Muscatine Evening Journal, Friday, March 4, 1887 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, March 2, 1887. Miss Katy Byrn's school, at Hopewell school house, closes next Friday. The school will give and exhibition in the evening.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, March 17, 1887 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, March 17, 1887. Miss Heinman's school at Fruitland closes next Friday. The school will give and exhibition of Wednesday the 23rd inst. All are invited.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, January 19, 1888 page 3: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, Jan. 18, 1888. For the Fruitland township teacher's meeting to be held at the Corwin school house, on Jan. 28, 1888, beginning at 9 o'clock, sharp.

Music - Mr. and Mrs. George Corwin, Mr. S. V. Chenoweth, Misses Eichelbarger, Rogers, Heineman. Mesars. Fitzsimmons, Sullivan and Byrne.

T. J. Fitzsimmons - cube root.

Miss J. A. Byrne - advantages of grade method of teaching numbers.

Miss Eichelbarger - primary geography.

Miss Heineman - advanced reading.

Mr. G. R. Sullivan - the responsibility of a teacher as a citizen.

Miss Kate M. Byrne - self-culture.

Miss Grace Westbrook - benefits derived from general exercise.

Mr. G. W. Coverston - intellectual growth and its relation to methods of instruction.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, February 2, 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, Feb. 1, 1888. The teachers' meeting at the Corwin school house last Saturday was fairly well attended. These meeting seem to have awakened an interest on teachers' patrons and pupils of the schools in Fruitland township.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, March 29 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, March 27, 1888 The teachers meeting was interesting and well attended last Saturday.

Miss Heineman will teach the spring school at Fruitland, Miss Byrne at Lone Tree, Miss Eichelbarger at Corwin's, and Miss Grace Westbrook in No.9 or Mittman's.

G. R. Sullivan's school at Olive Branch closed last week. We regret to lose Mr. Sullivan from the township, as he has the reputation of an efficient teacher.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, April 12, 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, April, 11, 1888. There is to be a teachers' meeting at the Fruitland school house Saturday, at 1 p. m.

Miss Heineman's spring term of school commenced last Monday. Miss Moxley is teaching the Olive Branch school.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, April 26 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, April, 25, 1888. Miss Eichelbarger's spring term of school commences at the Corwin school house next Monday.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, May 3, 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - May 16, 1888. Some one entered the Fruitland school house last Monday night and carried night and carried off the school mam's clock and other valuables.

The old school building in district No. 8 has been badly mutilated and the parties are known and will be prosecuted.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, August 9, 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, Aug. 8, 1888. The Misses M. E. Heineman, Jennie Fitzsimmons, Jennie Rogers, and Mr. T. J. and Ed. Fitzsimmons, are attending the Muscatine Teachers' Institute this week.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Friday, November 2, 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, Oct. 31, 1888. Miss Webb's fall term of school at Olive Branch, closed Friday. Miss Heineman, Fruitland's efficient teacher supports a brand new gold watch. The school board elected T. J. Fitzsimmons, treasurer, vice C. O. Moore, resigned.

Muscatine Evening Journal, Thursday, November 22, 1888 page 4: FRUITLAND BY ANON. - Fruitland, Nov. 22, 1888. Miss Heineman's winter term of school commenced here to-day.