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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
2
County Superintendent Edwards and Superintendent Grove addressed the Institute on education. Edwards urged rural school focus and Grove spoke on social duty and the value of honest labor, stressing that progress comes from daily “sweat of thy face” effort and unity of home and school.
The article explains potato cultivation from seed selection to planting depth and spacing, discusses pest control and harvest timing, and emphasizes training rural youths. It also contrasts Wisconsin and Champaign plans, arguing for accessible agricultural education near homes and equal educational opportunities for rural and urban students.
Joliet professor argues for equal educational opportunities for country and city youth and for rural school agriculture, noting farming communities lag in adopting new ideas. His hour long address contends agriculture should be taught locally to support economic growth.
President Rigney addresses the twelfth annual Stephenson County Farmers Institute. He extols the Illinois Farm ers Institute as a public sorce, cites Urbana College of Agriculture, and urges expanded farm education in public schools, rural consolidation, and development of soil science to secure a prosperous, virtuous citizenry and enduring American countryside.
A terse note claims a Scotch weaver’s clan in the seventeenth century produced sixty two children with forty six sons and four daughters surviving to adulthood. It cites Sir John Bowes and three centermen rearing ten of the brood, plus Jamaica tales of a 118 year old Mills and 295 descendants. Also a Penn football note and an ad for DeWitts Little Early Risers.
A small newspaper notice advertises Clare's Laundry offering family wash at affordable prices using rain water. It promises clothes will be soft and nicely worn, asks customers to send in garments, and mentions a wagon pickup with the news phone number 792 and address 164 Van Buren St.
Amid rapid US growth the English language now outspeaks all others. The share of Jews in trades and manual labor is higher in New York than in any other city globally.
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