The Return of the Town by Walter Burr
A Kansas State professor argues towns are returning as rural life adapts to modern shifts. He counters alarm about urban migration, notes growth in auto service, farms, stores, poultry shipping, high schools, and new town industries, and predicts towns will thrive.
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Walter Burr
Kansas State Agricultural College
Lyceum
Middle West
The
View-with-Alarm Club
Ured
Rtc
Velty
Igh
Echools
New York City
Kansas
Nebraska
Mid-Western States
Obituary of Nora Nichols Lenora Dolson Pioneer Church Worker
Nora Nichols Lenora Dolson born December 9 1850 York Illinois was a long time Clark County resident. A teacher by training she joined the Friends church at West Union in 1890 and dedicated herself to temperance work and Sunday school service. She married Clarence Nichols on August 11 1881 at her mother's Marshall home and remained active in church and community efforts until her death.
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Lenora Dolson
Samuel
Polly Ann Dolson
York
Ilinois
Clark County
Indiana State Normal
Terre Haute
Ind
Marshall Presbyterian Church
Friends Church
West Union
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Order of the Eastern Star
Christ
Marshall
Clarence Nichols
Last survivor of a seven-child family dies aged 75
She preceded by December 11, 1913 and departed this life August 20, 1926 aged 75 years eight months and eleven days. She lived over forty five years active in religious educational and social life of the community and remained devoted to her beliefs. Survived by two sisters in law Amanda Dolson and Clara Shawler and brother in law Chas Hammill plus an aunt and eleven nieces and nephews with several cousins and many friends.
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Tareey Dolson
Amanda Dolson
Pimento
Indiana
Clara Shawler
West Union
Chas. Hammill
Mary Cooper
Wabash Township
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Nation’s Business
America
Mid-Western University
Mother Earth
Washington
Old Town
Main Street
Nora Nichols
Cork’s Insurance Agency
Walter E. Cork
Marshall, Illinois
Nash Electrical Service
CO. Marshall
Illinois
Willard Battery
Marshall Battery Co
Danville
Mt,Carmel Bus Line
Aere
Robinson
Champaign
Chicago
Ie Fen Dai Rr Vei Eit. ‘Carmel Rus Ture
R. C. Springer
Mgr
Robt. Bailey
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