Pool project under way with community help sought
Work progresses swiftly on the new swimming pool with plans for a top class projector and ample fresh water capacity. Grounds around the pool need care and volunteers should contact Fred Durbin directing the project. Iowa literacy at 69.2 percent prompts praise for true values over crime and politics. Fact notes cite historical depressions from 1857 1869 1873 1884 via Rockwell Smith for future guidance.
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Tate
Mtate
Fred Durbin
Treasurer's Balance Sheet for 1930 Mills County Financial Report
The document presents the 1930 balance sheet of the Mills County Treasurer detailing assets and liabilities. It lists cash on hand, accounts receivable, real estate, bonds, and investments with corresponding values. It outlines the county liabilities including outstanding warrants, unpaid expenses, and due to other funds, reflecting the fiscal position at year end.
Repetitive Pressures Pause and Rain Shifts in 1900s Midwest
A Denison Bulletin style note recalls repeated "pressions" from 1893 to 1921, each followed by a boom. It comments on crowded Main Street parking in Malvern with a plea for more spaces or less late shopping, and mocks critics of weather forecasts after beneficial rains reduced crop fears. It also exposes a serendipitous town intrigue involving a phony call from Rembrandt, the rise of high pressure adists, and a flood of local dime-store write-ups and side gigs with inflated prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hodges
Notance
Grandfather Meenas
The Modern Woman And The Victorian Image
The author contrasts Victorian views of women with modern appearances and behavior. He notes slimmer waists have given way to a bolder figure and discusses aging, gender stereotypes, and a playful jab at Kipling’s line. He defends American women and ends with a humorous preference for fishing over family politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
R Mans
Kipling
High Pressure Phone Artist Still Busy
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune reports a growing trade in telephone sales of embalmed ads. A persistent artist sells pages to Buena Vista county merchants, earning 350 to 80 dollars per day, with a noted instance of a woman renting a phone for two days to profit seventy dollars on a small circulation paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Weather humor and diving depth talk stirs Malvern town
A spirited local debate centers on how deep a cannonball dive should be, featuring opinions from Paul Hertz and J E Randerson. Max Ireland shares a math-based calculation for divers weighing about 200 pounds jumping from ten-foot boards, while recalling a Glenwood pool stunt.
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Big Paul Hertz
Malvern High School
Goodl
J. E. Randerson
Fred Mulholland
F-T-L- Max Ireland
Max
Bis Engineering
Glenwood
Dad’s Day Editorial and Honest Buds on Fathers
The piece reflects on Father’s Day as Dad’s annual strain and joy. It contrasts old hard work on wooden ships with modern daily chores, noting how families plan picnics and gifts, while Dad quietly seeks a rare night off amid an earnest but weary audience.
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Charles Elliott Exerett
Ben Bates
Our Tariff And Foreign Tariffs Analysis
Western readers should know that France imposes an 80 percent duty on our goods while we apply 28 percent on theirs England charges 55 percent on our merchandise while we levy 40 percent on theirs Belgium imposes 70 percent on our products while we collect 62 percent on theirs Germany imposes 71 percent on our goods while we levy 34 percent on theirs The western public will face tariff misinformation and must prepare with a working grasp of the true tariff picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Belgium
Germany
West
Official Notice Before the Iowa Rail Road Commissioners
A petition by the Towa-Nebr Light and Power Company of Lincoln Nebraska seeks a franchise to erect and maintain poles wires towers cables conduits and fixtures to conduct electricity for lighting power and heating in Mills County. The request is filed in the board of railroad commissioners office and asks permission to construct and maintain said electric facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commissioners
Mills County
Towa-Nebr, Light and Power Company
Lincoln
Nebr
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of
Iowa
Public hearing set on railroad franchise in Iowa fields
The Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners schedules a June 30 1931 hearing at Des Moines to consider a proposed franchise along a public highway through sections 6 7 8 in township 72 N range 41 W. Objections must be filed in triplicate five days prior. The notice cites survey points and route details.
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Milla
Towa
Medway
Section Siz
Desa Moines
Iowa
Des Moines
Geo. L. McCaughan
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