Around Iowa Bus Driver Reaches 28th Year on Route
ARound Iowa reports A D Martin near Quimby completes 28 years as a school bus driver starting at 26 on a horse drawn Wagon bus. First pupils were his twin daughters. Also notes a rock valley chicken with four legs and a pig with eight feet in Wapello. A skunk in Frankville bit Larry Letchford by the seat of his trousers prompting the father to kill the animal using a new tactic alongside the old method.
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Quimby
A. D. Martin
Nowcome
John Vander Weerd
Rock Valley
St Wapello
Frankville
Larry Letchford
Snakes and storms mix in Iowa snippets surrounding graves and gardens
A collage of brief notes from Algona area life mentions a bull snake bite at a Colfax cemetery on Memorial Day, fishing rewards for Lyle Tanda’s daughter Valerie, a fatal lightning strike near Burt to Ed Marlow, and gardening tips for preserving grasses and legumes in silos. Additional items note a Ladies Aid snake incident, Sudan grass seedbed prep, and 1948 4 H lamb project profits amid high feeder costs and narrow margins.
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Iowa
Elgin Iowa Council Proceedings June 6 1949
Elgin Town Council met at town hall with mayor and all councilmen. Minutes approved. Bills audited: General Fund and Waterworks Fund, including salaries, repairs, supplies, and insurance. Garbage disposal plan approved with fees and pickup start a June 20. Class B beer permit granted to Schori and Wenger. seven cigarette permits approved. County tax sale resolution authorized allowing sale for less than full amount with board approval. Meeting adjourned.
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Elgin
Iowa
P. Kohls
Falb & Light
Clarence Schneider
Elgin Echo
Burgess-Dagstad Lbr, Co
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Interstate Power Co
F. D. Welch
Fayette County
League of Iowa
E. Kohler
Waterworks Fund
Melvin Boleyn
O. Dean
Reuben Schupbach
Plainwell Brass Products Co
M. L. Morgan
Harold B. Bennett
Jacob Hoover
Gilbert L. Loftsgard
Stone
Schori
Wenger
Dean
G. R
Ruth Becker
Kenneth
Lorraine Huber
Harold Halverson
Lena Baumgartner
Charles
Julia O'Neill
C. O. Christ
Otto E. Olson
Boyle
O'Neill
Board of” Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
G. H. Falb
Towa
R. E. Kohler
Spanking Ban A Childs Daily Routine Guidance
A mother learns that a well planned day with regular meals naps play and an early bedtime can reduce discipline. By offering safe activities and a dedicated place for independent play, a spanking is often avoided, though not every day is perfect.
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Daddy
Notice of Incorporation for Elgin Home Telephone Co
Notice is given that Elgin Home Telephone Company in Elgin Fayette County Iowa has amended substituted and renewed Articles of Incorporation for twenty years from April 2 1949 unless dissolved by stockholders. It will transact business to operate lease buy and sell telephone lines exchanges instruments supplies and related telecom activities. Authorized capital stock is $1800 in 60 shares of $30 each. Annual stockholders meeting in Elgin on the second Tuesday of January. Board of Five Directors with officers President Vice President Secretary and Treasurer. Listed officers directors include Andrew Braker Levi Frieden Lawrence Butikofer Wilbur Peake John M Christen Lewis Butikofer and Elgin State Bank as Treasurer.
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Elgin Home Telephone Company
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
Andrew Braker
Levi Frieden
Lawrence Butikofer
Wilbur Peake
John M. Christen
Lewis Butikofer
Elgin State Bank
Elgin Home Telephone Company Debt Exemption Statement
The private property of the stockholders shall be exempt from corporate debts. Dated at Elgin Iowa on June 11 1949. Andrew Braker president and Lewis Butikofer secretary signoff.
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Elgin
Iowa
Elgin Home Telephone Company
Flavor tips for Aprile Sauce with apples
The guidance notes that peeled apples yield better sauce than unpeeled ones. Cook apples quickly in a covered pan to preserve delicate flavor. Slow, long cooking risks bitterness and darkening of the sauce.
James River Canal Dream Ties to Washington Era
In 1785 the James River Company formed to link isolated outposts to the original thirteen states via transport and communication. George Washington urged practical steps, and he was elected president as construction began on the James River canal to create a transportation route to the wear.
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James River Company
George Washington
Wear
Washington
James River Canal
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Martha Warrick
Colfax
Lyle Tanda
Spencer
Valerie
Tanda
Owa
Ed Marlow
Burt
Mr. Marlow
st _Algona
Beth Annis
Sudan
Ets
Council Proceedings
Bat. Pavison
Avtomatic
Lima
SeDoneld
John Tillotson
Elgin, Towa
Lawrence Gehring
Smith-Corowa
Wow
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