Linn County approves bid for two diesel road maintainers
Linn County supervisors accepted the Martin-Roasa Tractor bid at 13 280 96 for two heavy duty diesel road maintainers from Cedar Rapids firm, rejecting a cheaper route. Chair Seevell dissented, favoring a lower price though not heavier equipment, while Stirm and the Cedar Rapids member backed parity for four maintenance districts with heavier models.
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Linn County
Martin- Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company
Cedar Rapids
Fred Stirm
Elmer M. Seevell
Marion
Seevell
Martin-Roasa
W. H. Behrens
Martin- Roasa
J. D. Adams Company
Indianapolis
Adams
Dukehart-Hughes Tractor and Equipment Company
Allis-Chalmers RO
Martin-Roasa Tractor and Equipment Company of
Aterlog Construction Company
Wateroo
Galion
Wilson Road Machinery Company
Des Moines
Austin-Western
Austin-Western No
Pleasant little game hides a fortune message puzzle
A daily puzzle asks readers to count letters in their first name, adjust by rules, then trace a key number sequence across a rectangle to reveal a hidden message. Start at the upper left and read the letters under the checked figures for the fortune.
Drive In Store Planned On Third Avenue East
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company to construct a drive in store at 714 16 Third Avenue SE on a 120 by 140 foot site leased for about 25 000. Morehead Frederikson to build a cinder block store with terra cotta front and blue trim costing about 30 000, ready by October 15, with parking, two 20 foot drives, bowstring truss roof, and planned two year air conditioning. Benjamin Tait negotiated the lease.
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Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Third Avenue SE
CG. Stewart
Third Avenue
Morehead-Frederikson Company
Benjamin Tait
Tait and Wagner Company
Take Applications For Unemployment Payments
Lloyd Grover, manager of the local Iowa state employment office, urged applicants to call at his office this week between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Our office is not handling as many applicants as it can now and we would like to urge all eligible persons to make application as soon as possible.
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Lloyd Grover
Iowa State Employment Office
Grover
Judge Gaffney May Seek Eicher Seat
Williams burg judge James P Gaffney said he may announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to Congress in the First district to replace Rep Edward C Eicher of Washington Eicher withdrew after renomination with no opposition at the June 6 primary.
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Marengo (Is
James P Gaffney
Williamsburg
Congress
Edward C. Eicher
Washington
Eicher
Play Finals In Checker And Jackstone Matches
City finals at Riverside park determined champions in jackstones and checkers. Junior girls jackstones winner Betty Bissell. senior girls jackstones winner Jean Jungjohann. junior boys checker winner Joe Saab. senior boys checker winner Lewis Milburn. Additional junior girls checkers title went to Helen Cahalan by default. other finals noted with Dorothy Baseman defeating Gladys Thompkins for senior girls checkers. Tournaments in free throw and box hockey ongoing across Lincoln and Kenwood playgrounds.
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Riverside Park
Betty Bissell
Fifth Street
Harrison
Mary Hubbard
Second Avenue
Bever
Jean Jungjohann
B Avenue NW
Roosevelt
la von Lewis
Belle Avenue
Sinclair
Joe Saab
Seventh Street
John Dochtermann
Sixteenth Avenue
Lincoln
Lewis Milburn
TD Avenue NW
Frank Roman
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Helen Cahalan
D Avenue NW
Sally Henry
Nineteenth Street SE
Dorothy Baseman
Fourteenth Avenue
Riverside
Gladys Thompkins
Fifteenth Avenue
Kenwood
Approve Plans For County Road Work
County Engineer W. H. Behrens recommended establishing secondary road districts Nos. 112 to 118. The county supervisors approved his report and plats. A hearing will be held late July or early August. Work awaits final orders on PWA grant projects.
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W. H. Behrens
Behrens
PWA
Marion Township
Rogers
Maine
Jackson
Paralta
Linn
County road surfacing plans and district petitions
County supervisors reviewed surface improvements in Clinton Linn and Spring Grove Otter Creek townships. A 1.25 mile Clin ton north south stretch west of Covington on the three year program. A two mile road proposed not on current program was noted.
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Fayette
Clinton
Clinton Township
Spring Grove
Otter Creek
Linn Township
Paralta
Covington
Three Accident Victims Taken To Hospital
Three injured persons were treated in the emergency ward at St. Lukes hospital Tuesday L. P Lyman 13 son of Mr and Mrs I P Lyman 2510 First avenue E suffered a thumb cut on the chain of his bicycle Several stitches were taken and the boy was still in the hospital Wednesday Charles Hoover 14 son of Mr and Mrs Ted Hoover of Robins suffered a fractured right wrist while pushing a truck He was released after the wrist was put in splints Marguerite Morton 24 of 852 Second avenue SE was treated for a fractured kneecap She fell from her bicycle Monday but didn't realize she was injured Miss Morton went home Tuesday evening after her knee was put in a splint.
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St. Lukes Hospital
L. P Lyman
I. P Lyman
First Avenue E
Charles Hoover
Ted Hoover
Robins
Marguerite Morton
Second Avenue SE
Miss Morton
Notice of Probate Hearing for Will in Cedar Ridge Town
District Court will hear a will presented as the last will and testament of Im Ewoldt Inte in Lacke County. Hearing set for the 1eth day of aly AD 1098 at 9:00 AM for proof and admission to probate. Clerk Edwin W Lundquist. Attorneys Lacke and Lompman represent.
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Linn
Edwin
W Lundquist
Lacke & Lompman
Marriage Changed Attitude of Always Wanting Own Way
Column piece about Jennie and Harry Manners, showing shifts from selfish behavior to generosity, with Miss Manners advice style letters from readers Dizzy and Bashful. The piece blends domestic change with etiquette guidance and personal anecdotes.
Stinging taunts spark call for restraint and honesty
A reader argues that if a bully is truly cruel in his taunting, the speaker should end the relationship and seek someone kinder. If the taunting is mere stupidity, the writer advises confronting him kindly to stop the jibes.
Tells Ickes Builders Cut Rates Before Steel Firms
AP reports in San Francisco that Interior Secretary Ickes urged price cuts by building materials makers as steel firms responded. W H Lowe of Paraffine Companies said producers had already cut prices, noting an eight percent drop in five months and current material prices at 10 to 40 percent below 1926 1929 averages.
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San Francisco
Ickes
W. H. Lowe
Paraffine Companies, Inc
Lowe
Does Your Breath Broadcast I Wear False Teeth
Denture breath affects many plate and bridge wearers due to mucin scum harboring germs. Polident, a brushless cleaner, claims to remove odor and stains, improving breath and denture appearance. Priced at 30 cents, it promises weeks of use with a money back guarantee.
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