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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1937

Page

5

Notice of franchise petition for electric transmission by Iowa company

Official notice to Washington County citizens that Owa Southern Utilities Company has filed a petition with the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners seeking a franchise to erect and maintain poles wires towers cables and fixtures for electric lighting power and heating across public lands highways streams and private lands beginning at the northwest corner of Section Seven in Township Seventy-Six North Range Nine West and extending along highways into Sections Eight Six and others in that township.

Board OF Railroad Commissioners Washington County Owa Southern Utilities St. P. m Said Said Township Range Said Setion Des Moines Iowa Board of Rairoad Commissioners Ilowa State OF Iowa

Fractured Public Notice and Card of Thanks From Des Moines Area

Legal notice from the Board of Railroad Commissioners schedules a hearing on a franchise petition for July 13, 1937 in Des Moines with objections due five days prior. A separate card of thanks credits local neighbors who plowed 40 acres and notes Mr Bowes' critical illness after a heart attack Sunday evening.

Isaac Kleese Ed Libe Fred Kephart Paul Harvey Harold Klopfenstein J. L. Johnson Charles Greiner Harry Hutt Frank Anderson Sam Miller Preston Harvey Bowes Henry Bowes Donald Bowes Renals Roberts

Riverside man commissioned as army reserve second lieutenant

Washington D C June 24 Ivan Matthew Shradel of Riverside has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the army reserves and assigned to the Infantry Corps, the War Department announced today.

Washington, D. C Ivan Matthew Shradel Riverside Army Infantry Corps War Department

Human folks generous Uncle Eben cherishes advice

The quote portrays Uncle Eben praising human generosity and remarking that a man burdened with his own troubles rarely resists offering big advice. The dialect highlights rural speech and character insight.

Uncle Eben

Plaster Cast of Dinosaur Installed in London Museum

A large plaster cast of a dinosaur skeleton discovered in Wyoming has been installed at the South Kensington Museum in London. The exhibit showcases the fossil’s proportions and offers visitors a detailed view of the prehistoric creature.

Wyoming South Kensington Museum London

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