Final chapter in Emmet-Kossuth No 2 drainage case
Iowa Supreme Court ruled warrants issued to Clyde Walb drainage contractor over thirty dollars should not be paid as the contract was illegal. The Swea City Herald notes taxpayers in the Emmet and Kossuth joint drainage district were spared payments on long‑outstanding warrants after years of litigation and price hikes during war years.
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Swea City
Clyde A. Walb
Moody Simpson
Wabb
Walb
Court ruling: Walb contract with counties ruled illegal
The Walb contract case began after warrants issued at 28 cents and sold by Walb amid taxpayer protests. After two trials in lower courts and appeals to the state supreme court, the higher court ruled the agreement illegal two weeks ago, ending the dispute.
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Walb
State Supreme Courts
Written In The West: Fenton Reporter Travels To The Southwest
A Fenton reporter recounts a cross region trip via car from Iowa to Oklahoma and New Mexico. Highlights include Wichita cabins, Oklahoma soil, oil wells at Oklahoma City, the Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico, and border crossing at El Paso Juarez. The diary notes geology, water wells, gas prices, and long prairie and mountain stretches with multiple towns visited.
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Fenton
Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
John Beevers
Towa
Iowa
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Will Rogers
Grand Canyon
el Paso
Texas
Fl Paso
Mexico
Rio Grande
U. S
Signal Peak
New
Sioux City
Omaha
Texaa
Juarez
Amarillo
Tex~co
Finnie and Duff Too Much Breath in Witty Skits
A collage of humorous quips and vignettes on manners, marriage, politics, and travel. A pedestrian rights reminder clashes with social norms while gossip-like jokes about wives, husbands, and lovers mingle with comic fragments. The piece closes with a playful cliffhanger about a Glasgow friend and an English lover.
Annual Report Of Auxiliary Activities For 1931
American Legion Auxiliary activity summary covers August 1930 to August 1931 with meeting at Earl Lehigh home in October 1939. Officers created include Mrs. Franz Swanson president and others. Membership grew from thirteen to twenty, with dues to national district and county offices and funds for disabled veterans and education. Gifts included PTA book fund, groceries, pillows, and Christmas family assistance. February brought sixteen egg cages from the community to drought areas in the south.
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American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Auxiliary
Earl Lehigh
Franz Swanson
Olene Jacobson
C. W. Stevenson
Alfred McCombs
Legionairre
Harriet Hoffman Educational Fund
National Defense
PTA
Legion Auxiliary Annual Report Highlights Local Charity
Emmetsburg and Graettinger hosted county meetings in February and May at Woodman Hall. Activities included cookie shipments to Knoxville hospital, birthday boxes for soldiers, poppy sales totaling 32.21 from 312 flowers, and thirteen veteran wreaths for Memorial Day graves. June saw clothing donations and future picnics planned, with detailed meeting rituals and brief lunches funded by the unit.
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Legion
Emmetsburg
Woodman Hall
Graettinger
Knoxville
C. Swanson
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Beeres
Sorvwell
Pte
LOGAN
Oxfords
C. A. Jensen
Graettinger Times
John’ J. Sullivan
Graettina
Lawlés
World Court
EPA
Encouragie
Sheffield
Mrs. Irvingsfan
Finnie & Duff
Akem
Meyer
Bushville
Pennsylvania
Culchah
Glasgow
Kensington Royal School of Art
Princess Christian
Hillhead Way
Baumgartner
Des Moines
Karl Lehigh
L. T. Lewison
O. Jacobson
A. J. Henningsen
D. G. Barringer
AH. Cameron
Dr. Jacobson
J. T. Lewison
America
Clavisar Swanson
Leta McCombs
Wal
Wisconsin Lumber CO
C. E. Norris
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