Central College notes and student reports from 1907
A collective scrapbook of campus life recounts teacher ideals, new bookkeeping classes, and a piano unveiling in the hall. The Glee Club tours Leighton Keb, basketball beats Y M C A 36 to 28, and Prof Cook earns praise as a capstone bookkeeping instructor. Rev J F Catlin, an alumnus, speaks on staying through college while supporting expansion and endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Central College
J. F. Catlin
West Chester
Pella Talks Invite Prof Severn for Evening Lectures
Citizens of Pella and vicinity are urged to invite Prof Severn to present talks. Teachers near Pella may review any branch or study and meet weekly if feasible. The next state examination is due April 24 25 and 26 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severn
Pella
Goodall
Those Baby Farms and Oddities From Des Moines and Beyond
The column condemns Des Moines baby farms as shameful institutions where confinement is charged for and infants are given away. It recalls a 19th century tale of hidden incest among orphans, linking such miseries to neglect and societal depravity. Also notes Oskaloosa hitching racks removal and Cranky anecdotes about Otley and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Chariton
Oskaloosa
Los Angeles Times
Drovers Journal
Chicago
Goodall
Local Residents Seek Law Change Over Nuisance Animals
Residents in the area request legislative amendment to allow shooting nuisance animals despite current prohibitions. They describe the animals as overrunning the locality, with reports noting numbers exceeding eighty six and wild behavior. The call is for sanction to remove the pest with measures already deemed legal in other regions.
Editor’s caution on mail order homesteads in Kansas
The Jewell Republican editor argues against settling a Kansas county entirely by mail order residents. He contends such a county would crumble without local commerce as stores banks newspapers hotels fail. He asks who would buy land far from a town and urges supporting home towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Jewell
Kan
Kansas County
Valentine’s Day customs spread from Rome to Britain
On February 14 St Valentine’s Day is observed with missives and tokens of affection. The piece traces Valentine’s origins from Roman Lupercalia and early Christian history, noting the shift from pagan gift exchanges to honoring the saint. It mentions post offices busy on the day and the enduring practice of valentines in school boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
Europe
Pan
Rome
St. Valentine
Marcus Aurelius
Wheatley
Allen Butlers
Britain
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Lane
Giet
New York
Frank Queen Pub. CO. (Ltd
Albert J.borte
Sori
Oneida
Osten
A. RL Harding Pub, CO
Columbus
Ohio
Lippincotts
Monthly Magazine
Philos
Mate Building
Leighton Keb
Leila Thompson
Miss Thompson
Illinois
Dean Severn
Germany
Berlin
Cox
Ine
Iowa
Otley
OUR
Able Tooner
the Woman’s National Daily OF ST
Woman 'S National Daily
Telegraph News of
Daily Market Reports
America
Washington
Fast Mails
Woman's National Daily
Woman's Nationaal
Woman’s National
Goodall’s Farmer
Hey
Faith Yelgar
Coullog
Dudley
Childeen
Beotion
Magazine OF Fashions
N. B
Pella, Iowa
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