Rural School Notes on State Fair Essay Contest 1917
County Superintendent June Chidester announces Iowa State Fair dates August 2 to 4 1917 and a rural essay contest on why agriculture should be taught. Boys 15 to 19 on farms must write 500 to 1000 words by April 1, select local judges, and may win a trip to the state fair with eligibility rules and camp supervision. A spelling contest follows with rules and a ten cent admission fee to fund the state contest travel.
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Iowa
June Chidester
Iowa Department of Agriculture
City High School
State Fair Management
Jefferson County
Adkerson
Joseph
Anderson
Violet
Bedell
Dorothy
Coffin
Bertha
Creager
Maud
Crile
Hattie
Carney
Clarice
Davis
Irene McCoy
Frame
Ruth Jeiner
Marie
Ifhiods
Fried Hickenbottom
Ada Holmes
el Oar J Johnson
Liz
Myra Larson
Clifford
Lee
Henry Looney
Edith Millane
William Mitchell
Lester
Ornduff
Letha
Parker
France Patterson
Edna
Pickering
Mary
Rauscher
Paul
Quick
Rodabaugh
Florence
Russell
Olive
Sage
Gladys
Smutz
Katherine
Trammer
John
Whetstine
Ethel
Widner
Merle
Whitmore
Witkoski
Virginia
Glasgow
Phyllis Morris
Clab
Local residents attend to work and family matters
Miss Esther Gilbert resumed schoolwork after visiting Perlee. Miss Geraldine Roberts returned to Akeny to teach after visiting home. E. G. Pattee returned to Jericho & Easton’s after illness and Colfax treatments. Several others travel, visit relatives, or note family illnesses and recoveries around Ottumwa and nearby towns.
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Esther Gilbert
Perlee
Geraldine Roberts
Akeny
E. G. Pattee
Jericho & Easton's
Colfax
The Town Slouch
A satirical verse lampoons a man too honest to steal and too proud to beg as a political outsider who shuns involvement in local affairs. The speaker assigns him a distinct class, suggesting he avoids dabbling in politics despite need.
Compulsory Attendance Law Cited By Fairfield College
A historical notice quotes Section 2823-a on compulsory school attendance for ages seven to sixteen and penalties for noncompliance. It urges community enforcement by directing officers and citizens to ensure pupils attend public private or parochial schools for at least twenty four weeks each year. The Fairfield Business College advertises three months free tuition with visit options and contact details.
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Board of Directors
For Sale Near Ledger Office Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works
House west of the Ledger Office now occupied by Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works offered for sale. Must be removed from the lot before April 1. W. H. Parker contact phone 381, 267. viewings available forenoon and afternoon.
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Ledger
Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works
W. H. Parker
For Sale Notices and Properties on West Adams Street
For sale a dwelling and one and one half lots on West Adams street listed under W. H. Pence. Also for sale dry hard wood cut in stove lengths by phone 7608. A new modern five room house with bath and basement, twelve bearing apple trees and large garden offered with ore lot for 2400 dollars, or two lots separately listed by E. B. Shields at Fifth and Harrison streets with phone 3465. Also dry hard wood at reduced prices via phone 7608.
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Wisconsin Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore
Marinette
Wisconsin
South Fifth Street
D. W. Moyer
South Second Steel
Fairfield
Gale
James Bailey
Adams Street
W. H. Pence
E. B. Shields
Fifth
Harrison Streets
Wanted Ads Crowding Fairfield Page
Three girls sought at once for Fairfield Steam Laundry. Also seeks a strictly modern five or six room rental. Vulcan coke shipment advertised with phone contact. Fairfield Business College invites enrollment for spring or summer terms in Junkin Block with day and evening sessions.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Business College
Junkin Block
South Main Street
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Rural School
June Chid
Ster
Itowa
Ray Kirkpatrick
Keota
Clyde Dillinger
Bloomfield
Miss 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
BY Aes Ih
Chenical Company
Quincy, Aucis
USA
Ridhage
Shriner and Johnson
H. P. McLaughlin CO
Beckwith
W. A. Root
Foote & Crail
South Second Street
A. B. Mullenix
Carl Stanford
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
Gold Rooster
Jane Gray
Louise Glaum
Charles Ray
The
Charles Murray
Purple
Harry Carey
Cheyenne
Eddie Lyons
Edith Roberts
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