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Newspaper
The Old Abe Eagle
Location
White Oaks, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
2
Public notice from Lincoln County White Oaks New Mexico dated August 2 1804 outlining official actions and deadlines for local governance and property matters.
A critical view of American education argues free schooling is strong but overburdened. It cites rote memory, useless topics, and lax moral discipline as harms, urging fewer, deeper subjects and practical moral training to prepare youths for life and business.
Seaborn Gray, county adoots superintendent, certifies on July 9 that the county school fund of 1,285.99 dollars is apportioned. There are 1,020 school age children and a per scholar rate of 49.20781 dollars allocated to the districts. Beanoun T. Gear is noted as County Superintendent.
The report states Seaborn T. Gray as county superintendent certifying on July 6 1804 the apportionment of school funds totaling a stated amount across precincts with counts of pupils per district. The document also references unrelated notes about a probate court finding and a doctor’s account on the back with an administrator endorsement not verified by affidavit.
A garbled advertising item describes a Missing Word Contest offering one fourth of net subscription receipts to correct word entrants. It cites a sample sentence about Thurabi, guard ears, and unusual sounds, and mentions prizes and two papers for the price.
An advertisement invites attention to a gold mining camp near Cochiti New Mexico offering placer and quartz mining prospects with quoted rail and stage travel costs from Cerrillos Santa Fe and Wallace. It notes expected rushes in spring and provides transport details and local notices on public sale and land claims.
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