The Indian Helper (Vol. 1, No. 21 & No. 22)


Carlisle, PA
January 8, 1886
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The first page opens with a poem titled “Smile Whenever You Can," followed by a lesson titled, "What Is Polite?" and a description of the life cycles of certain mammals. Page two features the "Forty-Ninth Congress" civics lesson comparing government to the Indian school’s debating clubs in which Congress would be debating the question of whether to establish an Indian school west of the Mississippi River. Also on the page is an article titled "Neatness in Girls" that stresses the importance of tidiness among schoolgirls. The page ends with a national news item. 
Page three contains short news items that includes students visiting from the Lincoln Institute, and advice from The Man-on-the-band-stand, titled “The Sociable.” The page also features, "Skating" that reports the new pond developed for ice skating. The fourth page contains puzzles along with a news report that "Six Sailors" who had drifted from their whaling ship had been rescued in New York, followed by national news items, including fourteen Osages leaving the Martinsburg school for their homes.  
 

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