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Title
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Notes
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Description
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One paragraph about the "new spelling of the English language" developed by Nikolas Aleshi of Kansas City, "a much more radical change of spelling than that advocated by Roosevelt and other reformed spellers."
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Date
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1911-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Notes
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Brief description of the national spelling reform movement approved by President Theodore Roosevelt, highlighting Kansas City Italian immigrant Nikolas Aleshi's Virtuana System proposal. Explanation of his "niu speling eksperiment" of spelling English words more similarly to their phonetic spelling, or more closely to the way they sound.
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Date
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1910-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC27 Nikoles Aleshi Virtuana Language Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Nicholas Aleshi came to Kansas City around 1900. He owned a dairy at 66th and Belinder and a grocery store at 312 Holmes. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, reports, business accounts, manuscripts, etc., of Nikoles Aleshi and his Virtuana Language System. Included are various items using the Virtuana language.
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Date
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1906/1977
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
