Farms, Rural Education and the One-Room School
The Illinois Farmers Institute argues rural schooling failed to serve country life. It critiques one room schools, urges integration with farm economics, and promotes scientific farming taught in schools to keep farm boys from pursuing city wages. It emphasizes silo, alfalfa, purebred seed, and livestock as key to farm prosperity.
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Nolonger
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Illinois Farmers” Institute
Martinsville Notes From Martinsville
Local items tell of John Cline improving and Bishop in North Dakota, Elwood Keith returning ill from Oklahoma, and Ed Gray cutting logs on Kimlin farm. Marriage of Leroy Croft and Mary Ennis at church parsonage, a fatal shooting scare, and town history outline Martinsville’s 1830s growth.
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Millis
Oklahoma
Orange
An Y
Elwood
Ed Gray
Kimlin
Leroy Croft
Tulsa
Okla
Martinsville
Mary Ennis
J. W. Ennis
Our City
Church of Gor Parsonage
C. T. Iddler
Chiia Jones
Parker
Lincoln Church
Rupp Cemetery
Special Suit Sale With Discounted Dresses and Jackets
A local retailer advertises a week long sale on missses suits and ladies wear. Prices feature $12 50 for suits and $1 for chosen items plus discounts on wool hats and embroidery items. A display highlights new Sync Jackets and flouncing embroidery at fifty cents.
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Salee Sey
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Marshall Herald
Charles Scott Pustishen
Marshall, Ill
Aguas
New York
Chicago
Clark County
Nicholas Longworth
Germany
Cincinnati
Nicholls
Herlin
Slike
Martingville
Jerry Ishler
John Cline
Bishop
North Dakota
Clark Barbee
Bill Kitchen
Douglas County
Bud Kidwell
Mt Pleagan
Roy Bartlett
Melroge
Rée Clough
Murdock
Wolfden
Sarah Spier
Hannah Kitchen
Auburh
D. W. Stipp
John Fix
Lawrence Hurst
Hunt City
Leo Fasig
Bett Ell Cook
Elwood Keith
Ralph Maggert
Mt. Pleasant Sunday
John
Marshall
Eas
Bochs
Apde
Ione Becca Ak
Florida
Betty Salles
Kentucky
Our
Enus
Casey
Joseph Martin
Col. W. B. Archer
Joseph Duncan
Ernest Shackleton
Spitzbergen
Delaware
Royal Baking Power
Gee
Arthur
N. Bit
Cears
jResy Bhones
Abash
Ones W
Masees
Lockard
Lee Eae
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