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Local notes reveal varied town and county happenings
The report lists Standard Oil completing an oil station at alttemore, Washington county supervisors testing oiled highways, Whittemore with two graduates Harold White and Kiva Simpson, and farmers claiming hogs gain two pounds daily from burnt corn. It notes hotel improvements at Storm Lake, a Marshalltown bootlegging fine, Iowa school districts at 174, a Cherokee hospital project worth 35 000, and Vinton proposing a 100 000 school building. Additional items include fines for breaking an electrolier in Luverne, upcoming annex construction to Algona’s church, and various local visits, drownings, lawsuits, and sports/education updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Whittemore
Harold White
Kiva Simpson
Iowa
Bradford
Storm Lake
Marshalltown
Cherokee
Vinton
Luverne
M. E. Cehurch
Algona
Nell
Lancaster
Henney