Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1901 — Blue Back. [ARTICLE]

Blue Back.

The first spelling book printed In this country was entitled “The American Spelling Book,” by Noah Webster. It was Issued In 1783. and for considerably more than half a century was the standard work used In all American schools.