County Expenditures Highlight 1940 Pocahontas Ledger
A detailed list of county spending and contracts from Pocahontas Iowa covers fund allocations for various departments. Items include postage, supplies, labor, and rentals, with entries for Insane Fund Drainage Fund and Secondary Road Construction Fund and bids for heating equipment. The session adjourned to September 3, 1940 with a motion to award the bid to Wandersheer Mfg. Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insane Fund
N. W. Bell Tele. Co
Winegarden
Earle L. Spiker
Harold Peterson
Andrews Hatchery
A. L. Sundberg
Vet. Services Drainage Fund
le Walter Cook
J.T. Grant & Son
J. T. Grant & Son
Towa
L. A. Hansen
Marten Peterson
Walter Crotty
Doris Allen Kepler
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of
Picthontas County
E. A. Rude
Jaren’ Jensen
Maintensance
Wander
R. M. Love
Harold George
I. H. Brokaw
W. F. Allbee
Blksthg
Beneke Motor Co
Fullerton Lumber Co
L. W. Haven
Andy Henriksen
Virgil James
Coe
Lora Weber
Francis Teeter
Robert Williams
Gordon Krug
Glen H. & Myrtle Carpenter
J. D. Adams Co
Barton & Warner
H. Channon Co
Cloughs Auto Parts
Concrete Products Corp
Ben Dirks
Eastman Kodak Co
Bayberry Haven Quietly Lifts Off With Baby Heaven Gag
A narrator recalls moving to Bayberry Haven a sunlit building praised for peace and privacy yet ruined by nonstop baby noise. The piece satirically chronicles infant chaos from chalked steps to stroller-strewn sidewalks and hints at a landlord notice to move out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estute
Bayberry Haven
Iceman
Green Lawn
Hobbsnotch
Sally
Boston
Santa Clais
Bay- Berry Haven
All Around Iowa Briefs A mix of small town odds and ends
A parade of short items from Iowa towns: a man hospitalized after an attempted mail sack kick on a Hos-pers train. a Grand River horse loses its tail to a threshing belt. poet Ella Luick invited to World Fair on National Poetry Day. a Tacoma man visits Decorah after 34 years unseen. Kensett Northwood friends recount a deer swimming and being lassoed. Gilbert Walters misreads a patrol car. Ruth Sears in Greenfield dreams of being followed and injures herself. Earl Lavette in Chicago narrowly avoids a flight crash by holiday timing. Harley Stockwell of Seymour injured after a pipe incident on a fence.
Co operative Electricity is Cheap
Pocahontas Co Electric Co operative markets modern home conveniences and rural electrical service. The notice touts benefits of electric lighting refrigeration and safety, inviting readers to learn about upgrading homes and rural electrification with expert service and new line construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas CO
RURAL _ ELECTRIC CO-OP
George Stockdale, Mer
Pocahontas Co. Electric Co-operative
Pocahontas
Pocahontas County Awards Coal Bids and Approves Tax Compromise
Pocahontas County Iowa Supervisors in regular session approve A P Truelson tax compromise. Court House and County Farm coal contracts awarded to Quaker Oats Company after bids opened. Claims against county funds are audited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
O. F. Young
I. A. Rude
Clarence Jensen
A. P. Truelson
County Farm Coal
Quaker Oats Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herman J. Jahnke
Viola F. MecCartan
David K. Brown
N. W. Bell Tele., Co
Amelia Kopriva
Ted Neu
Work
Inc
J. L Holcomb Mfg. Co
Nixon Variety
Blue Products Co
Remington Rand, Inc
Ribbons Standard Office Equip. Co
B. W. Lathrop
Jake Wagner
Bert Jacobson
W. L. Boyd
W. C. Steen
Sam Zimmerman
R. A. Crummer
Weed
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Almosse
A. L. Schultz
J . Kittleman
T. D. Jones
Mordan
J. Stegge
van Tom Gannon
Edgar Gahm
Will Miller
Chas. Joachims
Glen Simpson
Earl Guess
Willard Rude
Russell Filloon
Marl Leith
Butte DeYoung
John Hess
Vern S. Coon
John Triggs
Fred E. McKim
Labor
W. E. Boles
R. Lanus
Jack Kober
James Fitzgerald
Tom Wiley
Geo. Johnson
L. G. Schonberger
H. Cavanaugh
B. R. Wiemers
E. J. Elsesser
Sam Woods
Kerry Griffin
Eugene Griffin
Donald White
Cleo D. Heller
Joe Stelpflug
Oscar Carlson
John P. Anderson
Robert Sell
Ij. F. Worth
Carl Mason
J.C. Gilchrist
Jim Collins
Earl Colee
Chester Whistler
Hugh Huston
Frank E. Calkins
Abor
Marvin’ Krachten
Matt. Fitzgerald
Raymond Miller
Poor Fund
Zena Hunt
Dollie Cox
Elsie Miller
Anna Stratton
Esther Shaffer
Henry Buck
Frank H. Wheeler
John Anderson
Burniss E. Dick
Fonda Creamery
Ted Napier
Standard Oil Co
Mary Hoye
Moving Family
M.P. Andrews
Lutheran ‘Hospital
Roy A. Johnson
McClure Syndicate
WNU
American Chemical Society
H. W. Langbehn
Hospers
Charles Burchett
Grand River
Ella Luick
Belmond
Radio Center
New York
John Otteson
Tacoma
Wash
Decorah
Lloyd Klnudtson
Ralph Terveson
Kensett and
Northwood
Fisa
Garren
Gilbert Walters
Shell Rock
Ruth Sears
Greenfield
Lucky Earl Lavette
Chicago
Lovetsville
Mr. Lavette
Clarion
Harley Stockwell
Seymour
Columbian Steel Tank CO
Kansas City
J. E. Rickard & Sons
Fullerton Lumber. Company
Ford Tudor
Ford
Pocahontas Auto Co
IGA
IGA Laundry
Mary Stevens
SOAP
Kirk
Graham Crax
Sally May
Chase and
Sanborn
Oftering
Bologna
Dan
Tobacco
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