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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1887
Page
4
Educational notes argue penmanship builds precision and posture in public schools. Advocates insist on proper seating, arm and finger positions, and consistent movement to achieve legible, rapid handwriting. Quotes stress discipline, practice, and the teacher's pivotal role in shaping character and skill.
A teacher uses bi sided recitations to boost engagement in all subjects. Pupils vote teams to recite together for periods, creating personal and community pride. Students monitor each other, prompting prep and assistance. Interest in geography and other topics rises and endures beyond the exercise. Journal of Education.
In historic practice juries were punished for eating while sealed to verdicts. Instances include Henry VII when jurors were fined after eating during circuit trial, and Henry VIII’s court upholding verdicts and fines for informality. A later tale from Dyer’s Reports notes jurors found with pockets of food while locked up.
The Empress Josephine reportedly bought thirty eight bonnets in one month. When Napoleon learned of the milliner Mile Despeaux with a pile of band boxes, he expelled Savary and ordered Milenn arrested. Despeaux’s imprisonment shocked Paris as crowds gathered to hear her tale and offer sympathy, boosting her future custom.
F A Sawyer once a United States Senator from South Carolina now works as a clerk in the Quartermaster General's office in Washington earning fifteen hundred dollars annually. He previously held the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
An aphorism from the Baltimore American declares that constant talk spoils perception, warning that excessive chatter makes a person reveal true leanings and intentions.
Secretary Whitney clashes with naval boards over lifeboat and 6,000 ton battleship plans. Ramsay reports delays in plans and possible civilian board, amid broader push for reorganization and improved funding. Also covers Sparks report on land office frauds, and a New York finance conference with Secretary Fairchild.
A Virginia Enterprise report notes Houston Idaho as the Pacific coast’s most striking deserted village. Once home to over 500 residents, only nine remain amid a bright town with a hotel, smelter, brewery, and stores. A newspaper outfit stayed, but the copper boom failed and residents vanished, leaving largely abandoned furnishings but some valuables.
Busy farmers and suburban residents are urged to plant quality vegetables and fruits for home use and avoid inferior products. The article notes the shift from stone and cement silos to barn mow storage with double boards and paper, using spontaneous fermentation to preserve fodder, reduce acidity, and improve digestibility.
Heppner Gazette reports H Blantford crossing strawberry plants sugar cane and milkweed to grow a vine that yields sugar and cream with strawberries. A slim young man questions why reporters note pistol calibers and the Ouray notice invites refined wealthy to stroll in shaded grottos and embrace without detection urging attendance to dodge the rush.
An advertisement claims costiveness causes bad breath and that Dr Henry Baxters Mandrake Bitters remove the cause and prevent the evil for 25 cents, attributed to B F Morris.
Mr. Ruskin counters a rumor branding him partly idle and partly malicious as untrue. He states that whenever he writes a word friends imply mockery and label him crazy, a cruel libel against an aging writer resisting time and change and enduring hardship.
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