Rural School Notes and State Fair Essay Contest
County Superintendent June Chidester announces Iowa State Fair dates August 22 to September 6 1917 and a boys essay contest on Why Should Agriculture be Taught in Iowa Schools. Essays 500 to 1000 words must be filed by April 1 with county superintendent. top entrant earns a trip to the State Fair with judging by local committee and state fair staff. Contest rules cover spelling drills and eligibility. past winners are ineligible. a library hall contest set for March 21 with multiple signed contestants listed. Admission 10 cents funds travel for the best speller to the State contest. proceeds go to Jefferson County Teachers Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
June Chidester
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Adkerson
Joeph Anderson
Violet
Ofiell
Dorothy Coffir Berthar
Martan Hattis v
Clarice
Irene Mc Rutty
Myra Larson
Clifford
Lee
Henry Looney
Edith Millane
William Siitehell Lester
Ornduff
Letha Parker
Fr Patterson
Hdna Pickering
M Rauscher
Paul
Quick
Marie
Rodabaugh
Florence
Russell
Olive
Sage
Glad Smutz
Katherine
Trammer
John
Whetstine
Ethel
Widner
Merle Whitmore
Witkoski
Virginia
Glasgow
Phyllis Morris
Jefferson County
Teachers’ Club
Local notices of residents and visitors in the city
Local residents and guests are noted in daily movements. Esther Gilbert returns to school after visit at Perleo. Geraldine Roberts teaches at Akeny after home visit. EK Pattee resumes work at Jericho Easton after illness and Colfax treatment. Several others travel, visit, or are ill, with family edges in Keota Bloomfield Washington Ottumwa and Drake University.
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Esther Gilbert
Perleo
Ceraldine Roberts
Akeny
EK. G. Pattee
Jericho & Easton's
Colfax
The Town Slouch in Quietly Prideful Vignette
A satirical verse notes a man who resists theft and political meddling, praising his honesty and self restraint. The speaker wagers such integrity places him in a unique class apart from scheming others. The tone mirrors a humorous local column quip about personal virtue.
Compulsory Attendance Law Enforcement Notice
A historical notice outlines Section 2823-a requiring children aged seven to sixteen to attend school for at least twenty four weeks annually. Violations carry fines from three to twenty dollars and enforcement duties rest with school boards. citizens may also prompt action. Fairfield Business College promotes three months free tuition. A sale advertises the house west of the Ledger Office, occupied by Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works, must be moved before April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Ledger
Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works
W. H. Parker
For Sale Real Estate Lots and Homes in Fairfield and Marinette
Classified notes list several properties for sale including a seven room home at 709 South Fifth Street with garage and solid repair, multiple lots on South Second Street in Fairfield with new modern houses, a dwelling and one and one-half lots on West Adams Street, a modern five room house with apple trees and garden offered with one or two lots, plus dry hard wood for sale by various contacts. A Wisconsin land magazine LANDOLOGY offers three months free subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore
Marinette
Wisconsin
South Fifth Street
D. W. Moyer
South Second Steet
Fairfield
Gale
James Bailey
West Adams Street
W. H. Pence
WANTED ads seek three girls and rental house
Wanted notices publish two urgent classifieds for Fairfield Steam Laundry calling for three girls at once and a strictly modern five to six room house for rent with contact phone numbers 83 and 1758.
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Beckwith
V. A. Root
Fairfield
Iowa
Foote & Crail
Fairfield Business College Enrollment Notice
Just received a shipment of Vulcan coke and announces enrollment for spring or summer terms at Fairfield Business College Junkin Block South Main Street Day and evening sessions Carl Stanford phone 17.
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Carl Stanford
Fairfield Business College
Junkin Block
South Main Street
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Rural School
June Chid
City High School
State Fair Management
Jeffegeon
Briidens
Ray Kirkpatrick
Keota
Clyde Dillinger
Bloomfield
Mis
Pearl Gardner
Washington
G. W. Gaumer
Jacob Scheffel
Ottumwa
Frank Shriner
Florida
Arthur Bartlett
City
William and
Marshall Stever
Drake University At
Des Moines
John B. Stever
Myra Montgomery
Grand River
Louisa P. Montgomery
East
Lowe Street
Clifford Hisel
Baby
Libertyville
H. J. Hogan
John Frasher
Mt. Pleasant
Ada Montgomery
Casper, Wyoming
Paul Ferrer
New London
Miss Pearl Oliver
George Oliver
West Hempstead Street
Roll Stansberry
Ellis M. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
SIONS
Main Street
F Chemical Company
Miner Wimete
USA
Wolf’s
Shriner and Johnson
Arpets
H. P. McLaughlin CO
South Second Street
A. B. Mullenix
Nh Sa
Fairfield Theater
Pearl of the
Norma Talmadge In
Lena Rivers
Mary J. Holmes
Beulah Poynter
Fred Mace
Keystone
Philips & Arp
Louise Lovely
Rupert Julian
Baby Zoerae
Francelia Billington
Bettina
L’ Abbe
Constantin
Pathe’ Gold Rooster
Jane Gray
Louise Glaum
Charles Ray
The
Charles Murray
Purple
Harry Carey
Cheyenne
Eddie Lyons
Edith Roberts
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