece on Women in American Literature.
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Department of Literature
Morley
Samuel
Lowlaw MM Alvolt
Charles Broelden Brown
Francis Parkman
Suliey
American Literatire
Physiology questions on anatomy and hygiene topics
A series of physiology prompts covering seating and lighting for eye comfort, classroom ventilation and oxygen flow, digestion, heart contraction frequency and speed factors, liver and muscle roles, skin and hair structures, nail care, teeth hygiene, and the effects of alcohol on four organs.
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Schoulfoom
Geography quiz questions on zones waters and capitals
A newspaper style geography quiz covering questions about tropical zones Gulf coast borders major rivers and principal exports. It asks about Philippine island products largest land mass in an archipelago and notable cities London Chicago and others. Also asks about sugar sources European city climates and limits of the Kuurogy parallel, government form allies and exports, Canadian provinces with key cities, Spain versus Sardinia contrasts, and forest loss impacts.
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Gulf of Mexico
Philippine Islands
Veuive
Para
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Eweh
Spain
Satland
Reading Wise: Feltham Quotation on Emulation and Self-Improvement
An 17th century style reflection discusses reading, examiners, and emulation. The speaker values inner growth over envy, aiming to improve by imitating noble example while maintaining personal integrity.
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