Tax Sale List Shows 76,996 Due in County
Delinquent taxes total 76,996.33 across 1,302 properties with 153 public bidder units, three or more ads, to be bid if private buyers fail. Knoxville and rural/town areas hold most debts, with specific district totals listed. Public bid properties amount to 12,258.91, while town and rural totals surpass 61,000.00. The sale occurs at the Treasurer's office on Monday, December 6, 1987.
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Marion County
Knoxville
Harvey City
Dallas City
Melcher City
Knoxville City
Pella City
Bussey City
Hamilton City
Marysville City
Pleas’tr's City
Swan City
Dallas
Franklin
Indiana
Lake Prairie
Housing Shortage Persists in Pella as Demand Grows
In Pella the housing shortage remains, with more people arriving and struggling to find living quarters. Tenants report long waits for vacancies as earlier ads and appeals have not eased the problem, and residents fear winter will worsen conditions. The Chronicle urged action earlier and notes want ads still yield results.
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Pella
Organize for Program Setup in the County
A county committee lists officers and township commissioners for program setup. Chairman Harrison LeGrand and Vice Chairman Ross Bly are joined by district appointees across Clay to Union Townships, detailing secretaries and alternates, and naming community committeemen by township.
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Harrison SH. LeGrand
Ross Bly
Herbert D. McCoy
Brownie C. Hudson
Arthur R. Rees
D. D. Washington Township
Ter
Moonence B
King Leeoter
Worth G. Smith
Weakley County Press Not A Weakhy Local Tennessee Paper
The Weakley County Press from Martin Tennessee is an eight page weekly with solid local news and good editorial style. It carries a straightforward name reflecting county roots rather than humor and presents well edited typographical work.
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Chronicle
Weakley County Press
Martin, Tenn
Weakley
Relic of 1872 in local store window on display
C N Cole shows an 1872 relic framed in his store window and a town board listing many historic local businesses. The board, preserved for decades, includes names like J Th Sexton, City Hotel Savage, Van Gorkom blacksmith, Masonic Lodge, and others. Only one former business person remains alive.
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Con. Cole
Balletin
Neith
Tb Cole
Busines
John TL
Tae
Cole
Fy Winkheft
W. Propy
O. A. Johnson Amt
Ary
Scootl Retzer
Masonic Lodge
F. M. Se
W. M. Forsythe
A. H. Viersen
John F. le Cocq
V'S Huiskamp and
Aikin
E. J. McGay- Lumber
Dep
Ional Bank
E.R. Rd
Watts
Keuiderice
G. P. EL Ary Public
Dalton Maleious Mischef Charge Reported
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a county case involving Dalton Maleious Mischef. The text mentions a person at home and actions followed by an assessment, with unclear dates or places due to garbled source material. Contains names and vague incident references without coherent details.
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County
Dalton
Couple Tries to Escape Number 13 in Osceola Marriage
Gee of Osceola McGee and Mrs Ada New Virginia sought a marriage license on Saturday and wed just after midnight before Justice of the Peace T. ALN. The odd phrasing suggests a folkloric belief connected to the number 13.
Marriage Register Entries Reflect November Suits and Names
The county clerk’s office notes a November marriage on page 13 with entry on the 13th, a sequence of “thi teens” cited as a jinx. The piece mentions Marlys Walker officiating and references a Nubian (unclear) wedding register anomaly amid 13th November events. It also covers Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, ex Undersecretary of the Treasury, resigning in 1936 and speaking at the Investment Bankers Association on welfare spending.
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Ratohame-ohany
Ind
Aly
Cupid Marlys Walker
Indianola Tribun
Ury
First National Bank of Boston
White Sulphw Springs
W. Va
Investment Bankers Association of America
Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
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Liberty
Polk
Perry
Red Roc
Swan
Summit
Union
Clay
Knoxville Np
Clay Township
Elton Loynachan
Glenn Knox
Howard Cummings
Walter G
Stroud
Stanley W
Rankin
Dallas Township
John A. Hart
Floyd J
Gerald J
Idosse
Noah EB
Borchert
Glen EB
Indiana Township
James F. Maddy Onee
J. Sweemmond Rankin
Whitlateh
Ernest J. Smith
Knoxville Township
Horace B, Schmidt Roberts A, Chrisman Lorin
D. Hatch
G. Worth Overton
Robert N. Chambers
W. Knoxville Township
Govert T. Clark Glen H. Newton Myron Welch
Asa B. Mann
George J. Horne Warren
Cowman
Harry E. Towne Armel TH. Kane
Pleasant Grove Township
Archie E
Vernon Ray W. Crane
Blaine
Gurl A
van Zee
Chas
Hardin
Tennessee
C.N. Cole
Eve Weewers
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Amerg
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
Ray
Ater
Men & Boys
Iowa
Sweetums
Bunte
Gibson Art
Noritake and
Mieto
Johnson Bros American China
New Patterns
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
The
Treas
South Woods Dairy
Guernsey
T. B
South Woods Daily
Gosselink & Vogelaar
Pella, Iowa
Crystal
Stemware
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