State board of control urged to root out mismanagement
Des Moines Jan 18 report by a three member committee reveals widespread inefficiency and alleged misuse of funds across Iowa state institutions. It calls for a central board of control to cut costs by about 300000 dollars per biennium and criticizes salaries, bidding, and accounting practices at hospitals, asylums, prisons, and schools with several specific instances and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
26Th
General Assembly
Iowa
Thomas D. Healy
Webster
Claude R. Porter
Appanoose
Delaware
Boards of Trustees
Independence
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Marshalltown
Ftand
J. R. Ratekin
Longley
Glenwood
Treving
W. Madden
Anamosa
School For the Deaf
Davenport
Agricultural College
Jessin Leg Wilcox
Ironical note on Burt Monitor and Pa room at crossing
A fragment from Ledyard Leader questions how Burt Monitor knows there is always kindlin in the Pa room at the crossing. It notes fuel as an unknown quantity and suggests tramps seem to care for it, judging by hay beds. The shanty may burn and force surrounding towns to rebuild. The waiting room is deemed convenient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledyard
Burt Monitor
Buffalo Center
Germania
Armstrong
Pangburn
Trains Offer Daily Trips Near Town For Long Waiting
Regular passenger trains and as there is one each way a day on either road it is very convenient for the people to go down there within two or three miles from town and set there all by their lonesome for from six to twelve hours waiting for a train.
Corn Question Proposes Seed Improvement Plan
A. L. Goddard, unable to attend Hancock County Farmers Institute due to a date mix up, outlines Iowa corn production figures and a program for seed quality. He urges separate woodlot seed patches, selecting top stalks for next year, and advocates thorough early cultivation with reduced deep tillage after two feet to hasten maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Goddard
Hancock County Farmers’ Institute
Tegard
Iowa
Goddard
A Cure for Lame Back by Chamberlain Pain Balm
Sardis Ky resident Louden Grover recounts his daughter’s recovery from back and hip pain after fever using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He claims full relief and notes the product also cures rheumatism. Sold by W J Studey. Also an employment ad from The Jewell Nursery Co Minnesota seeking reliable men to sell Minnesota grown stock seeds and plant material with good pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louden Grover
Sardis Ky
Chamberlain
W. J. Studey
Jewell Nursery Co
Lake City
Minnesota
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Laird
Langdon & Hudson
L. Kimball
Ambrose A. Gall
D. H. Rutching
Wm, K. Ferguson, Cushier
G. D. Smith
Asst
THE
First National Bank
Algona
D. H. Hutching
A. Ferguson
Philip Dorweller
F. H. Weaper
Ambrose A. Call
R. H. Spencer
Wm. K. Ferguson
Algona State Bank
General Banking
Theo. O Chrischilles
Loewis H. Smith
Kossuth County State Bank
Agham
John G. Smith
J. B. Jones
T. Chrisehilles
Lawra H. Smith
J. W. Wadsworth
Burnet Deving
Danson & Butler
Waterloo Tent and
AN. Sophia
Leggins
Special Committee
Cherokee Hospital
H. A. Paine
C. CG
Samson
Opera House
Taylor
Block
Madson & Hanson
Havana
Schu & Waterhouse, Cigar Manors
Algona, Iowa
Grove & Son
M. Z. Grove & Son
Norton
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