Budget notices urge taxpayers to study Bremer County plans
The Tripoli Leader reports Bremer County and Tripoli budget notices with aims to keep taxes low while maintaining essential services. It notes a mandatory 17 mill levy for secondary roads and urges public input at hearings, citing optimistic quotes from Printers Ink about national recovery and consumer power in 1930s context.
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Leader
County Boards of Supervisors
Bremer County
Tripoli
Board of Supervisors
Town Council of
County Board of Supervisors
Call for Reducing Rail Salaries to Real Levels
A nationwide survey of railroad officials’ annual pay prompts critique of outsized salaries. The Leader argues many top executives lack demonstrated capability while earning 75 000 to 100 000 dollars yearly, urging a return to pay commensurate with actual skill and service.
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Earth
Campaign expense reporting questions arise after primary
Reading the list of campaign expenses prompts concerns that the law is easily circumvented. Some candidates report every red cent while many do not, and there are numerous loopholes. How will authorities determine who complies and who evades the rules.
Editorial on primary mudslinging harms honest candidates
The Elkader Register argues that primary elections invite dirty tactics that deter good people from seeking office. It cites Senator C A Benson as a high example amid false accusations and smear campaigns. The piece condemns political dishonesty and warns such tactics erode trust in government.
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Elkader Register
Servia
C. A. Benson
Charley Benson
Iowa
Benson
Christ
The New Highway Menace in Iowa Trucker Overlength Trucks
Iowa faces a freight trucking problem as trucks exceed length limits by up to 63 feet, risking safety and highway integrity. Officials report route expansion by over 70 percent to 13,727 miles, while urging strict enforcement amid public support from motorists and taxpayers. W A Stevens and B M Richardson lead the push for crackdown and praise.
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Iowa
W. A. Stevens
Alsa
B. M. Richardson
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Good Time to Paint in Spencer and Surrounding Area
The Spencer News-Herald notes a nationwide paint shortage easing and urges homeowners to paint now to boost property value and satisfaction. Local prices have dropped. a five to six room house material cost is about 35 dollars, with linseed oil and paints cheaper than in decades.
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Spencer News-Herald
Spencer
The
Chronicle
Hampton
From Cities to Farms Trend Returns to Country Living
A shift from urban work to rural farms grows as wages and living comforts draw people back to the country. Readers embrace food, shelter, and self sufficiency with small plots for vegetables, small stock, dairy, and poultry. The piece laments past distractions like movies and autos and celebrates renewed appreciation for farm permanence.
Contemplating calm in political tempers and excuses
A reflective Washington column critiques hot heads and rash rhetoric in politics. It recalls Borah Norris Smith and Ritchie, urging patience and democratic principles, while noting McAdoo tensions and public manners from France.
Sumner Woman Injured by Auto Near City Park
Barbara Jahn, 74, suffered severe head and leg injuries when a car driven by Harold Barkus, living southwest of Sumner, struck her as she crossed Columbia avenue after Evangelical church observances. Her son Charles Ritchie and others witnessed the event. Jahn remained unconscious briefly.
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Sumner
Barbara Jahn
Harold Barkus
Columbia Avenue
Jahn
Jacob Haag
Robert Harding
Haag
Charles Ritchie
Barkus
Readlyn hosts varied guests and festival activities
Readlyn and surrounding towns enjoyed a busy week with visitors from Waterloo Waterloo area Buckeye Westgate and Sumner. social and religious events included a St Pauls mission festival and a birthday gathering at the Schweer home. a kittenball doubleheader saw Readlyn beat Klinger 7 to 5 and lose 7 to 3.
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Wilma Bergman
Denver
Betty Bowdish
St. Paul's
Sell’s
Lawrence
Gertrude Moeller
Waterloo
Sophie Wente
Sumner
Ernest Meyer
Kenneth
Henry Schweer
Schweer
Erwin Pries
L. F. Pries
Bremer
J. W. Kehe
FE. C. Matthias
St. Francis Hospital
Harold Strottman
Fred Hartman
Herman Thies
Herbaries
Clarence
Mildred
Josephine
F. W. Pepmueller
Arlin
McGregor
Postville
J. B. Burnett
Brocking
S. D
Henry Leistikow
Mildred Pries
Gertrude
Lawrence Moeller
Cedar Heights
Leistikow
Brookings
Herb Huebner
Art Benzow
Geo. Benzow
Ed Klink
Maynard
Arnold Bruch
Vinton
Rev
F. Bruch
Ireton
Arnold
Klinger
Readlyn
Artesian Attendee at Readlyn Mission Festival
A reader from Artesian attended the mission festival at the Lutheran church in Readlyn Sunday. Luella Meier visits the Wm Meier home near Klinger, while an orphans home festival occurs in Waverly Sunday. Herman Oltrogge and family and Wm A Meyer visit the C J Meier home Sunday. Ernest Knoploh Knoploh and family are honored at a miscellaneous shower for Carl Schlichting.
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Readlyn
Luella Meier
Wm. Meier
Klinger
Waverly
Herman Oltrogge
Wm. A. Meyer
C. J. Meier
Ernest Knoploh Knoploh
Carl Schlichting
Birthday Party Honors John Moeller in North Town
Mr and Mrs John Moeller hosted a Friday evening party at their home in the north part of town to celebrate the host’s 75th birthday. Guests included daughters and sons in law from Siegel Littleton and nearby cities, with cards played and a midnight lunch served.
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John Moeller
Daugters
Chris Meier
Siegel
Frank Holmes
Margaret
Dorothy
Littleton
John Boeckman
Lavern and
Clarence
WANTED WORK AND FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Classified notices offer a married man for farm work or steady farm labor on Tri poli area farms. Also ads for hosiery sales with a Ford prize, and several used car listings in Tripoli and surroundings including 1924 Chevy and Fordson tractor, plus Hudson sedan and multiple Ford and International trucks with prices.
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Leader
Albert Lee
Tripoli
Peas on Stage in a Cream of Pea and Tomato Soup
A playful culinary revue casts Peas as performers in a multi act show. Act I purée pea soup reveals naive delicacy, Act II shifts to a lively vegetable soup, Act III ends with Peas uniting with tomatoes in a Cream of Pea and Tomato Soup. The recipe lists butter flour milk cheese corn peas and seasonings with toast serving six to eight.
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Pras
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Idaho
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Cornhusker
Alfred Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
al Smith
Albert Ritchie
Maryland
Ritchie
Sun
Chicago
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
France
Claude Hardy
Plymouth Rock
Ford Garpoli
Kern St
Towa
Tri
Ford
Wilkin Hosiery Co
Desk 6
Groep, Field
Ohio
H. Hf. Buhr
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Peas
Andersore
Pathfinder
Household Magazine
Illustrated Mechanics
American Poultry Jrol
the Farm Journal
Tel Iqus
Pall
Ltaar
Woman's World
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