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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
3
Township records show multiple funds including Road Fund and Drainage Fund with receipts from County Treasurer, cash poll tax, and lumber purchases. Amounts total 8655.18 across funds. balances and disbursements dated 1913 to 1948 reflect funds on hand and payments received.
Timeline of receipts shows entries from 1913 to 1915 including a drainage tax rebate from the County Auditor and multiple credits from the County Treasurer. The record notes funds on hand at the start of the fiscal year and totals, but the final amounts are unclear due to missing data.
Fragmentary figures show labor costs and margins for a coal venture. The notes include a 14.81 and 75.00 values, totals like 1704.63 and 1850.31, and mention labor on a farmed Pi project. Details are incomplete and names or places are unreadable.
A fragmented ledger page lists road fund receipts and cash on hand for the start of the fiscal year. It shows dates in 1914, sources from the county treasurer, and a total amount around 457,709 with scattered figures like 185.31 204.80 and 513.18. March through November entries reference Hardin and Franklin counties.
Bradstreets shows good demand for spring and summer wear, rising interest in cotton and fabrics, and heavy wheat exports since January. Optimism in markets contrasts with uncertain cotton outlook, uneven building and steel demand, and variable crop prospects with rain affecting wheat, oats, and fruit reports across several states.
Glasgow engineer John Heck explains horsepower by comparing twelve men to one horse power and estimates 40,000 men would match the 70,000 horse power of the express Cunarder Tusitania. He notes eight hour days would require 2,520,000 men to cross the Atlantic, implying all of Scotland would be needed to supply the energy of the turbine-driven steamship.
The Brihn's Automatic Fire Alarm Company has arrangements with Spirit Lake businesses to install automatic alarms. The system connects to the power plant and fire whistle, and when triggered it indicates the location of the fire and sounds the whistle automatically.
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