Electric light plant comes online as town eyes bonds
The town shifts from kerosene to electric illumination on December 7 with two engineers appointed to run day and night shifts. A test run involved two engines, Muncil 50 HP and F rank Morse 30 HP, with one gas pit incident. A special election is set for January 10, 1914 to authorize bonds up to 15600 to buy the Union Light and Power plant and create a municipal water system and power plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Kid Petty
Muneile
Franks-Morse
Omaha
Messisley and Patterson
Union Light & Mower Company
Correctionsille
Road Building Promised in Wentbury County Next Year
County Supervisor E C Copeland says plans for a larger road program in Wentbury and Woodbury counties will yield more roads next year than in the past five years. A 200 mile county system will be maintained by a permanent staff with sectional division and concrete bridges. County and county engineer oversight will ensure permanent materials and new courts houses are funded under the proposed plan.
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Wentbury County
E. C. Copeland
State Highway Commission
Thermore
Rube Ward
Lucas Heath
Correctionviie
Woodbury County
Hawkeye
Smithland
Here
Pierson
Anderson
Moville
Copeland
Fritz
Ida County
Taylor
Woodbury
Chris Nelson
Pew Court House
Jopy
Parcel post rates and postal savings discussants
Beginning January 1 1914 parcel post limits change with higher weight allowances in distant zones and lower first zone rates. Assistant Postmaster Geneva Dockery promotes postal savings as safe, urging deposits in postal banks to replace non productive funds, with bonds offered every six months. The spring election looms with talks of a June primary potentially delaying postal start in 1955.
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Geneva Dockery
Congress
Postal Savings Banka
Postal Savings
United States
General Dockery
Postal
Postal Savings Bank
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Haviland
China
Correctionville
the Corner Drug Store
Elmer J. Mill
Smith-Hevelson Lumber & Coal Co
Pargel
Bryan—Marsh
MAZDA
E. H. Thom
Woodruff’s
Santa Claus
Woodruff’s Hardware Store
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