Rural Township Debating Society Starts in Plum Creek
The Algona paper notes a township literary and debating society forming in Plum Creek District No. 6 with Miss Alice Moline teaching and W M Lehman elected president. The first program features music recitations and a debate on rural schools, inviting public attendance and promising traditional schoolhouse discussion.
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Algona
Plum Creek
Pier Vek
Misa Alice Moline
W. F. Lehman
Irs
Gaorge Benschoter
Miss Moline
Chool House Debating Society
Rienzi
Kossuth
Custon
Migs Alice Moline
Alice Molines
Iowa
Marshalltown
T. R
Rural Illinois schools rely on home visits to teach summer
Illinois rural schools numbering near seven hundred keep teachers active during summer by visiting each pupil at home every ten days to continue agriculture and domestic science instruction. The Indianapolis News notes this program maintains contact and prevents vacation from hindering progress in these key subjects.
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Llinois
Illinois
Indianapolis
Savaannah
E. McMahon
Northern
Towa
John Cownie
Des Moines
Farmers’ Institute
McMahon
Tucker
Titonka
Sexton
Mac
Habitation tax proposal targets luxury housing burden
Victor Morawelz a New York corporation lawyer proposes a habitation tax to force residents to pay in proportion to luxury. Tax bases include house and land value and number of servants. apartments hotels taxed on building valuation. A $6000 exemption is suggested and landlords hotelkeepers would collect taxes. The plan shifts tax load from middle class to rich and farmers.
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Victor Morawelz
New York Corporation
Mr. Morawetz
New York
Wesley Items Reflect Local Happenings and Travel
Weather dampened attendance at the second lecture night as Mrs. Theodore Doerfler traveled to Mason City for Birth of a Nation, then to Charles City and back by Monday. A baby girl Jane Marie arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Corey of Des Moines. Lucretia Harrison and Margaret McCoanel visited Algona. Mrs. Will Sherman returned to Sutherland after a visit. George Hall suspended schoolwork at Waterloo due to illness and returned home.
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Thedore Doerfler
Mason City
Charles City
Jane Marie
Arthur Corey
Des Moines
Lucretia Harrison
Margaret McCoanel
Algona
Will Sherman
Sutherland
Iowa
George Hall
Waterloo
Days of Cheap Lands Passing in 1890 Essay
Algona Republican reports Norman Colley juror observations on Ramsey and Hebron townships. Land dealers from Bancroft and Algona locate many parcels as wild land rises from eight to fifteen dollars per acre, with eastern holders withholding sales until later. Settlers break up farms for Max yields amid Dakota Kansas failures, signaling rising prices and shrinking availability.
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Algona
Norman Colley
Ramsey
District Court
Hebron
Bancroft
Dakota
Kansas
Illinois
Central
Iowe
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