Light rates boosted for six months in Rock Port
At a city council meeting Clifton and Marshall owners of Rock Port Light and Power Co were authorized a temporary 40 percent rate increase for lights and power until the Public Utilities Commission rules on a permanent raise. The Tarkio plant supplying current has sought higher rates to cover costs and improvement needs, while local users face outages and burdens from related service issues.
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Clifton & Marshall
Rock Port
Marshall
Tarkio Company
Public Utilities Commission
Tarkio
Atchison Co. Mail
Schaeffer Undergoes Appendix Operation at Hampton
Schaeffer, longtime Randolph Enterprise owner and Alden Iowa newspaper operator, recently had his appendix removed at Hampton Lutheran hospital. Health has troubled him for years. family and friends hope the operation brings better health and a speedy return home and to his business.
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O. K
Hamburg Voters Asked For Second Term In General Assembly
To the voters of Hamburg and vicinity I seek a second term as their representative in the General Assembly. I advocate EF for a state budget system and reducing commissions to a few departments with responsible heads. I support compensating Great War town service men and invite inspection of my votes on women's suffrage and moral questions.
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Hamburg
General Assembly
State Highway Commission
County road funds redirected to other roads
The speaker explains that expenditures saved on current roads will be reallocated to different routes. He notes that county residents must vote for paved roads to see them built, and he concedes limited voter contact during a busy farming season. He pledges to work for constituents if re elected.
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M. E. Focht
Why Paper Is High In An October Sunday Issue
A reader notes the high cost of paper citing a Chicago Sunday paper of October 17 with 138 pages and an estimated circulation near 400000. The author highlights 55200000 pages used that day and argues the strain on newspapers including small city dailies and country weeklies paying much higher prices postwar. He quips about publishers as Lord's Day hogs and mentions Booth oysters at Loyal Cafe.
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Cheago
United States
Country
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Letah Gill
Willisea
Rockafellow
Jessie Gill
Gill
Edmon Maddox
Lee Calhoun
Red Oak
Express
Loyal Cafe
Baptist Church
Mr. Pep
Pai
Tyne
Senora Phonographs
Columbia Records
Stoner Drug Co
the Store of Quality and Service
Democratic
Farragut
Jowa
Co, E. Holloway
Booth
Brunswick
New Brunswick Records
Ralph Mirfield Jewelry Co
Ces
Prian
J. E. Cloepfil
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