Mayor's Biennial Report to the City Council
City leaders recount two years of budgeting under strain from a bank failure, detailing tax reductions, debt obligations, and municipal services. They note progress on lighting, water, garbage collection, streets, and sewer work while warning further cuts may hit salaries and routine services to stay within a tightened budget.
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Board of Education
Electric Light Department
Howell
Water Department
Night or Day Tire Service Ad from Pella Iowa
Pete Van Zante advertises prompt tire service in Pella Iowa offering a full line of National Guaranteed Tires and Hi-Volt Batteries. The ad provides a contact name and phone number for customers seeking quick service.
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Pete van Zante
Pella
Iowa
Remember Way Back When in Pella and Area History
Remembrances recount Pella's past from no sidewalks to the Rock Island railroad and a fire that reshaped New street blocks. It notes early figures like Dr Keables and Herman Rietveld, school changes in 1906, and that Amsterdam became Howell station. A 1983 Des Moines auto show preview highlights evolving car designs and colors.
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Pella
Keables
Allen
Frush
Diamond Oil Co
White Way Auto Company
E. J. Faassen
Dick den Adel
Des Moines Auto Show Opens Next Sunday
Des Moines hosts the twenty fourth annual Auto Show at the Coliseum with Alice Joy as soloist with Al Morey and His Orchestra. The event runs Feb 26 to March 4 daily 10 am to 10 30 pm plus afternoon and evening performances. A Spring Fashion Revue showcases 30 Iowa women with gowns furs lingerie and more each evening at 9 45 pm and matinees at 3 pm on Wednesday and Friday.
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Alice Joy
Radio
Radio Sky
al Morey
Des Moines
Miss Joy
Iowa
Game Law Violators in Iowa Arrests and Fines
A partial list of violators under Iowa fish and game laws shows Gerald Buckley of Red Oak jailed ten days for trapping without a license and out of season. Edward Ozimek of Valley Junction fined two fifty for trespassing on a game management area. Rudolph Kurta of Valley Junction cited for trespassing on a game management area.
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Iowa
Unclear Names Reported Across Fines in Motor Vehicle Incident
George Engelmann of Des Moines faced a fine after an incident involving an assembled man in a motor vehicle. James Harry of Bankston was fined for fishing without a license. Frank Qzimek of Valley Function trespassed on land without permission, with implications of fines.
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George Engelmann
Des Molnea
James Harry
Bankston
Frank Qzimek
Valley Function
Assis
Three Indicted In Assault Case
In district court last week a grand jury indicted Jack McCoy of Saginaw Michigan on kidnapping and assault with intent to murder among other charges related to a Bussey incident. Mrs O G Jones faced liquor possession and kidnapping charges. she pled guilty to one count then recanted. Remaining indictments include Bert Merriman John Oldman Wilford Van Gorp Lawrence Drevinch and John Maitre with varying liquor and bootlegging offenses.
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Bussey
Jack McCoy
Saginaw
Michigan
Boxer
O. G. Jones
Jones
W. S. Way
McCoy
Bert Merriman
Wilford van Gorp
John Oldman
Lawrence Drevinch
John Maitre
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T. G. Fultz
CHE
Royal Spaghetti
Dreamlet Tong
MarTewitt
Avery
Beleco
Maga
Edgar
Wade
Coliseum
Sara
Forrest Verploeg
Merican the
Health Department
Journal of American Medical Association
American Medical Association
Committee On Foods
Morton
Farmers Union Butter
Farmer’s Co-operative Creamery Co
Oskaloosa
Dorothy Cooley
Chronicle
Hennery Brown
Miss Cooley
Farm Union
Farmers Union
Opera House
East Franklin Street
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