County Educational Notes for the County Fair and Schools
County officials request districts bring exhibit work for fair. 1919 law requires school boards to buy and display a flag. penalties apply. Teachers with certain certificates must register at the office. New books and certificates offered. Rackley district plans a new school building. Rural schooling data shared. tales of local incidents. Mary Jansky, County Supt.
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F.A. Owen Publishing Co
Chicago
Pittsburg
Techno
Rackley
America
Spring Hill
Mary Jansky
Cunty
Kansas farm opportunities highlighted in railroad booklet
The United States Railroad Administration issues a Kansas farm prospects booklet with essays by 21 Kansas State Agricultural College experts led by W. M. Jardine. Governor Allen lauds Kansas resources from wheat surpluses to coal, oil, and rail access, inviting homeseekers to share in the state’s developing prosperity.
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United States Railroad Administration
Kansas
Commonwealth
Henry J. Allen
Canyon
Massachusetts
Rhodeager
Connecticut
Delaware
Kingdom of Holland
Belgium
Kingdom of
Denmark
Kansas State Agricultural College
W. M. Jardine
Charles R. Weeks
Fort Hays Experiment Station
W. E. Grimes
F. D. Farrell
Manhattan
F. W. Bell
Geo
S. Knapp
Garden City Experiment Station
W. H. Lippencott
Albert Dickson
J. H. Merrill
W. C. Markham
Kansas Highway Commission
W. W. Bowman
Kansas State Bankers Association
Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster
S. D. Flora
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Walter L. Payne
Geo. K. Andrews
Lindsborg
U. S. .Railroad
Administration
Fourth of July Leffer Prom Lieut Granstedt
Letter from Andrew Wilson describing relief work in Russia during the Fourth of July period. He details aid efforts, food supplies, and a planned relief office role, and mentions medals and the hardship faced by starving populations. He expresses longing for home and family news from Hoopeston, Illinois.
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Leffer
Prom
Granstedt
Reval
Lo Ain
Pskoil
Russia
Dry Creek
Andrew
World Wheat Yields Record Set in 1895 Island County
The world’s highest wheat yield reached 117.2 bushels per acre on an 18 acre field in Island County Washington in 1895. By contrast Rothamsted England averaged 36 bushels per acre over 60 years, while unfertilized plots yielded about 12 bushels. The surplus came from annual fertilizer with nitrogen, phosphate and potash.
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Island County
Washington
Rothamsted Experiment ‘Station
England
Will Move to Indiana Plans for Williams Family
Lester Williams, who sold his farm south of Rydal to Harry Robbenhouse of Agenda, will hold a clean-up sale next Tuesday. Soon after, he will move his family to Indiana where he has bought land near North Manchester, and they will travel overland.
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Lester Williams
Rydal
Harry Robbenhouse
Agenda
Indiana
Manchester
Obituary of Porvetd on Believed to Have Passed Away
The obituary notes Porvetd on died after a short illness. It mentions burial and preacher messages, a Kansas birth, and family survivors including a father and two sisters. The notice includes Christian sentiment about death, faith in Christ, and a call for friends to find comfort in heaven.
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Belleville
Ml Lervold
Senudis
Kansas
Tle Leives
Leap OG Aemitoys
Vso d
Teyti
Atsa
Christ
Jesus
Republic County Telephone meeting eyed for Saturday
President J A Freeburg calls a stockholders meeting at 2 PM Saturday in Scandia to decide the Belleville exchange and lines sale. Unite Telephone Company of Belleville has offered to buy the lines if terms are favorable, a deal likely if approved.
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Republic County Telephone Company
J. A. Freeburg
O’clueck
Scandia1
Belleville Exchange
Unite Telephone
Comepany of
Belleville
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McClellans
Ji.g.lofey, Pres
Barnard
Sec’y
Republic County
County Educational Notes
Opportunity
J. Mohler
Kansas State Field of Agriculture
Roumania
Wales
Switzerland
Pennsylvania
Main
Ohio
New England
Maryland
Illinois
C. R. Wilson
Ogreta
William Wilson
Hoopston
Linn & Danielson
Clothiers
Scandia, Kansas
the Electric Shoe Shop
W. C. Davis, “the Shoe Man,” Propr
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