Farmers pay 88 percent of Iowa tax burden locally
A study by Iowa State College Extension Service shows farmers allocate 88 percent of their taxes to county roads rural schools and local expenses with 12 percent funding state costs. Based on 1 580 farmers across Iowa the average farm tax burden includes mill tax and levies with rural schools and county expenses as major recipients. The report calls for a fairer distribution to avoid overserving farmers on local duties.
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Iowa
Extension Service
Agricultural Economies Department
Iowa State College
Murl McDonald
Board of Control
General State Administration
Board of Education
Experiment Station
The Good Die First Quote From The Excursion
A line from Wordsworth’s The Excursion notes the moral idea that the good perish early while hard hearts endure, highlighting the poem’s somber meditation on virtue and endurance.
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Wordsworth
White Oak News Briefs Roundup
Chas Scranton is in Washington county hospital recovering from last Wednesday operation. Mrs George Augustine attended Kensington at the Valentine Fleig home last Wednesday afternoon. Oscar Matrers spent Monday in Washington. The Christmas program moved to December 23 in the afternoon with a noon potluck and a Christmas tree. Mrs Chas Scranton entertained Ottumwa visitors. White Oak school will enjoy one week of vacation after Christmas.
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White Oak
Chas
Scranton
Washington County
George Augustine
Kensington
Valentine Fleig
Oscar Matrers
Washington
Ottumwa
White Oak School
George
Oklahoma
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Cedar Rapids
M. BE
Virgil
Clayton Lintz
Bernard Dann
Fairfield
van Vodicka
Reinier
Gladys Burroughs
Frank Horesowsky
M. E
Horaks
Wm. Duwa
Roscoe Kolosick
Journal
Journal Force
Kalona Richland game ends in Kalona 34 to 13 victory
Kalona high school defeated Richland 34 to 13 in a Friday night basketball game. The Kalona team travels to Washington this evening. Community and service notes include a Kalona fire at Wes Reiner farm destroying a shed and machinery, and a late December Santa visit planned for local children.
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Kalona Dee
Richland and
Kalona
Washington
Kalona Community Club
Wayside Inn
Kalona Fire Department
Wes Reiner
Kalona Switchboard Company
Mae Snyder
Ben Boone
Jennie Kritton
Levi D Hostetler
University Hospital
Iowa City
Franklin Brenneman
Mercy Hospital
Hiis
C. C. Miller
Tom Lahey
Clifford Lahey
Russell Ehrenfelt
Jimmie of
Wellman
Mt. Ehrenfelt
Frank L. Snider
West Branch
Anna Snider
Lewis Hochnstedler
Mary Catherine
Marjorie Ann
Dorothy Roe
Roy Niffenegeger
Davenport
Keota Preparing for Christmas Events and Holiday Break
Keota residents enjoy a festive scene with six to eight foot Christmas trees along Broadway and electric lights. Merchants plan sales and a large crowd is expected for a community shopping day next week. The public schools close December 28 for holidays and resume January 9 with free health examinations sponsored by the Keota Lions Club, conducted by local physicians and nurses.
