Financing of Education in Iowa summarized by Jarnagin
J W Jarnagin reports on a new book The Financing of Education in Iowa issued by Macmillan under the Educational Finance Inquiry Commission. The staff led by William F Russell includes Thomas C Haly and Raleigh W Stone with eight assistants. The study details costs of education from rural schools to universities, noting 1909 costs at 14426842 51 and 1922 costs at 57509041 19. Iowa has 29000 teachers, 26000 in common schools, 90 percent women, with total enrollment 616000 of which 560000 attend regular schools.
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Des Moines
Iowa
MacMill Company
New York
Educational Fire Inquiry Commission
American Council of Education
Washington, D. C
Wiliam F. Russell
College of Education
University of Iowa
Thomas C. Haly
Raleigh W. Stone
The
University
Radio waves and cattle tuberculosis in Iowa report
In remarks from the inaugu ral address broadcast across the nation Professor Helmick of Drake University states a New York to Iowa radio link takes under a millionth of a second yet attenuates to a millionth of the required current. Iowa tests 1,000,000 cattle for tuberculosis with counties progressing under an accredited area plan.
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Coolidge
United States
Helmick
Drake University
New York
Iowa
Towa
Pottawattamie County
State Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Winnebago
Mahaska County
Kossuth
Corning high school votes for gowns over display fashion
After a 27 to 26 vote the Corning Adams County high school class approved renting caps and gowns for graduation at about $2 per pupil, a choice estimated to save roughly $40 per student and over $2,000 for the class. Nearby, Dr. J B Allbrook, aged over 80, remains active in Pasadena groups and veterans’ affairs. Rock Island railroad runs two daily lettuce freight trains from California and Texas. Congress moves to purchase Winneshiek Bottoms for a game preserve amid wildlife concerns. The Walton league backs keeping the area in its wild state as a natural refuge along the Mississippi.
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Corning
Adams County
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Rock Island Railway
California
Texas
Congress
Senate
House
Winneshiek Bottoms
Winneshiek
Mississippi
Lansing
North Iowa
Walton League
Midle West
Allamakee County
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Illinois
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Portable Adder Advertises $65.00 Unit
An ad from The Book Shop promotes a Corona Typewriter Co portable adder priced at sixty five dollars. It claims the device can add one cent up to ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars and ninety nine cents and performs the task well in a compact, efficient design.
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Corona Typewriter Co
Wall Paper Stock Cleared At 10 Cents A Double Roll
Closing out stock of wall papers priced 20c to 80c a roll, all available at 10c a double roll. Hurry to take advantage of the sale before gone.
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J. W. Jarnagin
Hayes Hill
Hayes
Our
Pella Pipe and Tank CO
Woodstock
Ty Typewriter
Coloniee St
Chicago, Illinois
Harry Marsh
Keeney Dairy
T. Myers
Afton
Union County
Kansas City
Myers
Bureau of Biological Survey
Atlantic
Pacific
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Frank Lumsden
Storm Lake
Omaha
Lumsden
Gowrie
Sibley
Thomas Usry
Gifford
J. B. Allbrook
Upper Iowa
Pasadena
Veteran Methodist Ministers’ Association
Pasadena-Iowa
Cornell College Club
Charles Keeney
Carlisle
Warren County
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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