Better Schools and Citizenship in Rural Iowa
The report argues consolidation aided by transport and capable superintendents improves rural schooling. It urges higher annual aid to consolidated districts, raises tax limits to fund facilities, and advocates standardization for one room schools. Emphasis on better farming includes cultural and ethical growth for farmers and families.
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Iowa
Thirty Sixth General Assembly
Department of Public Instruction
Illinois
Department of Public. Instruction
Butterfields
Ford denounces preparedness as war catalyst in Chicago remarks
Henry Ford, returning from the Panama exposition, said preparedness leads to war and warned it invites conflict. He claimed the sentiment is transitory but growing, pledged a million dollars for antiwar education, and asserted money fuels both war and preparedness while capitalism remains the root cause.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Chicago
Ford
America
War end by removing war from Earth
A fragmented dialogue argues that removing war from the world would halt conflict in Europe. The text shifts to farming and finances with characters like Somerville and Joe discussing rye, plowing, and fertilizer, then a Fargo Daily Courier quote condemns charity as a sin and a personal refusal to give without compensation.
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Europe
Joe
Plowman
Hesidek
Mr. Somerville
Joe Tald
Ford
Fargo Daily Courier
Des Moines firm forms to market new water softening process
Roy Tellier, formerly of Gilmore City and son of Humboldt resident J A Tellier, helps organize a Des Moines company to commercialize a mineral-based water softening method discovered during analysis of Muller's earth. Rev G W Prather, once in the Black Hills, sent a sample leading to the find. a test apparatus yielded highly satisfactory results and the company elected Will Campbell as secretary and treasurer.
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Roy Tellier
Gilmore City
J. A. Tellier
Humboldt
Des Moines
Black Hills
G. W. Prather
Methodist Church
Des Moines Packing Company
Teller
Gilmore Globe
Wienheig
Will ” Campbell
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N. J
Hendrickson
C. C. Rucker
Prop
M. O, Grodland
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