Cleaning the Town by Fifty Thousand Pupils in St Louis
Fifty thousand public school pupils and ten thousand adults joined a two day city wide cleanup in St Louis. The Civic Improvement League oversaw the effort with a school based text Keep Our City Clean emphasizing civic duty and safe waste practices.
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St. Louis
St Louisan
Clyte Improvement League
Saya
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Civic Improvement League
Doyona
Carondelet
Michigan Avenue
Iron Street
Kate O'Halloran
Where Bosuty is Useful and Its Rise in Communities
The improvement society idea began in the village and spread to town and city. Originated to protect trees and then to plant where needed. Its scope is large with widespread influence as thousands of societies work actively. Men women and even children join in this effort.
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Improvement Society
Chicago Inter Ocean
Uni
Taxing Street Signs Across Europe Aims at Beautifying Towns
European cities debate poster and signboard taxes to curb visual ugliness. France and Belgium report artful improvements as authorities regulate placement and size, with Belgium collecting 70831 dollars in 1809. Proposals urge a graded tax in the United States to curb oversized, garish signs.
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France
Lesiie
Belgium
America
United States
Care for the Trees Involves Many Planting Societies
Numerous societies pursue a tree planting mission, with some planting thousands of trees yearly. They focus on tree care, species selection, sourcing, and costs, and advocate ads bans, youth involvement, and caterpillar egg control. They urge neighborhood clubs, stray ownership of street trees, and foresters in districts.
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Ginal
Clean Streets Urge Chicago Rubbish Ban
The mayor calls on all residents to obey a new Chicago ordinance banning street disposal of waste paper sweepings fruit peels and refuse. The proclamation lists seventy articles under ban and imposes fines from 2 to 100 dollars for violations to be rigorously enforced.
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Chicago
That Vacant Lot Next Door Inspires Eden Garden Dream
A Country Life In America writer imagines a vacant lot transformed by an able bodied gardener. With scythes, seeds, and small acts of maintenance the lot could be kept free of rubbish and bloom with flowers such as bachelor’s buttons black eyed Susans and sunflowers. The piece envisions sunflowers in corner clumps and morning glories along walls creating an Eden like space.
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Country Life
America
Mother Earth
Massachusetts street improvement plan offers photo contest
A Massachusetts improvement association promotes better streets by offering prizes for summer photos of bad roads. The winning collections will be exhibited publicly next fall to awaken the community to street needs.
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Massachusetts
Women's Good Work in Progresstow e Village Improvement Societies
A Chicago woman notes civic groups led by women are driving town betterment. Mary Gross Hopkins started Laurel Hill Association in Stockbridge Massachusetts, inspiring lawn, garden, and street improvements. Dixon Illinois formed a women’s council to coordinate projects across wards, help sanitation, and curb billboards. Honesdale Pennsylvania improves streets, parks, and waste handling, showing how local women’s groups mobilize public interest for cleaner, nicer towns.
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Chicago
Miss Columbia
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Mary Gross Hopkins
Stockbridge
Mass
Berkshire Hills
Hopkins
Laurel Hill
Zingland
Iire
Libe Cty
Dixon
Dixon Council of Women
Village Improvement Association
Honesdale
Colorado urged to invest in state road system expansion
The Denver Times argues Colorado should build a state road system through the mountains to boost tourism. It notes tourism grows yearly, bringing substantial visitor dollars and advertising benefits, with many eastern visitors later relocating or buying homes in the state.
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Denver Times
Colorado
Improving School Yards Through Student Hands On Work
Schools across towns took up beautification of grounds this spring by teaching pupils soil science, water conservation, and garden care. In Washington the program spurred major lawn upgrades with student led work days, sodding terraces, planting shrubs, and assigning each grade to care for a plot, fostering pride and community value.
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Bnone
Washington
City street cleaning push to curb dirt spills
Kansas City officials push a dirt hauling ordinance to curb spillage from earth carts. Superintendant Savage says permits from the street department will be required for dirt transport. Drivers have been arrested for spills. the ordinance aims to hold contractors responsible as well.
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Ala
Maing
Savage
Kansas City
Perents
Make the Yards Attractive and Earn Premiums
Travelers first glimpse of a town by rail is the back yards along the tracks. Rectifying this improves impressions quickly. A Illinois woman's town improvement society offered cash premiums for the cleanest, prettiest back yards, spurring rapid, visible progress.
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Ofllinois
Playgrounds for Children Right to Open Recreation
The article argues that children deserve designated play spaces to run and shout freely. It calls for open recreation grounds to prevent disturbances from street noise and baseball games, ensuring safe, accessible spaces for boys and girls.
Notice of Publication for Rowent Simson Petition
Judge Whitaker authorizes publication of the notice and petition in the Eldora Herald for six weeks as required by statute. Attorney J Hardin attests the examination and approval for publication in Harhin Houston towns district in Iowa.
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Rowent Simson
J. ¥. Hardin
Eldora Berald
Pabllahad
Harhin Houstt
Tows
Statuty
Notice of Referee Sale in Hardin County Iowa
Referee B H Nosuz will sell cash to the highest bidder the northwest quarter of section 33 township 88 range 20 west of the 5th P M in Hardin County Iowa. The sale is October 10 1903 at 2 PM in front of the courthouse door Eldora Iowa. This follows an August 28 1903 district court judgment Alle Francisco et al vs George D Bowers et al for partition.
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Mary Lightner
John Lightner
Wif
Husband
Beirs
Sid John Lightner
Maury Lightner
Gt Township
District Court
Hardinvonnry Town
Rupert Simpson
Wid Husbnd
Hardin County
Eldora
Laws
Iowa
Alle Francisco Et al
George D. Bowers
B. H. Nosuz
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the Herald
Wall Atlas
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W. B. Kniskern
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Lidia County
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Scientific American
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