Jones Piney Woods School Story in MecClure's July
Alma and Paul Eljerbe present Laurence C. Jones and Piney Woods Industrial School in Mississippi. The piece honors Jones overcoming disability and poverty to educate Black youth and foster race relations, noting long volunteer effort, rising enrollment, and white and Black support across regions.
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Laurence C. Jones
Mississippi
Piney Woods
MecClure
Alma
Paul Eljerbe
Laurance GC. Jones
Iowa
Missouri
M. C
United States
Jones
Log University
Petersons Ointment Ad Appeals To Millions Of Users
Veteran readers are urged to try Petersons Ointment for sore and inflamed feet. The ad claims overnight relief and promotes use for piles old sores eczema fib ing and pimply skin. Prices listed: 1.00 2.40 5.00 with druggists referenced.
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Peterson
Glad Sister Escaped Operation and Recovery
A personal testimonial claims a sister narrowly spared gallstone surgery after illness and using a remedy described as Wonderful Remedy. The narrator says within three weeks she regained strength and walked a mile to church. The ad promotes the product as a harmless aid for catarrhal mucus and intestinal ailments with a money back guarantee.
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Matt
Ultran attitude shaped by state and education
The passage credits the state and its citizens for shaping the ultramic attitude of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. It notes that the couple, coming from poverty and lacking influence, learned from 16 educational institutions and were inspired to pass worthwhile opportunities to those less favored in their race.
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Ates. Jones
Forest Service Sells 235 Million Board Feet Timber
The U.S. Forest Service announces the sale of 235,000,000 board feet along the upper Sauk River in Snoqualmie National Forest Washington. Adjacent tracts total about 1,200 million feet. annual cut limited to 40 million. A nine mile railroad will haul logs to a sawmill with permanent logging communities.
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Washington, D.C
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Sauk River
Snoqualmie National Forest
Washington
Sala
Secretary of Agriculture
Cedar Heights School Board Elects Leadership for New Building
At the Cedar Heights rural independent district annual meeting R E Cronk was re elected president. Mrs David Stevenson becomes director as the first woman in Cedar Heights and among Iowa leaders in public service. Other board members are E R Shoemaker Frank N Littrell secretary and J G Brinkerhoff treasurer. The district plans cement driveways around the new building with bids forthcoming.
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Cedar Heights
R. EB
Cronk
David Stevenson
Cedar Ireights
Iowa
E.R. Shoemaker
Frank N. Littrell
J. G. Brinkerholf
Nathan B. Barber
Making History of Infant Mortality Cautions for Mothers
The article notes infant death rates decline through infant specific hygiene and medicines, not adult remedies. It urges mothers to avoid using remedies like Fletcher's Castoria for themselves as inappropriate for infants and children and emphasizes infant tailored care.
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Fletcher
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