Grimstead and Companions Stranded on California Mountain
Grimstead known as The Pirate, his daughter Burton, and Grimstead's second Ross Gardiner are stranded after a car breakdown on a California mountainside. Simmins the butler and Davenport the youth join them. Davenport boasts a car ran on electricity and wins a $10,000 rain bet from Gardiner.
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Grimstead
the Pirate
California
Burton Grimstead
Ross Gardiner
Davenport
Gardiner
Davenport’s Compact Battery Drives 1100 Miles Uncharged
Grimstead and companions study Davenport’s tiny black box motor as he claims it powers a car for 1100 miles without recharging. They doubt but observe the camp setup, the shop location near Sausalito, and Davenport’s calm insistence on the unproven battery’s potential.
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Grimstead
Gardiner
Davenport
San Rafael
Low-V
Ross
Simmins
Sausalito Way
Missouri
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Axe Work Remains Sole Domain for Pil
A speaker insists only Pil will handle the axe work while others are told to keep away from the dangerous tool. The remark emphasizes control and caution amid a group setting.
Pocahontas County to issue drainage bonds for unpaid assessment
The Pocahontas County Board of Supervisors orders the division of a $4500 unpaid drainage assessment in Drainage District No. 125 into ten installments from January 1928 onward. Bond issues of $450 each will fund construction costs, bearing 5 percent interest, with payments due June 1 and December 1 each year.
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County of
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Uary
United States of America
State of Iowa
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Pokiey
Towa
Perkina ‘Brothers
Matt Parrott & Sons
Curwater
Bookman Hardware
Churchill
A. Mackovets
George Dischler
Liz
G. Elsasser
A. G. Heathman
Mads Johansen
L. McIntire
W. W. Beam
Chas
McFadzen
F. R. Eggspuehler
Earl Grove
Gladys Grove
Frank Fisher
M. C. Fuller
W. W. Harris
Stebbins
James Bruce
Kiefer Wolfe Lumber Company
D. Brinkman
Pocahontas Record
Notice
L. H. Brokaw
John F. Bauer Company
Sup- Hammes & Sons
Frye Manufacturing Company
Quaker Oats Company
coal_ Johnson Service Co
W. E. Bollard
Kiefer Wolfe’ Lumber Company
Parawax Company
Joseph Vainreb
Laborard Lake i Ralston & Shaw
W. T. Fitzgerald
J. E. Calkins
KR. D. Farrell
H. F. Kirchner
G. L. Pirie
J. M. Bush
R. K. Davidson
R. J. Kent
Peter Johnson
H. McFadzen
Raymond Henderson
Margaret Henderson
Nels Johansen
Grant Sanders
NCSH
Gail Grinnell
Earl Kerns
J. A. Crummer
Higbee
H. C. West
P. J. Calligan
M. Young
Fees
J. T. Grant
Ww. W. Codner
Geo. Forbes
Coal
Current
Midland Chemical Company
Drainage Bond Note Issued by County Commissioners
The county issues a drainage district bond under Chapter 353 of Iowa to fund a drainage improvement. The bond is secured by local assessments on benefited lands and payable from the proceeds of those assessments. Signed by the board chair and countersigned by the county auditor on February 1, 1928.
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Pocahontas Democrat
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Croxdale
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