Independent towns push self sufficiency and civic improvement
The piece argues for rural centers to depend on themselves and local resources, promoting civic improvement. It notes rising interest in nature study, education, and city gardens like St. Louis Junior School of Horticulture, while Texas faces slower adoption due to vast unoccupied land and lingering cattle-era influences.
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St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Texas
Lonetar
Agricultural high school program in Waterford village
In Waterford Erie County Pa the waterford high school offers three courses language scientific and agricultural with 35 in the agricultural track. The program emphasizes lab work and outdoor practicum using local farms and businesses for study. A class of 14 boys and 6 girls studied animal industry under an agricultural college graduate instructor.
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Department of Agriculture
D. J. Crosby
Office of Experiment Stations
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Waterford
Cliss
Agricultural College
Village Lesson on Animals and Opportunity Echoes
A rural high school excursion to barns and a livery for student analysis of horse breeds and draft types illustrates hands on learning in agriculture. The piece links farm life to a broader call for balanced success and a return to home markets, praising Mr James and challenging fortune as a continuing process.
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Teac
John J. Ingalls
Mart
Homecraft and Craft: the homecrofter craftsman idea
George H. Maxwell champions homecraft as allied to home arts and crafts. He envisions homeowners with small plots using gas engines or electric motors to produce goods for family support, offering relief from factory demoralization and expanding citizen independence from landlords and employers.
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George H. Maxwell
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
Keep Politics Out of Public Parks and Town Improvements
Citizens must oppose partisan control of parks, roads, playgrounds and town improvements. Politics corrupts management, places unfit leaders in charge, and discredits public trust. Demand political independence in municipal operations and condemn officials who trade trust for gain.
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Psurk
Fresh Air Playgrounds Policy Gap Noted in Cities
European cities provide extensive public parks with child friendly facilities and instruction space. American municipalities lag in provisioning for children's recreation and instruction in parks, highlighting a need for modernization of public outdoor facilities.
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Europe
Homecrofters Seek Homes On the Land Movement
Copies of The First Book of the Homecrofters are offered for twelve two cent stamps to The Homecrofter's Clid of the Talisman in Watertown Massachusetts. The movement aims to form local Homecrofters Circles to promote town improvement, education, and rural prosperity, advocating land ownership, public land reform, and nationwide farm housing through model gilds and gardens.
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Homecrofters
Main St
Watertown
Mass
Romecroat Movement
Massachusetts
Main Street
Opportunities at Home and the Small Town Work Force
The essay argues for moving manufacturing back to small towns to improve workers’ home life and citizenship. It emphasizes that a man with a home and farming space contributes more to society and employer, and proposes six hours in factory work with balance at home as a solution to labor versus capital.
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New Zealand
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the Agricultural High School
Crosby
Tyre
Waterford, Pa
James
University of Illinois
Ingalls
Mr. James
New England
Ae West
Waterford High School
THE
Wordsworth
Republic
Brady
Papi
Brotherhood of Man
Charity
Opportunity Homecrofts
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