Counties and State Taxes to Be Lower Next Year
Both county and state taxes drop for 1926 with state levy set at 10 mills and county at 25.2 mills. County tax falls from 22,797.80 to 226,827.00. state tax from 114,401.86 to 88,951.00. Washington Bear Grove Lincoln Victoria townships mark reductions. Anita district also lower though 1926 compared to 1924.
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Washington
Bear Grove
Lincoln
Victoria
Anita Independent
Anita
Grant Township
Franklin
Benton
Wiota
State Parent Teacher Body Plans Session in Iowa City
Iowa City hosts the State Parent Teacher Association convention November 10 to 13 with 500 delegates registered. Officials include Judge Harry Olson and speakers from national and state education bodies. events at the old Capitol and Natural Science Building with a dinner at Red Ball Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State Parent Teacher Association
Old Capitol
Harry Olson
Municipal Court of Chicago
Mary McSkimmon
National Education Association
Theodore Sanm
A. C. Moyer
Towa City Com
Eor
109 Township Farm Debates Held in 1924
In 1924, 109 township farm bureaus competed in state wide farmers debate. Cascade township of Dubuque county won the state championship. W H Stacy of Iowa State College aims for 200 townships to debate this year and notes early starters have the best chance. Materials are available by writing to him at Ames.
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Cascade
Dubuque County
W. H. Stacy
Iowa State College
Stacy
Ames
Subcription Bargain With Des Moines Capital Offer
Special arrangement with the Des Moines Capital lets Town residents get both the Capital and Anita Tribune for one year at 4.00, saving 1.50 off the combined regular 5.50. Offer open to old and new subscribers. A meeting of Columbia Chapter No 127 Order of Eastern Stars was held Monday evening.
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Des Moines
Anita Tribune
Tribune
Columbia Chapter
Order of Eastern Stars
Radio Station KSO to Broadcast From Clarinda Soon
Clarinda will host radio station KSO operated by the A A Berry Seed Co using a 600 watt General Electric set moved from Des Moines. Programs run daily 7 to 9 P M with Sundays via remote church services, featuring varied music and planned weekly themes.
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Clarinda
Qet
General Electric
Banker's Life Co
Des Moines
Town
A. A. Berry Seed Company
KSO
Banker’s Life
WHO
Berry Seed Co
Vera
Famous American Band Will Visit Des Moines
John Philip Sousa, famed bandsman and composer of stirring marches, will bring his 100 musician organization to the Coliseum Des Moines for a concert on Friday night November 13. The Third of a Century tour spans 202 cities in 43 states and four Canadian provinces with over 432 performances. Sousa writes at least one new march annually and this season features The National Game The Black Horse Troop The Liberty Bell Follow the Swallow Jazz America and Cuba Under Three Figs. Audience estimates reach about one million over the season.
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John Philip Sousa
Coliseum
Des Moines
Mr. Sousa
Marine Corps Band
Sousa
Plainfield
N. J
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Black Horse Troop
Cleveland
Cuba
Sousa Business Organization
Potatoes For Winter Sale By Kelley Murphys Brand Bags
The ad notes potatoes advancing daily for winter use from Kelley Murphys. They offer branded bags and claim high quality northern potatoes with a price of 4.50 per bag.
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Kelley Murphys On
Graveling South Iowa Jefferson Highway Aims for Year-Round Route
Plans discussed by the Iowa division of the Jefferson Highway association seek graveling the south Lowa section of the Jefferson Highway from Ames to the Missouri line. Funds would come from county bonds with state and federal aid, costing about five thousand dollars per mile and linking Des Moines north with pavement in Missouri to attract cross-state tourism. A newborn boy and two local attendees at Davenport for the Eastern Star grand lodge meeting are noted.
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Ames
Kazisis City
St. Louis
Iowa Division
Jefferson Highway Association
Des Moines
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas City
Oil Boom Collapses in Town After Promising Start
The town’s oil boom faded after a 1000 foot drill cut and no additional funding. Promoter A B Donaldson left for South America while Dr J H Lees noted oil potential at 3000 to 3700 feet. Locals Lawrence Hofmeister and Fred Knowlton work on a community building in Bagley Iowa as families travel for funerals.
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Atl
Hamburg
Netroleum
Wold
Pioneer Town
A. B. Donaldson
South America
J. H. Lees
Ronaldson
Lawrence Hofmeister
Fred Knowlton
Bagley
Iowa
Hogan says Federal Loan Banks Have Money for Iowa Farmers
Oct 28 The Federal Intermediate Credit bank of Omaha has 10 million dollars to loan to Iowa farmers storing corn under the Iowa warehousing act. Loans at 6 percent, routed through Agricultural Credit corporations, not lent directly by the Omaha bank. The Iowa Farm Loan Association and the Iowa Intermediate Credit Corporation will organize to make the loans, enabling farmers to store corn for better prices after harvest. Nebraska farmers lack eligible warehousing acts and cannot secure this security under current laws.
