Bremer County Supervisors Adopt Budgets and Awards
The Bremer county Board of Supervisors met in Waverly on July 21 1931 and awarded earth excavation contracts to William Dutton for Projects 18 and 20 amounting to 1772.49 and 4949.44 dollars respectively. They approved budget estimates, set tax levies, and scheduled hearings for September 8 1931, with additional actions including approval of Vera G Brodersen as Deputy County Superintendent with a monthly salary of 90 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Bremer County
Iowa
Waverly
Frank Lang
Leonard Miller
C. G. Schwein
William Dutton
Boone
Lang
Waverly Democrat
Bremer County O Independent
Tripoli
Sumner Gazette
Fair Ground
Court House
Plainfield
Man Lang
Vera G. Broderson
Ae H
August claims show county expenditures and allotments
An itemized list presents claims allowed by the Bremer County Board of Supervisors at their August meeting. Entries cover labor, supplies, maintenance, utilities, and various county home and public works expenses, including payments to individuals, farms, utilities, and contractors. Names of workers, suppliers, and service providers appear with amounts, month by month details, and multiple line items for poor relief, road work, and county services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Albrecht
Adolph
American Historical Society
Bahlman
Eleanora
Bierman
J. H
John Schutte
Brandt
Henry
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Bremer County Independent
Bremer County
Bremer
Broadie
H. H
Broderson
Vera
Buhr
H. A
Henry Schellhorn Carver
Ike
Ray McCumber
Nelson
Chas
Lloyd Carpenter
Dan
Mary Borches Selensky
John
Matt Tiernan
Central States Power & Light Co
Light and Power
City of Waverly
Clasen
H. W
Coddington & Laird
County Auditor
Express
County Recorder
Dayton
W. C
Donahue
Mary
Help
Eclipse Lumber Co
Farmers Co-op. Co
County Home
Fidlar & Chambers
Jae A Fox
W. H
French
Gerlach
Rev. C. G
Garland & Son
Hans Nielsen Hagemann
Harry H
Hagenbuck
W. J
Harmening Bros
Harrington
M. M
Hazlett
J. Y
The
Hedman Mfg. Co
Heine
Louie
Hennings
Erwin
Herrmann
Val
Court House Park
Hildebrandt
F. C
Holder
R. E
Horton Mere, Co
Browntown Public Service Co
Court House
Jenkins-Fergeman Co
Kaiser
Geo. J
Davis
Kirchhoff
Mrs. Mary
Nannie
Arthur Mills
Grant Rea Lockwood
L. B
Cora
Michael
E. G
Blanche Schwer Miller Implement Co
Miller
Leonard
Moeller
Geo. H
Niedert
F. H
Niewehner
A. H
N. W. Bell Re Co
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Matt Parrott & Sons
Poe
Homer
Potter Siding Creamery Co
Pries
Herbert
der Fuhr
John F
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Smith
F. W
Epenezer
Elsie
Zickuhr
Bennett
M. W
Wismer
E. A
Meier, Walter
Krueger
Theo
Reliable Business Machine Co
Service of Reliable Business Machine Co
Richmann, Herman C
Tripoli Leader
Chapman & Cutler
Oddities and curiosities from a wild world tale
A collection of odd claims ranging from Bengal tigers in Mexico and Mohammedans driving cars in Arabia to a Texas oil center with oil at 17 cents a barrel and water at 50 cents. Other notes mention a plantation child teaching a cigarette puff, cotton blooms turning color day by day, a flea surviving underwater, Siam goldfish fighting, Man o War’s racing history, a readable Canadian timetable, pea shooter window pelters in London, and Black Forest pines planted in rows.
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Mexico
Arabia
Gladewater
Tex
Representative Parks
Arkansas
Siam
Kentucky
Canadian Pacific Railway
London
Whitechapel
Rees
Germany
Black Forest
The
Pathfinder
Bryant Homestead in Cummington Acquired for Public Use
The old Bryant homestead in Cumming ton Massachusetts, birthplace of William Cullen Bryant, has been acquired for public use. It sheltered his boyhood wonders of nature, inspired Thanatopsis, and witnessed the aged poet finishing his translation of the Iliad and Odyssey during summers in the Hampshire hills.
