County paper charges under fire over printing rates
A Des Moines Register report sparked debate in Palo Alto County over county clerk and auditor practices and the allegedly high printing charges by Emmetsburg papers. The audit, covering 1020 and 1921, notes sheriff sale costs, school fund borrowing, and publishing rates, with official lines chart showing the county paid about five cents per line on average, half the typical commercial rate.
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Des'Moines Register
Pato Altornty
Nws
Emmetsburg
Emsetsburg Democrat
Meteburg ‘Tribune
Ruthven Press
J. W. Jackfees
Leo J. Mulroney
Board of Supervisors
Weingall
the-Des Moines Register
Palo’ Alto
Muley
Joan
Sheriff Jackson
Jackson
Thia
Pato Alto
County Board
Palo Alto
Donlon Postmaster of Emmetsburg Cleared in Audit
A Washington dispatch claimed donor postmaster P. H. Donlon was short in accounts. A later Register report showed errors totaling 10.60 in war revenue cash and 80 in salary, with $70 owed to him. Emmetsburg residents defend his integrity, criticizing political attacks. Panama Canal handled 281 ships in August, a record month.
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Emmetsburg
Washington
Des Moines Register
P. H. Donlon
Register
Post Office Department
Iowa
Dickinson
Groettinger
Donlon
Germany
Panama Canal
An Interesting Letter From Nome Alaska
Mrs Alexander Allan writes from Nome Alaska to her Seattle relatives describing voyage routes through Unimak Pass False Pass sightings of the volcano Valley of Ten Thousand Smoke ironically angled iles, close encounters with northern wildlife including sea lions and bellicose bulls, a stalled mail run, a wrecked three masted schooner, and plans for future charters to Chain Bay and Point Lisburne coal. She notes sparse cinema, local residents, and Amundsen sailing north with planes and wireless, hoping for mail and wintering prospects while sharing a lively glimpse of Nome society and coastal life in July 1922.
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Folkay
Nome
Victoria
Cordova
Mania
Bering Sea
Unimak Pass
False Pass
Ysmotakt
Unimak
Amak
Thin Island
North Pacific
Scarborough
Dory
Kotnebue Sound
Point Lisbourne
Point Hope
Lisbourne
Chain Day
Siberian
Arctic
East Cape
Berng Strait
Colusian Bay
Chain Bay
Elas
Aurely
Nea
Why Go Te. Church? A sermon on duty and faith
Rev C J Mekkerson argues that humans are instinctively religious and that Christianity presents a social mission. He emphasizes the Lord’s Prayer and the need to pursue God’s will amid modern pressures, noting church life fosters brotherly love, social justice, and community prosperity. Submarine chasers are being sold at extremely low prices with minimal demand for dhagera.
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C. J. Mekkerson
Earth
Heaven
God
Iran
Church
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Far Northweat
Alsaka
Alexander Allan
Seattle
E. J. Mitchell
City
The
Times
King Island
Hala
Teller Harbor
Teller
Straits
Amundson
Norway
Spltzbarren
Vietoria
Liberty Bell Savings
Liberty Bell Bank
Pro Bank
Graettinger
Knutson and
Bolstad
Towa
Grabtinger
SALE
Chester
M. D. Grodland
Th. T. Naae
Prop
Set Jhrtbon
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