In Favor of Manual Training by Rural Iowa Schools
At the Northeast Iowa Educational Association meeting in Waterloo, educators including State Superintendent R C Barrett and over twenty county superintendents advocate manual training in rural schools. They urge better teacher salaries by ability, graduation exercises, and courses to engage students with practical tasks such as sewing for girls and carpentry for boys, aiming to curb misbehavior and spark future skill development.
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R. CG. Barrett
Northeast
Iowa
Barrett
Des Moines Weather Bulletin Early Spring Crops Outlook
U S Department of Agriculture Iowa Weather Bulletin for week ending April 12 1908 describes spring as earlier than usual with central station temperature six degrees above normal since March 1. Rainfall below normal but soil moisture delays fieldwork. seeding begins April 1 and is well advanced on well-drained land. Reports show decreased spring wheat acreage and more oats and barley. corn planting may yield a large area if conditions stay favorable. Fruit buds fair, stock wintered well, spring pig crop promising.
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Department of Agriculture
Crop Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Central Station
Grags
Men Seek Higher Pay From Tilmore General Railroad
Section workers at Tilmore General Railroad reportedly quit en masse, with about 6000 men refusing to work. East and West crews led by bosses Kine and Hubrecht count the losses as they demand 1.50 per day instead of the current 1.25 for ten hours of labor. The strike hinges on recognition of higher day pay.
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Tilmore General Railroad
Kine
Hubrecht
Hin for Representative A Republican Candidacy
Manx J. Foury announces his candidacy for representative of Hardin County in the state legislature. He cites local ties and prior service, urging voters in the county’s twenty two thousand residents to support him in the Republican primaries on June 4.
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Hin
Attec A
Tou
Hardin County
Itlano
Trespasa
Variou
Pople
Manx
Train fares reduced on Rock Island line to three cents
Conundrei residents along the Rock Island railway learn of a new passenger rate reduction. The fare from Holland in Grundy county, and west and north routes, drops to three cents, while South Dakota remains at four cents due to state law. The change answers a long-standing puzzle over northern versus southern charges.
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Rock Island Railway
Holland
Grundy County
South Dakota
Dangerous Condition Looms Over Ackley Bridge
Franklin county is urged to repair approaches to the Beaver River bridge at Ackley’s north edge amid reports the structure is dangerous. The issue echoes the costly Homan v. Franklin County case, while council plans to seal city water mains for a year to curb leakages that exhaust eight times current usage.
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Franklin County
Ackley
Couts
Homan
Frank-en County
Losaattung
Allison ‘Fribung
Luckhart Case Reversed Quiets Title to 240 Acre Farm
The Iowa Supreme Court on Saturday quieted for all time the title to a 240 acre farm held in trust by Willam and Reno Luckhart, sons of the deceased John Luckhart, after four years of district court litigation with John Luckhart’s widow as contestant.
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John Lukehart
District Court
Grundy County
Willam and
Reno
Funeral services for George Althouse in Waterloo
Obituary notes the death of George Althouse born November 7 1840 in Gosfelden Germany who immigrated to Waterloo in 1857. He ran a Bridge Street grocery and general merchandise business, retired in 1872, did gold mining in Idaho and the Black Hills, returned to Waterloo and died. Survived by sister Mrs Adolf Vollenweider brother in Ackley and another in Germany. Funeral by Rev Earl at Elmwood Cemetery with pallbearers listed.
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Waterloo Daily Reporter
George Althouse
Althouse
Jefferson
Idaho
Black Hills
Waterloo
Reoty Althouse
Ackley, Lowa
Adolf Vollenweider
Germany
Earl
Elmwood Cemetery
George P. Beck
George Hafar
Gottfried Hartman
Frank Beck
John Berry
Fritz Kramer
Bleeker Death in Waterloo Ends Life of Carrie Hayunga Bleeker
Mrs. Carrie Hayunga Bleeker of Waterloo died last Friday after an unsuccessful surgical attempt. Born in Grundy County Iowa she wed John Bleeker on March 24 1884 and left a son. Funeral services were Monday at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev Smith with large attendance and many floral offerings.
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John Bleeker
Waterloo
Kedife
Chicago
Bleeker
Near Neighbors and Town News From Reinbeck and Surrounds
Fourteen carloads of immigrants paused at Wellaburg on their way to North Dakota. Reinbeck firemen receive 6 percent from the G. W. Ry for good service. Adon Thompson of New Hartford failed to sever a jugular vein and will live. John Haan of Grundy dies at 78 near Buck Grove. Clarksville plans a new school. Iver Ikkerman of Eldora buried while digging clay. will be laid up weeks. Joe McMillan sues Great Western Railway for 5000 over injuries. Frank Van Horne injured in Town Falls Manufacturing shafting. clothes torn. Buckeye town grades streets with manure. Hubbard assessor values total property at 13248. A Waverly preacher accused of slander stalls church unity. Joe Albrecht pays taxes on eighteen acres tied to watered stock. Rock Island railroad raises wages to 150 per day. old scale 1.25. Franklin County grand jury indicts Jacob Freeland for selling liquor and narcotics. Mills of the gods grind slowly.
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Adon Thompson
New Hartford
John Haan
Grundy
Buck Grove
Clark Avill i
Frank van Horne
Town Falls Manufacturing Co
Buckeye
Linehan
Times
Hubbard
Joe Albrecht
Butler County
Board of Supervisirn
Rock
Imsnd& Ralroad
Franklin County
Jacob Freeland
Hansel
Mampton
Geneva Township Session and Local Developments
Geneva township trustees met Monday with Silaa Page in charge of Ibling's elevator while at Des Moines. Mrs. May of Wisconsin visits sister-in-law Amelia Hickebiar. Orrin Benso’s new barn nears completion as fast as possible. Henry Iblirga attended the grain dealers convention in Des Moines. Mrs. Ella Tidd returns from St Paul after a four week visit. Mrs. Ella Nobles and daughter Releo visit Jeff Stout’s family near Hampton. Orilla Reeve travels to Moscow Idaho for the summer to stay with Uncle Vene Parky family. Frante's Studio offers photographs that please.
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Silaa Page
Ibling
Des Moines
May
Wisconsin
Amelia Hickebbiar
Orrin Bensno
Henry Iblirga
Gratia Dealera
Des Mules
Ella Tidd
St. Paul
Ella Nobles
Releo
Jeff Stout
Hampton
Orilla Reeve
Moscow
Idaho
Vene Parky
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