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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1885
Page
4
Reflections on teacher patience and student impact, arguing that lasting discipline comes from care and support rather than authority. Personal anecdotes from former pupils highlight how teachers influence ambition, travel, and character, urging humility before time’s changing praise.
The excerpt outlines key teaching rules: know the lesson, capture student attention, use clear shared language, start with known concepts, stimulate self thinking, have students reproduce ideas, and emphasize thorough review to deepen understanding. It attributes the guidance to Zion and John M. Gregory.
A collection of brief admonitions from Louisville Commercial Chicago Intelligence and John Swinton's Paper stressing that untrained men cannot craft good laws or art, children should be prompt and truthful, and knowledge comes from industry and effort.
A correspondent recalls a funeral scene with mourners, blanket attire, and drum and rattle ceremonies. The dead are cremated on a raised pile with heat and wood, with ashes stored in a square painted tomb resembling toy houses. The cemetery shows decay and overgrowth, canoes rotted, ravens nearby, evoking a bleak scene.
A Washington letter reports on the life of Richard Merrick once prominent as Tilden's counsel before the Electoral Commission. It recounts his Chicago days where a betrothed heiress broke the engagement after his convivial excesses, his return east, and his later marriage to a wife whose family became wealthy and who joined the diplomatic service.
Enticing club offers for 1886 include two copies for 3.59 and three copies for 4.50 plus options of the Forget Me Not album or a large steel engraving. Pay in advance at 2 dollars per year, with tiered pricing up to seven copies for 10.50 and extra gifts for larger clubs. Charles J. Peterson at 306 Chestnut St Philadelphia solicits clubs and sends specimens gratis on request.
A Philadelphia dentist extols the dental profession highlighting high skill, rewards, and the impact of the university department of dentistry. He notes global student interest, advanced tools like the dental engine and rubber dam, and strong demand with some surgeons earning substantial annual incomes.
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