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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1939

Page

6

County Board Proceedings Report Taxing Districts and Telephones

County board records list taxing district miles totals for townships including Franklin, Red Rock, Otley, Summit, Marion, Dallas, Washington, Knox, Sully, and Clay. It notes telephone company rates per mile and school district accesses across multiple townships with specific mileage and district names.

Indiana Township Taxing Districts and Telephone Lines

A garbled OCR list details Indiana township taxing districts with per mile telephone line charges. It names Attica, Dallas Township, Clay Township, Liberty Township, Lake Prairie, Franklin Township, and others, noting school districts and multiple telephone companies with rates ranging from 22.00 to 322.00 per mile and various total miles totals.

Knoxville Sully Mutual Telephone CO Pitan Lake Prairie Pella Urapewn Tidge Bellamy Telephone Clay Victory Central Eureka Dallas Salus Consolla Knoxville Township KO. Az Inoxville Pry Knoxville Ind Clay Township Victory Cetral Center Ney von Sehioi Beit Enny Miles Perry Township Perry Sehoola Rairia Indiana Attica Pratrip College Indiana Township Tracy Consolidated Bruere & Way Telephone Lind Tracy Nunn Oak Bussey & Sherman 'Telephone Company Liberty Township Stagely School Cedar “Valiny & Columbia Telephone Franklin Townstoy Franklin Calowa Buroks Knoxvilead Peo Washington Lincoln Tiane Tughlana Liberty

Telephone Districts and Mile Rates Across Indiana Townships

An OCR fragment lists mutual telephone line districts and per mile rates for multiple townships in Indiana. It names Franklin Township, Mount Vernon, Knox ville, Pleasant Grove, Union, Liberty, Clay, and other townships with rates such as 24.00, 26.00, 27.00, 44.00, 82.00 per mile and various tax district totals. Specifics include Pleasantville, Dallas, Center, and accompanying district totals, along with several line numbers and district labels.

Mount Vernon Mutual Pleasant Grove Township Pleasantville Nepal Mutual Pleasant Grove Two Pleasantville Con Union Telephone CO

Transmission line assessment amid county tax districts cited

A countywide transmission line assessment ordered by the Hoard of Supervisors at Marion County lists districts and taxpayers including Liberty, Pella, Des Moines Electric, Summit, Polk, Dallas, Swan, and Washington townships. It details per mile charges and total distributions for multiple taxing districts and local schools, with figures for miles and dollar amounts across towns such as Marysville, Clay, Lake Prairie, and Pleasantville.

Marion Cannty Matoby County Henkes Bey

Gas line assessment report fragment

Fragmentary OCR shows a gas line assessment note with references to Sutured Gas Pipeline Co of America and entities in Amsterdam, New York including townships, districts, electric utilities, and mile measurements. The readable bits indicate property ownership plots and associated utility lines, but clear context and outcomes are not present.

Railroad assessment schedule fixed by Marion County board

The Marion County Board of Supervisors approves a plan to fix railroad mileage and taxable value within towns townships and school districts for 1939. The County Auditor is ordered to record the assessment on the tax books and notify relevant townships including Pleasant Grove Liberty and others.

Board of Supervisors Marion County Towa Marlon County Iowa Satt County

Taxation schedule for Marlon County Iowa districts

Supervisors approve a detailed tax assessment spread for Marlon County Iowa towns townships and school districts. The Auditor is ordered to apply the schedule to the tax rolls for the year with listed district totals and various place names and districts including Western Union and American Railway Express references.

Unclear telegraph snippet with district and company names

Fragmentary OCR text lists telephone, school districts, towns like Willow Grove Zion Mutual and Indiana districts. Mentions various numeric values and company names Swan Corp and Teasantedies carp dice, but overall unreadable. No coherent event or outcome present.

Telegraph Assessment Fixes Telegraph Mile Rates in Marion County

The Board of Iowa fixes telegraph mileage lengths and taxable values in Marion County. The County Auditor is ordered to update the tax books for the year, listing towns such as Oakland and Porterville along with providers Western Union and Rock Island in the official schedule.

Henry Hackert Expands Plant in Oskaloosa

Henry Hackert of Hackert Hatchery and Cold Storage plans to acquire adjoining 603 High Avenue West in Oskaloosa and remodel it for hatchery sales. The expansion follows growth from basement operations handling baby chicks and poultry feeds, with potential interest in a turkey packing venture alongside partners.

Henry Hackert Hackert D. Vander Wilt Geo Summerman Iowa City

Turkey packing capacity for Thanksgiving and Christmas market

The speaker notes space for about 100 women and 20 men to pick and pack turkeys, capable of handling 5,000 two day packages to New York Detroit and Pittsburgh. He recalls about 2,500 for the Thanksgiving market and many more for Christmas, with the rest to be dressed and packed by mid December.

New York Detroit Pittsbore

Sheriff Backed Blood Tests for Drunk Driving

Des Moines state sheriff meeting heard support for blood tests to prove intoxication in DUI cases. Drunk driving arrests rise while evidence to convict remains scarce, as officers fear offenders go free without strong proof. Wewoka's "Bat" Ingram left four posts, resigning as fire chief town marshal water superintendent and street commissioner.

Des Moi Sherif Paul Applegate Sions Oval Des Moines Knoxville Journal Wewoka Okla Bat” Ingram

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