County Courthouse Repairs and Growth in Algona
The county courthouse faces repairs including a new roof and cornice, aiming to keep the building in good condition for decades. Algona community leaders shift focus from courthouse plans to attracting manufacturing industries to spur town growth and land value. The piece discusses agricultural costs in Indiana and soil treatments as ways to raise crop yields and farm returns. It mentions Samoa’s taxes tied to height, reflecting broader tax theories.
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Kossuth
Algona
Court House
Indiana
Iowa Homestead
Taxation by height compared to income system
A quoted opinion argues a tax scheme based on height yields higher taxes for taller individuals and lower taxes for shorter ones, claiming it mirrors how income tax laws function. The writer from Renwick Times contends the six foot man would pay more than a five foot man under the system.
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Renwick Times
Polk County Alimony Totals Compared for 1929 First Quarter
During the first three months of 1929 Polk County saw 140 persons collect 33623 in alimony at the county vault house compared with 396 recipients and 30762 14 in 1928 figures from alimony clerk H W Peairs. The 1928 total alimony for the county was 131290 91.
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Polk County
Polk County Vaual House
H. W Peairs
Idle Indolence Sparks Six Hour Day Movement
The note argues idleness harms the nation and urges a six hour workday with ten hours pay, contrasting with Iowa farmers still laboring sixteen hours daily. It claims national prosperity requires industrious citizens and warns that idle minds invite vice. Signed by U, D, M, Ry.
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Iowa
U, D
Bingham Hosts Birthday Dinner For A W Bingham
Mr and Mrs Henry Carr hosted a six o clock dinner Friday honoring A W Bingham whose birthday is April 12. Guests from near Woden included Mr and Mrs A W Bingham Mr and Mrs Olivvard Bingham and Mr and Mrs Steve F Goff. The cake was a birthday feature and Faith Bingham played a leading role in the Junior class play after the meal.
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Bingham
Henry Carr
A. W. Bingham
Olivvard
Steve F. Goff
Woden
Faith Bingham
Garner
Notice of Second Assessment of Benefits in Drainage District 157
Kossuth County Iowa board advertises a second assessment of 58 percent of the original cost totaling 10 323 50 to collect for unpaid construction costs in Drainage District 157 Portland Township hearing set for June 4 1929 at 2 PM in Algona Iowa objections must be filed in writing with the County Auditor by that date Bertha E B Johnson appears as signer.
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Kossuth County
Iowa
Kossuth
Towa
Board of Supervisors
Algona
Will Be 89 Tomorrow Grandmother Newville Birthday
Grandma Newville will celebrate her eighty ninth birthday tomorrow Friday April 26 she remains hale and hearty and jokes about reaching one hundred.
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Grandma Newville
Legislature Costs and Local News From Des Moines
The Iowa legislature ended last week costing taxpayers 317000 with 246976 for general expenses and 70000 for personal costs of the salons. The wild flower bill died in committee while Algona plans an 80 by 160 foot swimming pool. A Norwegian timber impregnation method could raise safety and lower insurance. Gov Hammill and politicians face critique over expenses and elections as other “Richmonds in the field” emerge in Republican circles.
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Des Moines
Algona
Dickinson Seen as Senate Candidate Amid Campaign Talk
Reports from Tawa indicate Congressman J J Dickinson will seek the United States Senate to succeed Dan Steck. Governor Hammill and others are also discussed as possible candidates while Fred Larrabee of Fort Dodge says he will run for Congress.
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Steck
J. J. Dickinson
United States Senate
Dan Steck
Hammill
Mr. Dickinson
Howard Clark
Des Moinés
Harding
Dickinson
Tawa
Fred Larrabee
Fort Dodge
Larrabee
Congress
Senate
U, D
Community Notes from Algona Area Gardens and Visits
Local residents share visits and family gatherings across Algona and nearby towns. Social events include bazaar fundraisers clearing about 75 dollars, a Buffalo Farm Bureau meeting planned for April 20 to discuss Achievement Day plans, and multiple family outings to homes in the area.
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George Hanson
van Hansen
Bradford Buffington
Ross
Ted Hoover
Virginia
Geraldine Anderson
Marie Buffington
Esther Missman
Woden
Walter Anderson
Joyce
Lou Bolenus
John Pink
Titonka
Geraldine Larson
Franz
Algona
Emory Crouch
Pete Hansen
Dean
Phillip Buffington
Ross Buffington
Chester Thomas
Tom Young
Norton
Young
J. D. Andrews
Verne Teeter
Harold
H. P. Christensen
Rudolph Larson
Janice
Geraldine
Franz Teeter
Wesley
Robert Ward
Lola
Betty Jean
Milk Diet Guide Says Fat Gain Not From Milk
Nutrition experts argue that total calories determine weight gain not milk itself. Milk and dairy like butter and cheese can fit in a reducing or maintaining diet providing essential nutrients. A sample plan lists one pint milk two fruits two vegetables one grain cereal and one dairy item, plus optional extras like bread potatoes or sweets.
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Rose
New Y Hs College of Home Economics
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