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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
3
The county board lists claims for Adams and Sargeant road work and B. F. Craig labor, plus lumber, bridge materials, and jail printing. A long roster of witnesses and constables is recorded, with adjournment to Sept 21, 1914 to consider WH Carter road petition with Lucas county officials.
The Marion and Lucas county boards met in Chariton and established a county line highway after investigation. Petitions require 450 dollars by 1918, with the county paying 800 dollars, plus numerous county expenses and bridge works in Knoxville Knoxville Electric Co. and other towns referenced, as approved September and August sessions.
A fragment lists jan 7 provisions to the poor totaling 30.00 and labor costs including 46.10 for work, 36.00 for a Workman, 12.45 auditor expenses, 48.19 labor, 2178.00 in medical or police related charges, and other small items such as coal and labor payments, naming Ralph H. Porter and A. Sargeant among payees.
Marion county board adjourned and set a meeting at their office in Knoxville in the forenoon of October 5, 1914 at 9 o'clock with D. G. van Zante as chairman.
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