County printing rights and bar docket bidding debated
The Topic reprints Swea City Herald remarks on county printing costs and bids for the bar docket. It questions who set the price, whether a state law fixes rates, and why the county auditor did not send a bid letter, noting local printers’ capacity to print the docket quickly.
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Swea City
Swea
Court House
Kossuth
Bancroft Register
Swea City Herald
Mergenthaler
Herald
Board of Supervisors
School Directors Change After Resignations
Three years after being elected for a three year term Mrs Anton Holcomb and John Zwiefel served as school directors. Mrs Holcomb resigned six months ago when the Holcomb family moved to Hanlontown.
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Anton Holcomb
John Zwiefel
Hoalcomb
Hanlontown
Local school board candidates seek election in Titonka
John A. Sleper and W. H. Stott, known to voters, file to join the school board. Both men have large families in school, emphasize frugal taxes, and rely on Titonka city government experience to ease tax burden. Election set for Monday March 12 at the school house.
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Zwiefel
Mt. Ver—non
John A. Sleper
W. H. Stott
Titonka
County Printing Auditor Petersons Letter
Algona February 26 Mr Ray Spenbeck Swea City describes bids for district court bar docket on a yearly contract with 120 copies per term and delivery by Tuesday morning. March 5 requested.
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Algona
Ray Spenbeck
Swea
Board of Supervisors
District Court
Harl Petersen
Printers Boycott County Bids Over Ethics Claim
A local printer letter to Earl Sperbeck defends pricing against Kossuth county bids. The writer defends honest work, opposes undercutting by others in the county, and questions who initiated the idea while pledging continued support for Earl.
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Kossuth County
Lawmaker adjourns amid tax talk and wasted funds
The Legislature will adjourn Friday and not meet again until March 6 to accommodate members. The speaker attacks the Blake Bill and state checkers as wasteful spending, arguing taxes rise from such measures while no economy is achieved. The writer calls for tax relief and criticizes ongoing legislative foot bills.
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Blakes
Blake
Palo Alto
Following the Fads and Independence in Fashion
The Hampton Chronicle notes that many people imitate trends like short skirts bobbed hair and jazz while a few hold to individual style. It cites aging fashions from 25 years ago that would seem odd now and recalls some never rode in cars. The item mentions a school election next Monday.
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Hampton Chronicle
Taxpayer Letter Denounces Lobbyists and Hutchins Reform Plans
A letter to the editor criticizes lobbyists and a Kossuth county official, Mr Hutchins, for secrecy and self interest. It questions reforms, urges political honesty, and contrasts Patterson's actions with Hutchins. The writer urges straightforward statements on state measures and warns against propaganda in tax policy debates.
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Hutchins
Kossuth
Eyer
Hutch— Ins
Congress
George Washington
Hutchings
Patterson
Towa
Butching
Hutchinst
Hutching
Siwash Eltenborn Sells Farm for Easy Street
In a reflective monologue a veteran farmer, Siwash Eltenborn, describes fifty years of steer grooming and corn tending before selling his ancestral land and stable. He plans to retire to a quieter life with a cash windfall, leaving the farm behind and seeking rest in town.
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Eltenborn
Siwash
Farm Life Frustration in a Humorous Riff
A humorous verse by J. BH. Tufft from Farm Life describes a man who wanders shop to shop in a village chasing memories of the farm. He laments his aimless loafing while eyeing stock prices and old-time rural pleasures.
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J. BH. Tufft
Predictions Come True for Middle West Dairy Farmers
The Burt Monitor notes that three years ago a prediction about farmers expanding to larger dairy herds has proven accurate. It credits big dairy products and stable butterfat prices with profitability, urging farmers to rally around local creameries and share in profits.
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Monitor
Burt Monitor
Joe Austin Named Assistant Agent to Farring ton
Joe Austin accepts position as 48 assistant agent to Agent Farrings ton for the Rock Island and bees work starting the first of the month.
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Joe Austin
Agent Farrington
Rock Island and
Bees
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Lee O. Wolfe
Iowa
Canada Post Offices
Fomerican Press
Association
Peterson
Parl
Big Kossuth
Sperbeck Printing Company
Iccidentals
S. B. French
Fursigh
Earl
Ray Sperbeck
Pierre Sartor
W. F. Hamstren
Dir
Roy C. Ball
Titonka, Laws
C. J
Wesley
Gus Fredrickson
Bank of Woden Woden, Iows
Col. A. M. Petersen
General Auctioneer
Phone
Mtonks
Iowe
Col M. B
Pringle General
Au Dakota
Towa Harrington & Dickinson
First National Bank
J. C. Wiesh
Bancroft
Phone 5
Henry Meyer Real Estate and Insurance
Meyer's Real Estate Building
Titonka, Towa
I. P. Haggard
First Nat'l Bank
W. B, Quarton 8. D. Quarton Kossuth County State Bank Bldg
Iows
Haggard & Falkenhainer
BABY
Northern
Chick Hatchery
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