Census shows less illiteracy in southern states study
A U S census survey summarized by Sara L. Doran reports notable gains in literacy among Alabama Arkansas Delaware and the District of Columbia since 1910. Illiteracy drops from 22.9 percent to 16.1 in Alabama and from 12.6 to 9.4 in Arkansas with similar declines in Delaware and DC.
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Washington
Ilteracy
Cengus
Sara
Doran
Bureau of Education
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
United States Commissioner of Education
Survey Commission
Healthy Homes Make Happiness in Child Welfare Guidance
Public health guidance stresses remediable defects before a child can enjoy good health. It warns against adenoids, eye strain, and poor nutrition, and lists habits to scorn and to form for better living. Emphasis on milk, sleep with open windows, cleanliness, and annual medical exams.
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Antoinette
Bonstette
Pete
Nytome
Obituary of Mrs. John A. Rees Sr
Mrs. John A. Rees Sr Margaret M Bettys born May 22 1841 near LaPorte Indiana died October 5 1921 at about eighty funeral at Rolfe Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev H H Houghton and Rev J P Lester interment Clinton cemetery. Her husband Rev John A Rees an ordained Baptist minister and six children survived including Geo A May L Frank A Will H Margaret and John A. The family moved across Iowa and Minnesota over the years with church work in Rolfe near Windom Laurens and Windom Minnesota Read more about her faithfulness as a mother and organizer of church work and her long service to Baptist communities.
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Margaret M. Bettys
LaPorte
Ind
Boone County
Iowa
North Union Baptist Church
the Baptist Church
John A. Rees
Pennsylvania
Boone
Dallas
Jefferson
Harlan, Iown
Kees
Pocahontas County
Windom
Mina
Minn
John A
Rolfe
Baptist Church
Valloys
Rees
Rolfe Presbyterian Church
H. H. Houghton
J. P. Lester
Clinton Cemetery
H. B. Rees
Joseph Merrill F
Harlan
R. H. Wolf
W. H. Kees
Laurens
Card of Thanks for Mrs John A Rees Sr
The family thanks friends for kindness during the illness and death of Mrs John A Rees Sr Arise for the floral offerings Your kindness will never be forgotten A humorous aside notes two thirds of a college education is ornamental and mocks college graduates
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John A. Rees Sr
Sunday Notes And Local Visits In Whee Community
The column records a series of neighborhood news items. Fisher chaperoned livestock to Chicago. Ladies Aid Society met on Thursday near Whee. Henderson and Mrs G S Sha hosted. Roberts of Spencer visited. Hilton and family returned from a trip to Minnesota and South Dakota. Frank McKim returned from the Midwest after summer work. Nick Phillips visited Minnesota and Rolfe. Miller Construction loaded trucks for Lyon county contract. A shower at the Methodist basement. Orin Miller attended. Squire Heathman family visited R Eggspuehler. Jesse Bryant returned home from Ortonville after helping at the Eggspuehler farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
S. Shan D.hilton
Frank McKim
Minnesota
South Dakota
W. D. Heathman
Ortonville
McKim
Mabl
Ray
Dodge
Nick Phillips
Rolfe
Miller Construction
Lyon
Orin Miller
Metropolitan Glee Club’s Noted Quartet Ties Stage Fame
ee Gates guides a best known country quartet formed in 1912 with roots to 1891. John F. Kelly is the Irish tenor and comic, Harold F. Banta Nebraskan baritone, La Doit Bishop bass, and Gates himself a tenor plus reading talent. Swiss bells complete the act. they perform at the high school auditorium on Thursday evening Oct 20 with seats sold at the school and downtown.
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Ee Gates
John F. Kelly
Kelly
Harold’ F. Banta
Nebraska
University School ‘of Music
Lincoln
la Doit Bishop
David ‘Mann
New York City
Gates
Local visitors and residents share weekend events
Bradgate and vicinity notes list visitors from Humboldt Pocahontas and West Bend. Names include Miss Zella Wallace at Hampton. Mrs. VanBuskert and daughters of Allendorf. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jacobson with newborn Oct 5. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Henderson of West Bend. A Peterson and A Olsen. Belva Wallace teaching at Havelock. Jennie Kannanbury a Pocahontas caller. H Seaman of Rolfe. Mrs. Ivan Dayton returning from Minnesota.
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T. S. Buck
Lucife
Humboldt
Harry Coke
O’ Neil
Zella Wallace
Hampton
VanBuskert
Allendorf
John Logan
F. Caywood
A. E. Olsen
John Anderson
Alta
Paul Templeman
Clifford Wood
Flaxton
N. D
Ed Jacobson
Geo. Henderson
West Bend
Nels Smith
Scell
Thor
John Carter
Jennie Kannanbury
Pocahontas
Belva Wallace
Havelock
Ivan Dayton
Minnesota
Josephine Templeman
Pioneer
A. Peterson
A. Olsen
Albert Chesley
Baby Health Contest Winners Named by M Y B Club
The baby health contest staged by the M. Y. B. Club drew eighteen entrants. Floyd Dunn and Lloyd Dunn won first and second in the boys division and swept the top two places overall. Bonnie Jean Sharp led the girls division with Marilyn Clare Miller second. Oneida Lucile Horsman placed third in the girls group.
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Dunn Twins
Floyd Dunn
Lloyd Dunn
Theo. Francis Fisher
Bonnie Jean Sharp
Marilyn Clare Miller
Oneida Lucile Horsman
Plover School Notes Highlight Local Graduates and Activities
Ila Hildreth now of Windom Minnesota visited the Plover high school. Dorothy Shaw Kenneth Chinn attend Morningside and Ivadell Jarvis Cedar Falls. The basketball team lost two games to Des Moines township 92-8 and 11-10. Teams from Ware visit Friday. Declamatory program, Armistice Day event, and eighth grade wienie roast noted. Lyceum course under high school supervision this year.
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Migs Ila Hildreth
Plover
Dorothy ‘Shaw
Kenneth. Chinn
Plover High School
Des Moines
Sage Repations
Unclear Western Lyum Bureau Review and Ticket Talk
Fragmentary lines discuss the Western Lyum Bureau and a talent final, mentioning season tickets priced at 150 dollars and guidance on conversing with friends. The prose critiques wealth and social perception, noting a gown purchase as an example of sales tactics and deception.
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Western “Lyum’ Bureau
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John A. Rees, Sr
T. T
Bradgate
Breezes
Ware
Harold: Schaeffer
J. R. McIntire
Exchange Board
the People’s Savings Bank
Conservative
Safe—Sound
Adler Collegian Jrs
America
Mark Cross
Perrin
Petersons’ Clothes Shop
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