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Keota
Broadway
Luke
Keats Lions Club
C. Pershing
L. R. Hinsdt
J. L. Doyle
Emily Bayliss
Cora Henderson
Columbus Junction Officers Elected In Local Lodges
Local Odd Fellows and Columbus Encampment officers were elected with installations planned for January 12 and 14. Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge named officers including Mae Moore noble grand and Lola Lambert grand marshal. The newspaper also notes high school declamatory winners and various Christmas parties and community notices in Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Odd Fellows Lodge
Art Frisk
Noble
Sheldon Bebb
W. G. Roberts
F.C. Johnston
J. F E. Henson
E. F. Davis
Columbus Encampment
S. A. Dwinell
Alden Maxwell
Guy Lewis
Ralph Griffin
FB. C. Johnston
J. B. Henson
Frank Hopkins
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Mae Moore
Kate Adama
Merle Sehabilion
Wretary
Ora Simon
Jean Robertson
Ruth Weber
Gally
J. Fred Moore
Presbyterian Sunday School
J. S. Blair
W. G. Lewis
W. A. Lamp
J. H. Huston
Czecho Slovakia
H. L. McRoberts
Pearl Kremer
Monmouth
Outhamp
W. C. Robertson
Columbus
Arian Lowe
Sinesa
Samuel Evans
Fred Schlune
Concord Township
Shellbark Club
Floyd Butt
Red Cross
Miles Butcher
Chicago
John Butcher
H. G. Direks
Ralph
Muscatine
Direks
Bellevue Hospital
Fred M Cutkomp
Concord visitors tour Wapelis as others prepare for declamatory contest
Lawrence from Concord township visited Wapelis on Saturday for business. The Conesville high school declamatory contest is slated for January with participants listed including Donald Buser Alien Kemp, Orville Smith, Robert Ramer, Rex Abbott, Virgil Smith, Dorothy Buckman, Louise Brockway, Debby Coffin, Roberta Brockway, Ruby Yocum, St. Clair Ingraham, Max Allen, and Glen Kennedy among others.
Family visits dot the week in Haskins
HASKINS Dec 14 Mr and Mrs Chas Foster of Oklahoma City visited Jim Foster in Haskins with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Lewis Coon and Olive. They left Friday for Oklahoma. Delmar Brown of Muscatine has been visiting his grandmother Mrs Wallace for several days.
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Haskins
Amd
Chas. Foster
Oklahoma City
Jim Fosters
Lewis Coon
Olive
Jim Foster
Okla
Delmar Brown
Muscatine
Wallace
Community visitors and a rabbit hunt noted
Mr and Mrs Grover Bean and Robert of Fairfield visited Sunday with his brother Norm and family and with Dora Dean and Ed Bruegge and May. The boys hunted and brought back 33 rabbits after snow. Ralph Wehr and Albert Wehr hosted Tuesday etc. L H Boughton was surprised by a weekend trip and returned with a new bride. The young people held a charivari Monday evening.
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Grover Bean
Robert
Fairfield
Norm
Dora Dean
Ed Bruegge
May
Ben Pruegge
Ralph Wehr
Albert Wehr
L. H. Boughton
Talleyrand Community Notes Nonspecific June Gatherings
Local residents share updates from Talleyrand including visits from Ralph Tin nes and the Griener family, a funeral for Mrs. Sarah Sheetz, and a school program at Valley. Families Ross Sheets and Keota Wake's Produce are mentioned. several neighbors attend events and call on relatives.
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Talleyrand
Ralph Tinnes
Mike A. Griener
Leonard
Sarah Sheetz
Valley
Kenneth
Hubert Sheets
Ross Sheets
Wake
Keota
Will McKee
Petle Times
Valley School
Kenneth Sheety
Milo Tia
Wood cutting for John Kiefer this week
Workers will cut timber for John Kiefer during the coming week, with crews scheduled to operate on-site to prepare logs and lumber resources. The plan outlines labor, safety measures, and access coordination for the project.
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Hey
John Kiefer
Nine Hundred Return to Maytag Factory
Nine hundred men resume work at the Maytag plant in Newton Iowa after a three week shutdown. The company uses a work sharing plan, spreading work and occasional pauses to keep about a thousand workers employed rather than 500 full time.
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Newton
Iowa
Maytag Company
Egyptian notable in Cairo plans eighth wife
A wealthy Cairo resident with seven wives proposed to wed a new bride when the seventh wife set fire to the house of the bride-elect the night before the planned wedding.
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Cairo
Plan for Better Control-of-Colds Proved by Tests
Clinical tests and use in thousands of homes prove the Vicks Plan for better Control of Colds. The number and duration of colds reduced by half and more than half the costs of colds saved. Full details in each package of Vicks Vapo Rub and the new Vicks Nose and Throat Drops.
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Greensboro
N. C
Vicks
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Lloyd Luers
Edhmond Terseor Correspondent
Richmond
Schachner
Anaheim
California
Joe Chez
J. M. Leary
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Lions Club
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Welch - Moore
East Side Square
Marsha Butler
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the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
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