SOWIE SIME PUSHES SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION IN BUFFALO TOWNSHIP
Petition drive by C J Hansen and Supervisor Oesterreicher gathers signatures for consolidating the south half of Buffalo township. Signers pledge support and voting for consolidation, with canvassing continuing toward an election tentatively set for next Saturday at 2 PM. The School Board plans a meeting at the First National Bank to appoint Chas Bethsamen and to consider a county superintendent convention in Algona, possibly triggering a vote on the consolidation plan.
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C. J. Hansen
Oesterreicher
Buffalo Township
Hagen
Oestarrecher
Hansen
Oesterrecher
First National Bank
Chas. Bethsamen
Algona
Serious kitchen accident injures Mrs Rippentrop in fall
Mrs John I C Rippentrop suffered a severe accident while scrubbing in her kitchen after stepping on an orange peel. She fell on a bucket of water, injuring internally as doctors suspected bowel puncture. She improved by midweek. her husband recovered from pleurisy.
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Churaday
John IC. Rippentrop
Mr. Rippentrop
John Rippentrop
Hidden Attacks Fade on Western Front as War Drags On
Report from the Western Front notes attacks and counterattacks in France Belgium and Germany are weaker than months ago with no clear gains. Analysts question artillery power ammunition supply and experience while Britain moves a new army of about a million to the Continent for spring campaigning.
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France
Belgium
Germany
Britain
Continent
Titonka Plans Civic Clean Up Day for Boys in Town
The town schedules a two day cleanup led by boys and young men with squads and captains under committees including Mr Hert Winters and Prof Dragoo. Four wards will collect garbage from yards, merchants and schools will join, a banquet and talk on boys duties will cap the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Hert
Winters
Dragoo
J. A. Troke
Messrs Losen
J. J. Cosgrove
John Keir
Thonka
Italy to Join Allies Before MidApril Says Garibaldi
Gen Garibaldi asserts Italy will join the Allies by mid April and bolster war plans. He notes both sides mass troops along the Adriatic frontier and says Italy’s entry would not surprise. The German Emperor failed to persuade Austria to cede territory to keep Italy neutral.
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Italy
Garibaldi
Adriatic
Austria
Regular Meeting Notice for Commercial Club
The Commercial Club will hold a regular meeting Friday night in the basement of the MW church. All members are requested to attend. City mayor Charles Balt had business in Algons Tuesday.
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Gus Carlson
Northwest Aid Society
Gored de Bruyn
Chicago
Matt Hildman
Mendota Minois
Ida Johnson
Marie Seapure
Mason City
Geo. Hail
Odney
Lione Hopkine
Lew Hauptman
George
Bert Ish
Madison
Wis
J. W. Hopkins
Frank Kouba
Milford
Mestiames
Geo, Hall
F. J. Adama
M. Butta
Jon Cosgrove
Horold Cosgrove
West Bend
Hen Felt
Flason City
CLO
Commercial Club
B. Mitchell
Chas. Balt
lAlgons
Iowa farms shrink in number yet rise in value and yield
An Iowa analysis of 205 farm transfers shows plots averaging 80 to 200 acres with prices from 110 to 600 dollars per acre. Large farms are broken up into smaller units, boosting productivity while land values climb toward 600 dollars an acre. Rural consolidation and school reform progress alongside this land shift, with Milford leading in modern facilities and bus-based access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lowa
Mississippi Valley
Union
Story City
Teople
One Galician Fortress Left After Permysl Surrender
The surrender of Permysl leaves Krakau as the sole fortified position in Austrian Poland now guarding a western pass. Russians seem to press toward the Permys pass and may push toward battles south of the Carpathians.
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Permysl
Poland
Cracow
Krakau
Hungary
Permys Pass
Carpathians
The New Rural School Consolidation Debate in Iowa
Superintendent E Gundy of Milford Iowa outlines the long debated consolidation of rural schools. He notes the subject is new to many Iowa residents despite twenty years of experience with the system and argues the advantages over the old rural model.
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Buenos Vista
Uttle
Marathon
Clay
Pocahontas
Iowa
Hfe
Milford
State Department
Iine
Risic
Riral
Lide
Cameron
Gundy
Fublle
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Sowie Sime
Eviduigh
Wesley
Otto Kunz
Magon
Henry Kunz
Igona
Kate Eisenbacher
Springfield Mini
Mra
Eisender
Id Mra
Neely
Louise Sherman
Miz
Walter Palmer
Clear Lake
Frank Lehore
Butts and
Ablenhake
Tacob Johnson
Rodney Hall
Dayton Texas
Christine Poland
Cedar Rapidy
Nelstergen
Charley Loebig
Miursday
Minneapolis
Emil Lester Jente
Dof Painters and Decorators
Medicine
Kunz' Hall
Nz Hall
Ruth Hopkins
Robert Welter
Ald Society
Ts. L. A
P. Lemming
Ciockattl
Ohio
Cory’ Mongo
Ohn Skala
Kia Gon
Temouth
Towa
Jaline Rippentrop Siipped
Vellong
Lus
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