Country School Substitutes and Life Lessons in Pioneering Times
A snapshot of rural schooling reveals makeshift tools and methods. Students used slate fragments and homemade pencils, with waxed slates heated to erase marks. Arithmetic and grammar dominated the curriculum, with algebra appearing rarely. The piece reflects rugged discipline, memory work, and the social dynamics of a weathered country classroom.
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Tonchir
Ore Bey
Webster
Tinle
Thv
United States
Kirkhan
Gramaar
Irish Tickling for Trout and Hidden Powers of the Rod
A column recounts Irish folk lore of tickling trout from Carbon River and notes on divining rods at Avon dale docks. It cites Mr. Thoro dyke and Miss Gordon Cumming, contrasting poetry with practical science, and describes elusive trout catching methods and the mystique of the divining rod. It also includes brief items on original 1804 dollars, and a romantic tale about a millionaire's daughter chasing romance by becoming a poor artist.
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Ireland
Bucceas
McRe
Kesh
Cours
San Francisco
Britain
Avondale
New England
Southern Pacific
Cemteal
Pasife
Huve
Sliss Gordon Cumming
Mulllionaire
Tim
Millonaire
exIne Gilénth
Dia
San Francisco Chronicle
Seeing Human Nature and the Paupers from Europe
A reporter describes a scene at a lodging house where a landlord refuses to evict a sick child, a compassionate woman seeks aid, and a poor mother pleads for one more day. The piece contrasts humane instinct with hard, businesslike indifference, noting waves of paupers and immigration from Austria Poland and Germany and the coast guard’s efforts to send able bodies to opportunities elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blake
Poe
Baylor
Shylock
Randall's Island
Lili
Sway
Hinke
Biske
Castie Garden
State Board of Charites
Municipal Commissioners of Charities and Correction
Boston
Trenton
Bieke
New York Sun
Legal and commercial forms catalog from Wichita Kansas
A long, garbled listing details legal blanks, records, and printing services for townships, clerks, and officials in Wichita Kansas. It mentions county, township, and school district forms, treasurer and clerk records, dockets, road overseer receipts, and various blanks for public offices, advertising rates, and mail order sales by a Northwest Kansas supplier.
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Fagie Fabienne Be
M. ML
Murdock
Wichita
Kansan
Fach
Earh
Justice of the Peace
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Polini
Chicago
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Chrastian
Soral
Wong Chin Foo
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Edsertyre
Neveda
Chiesas
Coe
Georgia Earhange
Warnn
Grand Arty of the Republic
Richard Coan
Jim
Europe
Bellor
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Firesan
Jes Atsie
Holy Synod
St Petersburg
Moscow
Kiet
Tee
Theese
Yike
Lota
Glendale
Anscea
Frank Sieger
Tucker & Jackson
Main Street
Richard S
Besdyal
Wichita Mercantile Co
South Market Stree
Kansas
Wichita City Roller Mills
Perial
Oliver & Imboden CO
Uy Mail
Wichita Eagle
Kunditt
Hyde & Fumble
Iydee Ihm Not
Chicago, Kansas
Ds Nebraska Railway
SC Deci & Town Mallead Co
Lessee
Pullman Police Car Company
Whco
Nebraska
Chicago, Kansas, & Nebraska
Hock Island
Furt
Jno
Sebastian
PNAS
Topeka
Kain
Milar
California
Oregon
Washinton Territory
All Bache. Constants
Missouri Pacific
Ft. Scott
Kaufman & Kober
Lombard Mortgage Company
Boney Pall
Nour
A. E. Shober
North Main Street
Santa Fe Bak Lot
Cheno
Rock
Wit Clyne
Kansas City
St Joseph
Callat
E. Douglas Avenue
Choice Northern Sec Potatoon
Supply Co
Nore
Hose
Nord
Topeka Avenue
Wickita
Kanes
Eader
Englewood
Ayrath
Sthone
Ui Bani
Okabe
Abansas Saatonal
W. Dinwis
Henry Schweiter
Goodyear
H. Schweiter
Eagle
Southwest
Davidson & Case
John DaviDson
Sedgwick County
Arenas
Sorene
Chicago Lumber. Co
Lawrence Ave
Chicago Yards
35Th and
Iron Sts
W. A. Smith
Geo. L. Pratt
Geo. D. Cross
Kansas Loan and Investment CO
J. R. Holliday
Wichita Grocery
Douglas Ave
W. Fake Wees LE
Doug Sree
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita Cracker Company
Masupactuy
North
Fourth Avenue
E, Lawrence, Piey
O Martinson, Pierre
Westside National Bank
R.hatfield
C.F. Coleman
Campbrll
Lawrence
MNT
W Trimers Mortanton
O.martingom, JR
Watts
Iminigon
Ca Walker, Vince
Citizens Bank
State of
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Wr Raster, Canvester
DOA
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Hacever & Jackson
Maly ST
Wichita National Bank
Eastern and Foreign Exchange
Eigns
County
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