Legal Transfers Prepared by Bremey Contract Co Week of Aug 8 1931
Listings show transfers prepared by Bremey Contract Company for August 8 1931. Entries include Hulda Bachmany to Louis Behrend and Anna Rosenow to Hulda Happ with $1 transfers. E Topp to Raymond C with $1. Thomas E McCoy to Maggie McCoy Corman et al. Evangelical Lutheran Synod Town to Lutheran Mutual Aid Society for $299. Wm Knoploh to Bremay County Iowa for $100. E C Knight to Geo Sieglag. Mary Carstensen to Shores Mueller Co. Details cover various lots, blocks, and tracts in Des Moines area properties and townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremey Counstract Company
Hulda A. Bachmany
Heinemann
Harmon & LeValley
Adani
Louis Behrend
I Behrend
Stensen
Tripoli
Anna Rosenow
Hulda Happ
Ae . E. Topp
Aymond C
Wescott
Thomas E. McCoy
Maggie MiCoy Corman
Cretameyer
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Luthan Mutual Aid Society
Waverly
Wm. Knoploh
Bremay
Iowa
E. C. Knight
Geo
Sieglag
Re Shores - Mueller Company
Mary Carstensen
Gun safety for children and handling firearms at home
The text urges teaching safe gun handling from a young age. It warns that unloaded claims are dangerous, advises never keeping a loaded gun on premises, and recommends breaking down or removing guns when not in use. It also suggests supervising a child if they are to use a gun, demonstrating safety practices.
The House of Lights Description of a Grand Hall
A vast hall shimmers with a roselike chandelier of a hundred bulbs hanging from the ceiling. The ornate walls glow with light as guests fill the space. The writer, mid-sentence, begs his wife Rosie for another candle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie
Also Mentioned on This Page
TH Supervisors Board
Ial
Tye
Joe B
County Attorneys Association
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
County Home Waverly Implement Co
County Home Waverly Lumber Co
Waverly Publishing Co
Wilharms
A. C
Brown Wilharm
G. F
Smith Wilharm
Brown
Wilkening Oil Co. Gas
Young
Grace
Des Moines Register & Tribune
First Natl Bank
Perry
Joens
Herman
Meyne
W. W
Frisch
Raymond
Schmidt
Dohrmann
F. A
Burmaster, Roy
B. W. Steel Co
H. Channon Co
Coddington & Laird, Sup- Ure
Siepekens
Defiance
Dukehart Mach. Co
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co
Hawkeye Maintainer Co
Heine, Verner, Misc
Hewitt, A. R
Ies Hemmer’s Hardware
Iies
Newkirk Sales & Service
Nienhaus
T. H
Tabor
Ray
Farr
Harry
McDermott
Oe Moeller
Alvin
Kingsley
Rowray
David
Wilharm
Fred
Kroll
Carl
Michel
Anthony
Noel
Frank
Traderman
Waskow
St. John
Clair
Helper
Westendorf
H. F
Dietz
Lewis
Hoppenworth
Patrolman
Reinhart
Acker
Jennings
J. M
George
W. M
Hill
Delavergyn
Ward
Alcock
Craig
Joe
Lobeck
Seehase
W. F
Edwin
Sechase
Platte
Pink Supply Co
Platte Tire Service
Repass Auto Co
Richards
E. O
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son
Weonsmves
SRO Seehase
Paul
Standard Bearings Co
Stauffer, W. F
Waverly Impl. Co
Waverly Lumber Co
Mether
Vern
Verner
Blasting Kuepker
Barker
Mervyn
Kuepker
Merwyn
Bo Barker
Tractor Man
An Moeller
Kingley
Graderman
Micher
Tractor
Traderman Moeller
Tractorman
Dutton
Hewitt
A. R
Kingsley, H. C
H. C
Kingsley, E
Reeves
Labor
Marc Reeves
C. H
J. H. Russell
Waugh & Tackman
Des Moines
Special Aviation
H. H. Buhr
Goodyear
Goodyear Pathfinder
H. H. Buhr Garage
Tripoli, Iowa
House of Lights
Bbere
Zach Pair
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