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Omatia
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
Towa
J. PL Hogan
Omaha Bank
Towa Farm Loan Association
Towa Intermediate Credit Corpora Ion
Hearst
Gribben
Lowa
Nebraska
Nebraska Co-operative Market Association
Teachers Examinations To Be Held This Week
Mrs. Elizabeth Morse county superintendent announces uniform county exams for teachers to be held at Atlantic office on Wednesday Thursday and Friday October 26 20 and 30. Schedule lists Preliminary Didactics Orthography Reading Geography History Training Domestic Science Arithmetic Agriculture Music Grammar Penmanship Government and Constitution Economics Civics Physics etc. Applicants must report promptly for each subject they expect to take.
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Elizabeth Morse
Atlantic
Alberma
Alrebrsa
Morse
Obituary of Evarette C. Marsh
Evarette C. Marsh born September 5 1863 in Colorado died October 17 1925 in Denver aged 62 years 1 month and 12 days. She lived near Anita most of life and moved to Colorado in 1908 spending final years there. She married Charles D McDermott February 27 1884 leaving five children Harvey E. McDermott Clarence M H McDermott Warren W Hattie Kelley and Anna Eby plus two sisters and one brother and eleven grandchildren. Funeral held Hollowell parlors Fort Collins with interment in Fort Collins cemetery. Intervening doctors from Nebraska attended the city for examination of an All Purpose oatEN path table.
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Evarette C. Marsh
Chas, E
Elizabeth Millhollin Marsh
Colorado
Denver
Anita
Chas. D. McDermott
Harvey E
Greeley
Clarence MH
West Liberty
Iowa
Warren W. Hattie Kelley
Long Beach
California
Anna Eby
Chehalis
Washington
U. S. Walker
John McDermott
Geo, Marsh
Bridgewater
Hollowell
Fort Collins
Red Cross Drive Plans Being Made in Des Moines
Des Moines announces the ninth annual Roll Call to open Armistice Day and run through Thanksgiving with a goal of one hundred thousand town members. One hundred thirty two chapters and many branches will conduct the drive including rural areas. memberships of 5 10 26 40 and 100 available. Half a dollar stays local, fifty cents goes to national relief programs. Regional meetings will set plans with state and national officials including Wm Baxter Jr, Judge Hubert Utterback, and Drake University’s D W Morehouse.
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Tes Moines
Towa
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Wi. M. Baxter Jr
St. Tunis
Hubert Utterback
Laws Council of Red Cross
Chaphers
Gold Star Markers To Be Placed On Des Moines Roads
The Iowa Highway Commission will finalize plans for 4135 memorial markers to honor town soldiers, with enameled blue flags featuring a gold star to be placed along Jefferson Highway and White Way No. 7 by Armistice Day. A Polk County campaign will raise funds, each marker costing 10, as a county chairman is named.
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Des Moines
Townwell Star Highway Commission
Imsher
Low
McHenry
Jefferson Highway
White Way
Polk County
Lasher
Bert L. Halligan
D. R. Jones
Frank F. Miles
Daniel PF. Steck
Store Robbed at Casey for the Second Time
Adair Ta Oct 28 Stoffel Earl store in Casey robbed again in two months. Thieves entered via a rear door last Saturday night and took about 3200 in cash from a sofa. About two months earlier $500 worth of merchandise was stolen. no clues were left.
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Adair, Ta
Stoffel & Earl
Casey
Yeges
Potatoes Offered At Bargain By Burkhart Grocery
Kelley Murphys Potatoes from the Red River valley North Dakota arrive in two bushel bags priced at 4.50 per bag. The notice urges buying now due to favorable prices and mentions a box social and program at Lincoln Center Church on Thursday evening November 28 led by Gladys Most.
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Kelley Murphys
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Burkhart Grocery
Lincoln Center Church
Gladys Most
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C. W. Hockenberry
John W. Budd
Ivory
A. R. Kohl
Jefferson Road
Elmer Palmer
G. M. DeCamp
H. E. Campbell
Davenport
Eastern Star Grand Lodge
Douglas McDermott
Wear
Liberty
J. D. Young
H. McDermott
Clarence
Mra
C. D. McDermott
Fullerton Lumber CO
Vr. Co
Hogan
M. Anderson
Thompson
David City
Claire Owen
Exeter
J. W. Macklin
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