Land increase pays for it comparative costs of consol idate
James Verley argues that rural school consolidation offers educational gains with better equipment and environment. He outlines two cost models, compares four separate schools to a consolidated center, and shows modest annual maintenance increases offset by higher enrollment and land value gains. He estimates a net investment of about 10 060 dollars with valuations rising three to five dollars per acre.
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Iowa
Enna
James Verley
Deaths and funerals in Mt Pleasant Otley and Pella area
Miss Mary Fleck 48 died at Mt Pleasant hospital after blood poisoning from a kitchen cut. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm in Oskaloosa. burial at Prine cemetery. VanGorp John J. VanGorp 31 died suddenly at Otley. funeral at Otley Christian Reformed Church. burial at Pella First Reformed cemetery. Waechter Louie Agusta Waechter 27 8 15 died in Denver after Brights disease. funeral at Second Reformed Church Pella. burial Oakwood. Card of Thanks from Mrs M Van Domselaar family for sympathy.
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Mary Fleck
A. H. Clark
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Fleck
Newton
Oskaloosa
Prine Cemetery
Jacob VanGorp
Christian Reformed Church
Otley
First Reformed
Pella
Waechter
Louie Agusta
A. Waechter
St Luke's Hospital
Denver
Miss Waechter
Edward
Colorado
St. Luke's Hospital
Nelle
Miss Weachter
Will
Rose Hill
Gerrit
Peland
Clara
Gides
Second Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Fly Menace to Life: Experts Warn of Ten Diseases
Health authorities and physicians warn that flies spread at least ten deadly diseases. They detail transmission from excreta, sputum, pus, blood, and rotting flesh, with a fly carrying 5,000 tuberculosis germs. The appeal urges readers to join the army of fly-fighters to protect children and babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anitary
Europe
State Board of Health Laboratories
Central 4 Still 3 Close Baseball Victory
Central defeated Still College 4 to 3 in a tense game on Friday. Central rallied with errors by Still and a squeeze play by Muirhead, while Still’s defense was nearly flawless. Buerkens doubled, Baer hit a homer scoring Buerkens, and Lowe blanked Still in the ninth as Central edged ahead.
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Central
Still College
Muirhead
Buerkens
Baer
College Girls Baseball Game On Campus Day
Campus Day at Central College featured a close fast paced baseball game between two girl teams. The Twokie lineup included Barron White M Phillips Hinton Van Houwelingen Schnug R Phillips Wanamaker Thompson. Opponents listed Dunn Grundman Van Zee Thomassen Kuyper Aschenbrenner P Van Zee Van Drimmelen Renaud Van Nimwegen substituting for Van Drimmelen. Final score reported as 21 to 18 in favor of the Twokies. Pearl Vankee was top performer for the other side.
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Central College
Twokie
Twokio
Dean Dodson
Twokies
Miss Hinton
Pearl Vankee
Old Paper Drive Announced By Women's Club
The Women's Federated Club calls for an Old Paper wagon pickup on May 19 and 20. Residents are asked to place magazines catalogs or waste paper on the porch or curb for collection.
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Women’s Federated Club
College Notes Recap of May Campus Activities and Recitals
May 19 Ministrel show visits and several days at home. A poor pep meeting Friday yoked by a grouch pep leader. Piano duets heard in chapel and a student recital in the auditorium with multiple pianists listed. College Team praised for a successful spring season. Campus Day featured Koffee Tok and supper, ball games, and a recital ending with a high school quartet. Suffrage topic discussed, six dollar proceeds. VanderPol and VanderMuelen credited for efforts.
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Lloyd Roach
Blanche Wanamaker
Loyde Hilyer
Chapel
Messrs McWilliams
Miller
Roach
Beck
Marsh
Buerkens
Scholte
Skunk
Hazel White
Charlotte Hussey
Esther Glantz
Loyde Hillyer
Sarah VanBuren
Margaret Vander Voort
Cora VerPloeg
James Mowe
Richard Bailey
Kathrie
Women’s Federated Club Delights Members With Abbey Pictures Talk
The May 9 meeting drew a large attendance as Prof Elizabeth Graham discussed Abbey Pictures of the Story of the Holy Grail. The color prints and framed scenes, from Galahad’s infancy to his later quest, inspired reflections on purity, destiny, and divine wisdom. Miss Thompson and Miss White offered two songs before a luncheon. The May 23 meeting will elect officers. all members should attend. See Gambell for a Cream Bevaritor.
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Elizabteh Graham
Boston
Sir Galahad
Tennyson
Fra Angelo
Sir Gallahad
Joseph
Arimathea
Galahad
Graham
Trail Route Debate Shapes Great White Way from Des Moines to Oskaloosa
A May 3 booster meeting in Oskaloosa gathered about 150 white way supporters from Boone Prairie City Monroe Fairmount Pella Eddyville Fremont Tracy Beacon and Oskaloosa. They endorsed the Daniel Boone Trail as the preferred Des Moines to Oskaloosa route over Knoxville Albia, pledging county and community backing for the Canada to Gulf highway.
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Prairie City
Eddyville
McHose
Des Moines
Daniel
Boone
Monroe
Fairmount
Pella
Fremont Tracy
Beacon
Oskaloosa
Jasper County
Prairie City Band
Prairie’ City
Charles S. Walling
Fowler
J. B. McHose
Canada
Gulf
Daniel Boone
United States
J. H. Stubenrauch
Chas. Porter
G. A. Stout
Joe Faassen
Henry VerSteeg
Will Robertus
J. H. Kuyper
M. C. Slob
John Heerema
J. H. Veenstra
H. P. VanGorp
H. H. Sadler
P. G. Gaass
A. A. Vanderlinden
Udell Hendricks
L. F. Bousquet
Hugo W. Kuyper
Long. Wornhoudt
B. F. VanderLinden
Carnations for Mothers Day sale by Ladies of the G A R
The Ladies of the G A R announce carnations for Mother s Day to be sold Saturday morning May 13 at the building formerly Hub Shoe store. Price 10 cents each. Orders may be placed with Mrs Edna Dennis Mrs T W Cox Mrs J W Todd or Mrs Ben Blommers before Saturday and they will ensure careful attention.
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G. A. R. Will
Hub Shoe Store
Edna Dennis
T. W. Cox
J. W. Todd
Ben Blommers
Dedger Braafhart Shoe Store Sale Prompted by Rice Theme
A shoestore named Dedger and Braafhart advertises a clearance sale with a quirky slogan about rice as a nonissue. The note hints at a store in a local market setting seeking rapid turnover of stock. The message is fragmentary but suggests urgency and branding.
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Dedger & Braafhart
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Moore
Fitzgerald
Spence
Wiliams
Kennedy
Cruzen
Christenson Harper
Barron If
Lowe
Harper
AB RH
Renaudo Welles
Rysdam
Wormhoudt
Kuyper
DeBruyn van Rees VanderLind
Sadler
Inno Neme
Monroe H
Abrh Shaw
Sipes
Rutter
Hetherington
DeYoung
Buckley
Smith
Oldham
Neff
Pat
Boone ‘Trailers
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