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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
4
C. M. Walters died at nine o'clock yesterday morning in a St. Joseph hospital after an operation for appendicitis. Relatives were summoned to his bedside Monday as death neared. Funeral arrangements were not yet set. the body will be returned for burial in Page county.
Consolidated Schools No other school reform ever proposed in Iowa has advanced so rapidly as the consolidation movement. Within the last week, three large consolidated schools have been established by popular vote. Instead of lowering the value of farm lands, consolidation has caused lands in the district to rise five to ten dollars an acre above land outside. There is no good argument against consolidation, and all that prevents its universality is prejudice and conservatism. Midland schools.
The Villisca to Clarinda drainage ditch carried floodwater into Missouri, resembling the Platte river when stretched and left in Ringgold county. Missouri towns suffered, with many bridges from the Town line to Burlington Junction washed out for days. The Clearmont and Elmo bridge was wrecked, Blockton News reports.
Farmers Institute in Bedford Iowa hosts a spelling contest and school exhibit Friday and Saturday March 6 and 27. Ames experts on crops soils and animal husbandry join Prof L P Sewell of Bedford High School for lectures and a Bedford Stuart debate Friday evening. Saturday features the spelling contest with three cash premiums 5 3 2 dollars for top averages. Enroll by March 25 with Secretary D C Mohler or the County Superintendent. Words will be pronounced from the Merrill speller.
In a vivid piece from the Arkansas Democrat, a portrayal of a man using goods and brands from every state highlights the interdependence of American industry. The story frames the home product as a symbolic national mosaic, ending with a focus on Arkansas as the sole domestic constant.
A Nodaway resident Mrs Samuel McKnown was killed near Burlington No 4 last Friday afternoon. Witnesses saw her near the train as it approached the hotel she and her husband had bought. Authorities opened an inquest with a coroner present to determine cause.
J N Banks was elected president at the regular school board meeting. I M Chandler and Fred Fisher were sworn in as new members. The board set salaries and funds for next year and approved a spring vacation beginning March 29, with bills allowed and the board to meet again as called.
The crop reporting board of the Federal Department of Agriculture releases a public estimate of 1915 farm crops for the United States. The report covers 300,782,000 acres, about 92 percent of cultivated land, with the combined farm value of all products estimated at 4,946,000,000 dollars, noting 1914 production in context.
The 1914 cotton crop reached about 16,000,000 bales and wheat about 891,000,000 bushels, the largest on record. In 1918 cotton averaged 22.20 per acre while 1914 was 14.14. yield per acre and price per pound show higher output yet lower per-pound value in 1914. Overall farm value declined by 20,000,000 despite a 10 percent rise in crop production.
A Montana home poem by Zonas Lewellen and Gna Huss describes life on a 220 acre homestead. It portrays coyotes, wildlife, rough winters with 44 below, coal warmth, abundant turnips and grain, a distant store, and no rent, while noting marketing frustrations. The speaker touts freedom and rural simplicity amid frontier challenges.
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