Reversed Unanimity Opens Rural School Post
Jim Irwin wins unanimous election as rural schoolteacher after a heated board meeting. Newton Bronson and others back him reluctantly, swayed by Jennie Woodruff's remark and the dream of a practical, community-oriented country school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Irwin
Amity
Jim
Don Bonner
Irwin
Con
Country Life Commission
Bronson
Bonner
Peterson
Newton Bronson
Jennie Woodruff
Mr. Prisidint
James B. Irwin
James E. Irwin
Woodruff
Social Roundup of Visitors and Local Gossip Across Many Towns
A long list of visitors and cordial calls fills the page. Estherville, Eagle Grove, Algona, Mason City, Graettinger, Armstrong, Emmetsburg, Randall, Randall and Des Moines are named with dates of visits. Notable mentions include Chris Mortensen, Knut Bennicksen, and families from Fairmont and Ceylon visiting Nels Mauritsen, and a new veterinarian noted as RR. H. Schreckengest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Butterfield
Estherville
C. P. Anderson
Chicago
Chas. Defbdal
Eagle Grove
P. Defbdal
Frank Nash
Sioux City
Adela Rovn
Atty
F. J. Kennedy
Chris Mortensen
Knut Bennicksen
Mason City
Mr. Morgan
F. M. Stacy
Art Robinson
Wm. Nelsen
Clara Stacy
Florence
Algona
Louis
Nels Robinson
Des Moines
Ole Beckgordan
Mankato
Minn
I . H.C. Christianseh
Masonville
Sigfrida
Knutsen
Graettlinger
Mauritsen
Fairmort
Emil Mauritsen
Ceylon
Lois, Larsen
Cleveland
Ohio
Morgan
Anita
H. J. Rasmussen
Knud Bennicksen
Emmetsburg
Peter Hermansen
Peter Monsen
H. W. Jensen
George Blusant
Oskaloosa
Harry Johnson
Armstrong
Hermansen
W. R. Riley
Jolley
A. J. ,Thiesfield
George Lowenberg
Tracy
Remi
Fangers
Otto Roxin
Buck Petersen
Carl Nelsen
Claus Meiners
Jao Theesfield
Sugar Co
Remi Fangers
Maple Hill
A. L. Andersen
R. M. Butler
Jennie Woodruff Rejects Farmhand Jim Irwin Over Wealth
Jennie Woodruff contemptuously refuses to marry Jim Irwin, a young farm hand, because of his financial condition and poor prospects. He is intellectually above his station and holds advanced ideas about expert school teaching, ridiculed by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Woodruff
Jim Irwin
Litigation expected over Tuttle Lake dam project
A Fairmont report states Iowa builds a concrete dam at Tuttle lake outlet to raise water by about two feet, largely in Minnesota. Controversy centers on potential overflow and flood damage, with Iowa and Minnesota landowners wary of downstream effects on Des Moines river headwaters. County figures and drainage data were compiled to assess impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle Lake
Minnesota
Emmet County
Estherville
Iowa
Fairmont
Des Moines
Tuttle
Tittle Lake
Martin County
Jackson County
E. A. Siemen
Vitalize education plan aims to keep rural students on farms
P G Haden of International Harvester urged Iowa style rural education to avoid farm migration. He noted his role in introducing vitalized schooling in Missouri, South Dakota and Utah. The method links grades to familiar farm topics like corn and calf h behavior to sustain interest. Subjects rotate on a four year cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
P. G. Haden
International Harvester Company
Town State College
Holden
Missouri
South Dakota
Utah
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Newton
Ponto
Jim 7 Twin
Anyliet
Geicu
Cornelius Bonner
Mr. Bronson
Club
Mesilf
Himn
Haakon
Borumnhy
Bee
Emmitsburg Democrat
Marshall County
W. Thompson
Britton, S. Dak
Bron
Rexall
J. A. Cummings
Prop
Adelaide Nichols
Estherville, Iowa
Tomorow
Michaels-Stern Coats
Nau Brothers
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