Rural Exodus Spurs Debate On Country Life And Town Drift
A town paper argues farm families migrate to cities for church, schools, and social reasons, while noting the toll on farms and families. It cites dulled joys of rural life, rising isolation, and the burden of labor with few rewards, urging transportation improvements and better rural education to restore life worth living. The piece blends nostalgia with a call to practical reforms.
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Amelia Ann
P.O
Alwess
Antunya
National Education Association
Ventera
Americans to join Matthews American Armoury project
The article reports on John Matthews promoting an American Burke’s Peerage style register called Matthews American Armoury and Blue Book. It invites Americans of European descent to enroll, promising armorial bearings or pedigrees with a $15 subscription, plus engraving for those listed. Notables like Richard Watson Gilder and Halsey C. Ives endorse the plan, which aims to establish a recorded aristocracy in the United States.
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John Matthews
America
Matthews
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
Troy
Salt Lake
Richard Watson Gilder
E. Cholmeley- Jones
Mr. Gilder
Halsey C. Ives
St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts
Heralds’ College
Mr Matthews
Imeral
Burkes
William C. Whitney
McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Richard Croker
Asa Bird Gardiner
Theodore Roosevelt
Prince of Wales
New York World
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Clifford Howard
Washington Post
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Wilbur
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