Chicago Elects Ella Flagg Young Superintendent
The Inquirer notes Ella Flagg Young’s election as Chicago public schools chief and outlines a policy to return students to reading writing and arithmetic while expanding to hands on schooling. The piece praises a shift toward practical knowledge, manual training, bathing pools gymnasia and moving pictures in classrooms and hopes for a similar shake up in other cities.
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Ella Flagg Young
Public Schools of
Chicago
Inquirer
Jackson cocktail story ties drink to ban loophole
A new drink in Kansas, the Jackson cocktail, blends cider and Jamaica ginger to skirt prohibition. The piece notes the effects escalate from amusement to drunken behavior as more servings are consumed, warning of risky outcomes.
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Kansas
Proposed Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution
A joint resolution proposes amendments across multiple articles including sections eight and twenty one of article four, eleven and twelve of article five, and more. It outlines revised terms for offices, election schedules, and the schedule for implementing changes, with detailed transitional provisions and dates.
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Commonwealth
General Assembly
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Senate
The
Public Instruction
Auditor General
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Journal Amendment
State Treasurer
Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas
Robert McAferf
Tariff Settled Bringing Certainty to Business
The tariff conflicts end as Congress enacts a protection based law. Insurgents in the Senate influenced the income tax debate but the final bill provides price clarity and reduced duties. With certainty restored, business prospects look toward renewed prosperity in time. Inquirer.
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Congress
Friends of Protection
Senate
Inquirer
Taft Pardons Boy in Greek Text Theft Case
President Taft pardons a boy for stealing a Greek text and is named as a potential buyer of an Eliot library, signaling a possible shift in handling the matter.
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Taft
Eliot
Thermometers Quiet as Debauch Rumor Fades
A brief item notes that thermometers will lie low for a while and no further remarks are made about their past debauch.
Hon Amos Wilder to Speak on The Awakening Orient
Hon Amos P Wilder United States Consul General Shanghai China arrives on leave to deliver an address on The Awakening Orient at Chautauqua New York on Saturday afternoon August 14th. He is a Yale graduate and a notable after dinner speaker and member of the American Consular Association in the Orient.
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America
Amos P. Wilder
United States
Shanghai
China
Wilder
Yale
American Consular Association
Orient
Chautauqua
New York
Connecticut Abolishes Sunday Blue Laws and Repeals Old Acts
Connecticut passes a bill abolishing the old Sunday blue laws and repealing acts fining attendance at concerts. It adopts penalties for unnecessary amusements or labor on Sunday unless necessary, mercy related, or for general welfare. Likely broader allowances may allow ball games, newspaper sales, and certain high class musical entertainments if not conflicting with worship.
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Connecticut
Edinboro Normal Seeks Pupils With Low Costs and First Class Facilities
John F. Bigler, principal, touts Edinboro Normal equipment as first class and facilities as unsurpassed with low expenses. Send for catalogue.
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Edinboro
John F. Bigler
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