Local Taxation for Alabama Schools Urged Consolidation and Progress
The report advocates rural school consolidation via community action and local taxation, calling for a state board of education and stricter compulsory education. Feagin notes rising receipts to 4.447 million and warns per child funding lags behind population growth, urging local self-help as state aid nears equilibrium.
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Board of Education
Feagin
Educational Department
Birmingham
Alabama
State Board of Education
County Board of Education
State Normal Schools
Board of Control
District Agricultural Schools
State High School Commission
United States
Massachusetts
Black Belt
Senate
House of Representatives
Senator West Dog Speech Through History of the Case
The passage describes a dog's higher privilege beside its master beyond guard and aid, remaining watchful at death, and notes the jury awarded the senator's client a cental without leaving the jury box, marking a historic moment in the case.
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Lea
Prison labor on roads praised by Virginia official
G. P. Coleman, Virginia highway commissioner, told the Fourth American Roads Congress that prison labor on roads is efficient and satisfactory. He described Virginia’s force account and contract systems, costs, and camp deployments across 31 counties with about 1,100 convicts and 500 jail prisoners. He urged differentiated use by sentence length and role, plus paroled workers in maintenance.
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Atlanta
G. P. Coleman
Virginia
Fourth American Roads Congress
Coleman
Virginia Highway Department
Confesses $50,000 Gould Robbery
John Gaskins pleaded guilty to first degree robbery before Judge Fawcett in Brooklyn after being recaptured following a prison van escape. He described a wrecked life from Charleston to Elmira, blaming envy and a quarrel with a stepfather for his path to crime. He admitted stealing from George Gould's Grand Central yard safe and implicated Joseph Saresky in the related burglary.
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New York
John Gaskins
Fawcett
Brooklyn
Gaskins
Charleston
D. C
Clyde Steamship Line
Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
Elmira
Uni
George Gould
Grand Central Yard
Joseph Saresky
Broadway
City Issues Two Building Permits Worth 400 Dollars
The past week saw a drop in issued permits to two with total improvements listed at 400 dollars. John Sherry, owner, erects a one room addition at Franklin two north of Elmira street for 200 dollars. Mrs Paul Arata, owner, plans a two room addition at the northwest corner of St Joseph and Lipscomb streets.
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John Sherry
Franklin
Elmira Street
Paul Arata
St. Joseph and
Lipscomb Streets
Widow faces oath to save father in New York trial
In New York a young widow recounts her moral dilemma as her father, town clerk William Cleary, is accused in the killing of her husband Gene Newman. She fears testifying could condemn her father to execution, while protecting her late husband’s memory. The case tests unwritten-law defenses in New York.
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New York
Anna Maria Cleary Newman
William
Cleary
Haverstraw
Newman
New York State
Bible Students Lecture at Y M B A Hall
The International Bible and Association offers a free Sunday lecture today at 3 p m. J A Gillespie speaks on Is God or Satan Winning guiding a discussion for attendees.
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International Bible and Association
Y. M. B. A. Hall
J. A. Gillespie
God
Satan
Telephone trouble man finds work on problem line
A telephone trouble man can usually find something to work on when called to diagnose a fault. He inspects lines, tests connections, and makes repairs to restore service promptly. Through careful checks, he identifies issues such as faulty connectors, damaged cables, or equipment faults.
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Theodore Marburg
Washington
Belgium
Louis
Conkey’s
Roun
Gotan
G. E. Conkey CO
Conkey
Cleveland
Senator West
Britton
E. H. Britton
Dauphin Street
Wee
de Luxe
Gould
Bible Students
Wan
Automobile and Accessory Dealers
FORD
BUICK
Lozier
4Dams Machinery and Manufacturing Company
North Royal
Sigegt Bell
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