Rural teachers need protection, Iowa calls for reform
Fort Deige Iowa December reports two rural school teachers murdered this fall Miss Thor Polk in Polk County and Miss Magnusen in Allamakee County. Minkel president of the State Teachers association urges rapid rural school system reorganization for safety and comfort. He compares rural schools unfavorably with bank and post office protections and calls for state action to protect public servants in lonely one room buildings. The piece highlights the need for protected, consolidated rural schools and notes slow progress amid interagency disputes.
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Farmers Oppose State Aid for County Fairs in No-Fair Counties
In Des Moines on December 19 farmers from counties with no fairs protest a bill to pay a stimulated sum from the state treasury for county and district fair support. They argue that counties desiring fairs should cover the expense, noting many fairs are unprofitable and reliant on state subsidies.
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Atlantic Attorney Becomes Pastor at Union Church
Alfred Buxton, a longtime attorney from Atlantic, has accepted a pastorate at Union Church in Griswold while continuing his law practice in Atlantic. Previously rector of an Episcopal church at Council Bluffs, he left ministry there for Christian denomination work and even spent months in Hawaii on a special mission. He arrived in Atlantic a few months ago and plans a partnership with Edward G. Willard.
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Barge Line Freight Cut Prompts Waterloo Trade Push
Waterloo manufacturers may export via the Federal Barge Line with a claimed 20 percent freight saving. The Mississippi Warrior service links St Louis to New Orleans with powerboats and barges, offering shipments to New Orleans Memphis Pacific coast and New Orleans exports. The fleet includes 14 powerboats and 46 barges, with terminals at St Louis Cairo Memphis and New Orleans and a value over eight million dollars.
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Hangs Self Over Disapproval of Second Marriage
Audubon Iowa December 13 Frank Buckner a 66 year old retired farmer killed himself in his garage yesterday afternoon his wife found his body at 2 30 pm after a search He had taken poison and hanged himself from a rafter Buckner had remarried last summer his children disapproved of the second marriage and it is believed distress over this prompted the suicide
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