New Rural School Dream Highlights Jim Irwin's Plan
On a May gathering, Jim Irwin and Jennie return to Consolidated District Number One to celebrate a farm based school community. A grand banquet praises the Living with glebe land and schoolmanse concept, while Col Woodruff and Angie Talcott quip about Jennie’s future. The couple weighs teaching, governance, and money as they envision an enduring, education driven rural renewal.
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Jim
Merrie England
New England
Lke
Jim Irwin
Creamery
Co-Operative Aundry
Thicksmith and Wheelewright
Colonel Woodruff
Hans Hansen
Tinns Nilsen
Hans
Jennie
Calista Simms
Bob
Hannim
Hfe
B. Bo
Trojan
B.B
Des Moines
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Blaine
MacKinley
Creatien
Pye
Angie Talcott
Angie
Denmie
Angle
Jonnie
Ile
Busy Consul Foster Led by Sedgwick Native at Vienna Desk
Carol J Foster American consul in charge at Vienna handles thousands of emigrants seeking U S passports each month. Born 1884 in Sedgwick Kansas, educated at the University of Chicago and Oxford, he also serves as an associate professor of English at the United States Naval Academy.
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Carol Jfowell Foster
Vienna
Oman
United States
Foster
Sedgwick
Kas
Tddho
University of Chicago
Oxford University
England
United States Naval Academy
Engagement announced between Lois Booth and Prince Erik
Miss Lois Booth of Montreal daughter of Mr and Mrs J D W Booth and granddaughter of J R Booth the multimillionaire known as the limber baron of Canada is engaged to Prince Erik of Denmark authorities said.
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Lois Booth
Montreal
Mr. and Mars
J. D. W. Booth
J. R. Booth
Facts About St Pauls Cathedral Existence and Capacity
St Pauls cathedral measures a mile around by the railings, with a 170 yard entrance length and 63 yard maximum width. Towers reach T4 yards high. Fifty workers keep monuments, floor cleaning runs weekly and monthly wash, annual overall cleaning. Gas lighting once took an hour to light and eight fires burn, using a ton of coal daily. Three thousand chairs and 200 surplices, sixty worn weekly. Iron rails in the churchyard weigh 200 tons, seven gates cost £11,000. Roof capacity holds 26,000 people.
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St. Paul's
St. Paul's Cathedral
Bowie Plans Earthquake Forecast Plan for United States
Major William Bowie of the Coast and Geodetic Survey proposes a nationwide system to forecast earthquakes and seeks congressional approval to become the government’s official earthquake forecaster. A photograph shows Bowie studying impending quakes.
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Maj
William Bowie
Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
Uncle Sam
Congress
Major Bowie
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Herbert Quick
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Woodruff
Haakon Peterson
Yim Irwin
Chamberlain
Haakon
His
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latMish
Aclurs
Secretary of
Wallace
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Tasker Bliss
New York Central
Wilfred Stevens
Department of State
Winnipeg Labor Temple
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lenin and
Tronky
Supreme Court of Ontine
North America
Canada
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