County Board Proceedings August 27 1925 Emmet County
Proceedings cover bids for drainage district work, contract awarded to Venema & Oston for 1190.10. Appointments include construction engineer MacDonald and assessors for DD No. 158. A hearing on DD No. 121 approves most assessments with Bird Williams reduced. Plan calls for bonds of 600 dollars each, 5% interest, taxes to fund construction, with final payment in 1936. Board adjourns to Sept 2, 1925.
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Mg Dnbe
Rennicksen
Bryan Orson
Ridley
F. Hilan
Roy J. Ridley
Venema & Oston
Ho A. Gaarde
F. A. MacDonald
Emmet
Iowa
Court House
Estherville
Rank Hildreth
Kamet County
O. J. Sheldon
Tee
Corianise Brothers
Bird
Towa
Baimet County
Township
Range
Emmet County
Bird Williams
Commissionera
Tees
Eaete
Searth
Roy Ridley
M. J. Iverson
Ray Bryant
H. K. Bonpicksen
Apprentice walks to Washington Iowa newsroom tale
Harvey Purinton, once an apprentice on The News Herald, left Spencer to travel toward Washington Iowa, a roughly 300 mile journey. He rode with lifts after six miles and reached Washington Tuesday afternoon. He starts work at 7:30 AM and ends at 4:30 PM, enjoying cleaner hands and a new job at the Journal.
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Harvey Purinton
News-Herald
Minneapolis
Spencer
Washington
Iowa
Journal
Harvey
Marshalltown
Spencer News-Herald
Robbery attempt at Luverne State Bank
Robbers broke into the Luverne State Bank in Indiana early Wednesday, drilling through the safe door and burning acetylene tanks. They fled at dawn as stores opened, leaving gloves and burglary tools behind and cutting telegraph wires. Bank workers discovered the scene when they arrived.
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Luverne, In
Humboldt Independent
V K Leslie M Shaw predicts good times for Iowa
Former governor and treasurer secretary Leslie M Shaw spoke in Des Moines about Iowa exiting the agricultural low mood. He forecast that in a few years farmers will earn prices for exports equal to world prices plus freight, with corn land noted as a world scarce asset. He argued corn can be grown broadly, unlike wheat, and emphasized rising prosperity tied to corn production.
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Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Rosevelt
Des Moines
Mr. Shaw
Lowa
Shas
Stray in Our Feed Lot Jasper County Record
Former Iowa governor warns farmers against over expansion and urges restraint on auto buying while politics shift. Brookhart signals possible primary bid if defeated, criticizing the Republican party and its leaders as dishonest to retain his Senate seat. The piece notes Brookhart’s denunciation at Davis City and questions party loyalties.
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Brookhart
Cummins
Davis City
Republican Party
United States
Jasper County
V R Church of Christ weekly schedule notes
H L Olmstead pastor outlines church week with prayer meetings Thursday 7 30 choir rehearsal 8 15 Band 2 Ladies Aid Friday 1 30 Christian Endeavors business meeting refreshments Light novel Spencer rally causes cancellation of morning and evening services Junior Church 9 30 Young People and Adults not meeting no evening service note share rides for Spencer daylong rally
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Ladies Aid
C. Ey’s
Spencer
Peeple
Did Tf Ever Happen To You
A humorous clipped retelling questions if common actions in a local item ever succeed. It notes a man checking a gas tank with a match, patting a bulldog, racing a train, and a merchant avoiding newspaper ads, all failing in the end. The piece ends with an apology to the Southwest Wheat Grower.
Service Star Legion Notes Meeting Announcement
Repulir meeting of the Service Star Legion on September 3 at 2 30 p m all members urged to attend and committee members included as the working year ends many important items will be transacted come and make the meeting interesting public committee note
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Service Star Legion
Pub. Com
State levy cut to 10 mills for 1926 taxes
The total tak levy for state purposes including the soldier bonus was reduced to 10 mills from 11.5 last year. The executive council fixed general levy at 8.68 mills and soldier bonus at 1.32 mills, with net property value at about $4.005 billion. Legislature appropriated $28 million for state expenses for 1926-27, while the council set the taxable value and millage to raise $8.865 million.
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Estate Executive Council
Executive Council
V-R
Canneries pay and community benefits in Wisconsin plant
The Estherville Chamber of Commerce weighs a proposed local canning plant. A Wisconsin trip showed canneries boost farms, homes, roads and towns. Rosendale’s plant employs about 250, with $75,000 investment raised by the whole community. Farmers netted over $100 per acre for peas this year.
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Estherville
Estherville Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Rosendale
Wis
Fragments Suggest Ill-Defined Saturday Night Plan
A garbled note hints at an informal plan involving a hose and a bathtub on a Saturday night. Details are unclear, with missing names and places. The fragment implies a simple task or setup but lacks concrete actions or participants.
Notice to bidders for culvert work in estherville Iowa
County Auditor Estherville Iowa invites sealed bids by September 14 1926 for culvert construction and incidental road work on Secondary Roads 11 24 and 6. Bids require five percent bidder deposit and may be rejected. Plans available at the auditor or engineer offices Ames Iowa State Highway Commission others. August 29 1925.
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Estherville
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Ames
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