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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
5
A historical notice lists payments to clerks judges and staff including Otto Knop James Menealy and S E Barnes with small sums for ballots booth setup and rents. Purity Oil Co appears for booth arrangement and rent with several entries for township and precinct officials.
Roy Herbert and J. D. McAfee are named as judges with 5.40 balances. Chris Tiedeman also listed as judge at 5.40. Ed. McNierney appears as clerk with 5.49, Paul K. Milford as clerk at 5.40, and Roy Herbert as rane bal lots at 1.00.
A local list enumerates payments for Union Township including judges James Lang W E Gerlach and others, clerks Ira Trainer Will Lantz Ivan Brown and W E Bond, rental charges for Cumberland Savings Bank and office spaces, with various small amounts shown such as 4.50 2.75 and 5.00. The document reads like a municipal expense ledger of wages and rents.
A county ledger lists judges clerks arrangers and expenses for Victoria Township and Washington areas. Names include Henry Kerkman Jas McKee E J Symonds and Emil A Brehmer with amounts from 1.00 to 25 and totals for session claims approved by C E Malone and Jennie M Ward. The record notes adjournment to meet June 26 1928 and references EYE Man and Atlantic Longer as mentions.
Cass County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets June 11 1928 with all members present. They approve Mrs Menefee school loan 1500 on Grove Township real estate and purchase a lace cal or burner for jail and sheriff home 360. They buy seventy creosoted pilings from Green Bay Lumber and defer granting the southwest court corner to the American Legion until July 2. As equalization board they adjust personal property valuations across several townships with rises and falls in Colts Grove Franklin Messena Union and nearby areas.
The report lists multiple townships with percentage changes in assessments or taxes. Noble and Victoria townships appear repeatedly with reductions and increases, alongside Massena, Union, Bear Grove, Anita, Maine, and others showing varied shifts from single to double digits. A note on horses and mules indicates livestock valuations, while Stallions and broader farm assets are touched in passing.
A fragmented report records livestock movements and percentage changes across townships. Pymosa and Grant townships show increases for mules and cattle while Massena Union Bear Grove and Victoria townships reflect mixed gains and losses in assets and production.
The report lists heifers and cows by township with varied changes. Grant and Washington townships show raised counts, while several townships like Cumberland Massena Lewis and Victoria show substantial decreases. Atlantic Anita Griswold and Maine appear among the named locales with mixed percent shifts.
A ledger records one year old steers across townships with varied changes. Benton and Victoria townships show increases of 10, Pymora 12, Missena 10, Edna 10. Several towns report declines including Grove 5 Lincoln 13 cer Union 25 Noble 50 with Brighton 12 and Union 25 noted.
A fragmented report lists steer weights by township. Grant two year olds at 45 per Benton Tiownship lowered 4 Pumosa lowered 5 Franklin raised 12 Massena lowered 15 Noble lowered 4 Victoria lowered 47 Edna raised 35 per.
Data shows Grant township increased by 25 in the measurement, Pleasant halted at 4, Victoria decreased by 20, Atlantic rose 17 percent, and Anita's figure rose 10 percent.
Cattle in Benton township show a 1 percent decline while Washington township dips by percent. Franklin township records a 14 rise and Union township 33 rise. Grove township notes a 42 rise, Edra township 65 rise, with most heifers one year old and Grant township up 10 percent.
Township adjustments announced show Benton and Union lowering levies by amounts while Washington and Grove townships raise and lower taxes by varying figures. The report lists Benton Grove Union and Washington townships with specified percentage changes.
Local officials report diverse assessment shifts across townships including Atlantic Cumberland Maine Wiota and Grove with gains and losses ranging from 1 to 166 percent. Names H G Armentroutee D J Bode Stei C G Hansen Frank Pelzer appear in session rolls as the body adjourned.
Edith Walker offers 3 in 1 corsets corsettes and corsets made to order at the I F Building contact Miss Edith Walker for fittings and dressmaking services in this local advert listing.
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