Schoolroom Vote Clears Path for Creamery Proposal
In a dramatic session led by Jim Irwin Fifth Reader pupils approve a cooperative creamery. Mr. Carmichael’s sharp pitch is rebuked as the crowd forms a permanent committee and raises a petty cash fund. The event cements Jim’s teaching impact and foreshadows district growth.
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Jim
Doctor Brathwayt
Mr. Irwin
Mr. Bronson
Mr. Carmichael
Raymond Stums
Raymond
Newton
Jennie
Knave
Jim Irwin Wins Praise At Rural School Meeting
A county superintendent and party praised Jim Irwin for leading a strong school vision. Speakers credited him with steering the district toward life-centered culture and cooperative creameries in a lively community gathering.
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Mr. Carmichael
Mr. Bonner
I. B. Hamm
Jim
James RE. Irwin
Mr. Han
Columbus Brown
Homer
Columbus
Mr. Taboo
B. B. Hamm
Ezra Bronson
Promontory Promises a New Schoolmanse Glebeland
In the Merrie England of a New England village, the old Simms wood-lot becomes the glebeland of a new schoolmanse. A bungalow replaces the cabin as the teacher’s house with roses and peonies. Jim Irwin imagines the living as a public duty worthy of taxation. The brook, bridge, and meadow frame the scene. To Be Continued.
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Merry Green Wood
Jim Irwin
Simms
Merrie England
New England
American Legion Notes outlines 2025 plans and actions
Des Moines reports resolutions from Mason City for the coming year's Legion policies to be detailed September 16 at a Des Moines executive committee meeting attended by Department Commander Halligan. Focus includes veterans services in institutions, federal compensation, and legislation to curb unauthorized use of Legion buttons.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
American Legion
Department
Mason City
Legion Executive Committee
Halligan
Davenport
Legion
To Legion
Finance
Iowa Legionaire Committees
Wellston Notes Pause Print Delay Update
Community items from Wellston report Mrs. Jessie Harvey improving after illness and Homer Porter returning to duty despite summer flu. Lawrence Bond and family helped at the store during Porter’s illness. Local gatherings include the Dutch Creek picnic at Sunset Park and dinner hosts C H Brinning with multiple Brinnings and Meyer families. Hubert Kolesick and John Seibert began high school in Washington.
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Wellston Wellston
Wellston
Jessie Harvey
Luc Clle Buroughs
Homer Porter
Lawrence Bond
Porter
W. H. Brinning
Dora McClelland
Dutch Creek
Sunset Park
C. H. Brinning
Andy Brinning
Will Brinning
R. E. Brinning
Les Barnes
Edgar Meyer
Stuart
C. E. Griffith
Hubert Kolesick
John Seibert
Washington
Alle Bond
Jessie Augustine's
Rubio
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