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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
11
A road letting at the courthouse yesterday covered three bids. The first was for the county road north of Dallas, the second for a southern segment, and details on the third were incomplete in readable text.
The Dallas bid for county road graveling near Pleasantville and the third near Pella was rejected as too high while the other two await supervisor approval. Graveling costs were set at 29 cents per square yard for the first mile and 8 cents for the second, a better rate than for No 14, with Pella contributing about 1280 dollars toward the work.
Newton voters and motorists will see new speed limits in city limits with 25 mph in residential districts and 15 mph in the business district after a council meeting. The ordinance also notes 25 mph on First Avenue outside the city limits as residential and 40 mph if designated suburban on the federal highway.
The Jasper County board of supervisors considers spending 40000 for voting machines across precincts. Funds would come from the general fund, not the road fund, as some reports claimed.
The Monroe Mirror reports county officials propose buying forty voting machines for 1000 each to replace clerks and judges at precincts. Installment plan spans seven years, about 5000 annually with interest, initial 1000 upfront. Potential savings cited: roughly 5 dollars per precinct per two years against a 10000 spend, with Newton as only suitable town and only in two congested wards.
William Bates, a Jasper county farmer, escaped severe injury when oats loaded on a wagon toppled onto a tractor engine. The burning grain ignited the gasoline tank, causing a high flame and an explosion. Bates was trapped under grain until employer Jake Bloom freed him. The accident occurred on the T. C. Sheek farm, with the belt to the separator cut and horses moved to pull the tractor away from the flames.
Riverside Leader reports a man named Frank Ulrich received a letter from a Davenport company offering a newspaper clipping for twenty five cents. He sent a quarter and got a three line clipping from the Lone Tree Reporter about a visit to Town City, a joke that amused him and likely profits the pranksters.
For sale farms of various sizes near Sully in the Holland settlement. Interested buyers should write their wants to James Engle in Newton, Iowa. 82-41.
Nine year old Bob Peasley was playing with peers when a lasso wrapped around a boy and a knife slipped striking Bob in the eye. Dr. Sollis treated him and his condition was assessed as serious but not yet sight threatening. The incident drew frantic concern from parents and the child himself expressed fear of blindness.
A surgeon described success in a delicate operation to repair the eye. The team pressed the tissue together, placed several fine stitches, and shaped the globe, reporting the intervening development as satisfactory without unforeseen complications.
The report notes likely full recovery of vision with only a small scar beneath the pupil. A specialist in the relevant surgery was present in access Chariton Leader to treat the member.
A concise notice from HE Book Shop promoting up-to-date school books and supplies. The ad emphasizes readiness to provide any educational material customers need and positions the shop as a go-to source for students.
Des Moines to Keokuk and Eldon routes shown with trains 472 473 474 475 and locals 470 471. Limited at 10:32 p m does not stop at Howell. local freights 70 and 71 carry Howell passengers on alternate days around 11 00 a m and 1 30 p m. Freight cutoff for local shipments is 5 00 p m the evening prior.
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