Notice of Assessment for Surfacing Secondary Roads
Notice to all names in the within schedule that the Sioux County Iowa County Auditor reports proposed special assessments for Secondary Road District No 5. Hearing before the Board of Supervisors at Grange City on November 12 1929 at 2 PM. If no written objections are filed by that date the assessment may be adopted or increased without further notice. October 10 1929 Wm Varn Roekel County Auditor.
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Plato Township
Sioux Cunty
Iowa
Board of Apportionment
Board of Supervisors
Grange City
Towa
thef.Co. B
General Motors
Clinton County town gains prominence through early Hawkeye baseball
A. A. Grantham of DeWitt Iowa highlights town prestige with historical notes. Thomas Lawrence organized Iowa’s first baseball team in DeWitt in 1860 naming it the Hawkey. A Tipton team soon adopted the same name, sparking a name dispute resolved by a three game series. DeWitt also hosts Arthur Gostick, disabled WWI veteran turned feather craft genius, whose leather items gain attention.
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A. A. Grantham
DeWitt
Iowa
Thomas Lawrence
Belle Plaine
Tipton
Hawkeyes
DeWitt Wwon
DeWitt Laso
Arthur Gostick
Des Moines
Bitler
Highway Commission Spends Large Share on Pavement
State audit of Iowa highway funds for year ending July 1, 1929 shows more than one third of 54,174,431.42 expended for pavement. The auditor, J. W. Long, released figures noting 14,737 in paying books and 4,379,756.87 allocated to preservation and related costs.
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Iowa State Highway Commission
J. W. Long
Publi
Balloon Found Near Bedford Iowa Travelled Farther
A rubber balloon released at the Great Bend fair in Kansas was later found near Bedford Taylor County. H A Grantham of De Witt Iowa reports Theo Cleavs and son Arthur found another balloon in their field. It traveled about 300 miles farther than the Taylor County balloon. A card offered $5 to the finder of the balloon that traveled the greatest distance.
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Great Bend
Kansas
Bedford
Tayloy Counnty
H. A. Grantham
de Witt
Iowa
iTheo Claevs
Arthur
Taylor County
Oklahoma Ags and Drake Band Play Under Illumination
At Drake Stadium Oklahoma A G s and Drake football teams met as the Drake University band performed Philip Sousa’s Under the Double Eagle. Des Moines man Stanley S Brown recalled the march’s wartime origins and a Kaiser dedication while the crowd experienced a calm night contrasting earlier times of conflict.
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Drake Stadium
Oklahoma Ags
Drake
Drake University Band of Pieces
Philip Sousa
Stanley S. Brown
Des Moines
Omaha
Sonia
Kaiser
Ocaha
Sil
Allamakee County Woman Honored in National Appointment
Waukon Iowa salutes Miss Bess Goodykoontz for appointment as Assistant to the Commissioner of Education at Washington made by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur May B Francis also sought the post, with Goodykoontz noted for long standing leadership in education and academic influence.
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Waukon
Iowa
Bess Goodykoontz
Washington
Interior
Wilbur
May B. Francis
Miss Goodykoontz
Vinel Turns Nervous Woman Into Happy Sleep Talk
Mrs N McCall reports Vinel improves mood talkativeness and energy. Advert says Vinel, a compound of iron and phosphates with cod liver peptone, helps nervous or tired people sleep better and gain appetite, claiming quick vitality. Hoax-like testimonial cites Ha Pember quote on taste and effect.
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Vinel
N. McCall
Three Glasses of Water Help Constipation
A medical note recommends taking three glasses of water one hour before breakfast. Add a teaspoon of glycerin saline compound Alderika to each glass to act on both upper and lower bowel, removing waste, stopping gas and sour stomach in ten minutes, with relief in two hours per H.4H. Pember.
Notice Wanted Teams of Horses and Drivers
Teams of horses and drivers needed to move dirt and perform team work. Work to begin soon and continue through December 1 and all of next summer. Phone 43, Box 101. Miller Sand and Gravel Co. Doon, Iowa.
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Afcene
Miller Sand & Gravel Co
Doon, Towa
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Charles Guyer
D. A. Doornink
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MVA
Tina C. Wilts
Frank A. Moss
Siqney
J. Vande Hoef
Kate M. Wilts
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NEY
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Gottlob Gaver
John Miller
NW Ik
J.C. Stuckenbruck
Aie Naney
Saney
R. C. Stickenbruek
M. P. van Oosterhout
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John Tank
Fence Posts
Farmers Lumber Company
Clinton County
Highway Commission
Allamakee County
Postoffice
F. L. Meyers
Rock Valley Grain Co
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Rock Valley
General ‘Autor
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Marquette
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