Graduates of Illinois Agricultural Colleges
Statistics show from 10 years of graduates, 82 percent farm, 40 teach agriculture, 9 in government roles, and one editor. Ninety percent remain in agricultural pursuits, with sixteen becoming teachers. The note urges comparing graduates across states and colleges.
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Agricultopa
Warlcustice
Durie
Ilinois College of Agriculture
Daraffed
Titel States Department of Agriculture
Tabor Topics and Local Notices From Town Column
The column includes social visits around Alexandria and Grimes County, Sunday school attendance, entertainment at Mr. and Mrs. M. Z. Ffeach's, and well wishes to a local speaker. Also a note on Japan’s sacred nuts, their worship use, oil burning, cultivation underwater, and claimed long storage after cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes
Grimes County
Mowars
Walter Wilces
Alford Paterson
Wilcox and Family
M.Z Fiteach
Susie
Laughing at Parisian Tease Drove Travelers to Tears
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a humorous exchange during a European trip. An American group laughed at French guests who mocked their outfits prompting a shared outburst of unstoppable laughter. The moment ends with the travelers regrouping in their coach as the French retreat for a drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Weme
Chicago Tribune
Henry Clay Story and the Vote Instruction Anecdote
Henry Clay story recounts a Kentucky House incident where a mountain representative asks if the legislature is directing how to vote on a bill. The speaker confirms the aim, the member exclaims Great heaven and sinks back, and the resolution is quickly defeated by unanimous vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Meury Clay
Wordsworthy
Harry Percy
Clay
Kentucky
Congress
Telleury Clay
Ains
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MOUND
City CO
E.J. Jenkins
Bogany
TABOR
Meg
Caughley
Alexandria
Onn
Japan
New York
Wanas
Emmet
Maloney Pure Drug
Henry Clay
America
Eugene Edge, Ste Tine
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