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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1924
Page
2
Farmers in Davis County faced a weak holiday turkey market with low prices as warm weather disrupted demand. Eggs also fell 14 cents a dozen wholesale. The piece notes county leadership in sheep and turkey output, plus related Iowa farming news and local achievements.
Reports from Iowa recount big ginsing crops in Mitchell county with $51,400 value and $29,400 sales. aligators found in Black Hawk county after being seen in Crawford county. Mrs Mary Ginn runs a 40 acre poultry farm in Warren county with over $10,000 yearly business and 5500 chick incubators. Jefferson county highlights elimination of all grade railway crossings. State Fire Marshal Tracy notes nearly $2,000,000 drop in fire losses in town and 180 suspicious fires investigated with 65 convictions. He attended a Retail Merchants meeting in Sioux City seeking civic group coordination for fire prevention.
The article details November cigarette tax receipts totaling $56 649.24, bringing five month total to $312 57 48 and projecting yearly revenue above $700 000. It also notes the Brotherhood of American Yeoman, founded in Bancroft in 1897, seeks an orphanage project near $10 000 000, Des Moines headquarters, and Cass county pursuing inheritance tax from recluse Stoner’s estate valued around $91 000.
Valley Junction native Ben F Horton, longtime C B L and Q railroad employee, plans a history of railroading from an engineer’s perspective dating to 1851. He recalls 58 years of service including two years firing and 2 500 000 miles ridden, and will cover locomotive improvements over the era.
The article notes Horton would have traveled a distance equal to 100 world circumnavigations. At a rate of 3 cents per mile, the cost would amount to $75,000. The figures underscore the vast scale of the journey and its financial implication.
The case slice notes a district court matter in Emmet County Iowa January Term 1924. Advance Rumely Thresher Company is plaintiff and B F Osgood is defendant. The notice begins with a formal summons to Osgood stating legal action has commenced.
The petition of the plaintiff Advance-Rumely Thresher Company Incorporated is on file in Emmet County Iowa seeking $758.18 with 8 percent interest on a prior North Dakota judgment of December 9 1922 plus $280.52 and attorney fees on a note due October 1 1923. If you fail to appear before noon on the January 1924 term at Estherville Iowa a default will be entered and judgment rendered.
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