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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
2
Auditor's office records from January 8 1908 show the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors meeting in session with all members present except J Cul tion of assess ment benefits in Drain.
The minutes record salary figures for county officials and a per diem grid for assessors set at two dollars per day with totals for townships. Board actions include approving Olaf Olson’s assessor bond, refund for soldier’s tax exemption, grading petition in Garfield district, and sale of county land in Wesley. Meetings covered drainage districts 3 and 4, with adjournments and notices to county auditor to issue warrants.
Kossuth county Iowa boards approve engineer Lilly's certification that Graves Stephens formed Central Dredging Co completed Section 17 of open work per contract. Auditor directed to pay 20 percent to Central Dredging. County treasurer authorized to accept warrants for drainage district payments. Meeting adjourned January 18 1908 with Ayes Hall Heiss Ogren. Nays Nove.
A 1907 overview notes a strong early year in iron ore output and pig iron, with a late-year drop reducing total gains to about ten percent over 1906. Expenditures fell seven percent, shoe shipments declined seven percent, steel rail output dropped, and railway building slid five percent, while railway earnings rose twelve percent. Foreign trade hit new highs as commodity prices fell, while luxury imports shrank. Fewer strikes and a shift to easy money after year end spurred renewed orders and better collections as 1907 closed.
W A Chipman submits an old patent to the office concerning land in Kankakee county NL issued March 10 1843 to Daniel Phelps Davison bearing President Tyler signature. Davison was progenitor of the Davison family of Portland township and Mrs W A Chipman of Burr Mont.
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