Educational upheaval spells wider Iowa school reforms
Des Moines March 1 reports five leading Iowa educators warn the nations educational future hinges on better pay and conditions for teachers. They back year round schooling with 12 month contracts and public funding for teacher housing, plus elections by calendar year and higher salaries tied to training and experience. They call for all rural districts to adopt all year schooling and public housing for teachers as part of broader reforms alongside removal of board limits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Cedar Falls
P. E. McClenahan
Charles F Pye
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
W. F. Barr
Drake University Department of Education
Former Farm Owners Repurchase at Higher Prices
Cedar Falls transfers mark a brisk farm property market with former owners repurchasing at prices $1,200 to $2,000 above previous sale prices. Installment settlements and contract modifications broaden payment options as 268 acres on First Street West and high school teacher salaries are debated. local appointments, firings, and community notes fill the rest.
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Cedar Falls
Farmers’ Institute
Hudson
N. M. Andreasen
Kirkhorn
Andreasen
United Danish Lutheran Church
Fpyt
Martin Paulsen
Camp Douglas
Ariz
Ernest Jensen
George Call
Waterloo Township
Thyggo Raanvussen
L. QO. Robinson
HW. Cutler
Robert
Willard
Peoria
Mnl
Charles Watson
First Street West
M. K. W. Heicher
J. ©. Radell
William Cox
Rollo Kerr
A. S. Brodie
J. H. Wilson
L. F. Wynegar
Greenwood Cemetery
T. B. Carpenter
California
Mildred Packard
George Brooks
Packard
Lars Frandsen
Tostlebe-Jamerson
First Street
Punching the Professor After High School Game
Charles Gilyia, Ia March 1 Prof George Pllaunt, public speaking teacher at the high school, was assaulted Friday night after a basketball game in the manual arts building. Police have 23 names of high school boys and others charged with the attack. The police court session began late, with evidence taken, while board consideration is pending.
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Charles Gily
George Pllaunt
Manuial Arts
FRE SC T Board
Waterloo milk butterfat content rises in February report
Waterloo milk butterfat content for last month reached 4.63 percent, up .88 from January, while cream butterfat stood at 23.143 percent, up 88. City inspector J. P. Eves notes only three dealers meet grade A requirements: Dairy Farm, Waterloo Jersey, and R. L. Kishmey. Four more milkmen seek tuberculine tests to qualify for grade A milk during a slow countywide eradication effort.
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Waterloo
J. P. Eves
City Lic
Waterloo Jersey
R. L. Kishmey
Eves
Wade
Mr. Eves
Commissions of
Ee Oo
Mink Oream Town
Jersey Farm
La Porte City Pastor Accepts Waterloo Call
Rev 8 S Smick of La Porte City will assume duties at Graves Memorial United Brethren in La Porte City replacing Rev Joh Yaggy. Smick led a rural church nearby for 13 years and his family will join after housing is arranged. Police blotter notes a late night drunken arrest and a misbecome conduct charge with $15 bonds posted.
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8. S. Smick
la Porte City
Graves Memorial United Brethren
Ailen and
Fourth Streets
Joh. Yaggy
Mr. Smick
The Home Garden Offers Cost Savings and Fresh Produce
George Hall extols home gardening as a shield against high living costs and inferior store goods. He urges every householder to produce vegetables, can, and preserve, noting superior flavor and freshness from homegrown crops and the health benefits of garden work.
Waterloo Youth Roughly Treated by Town Rowdies
A Waterloo youth, son of Ernest Webberking of 2001 Lafayette Street, was tied to a tree and harassed by local youths before being found numb with cold and released. Police investigated after a dusk call to the city dump about depredations by unruly boys. Minor auto accidents were also reported nearby involving George Flood Reinbeck and Roy Groff of 147 Argyle Street and a West Ninth Street grocery truck at Jefferson and Sixth streets.
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Roung Ter
Ernest Webberking
Lafayette Street
Webberking
George Flood
Reinbeck
Fourth
Sycamore Streets
Roy Groff
Argyle Street
Independence Avenue
West Ninth Street
Fred Schneck
Jefferson and
Sixth Streets
After Grip Or Cold Real Danger Period
Thousands suffer after the grip epidemic as weakness lingers and invites illness. Father John’s Medicine is promoted as a safe tonic to rebuild strength, aid recovery, and calm lingering coughs. It is described as pure, alcohol free, and a gentle laxative to restore normal health.
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Father John
Rbei Cass Jt
Dadvarti
John
Unprecedented Activity in Iowa Land Markets
Bankers report minimal defaults on spring land contracts in Black Hawk County with high prices and many transfers. Deeds show 110 to 400 dollars per acre, up to 340 dollars in places, as eastern capital moves into Iowa farmland. Mortgage financing and settling on old contracts ease credit pressure, while few farms remain for sale in Benton and surrounding counties.
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Iowa
Black Hawk County
Hudson
Nile Valley
Ita
Dolefu
Illinois
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Bankers
Financial Cireles
Corder
William Brown
William Schmidt
Dig Creek
Township
Frederick Winkelmann
J. P. Ables
Fox Township
Ira M. Storey
Henry Klein
Eagle Township
Otho W. Biggs
P. Kristensen
Cedar Falls ‘Township
Emma Bedard
Arthur Bedard
Bix Creek
Garrison
Gale
Benton County
Harmless Marmola Fat Reduction Method Promoted
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless way to lose two to four pounds in four weeks without dieting or exercise. Readers are urged to obtain them from a druggist or mail $3 to the Marmola Company at 864 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan, for a large case.
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Woodward Ave
Detroit
Mich
Mild Weather Begins First Spring Month in 1920
March 1 marks the start of spring with lamb-like weather but lingering winter, as snow from Thanksgiving lingers. A town ad notes Hayes Healing Honey while tax details show Mrs. Griswold’s estate paying nearly $60,000 in inheritance taxes, with $32,936,123 federal tax and other state shares. M W Write named executor.
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Waterloo
Cleuch
Manson
M. E. Griswold
Towa
Town
California
Oklahoma
Minnesota
M. W. Write
Thirteen Calls Because of a Swindle Near Marengo
A prosperous Marengo farmer received 12 toll calls in one night from promoters in neighboring towns seeking business appointments. In the week, a smooth promoter left Marengo with over 200000 in exchange for stock he sold, and earlier in the month 15000 was raised from two Iowa county farmers who soon saw they had been swindled.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Dr J W Kime Entering Webster County Race
Fort Dodge Iowa March 1 Dr J W Kime announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for representative in the state assembly from Webster county The June primaries will decide the contest W Findlay currently serves Webster county and has not stated whether he will seek re election Dr Kime has long been active in public affairs with emphasis on sanitation and public health.
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DR. Kime
Fort Dodge
J. W. Kime
State Assembly
Webster County
W. Findlay
Findlay
Kime
Iowa State Dairy Association Meeting Date Set
Ames March 4 and 5 will host the Iowa State Dairy Association meeting with cattle breeders associations also meeting. The dairy main session is planned for March 5 afternoon, while Ayrshire Guernsey and other breed groups prep earlier to finalize organization.
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Ames
Iowa State Dairy Association
Marsh
Dairy Association
Ayrshire
Guernsey
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Lowa
County Recorder’s Office
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Darton
Ohio
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Cottage St
Franklin
Mass
Dr.chase
Dr. Chase
PhUsdelehla
Hayes
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Arant’s
Brazil
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Quinine
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Tennessee
Lydia E. Ly
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