Iowa Old Press
Alton Democrat, September 12, 1903
Local Occurrence
As is his yearly custom John Meyer has taken a school census of Alton and
finds within her borders 466 young people of school age. This is more than
last year but the attendance at school is smaller than last year. Parents
who are keeping children from school would better comply with the law and
send them. Too many girls and boys think themselves "too big" to go to
school when they get to be thirteen or fourteen. The fact that they have
such foolish ideas is proof that they need more education.