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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
10
Lake Prairie township lists total miles 3.979 with tax amount 149 dollars. Amsterdam school district shows 8.428 miles and 129 dollars. Eureka school district shows 0.551 miles and 21 dollars.
A devastating eddyville fire gut the lodge halls housing W. O. W. Masonic Rebekah Grange Odd Fellows K. of P. Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters. Equipment and records are a total loss. The postoffice moved to the old Eddyville Savings Bank building as fixtures were ruined. The fire origin remains unknown but started near the Odd Fellow hall anteroom.
Mrs. L. W. Hartley learned of grandmother Margaret Church's death at Columbus Junction. She was 74 and had raised thirteen children. four sons and daughters predeceased her. Mrs. Hartley and her two sons, Melvin and Blair, attended the funeral at ten o'clock Tuesday morning.
Chester McNulty of Knoxville and James Hicks of Des Moines narrowly escaped death when a Knoxville-Monroe bus slid off a highway near Cordova, overturned in a six foot ditch. Slippery roads caused the accident. both men were in the middle seat and survived by scrambling to the bottom. The car, left in the ditch, was towed away with its top damaged.
Marion County Iowa supervisors order the telegraph mileage and taxable value set for 1926. The schedule lists Liberty Township miles and tax districts including Bussey and Hamilton consolidated schools, Bussey and Hamilton corporations, and Clay Township figures with totals and per mile rates.
A fragmented historical listing shows Western Union Telegraph Co. and rail divisions with mileage and district totals across multiple townships and cities. Entries include Knoxville Township Victory Central Elm Ridge and various school districts such as Magler, Lincoln, Fairview, Swan Township, Bunker Hill, Pleasant Grove, and Tracy, plus road and corporate figures. The document also references Wabash R R Des Moines Louisision and Oskaloosa Division with per mile charges and regional place names like Porterville Lake Prairie Swan City and Des Moines Valley.
A fragmentary data block lists several townships and school districts with numerical figures. Notable entries include St Lake Prairie township, Amsterdam school district numbers, Eureka and Summit townships, Fair Oaks school district, Red Rock school district, and Perry township with associated monetary amounts and counts.
Federal court testimony by Cato Sells reveals plans to fund a $1,000,000 Indian hospital with Barnett oil wealth, later gifting $550,000 to the American Baptist Home Mission Society. questions over gift validity follow. Additionally, ads note Des Moines Capital and Chronicle subscription deal for Iowa readers, and a Corona portable typewriter offered at $60 through The Book Shop.
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