Classified sale items for lawn mower mobile home and more
Classified notices list various For Sale items including a self propelled lawn mower, a 14 by 64 Homette mobile home with addition, a Maytag wringer washer, purebred collie puppies, a floral sofa, an electric golf cart, two pull type golf carts and a golf bag, a small modern house lot in Ruthven, a 1971 Honda CB 350 motorcycle, several windows, a guitar with lesson book, and a 1973 Nova car. Contact names and phone numbers provided throughout.
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Homette
Carpenter Mobile Homes
Ruthven
Call
Yard Sales Rumage Sale and Huge Ten Family Sale
All day Thursday and Friday no specific dates given, items include clothing dishes knick knacks and misc. One sale on 1 mile north of elevator in Graettinger led by Cap Henderson. The other, June 8 9 and 10, features baby through adult clothing and much more, block north of Catholic Church in Ruthven contact 837-5343.
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Graettinger
Cap Henderson
Catholic Church
Ruthven
For Rent Two Bedroom Furnished Apartment With Garage
Available for winter months from October 1 to May 1. Two bedroom furnished apartment includes garage. Call 859-3769 for details and to arrange viewing.
Free to good home for dog and hound in country
Boots an affectionate medium sized dog asks for a country home after a lonely spell. Owner Duane Sandberg advertises a Norwegian Elkhound about 2 years old, plus a stray note seeking a home for Boots. Contact 859 3883 or 859 3849.
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Duane Sandberg
Boots
Wanted items and help ads run in ZIP code paper
Classified notices seek windrowing hay or oats with contact Jim Parks, a cafe cook with in person application for Jim Bates at Happy Hour Cafe, plus society correspondent for Ruthven Zipcode with telephone contact, feature writers for interesting hobbies, and readers to submit old pictures for the Good Old Days column in the Ruthven and Graettinger Times.
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Jim Parks
Jim Bates
Happy Hour Cafe
Graettinger
Ruthven
Breakfast at Ruthven Phoebe Grange Home
A breakfast is hosted by the Deborah Circle of the United Methodist Church at the Phoebe Grange home in Ruthven on Saturday June 11 at 9:00 a.m. Everyone welcome and invited to attend.
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Phoebe Grange
Ruthven
Deborah Circle
The
United Methodist Church
Thank Yous To Graettinger Merchants And Friends
Thank you to Graettinger merchants for Booster Buck drawing winnings and to Pastor Reitz for visits. The Axelton family thanks everyone for sympathy and memorials for William Axelton. Special thanks to nurses and doctors at Good Samaritan Home and Emmetsburg Hospital.
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Graettinger
Ed Westfall
William Axelton
Pastor Reitz
Bill
Good Samaritan
Clarence Axelton
Thanks for help with move and hospital support note
Bill Elaine and Scott Reynolds express gratitude for assistance moving into their new apartment and for cards prayers and visits during Scott's hospital stay at Palo Alto County Hospital. Special thanks to Dr Moore Hurbut Morrison hospital staff and Rev. Brighton. God bless you all.
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Scott
Moore
Hurbut
Morrison
Palo Alto County Hospital
Brighton
Bill
Elaine
Scott Reynolds
Strategies to reduce capital gain on home sale
The Iowa Society of CPAs outlines steps to lessen capital gains from selling a home. Review cost basis by including acquisition costs and permanent improvements, verify records, and consider advertising and pre sale repairs. Delay sale past age 65 to exempt the first 35000 of gain, and compare renting versus buying to defer tax through replacement dwellings. Consider offsets with capital losses and timing of reloads.
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Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants
Iowa Society
Iowa Society Names Installment Sale Tax Tips for Retirees
The Iowa Society outlines tax strategies for selling a home as an installment sale, handling gains across years, and delaying recognition to lower taxes. It notes limits on initial payments, suggests income averaging over five years, and proposes renting the old homestead to generate deductible expenses while preserving Social Security benefits.
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Iowa
Iowa Society
Water Levels Still Low For Irrigation Permits
The Iowa drought has reduced river and stream flows for two years, placing many waterways near or below protected levels in existing permits. On May 27, 1977, Water Commissioner Lou Gleseke sent certified notices prohibiting irrigation withdrawals from rivers and streams under Chapter 455A Iowa Code.
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Iowa
Lou Gleseke
Missing two year old boy ad seeks help nationwide
An old advertisement to locate Mitchell Robert Miner, a red-haired two year old, reprinted with his photo. Anyone who sees him should contact his mother Diane Weber at 712 859 3584 or his grandmother at 712 729 3825. A $500 reward is offered for information leading to his whereabouts.
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Diane Weber
Water department warns on stream pumping and permissions
The Water Commissioner notes groundwater storage along river valleys is severely depleted, risking rapid streamflow decline after rains this summer. He states pumping from streams requires weekly authorization and withdrawals without permit violate existing water rights.
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Falyud Be
Maytag Wringer
Dean Brobst
Andy Anderson
Dickens
Times
Nova
Burgundy
Alver Upe
Ull
Palo Alto County Implement Co
Emmetsburg
Clay County Concrete
Spencer
Chicago
Art Geary
Emmetsburg Hospital
Hurlbut
Father Beacom
Father Thom
Monsignor Farrell
Lester Martinson
Coffee Club
Bob
Leta
Nolin Milling
Iver
Leta Cole
Mitchell Robert Miner
Bottenfield
Electric Park
First Federal Savings and
Estherville-Armstrong-Emmetsburg
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