Washington County Taxation Study by A E Baldrige
A Baldrige analysis explains how mills per dollar affect local taxes in Washington County. It details 1931 levies across schools towns and county funds, mandatory versus optional components, and notes shifts since 1930, with implications for reform and budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ridge
Iowa Township
Wellman
Brighton
Coppock
Board of Supervisors
County Insane
General County
Washington City
Washington
Rural School News Franklin Township Sixth Week Highlights
A rural school notes punctual students, December box supper raised eight dollars, and Christmas activities featured a tree, decorations, and a radio program. The roster adds departures, nurse visit, dental cards, and high-achieving students across grades 1 through 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Township
Vivian Bridges
Alice
Ivan Lukavsky
Dorothy
Lois Farrier
Jean
Mildred Miller
Charley Longer
Zmothers
Beulah Bridges
James Walmery
Geraldine Crone
Edgar Farrier
Glenn Miller
Edward Lukavsky
Mary Lukavsky
Miss Jacobs
Florence Graber
Maxine Mangold
Marian
Deane Rinner
Arkansas Soil and Cotton Brought by Absent Student
Eunice Bower notes students with perfect attendance for six weeks. Leo, Helen, Wilma Anderson, Bobby J, Virginia Moody, Mary Martha Henderson, Glora Bower, who was absent to accompany parents to Arkansas, returned with Arkansas soil, cotton stalks, and native peas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Anderson
Helen Anderson
Wilma Anderson
Virginia Moody
Robert Moody
Junior Red
Eunice Bower
Leo
Helen
Bobby J
Mary Martha Henderson
Glora Bower
Arkansas
Thanksgiving and Christmas School Activities Chronicle
Jean Bishop reports a busy period in the fourth grade with Thanksgiving projects and a Christmas dinner program. Visitors included Mrs. Emde and Mr. Moeler, while Willard Patterson and Marvin Bishop celebrated birthdays and a hickory nut cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Bishop
Jeel
Morton Emde
Miss Freel
Kenney Bishop
Willard Patterson
Santa Claus
Marvin Bishop
Lexington
Marlin Bitting
Gladys Pence
Denver
Iowa
Moeler
Hoffman
Cedar Falls
Moeller
Betty Tadlock
Dean Emde
John Gardner
Social gathering noted during Grace Boshart period
Mrs Grace Boshart dates November 20 to January 5 referenced with a social held December 4 attended by a good crowd.
Community School Social Looks Ahead to Christmas Tree
The district held a social with candy boxes and lunch items raising $12.25. Dolores Shalla named most popular girl, Arden Lafourek fastest man. Students shared activities, visitors listed, decorations made, and plans for declamatory contests and spelling tests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Santa Claus
Max Leichty
Deane Rinner
Kathryn
Oletha
Verdella Widmer
Maxine Mangold
Arlene Swartzendruber
Earnest Kiené
Hazel Dawson
Frances Sojka
Christina Malichky
Ray Sojka
Duane
Richard
Betty Dawson
Richard Dawson
Dolores Shalla
Arthur Beranek
Fullerton
Donald Heranek
Dale Horak
Living Lake
Biblical students interpret Methuselah's 969 years as lunar cycles
Some biblical scholars propose that Methuselah's 969 years symbolize 969 passages of the moon, equating to about 79 years by current timekeeping. The claim links ancient lifespans to lunar calendars and challenges conventional chronology.
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Methuselah
Communists Open Revolt in Spain Incoming Civil Strife
Riots flare across Catalonia as Catholics and socialists clash. Churches guarded. bishops denounce attacks. Four Catholics killed defending a Bilbao church as mobs torch churches and seminary amid political tension. Government postpones Jesuit dissolution awaiting calmer conditions.
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Spain
Barcelona
Madrid
Catalonia
Cortes
Andalecio Prieto
Firs
Bilbao
Gov
Republic
Father Carbajal
Bilboa
Gallarta
Munson Couple Spotted Shopping in Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs Earl Munson were seen shopping in Crawfordsville this afternoon, drawing attention from onlookers and adding a local note to the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Munson
Crawfordsville
Hearst Addresses Iowa Farm Bureau on Progress and Policy
President Hearst speaks at Des Moines meeting praising Iowa Farm Bureau for leading membership gains. He notes farm bureau support for tax reform and legislation, three Washington trips to back national measures, and cooperative marketing growth via the Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation. Daisy Williams reports on finance and the corn credit plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Charles &. Hearst
Farm Bureau
Mark G. Thornburg
R. M. Hughes
Iowa State College
Daisy V. Williams
Federation
General Assembly
Washington, D. C
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
Miss Williams
National Corn Credit Corporation
Chicago
Illinois
Farm club enrollment tops 25 000 in Iowa communities
More than twenty five thousand boys and girls re-enrolled in 4 H club work in Iowa aided by farm bureau leaders. Miss Williams announced the figures at a 4 H club luncheon where Mrs Charles W Sewell spoke on good citizenship and farm bureau leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Miss Williams
Charles W. Sewell
American Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ellsworth Richardson
Farm Bureau Federation
Thanks for condolences on loss of husband and father
Mrs. W. H. Wells and Children express sincere gratitude to neighbors friends and post office staff for sympathy kindnesses and floral tributes shown after the death of their husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wells
Two Arrested for Robbery in Mundelein Bank Heist
In Chicago on January 21 two men identified as Mike Dooman and Eugene Smith, both with police records, are held for identification in Mundelein where the state bank was robbed of 8500. Police say the pair were heard planning the Mundelein robbery as an easy job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cashiel
Milan C. Mott
Mundelein
Mike Dooman
Eugene Smith
Lodge Meeting Schedule for Washington Chapters
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 O BE regular meeting second Thursday each month. Ida McDaniel W M Ernestine Denison secretary. Visiting members welcome. Washington Lodge No 26 AF and AM regular meeting first Friday each month. Glenn Mace W M A W Yard secretary.
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Washington
O. BE
Ida McDaniel
W. M
Ernestine Denison
Washington Lodge No
A. FP
A. M
Glenn Mace
A. W. Yard
Railway Time Table Go Rk and Eastbound Trains
Rail timetable item listing eastbound and westbound trains with numbers names and times including Golden State Apache Local Passenger and Mixed trains. Notes indicate limited services Sundays and California passenger restrictions at stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden State
Knox Ille
Sunrha Ae
California
Goodlander
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