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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
1
An Ohio editorial argues the Columbus Republican convention united behind Theodore Roosevelt and Taft, while Bryan faces divisions in the east and within Ohio factions. It endorses Taft as the stronger president, while describing Bryan as eloquent but insufficient for effective governance.
It keeps up the athlete's strength, puts fat on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy, brings color to a pale girl's cheeks, and prevents coughs, colds and consumption. Food in concentrated form for sick and well, young and old, rich and poor.
C C Eldridge of Empire Georgia urges that when throat or chest troubles arise only Dr King’s New Discovery should be used He claims seven years of use proves it best for coughs colds croup and lung ailments He notes his children suffer croup but the remedy cures quickly Sold under guarantee at Wm Kipp’s Sons drug store price 50 cents to 1 dollar Trial bottle free
Rainy March disrupts mail delivery and keeps some residents from returning home Sunday night. Zion church revival ends as locals attend Fort Jefferson services. Baker family relatives visit Greenville Sunday to welcome Virgil Miller back after four years away. Grosvenor completes tobacco stripping. few buyers present but prices fair. Debates halted by sickness. George Paterbaugh's will relocate this month.
Misses Jessie Grosvenor and Treva Stephens gave declamations at the last teachers meeting. A Kerst plans to move to Ben Kerst’s farm south of here and bring another pupil to the Baker Store school, Walter Brachey. William Ingle was out of school several days last week due to illness.
The Ohio Experiment Station at Wooster warns two main clover failures in eastern and southern Ohio. Soil lime exhaustion and fungal disease drive losses, especially on sandy old fields where clover dies after seeding. Alsike clover offers a hardier substitute, with smaller seed and better acid-soil tolerance, often mixed with red or mammoth clover. Farmers with unlimed, acidic soils should lime soon and may sow alsike this spring to protect future crops.
Mr E E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve does the business. He used it for piles chipped hands and old sores and reports cures without scarring. Available at 25 cents at Wm Kipp’s Sons drug store. Subscribe for the Journal.
Portland ind March 9 1908 editorial notes recount high water flooding five blocks of brick streets injuring a few businesses. It recalls river dredging reducing damage, mentions deaths near the water works on March 29, and references local health care opinions. Also covers local politics, saloon issues, a Lyner Station snow scene from 1864, and endorsements for Fairbanks and municipal policy. It promotes Proarkss Greenville greenhouse stock and endorses Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a trusted medicine.
Obituary notices for Dolly Penny daughter of Frances A. and Sarah J. Penny who died February 20 at 12 30 pm aged about 36 with church funeral at Painter Creek and interment at Newcomers cemetery. and Philip F Hercules born September 17 1823 in Butler county Ohio died February 8 1908 at 302 Wayne Avenue Greenville aged 84 4 21 with Civil War service in 40th and 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and G A R membership. family details include wife Permelia Sidel one living son F P Hercules nine daughters two sons etc. Additionally a local storefront notice promotes New Spring Hats Shirts Ties Hosiery and other novelties at THE Progress.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century publication shows a state education commission’s test for elementary school teaching certificates. It lists grammar tasks and language analysis questions, including classification of italicized words, prepositional phrases, complex sentences, comparing meanings, and uses of pronouns.
Questions assess teacher qualities memory correlation and library links. They probe how to strengthen weak memory, relate notes and letters, compare pre public school curricula, realism in teaching, the role of content and form, and the educative value of action. The exercise ties to increased division of labor and its educational implications.
A scanned exercise set asks multiple arithmetic tasks: analyzing an oral analysis value, fraction and percentage problems, time and rate questions, promissory note construction, simple interest calculations, and cube block volume comparisons. It includes dates, amounts, and standard time questions, requiring concise numerical solutions.
A corrected prompt focusing on spelling and dictionary use in education. It asks how spelling relates to language study, to name three school uses for a dictionary, and to write sentences containing the listed word. The text appears as a confused OCR fragment about orthography and classroom practices.
Fragmentary prompt lists miswritten words and requests for pronunciation, pronunciation of similar terms, expansion of abbreviations, and spelling corrections. It includes items like litan granary Berd ira deepleabis and many misspellings.
The fragment notes examiners will grade the manuscript for urllography. It reads as a brief academic or exam orientation, with unclear terminology and potential misspellings. The readable core implies a focus on evaluation of a writing task or method by branch examiners.
A scanned 19th century physiology exercise lists questions on organ effects of diseases, muscle exertion, spine curves, liver and pancreas locations, intestinal divisions, lung capacity and air volume per breath, heart valves, nervous system innervation, nerve control, valve protection, and temperance teaching laws in Ohio public schools.
A list of geography questions covering northern temperate zones, United States commerce, mountains in North America, comparisons of populations with China, forms of government in Portugal, world resources, areas and populations of states, major cities, and climate laws. Includes tasks to locate a state and water bodies, and to draw a county map with key towns and watercourses.
A set of literary questions asks about Uryden George Eliot Thackeray and other authors. It requests analysis of Hiawatha elements and Drake poems plus reading evidence from Lowell Whittier and Rusell Lowell. It seeks quotes and summaries across multiple poets and works.
A noisy prompt listing questions on explorers Ponce de Leon Frobisher Champlain and early colonies London Company East India Company Plymouth Company. It asks settlements of these groups, origins of Harvard and William and Mary and their locations, and tax on stamps 1705 with colonist arguments. It seeks definitions of the Revolutionary and Reconstruction eras, party stance on territorial expansion, roles of Clay Calhoun Webster in slavery, Philippine Question, presidential powers, and veto override basics.
Examiners will conduct an oral examination in reading. Students will read aloud to demonstrate comprehension, pronunciation, and fluency under supervision. The session aims to assess accuracy, pace, expression, and understanding of provided passages.
The report notes lard as a key Mexican import from the United States with the 1907 total surpassing seven million pounds, reflecting strong cross border trade in animal fats and supplies for Mexican markets.
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