Milwaukee road pays first Iowa tax installment for 1949
Milwaukee Road reports payment of 11 978.08 in Washington county toward its 1949 Iowa tax bill of 935 000 with half paid now and half due next fall. The railroad notes that taxes fund roads and bridges and cites 1 000 000 in snow and ice removal costs last year not borne by competitors.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Iowa
Milwaukee
Washington County
Rock Island Railroad
Washington
Burlington Railroad
Rock Island
R. G. Bundy
Milwaukee Road
Railroads Versus Truck Lines Clash Over Highway Use
The piece revisits the long running dispute between railroads and truck lines over highway usage for passenger and freight traffic. Rail advocates argue for exclusive rail control while truck operators push for flexible road transport.
Debate Over Road Use Costs for Rail Versus Road Transport
In Iowa, rail operators argue they own land and lines, so pay no road-use fees, while bus and truck interests pay heavy vehicle licenses to support roads. Legislators recently raised truck license fees, worsening the dispute. Both sides claim fairness, and the controversy appears ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Two Washington Men Propose Radical Parking Expansion Plan
Two Washington businessmen discuss a radical idea to widen street space for cars by halving sidewalk width and cementing terraces between sidewalks and curbs on residential streets. They argue streets could lose sidewalks or narrow them to increase vehicle parking and driving space near the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Streets
Parking and traffic ideas loom in automobile age
The text discusses radical parking proposals to reclaim sidewalk space for vehicles and notes Washington business leaders want more nearby parking. A visitor recalls parking across from the city hall, illustrating near downtown accessibility concerns as downtown congestion grows.
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Washington
City
Mrs. Wiederrecht 94 Suffers Broken Hip in Fall
Elizabeth Wiederrecht, 94, living with her daughter near Columbus City, sustained a broken hip in a fall and remains hospitalized at Bellevue, Muscatine, after prior injuries left her an invalid. Also notes trains back in service after ICC order to save coal and updates on visiting relatives from military service.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Elizabeth Wiederrecht
Frank Johnston
Columbus City
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Rock Island Lines
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
ICC
Robert J. Speidel
Floyd's Bay
Hong Kong
China
Oscar Hoff
Donald Speidel
Davenport
Navy
Pfc
Clifford L. Axtell
Lloyd J. Axtell
Monticello
Wis
Naha
Okinawa
U. S. Air Force
Cotter High Seniors Stage Three Act Comedy It’s A Great Life
Cotter High School presents a three act comedy It’s A Great Life Friday March 31 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The play follows Tommy Wilson who tries to imitate a girl causing family and social complications including a dated encounter with Muscles O’Rourke and a cast led by director Miss Ann Cermak and assistant director Dick Zieglowsky. Reserved seats cost 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students with tickets from Eleanora Miller or cast members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotter High School
Cotter
Tommy
Mr. Wilson
Museles O'Rourke
Darlene Stapp
Wilbert Wiggins
Joan Stapp
Frances Owens
Miss Billings
Muscles O'Rourke
Dick Zieglowsky
Eleanora Miller
Ann Cermak
Crawfordsville Play Cast and Seniors Attend Mt. Pleasant Play
Crawfordsville seniors and the Crawfordsville play cast joined guests at Mount Pleasant for the presentation of The Late Christopher Bean. Jack Palangio of Iowa Wesleyan College served as critic judge. trip participants included Mr and Mrs Allen Eastland and a long list of students and local figures.
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Crawfordsville
Mt. Pleasant
J. A. Raymond
Washington
Jack Palangio
Christopher Bean
Mount Pleasant
Palangio
Iowa Wesleyan College
Allen
Eastland
Nancy
Mary
Phyllis
Margaret Anderson
Junior
Drusilla Graber
Keith
Betty Lou Johnson
Fetty Howell
Raymond Reschley
Norman Waters
Dean Schaeffer
Richard Stephens
George Fulton
Marilyn Miller
Fern Woodyard
Ruth Davis
Shirley Brown
William Hensson
George Shaner
Williams
Duane
New Implement Show Room Being Built At Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville March 27 Tschantz Brothers carpenters began Friday to build the John Deere show room for the Henss Implement Co. The structure will be concrete block and rise quickly as the foundation was poured last fall.
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Crawfordsville
J. A. Raymond
Tschantz Brothers
John Deere
Henss Implement Co
Keith Coates
Sheffield
Clyde Huston
Patty Gerdes
Howard Beenblossom
Harold Gerdes
Iowa City
Russell Miller
University of Minnesota
Harold Miller
Pella
Clover Leaf
Anderson Locker
Jeanetta Hanna
Montezuma
Janet
Roberta’ Fletcher
Ainsworth
Ben Fitzgerald
Local residents visit new Owens home in Washington
Grandpa and Grandma Henss attended the gathering. Mr and Mrs Forrest McNeil with Mary and Paul were Saturday evening visitors at Mrs Pearl Meets home. Mr and Mrs John McNeil and family stopped by Howard Stewart and Clarence Owens homes Sunday afternoon for tours of Owens new house.
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Grandpa
Grandma Henss
Forrest McNeil
Mary
Paul
Mrs. Pearl
John McNeil
Howard Stewart
Clarence Owens
Washington
Owens
Home founders celebrate church gathering at Federated Presbyterian
The Federated Presbyterian church hosts a Wednesday evening party with 22 adults and several children. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Wheeler and Mr and Mrs Haydn Thomas led the entertainment. Mr and Mrs Floyd Pentecost and Duane visited Mrs George Switzer in Fairfield Hospital Friday.
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Federated Presbyterian Church
Wilbur Wheeler
Haydn Thomas
Floyd Pentecost
Duane
George Switzer
Fairfield
Wylie Visits Kenneth Cherryholmes Home in Ames
Vince Wylie of Onawa travels with a friend of Cleo Dean Cherryholmes to spend several days at the Kenneth Cherryholmes residence in Ames.
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Vince Wylie
Onawa
Cleo Dean Cherryholmes
Ames
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Cornstalks as Feed Roughage with Limited Nutritional Value
Cornstalks offer roughage for farm animals but have practically no nutrition. Heavy feeding can cause impaction and indigestion, so they should be used sparingly as feed.
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Bruce Cowden
Kiple & Deprenger Furniture CO
Crane
Blondie
Chic Young
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
General Cement Contract
Ing
Little & Conley
Ham Fisher
Humphrey
Maypark Lawn Grass Seed
Maypark
South
Marion
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