Brown Mouse Irwin Seeks Rural School Reform
Jim Irwin, a young teacher nicknamed the Brown Mouse, challenges traditional rural schooling as he educates Woodruff district students in science and farming methods. Colonel Woodruff and Jennie oppose him while Newton Bronson defends his ideas. later a potential school board shift and an offer to join a larger program emerge.
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Jennie Woodruff
Jim Irwin
Hile Station
Jim
Newton Bronson
Buddy” Simmon
Colonel Woodruff
Jennie
Professor Withers
Irwin
Woodruff
Acioo Board
Cornelius Bonner
Hiyer
Hoftagver
Simmees
Colonel Weeodruff
Slansens
Mr. Hofmyer
Walia
Kness
Bronson
Bonner
Hofmyer
Mr. Hof
Hofmeister
Con
Jin
Bomner
Mr. Bonner
Bettina Hansen
Pullman
Columbus Brown
Hoffman
Pottawatomie County
Ames
Great Agricultural College
Iowa
Mr Holmyer
Vacati
Con Bonner
Columbus
Bettina
Nils Hansen
Hansens
Liseclub
Jesse James
James
Cornfcat
McGeehee Simms
Tennessee Mountains
Simmses
Buddy
United States
Pete
James E. Irwin
Ambitious Jim Irris In Rural Politics And Proposals
Jim Irwin faces pressure from Bonner and Col on to stay in the Woodruff district while being courted for a larger role. Col plans to rally support for a county superintendent bid and a district consolidation to boost Jim's influence. Jim weighs offers as Jennie Woodruff expresses quiet backing.
The Meeting at Woodruff School District
Jim Irwin faces a tense district gathering as Colonel Woodruff urges wage demands and evokes old power. The crowd fills the schoolhouse. Old Man Simms signals the start as Ezra Bronson yields to the chair.
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Jim
Man Simms
Mistah
Ezra Bronson
Pathway of Peace speech on international law and pact
Secretary Hughes urges reasonable limits on rivalries through fair international agreements. He proposes a permanent bi national commission and warns against open diplomacy while stressing codification of international law and the need for mutual concessions to sustain lasting peace.
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Montreal
Hughes
Canadian War Association
United States
Canada
International Joint Commission
Mughes
Ted
Testing His Powers at the Flats Foretells Time to Stop Flood
A caretaker asks Mr Grafte to declare when his foretold future will end the bath flooding the ceiling of the neighbor on the next floor. The request frames a strange exchange about supernatural foresight and domestic misfortune.
Are a Lazy Race
Unusually lazy people called Svantians inhabit an inaccessible mountain range between the Black and Caspian seas. They reportedly made no civilizational progress in twenty five hundred years and follow a rule of observing holidays four times weekly with saints days as extras.
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Black
Caspian Seas
W H Hudson Noted Naturalist and Novelist Dies in London
The English author and naturalist W H Hudson, born near the mid nineteenth century in South America to English emigrants, died at his London home on August 18 1922 after a life spent among the La Plata plains and literary work.
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W. H. Hudson
South America
la Plata
London
Crackers of Florida Oxen Drivers Then and Now
The Cid Tim notes that 19th century Florida oxen drivers used a whip as long as the driver with a lash twice as long to reach a four yoke team while seated. The snapper end cracked like a pistol shot and gave rise to the term crackers. They are rare today and increasingly picturesque.
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Florida
All in an Egg
Two dyspeptic men discuss diet and eggs in a humorous exchange. One argues eggs are the most nutritious food and feed the chicken from egg to hatch, while the other questions whether a freshly hatched chick appears strong enough for a hard day’s work.
Artificial Diamonds From Paraffin Spirit Process
An English chemist created artificial diamonds by a long costly method using paraffin spirit bene oit Aieiiite and metallic lihium in a cast-iron tube heated in a reverberatory furnace. The gems match real diamonds but are tiny and sold cheaply in 80 store quantities for a quarter of the mine price.
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Weuney
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Withers
The
State University
Farmers’ Institute
Werbert Quick
Clumb
Simms
Legislative Branch
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