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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
5
Sealed proposals endorsed with bidder name will be received in Washington Iowa for grading parking curbing and brick paving of West Washington Street from South Avenue B to near South Avenue F. Plans show 7 408 sq yd paving 1300 cu y extra excavation and 2438 ft cement curb with Oak edge. Bid opening May 29 1906 at 1 30 pm.
City Council approves bid process for excavation and filling work. Costs for extra work will be paid within six months from available funds and a bond covers payment. Notice authorized by council and published by City Clerk MO H Steck on June 10, 1906.
City council adopts a detailed resolution to grade curb pave and park West Washington Street from Center Line near Avenue B to near South Avenue F with brick paving a central parking lane and cement curbing oak at intersections. Plans by William H. Kimball Davenport Iowa approved and on file. Construction set July to December with bidding procurement and special assessments to property abutting the street.
A called meeting invites members of the Commercial club and Industrial association to attend a general session tonight at the Commercial club gymnasium. Important business to be attended to, punctual attendance urged.
The Caner Music Company announces a sale offering all the latest sheet music for 20 cents per copy this Saturday. The announcement highlights a limited time price reduction and invites customers to visit their store for the selection.
A popular sheet music sale is advertised at Caner Music Co with copies available for 10 cents each on Saturday. The event highlights a bargain for music lovers and collectors in the local area.
A humorous lost dog notice asks for a ten dollar reward, then jokes about a fifty dollar reward for return in a hearse. The tale mentions a last Monday disappearance, a tail-less pup named Fido, and exaggerated traits including a glass eye and loud whining.
A historical note reviews the K L mixtures of kerosene and lime used against San Jose scale, noting uneven emulsification causes nonuniform results and occasional tree injury, with higher kerosene percentages risking damage while lower strengths fail to kill scales.
Timothy grown on the farm can be supplemented with legumes like clover and cowpeas. These crops provide essential protein cheaply, improving beef cattle nutrition and often eliminating the need for costly concentrates to supplement cornmeal. Andrew M. Soule Virginia.
A Colorado agricultural exchange notes that field peas and alfalfa can grow, but hogs cannot be profitably fattened on alfalfa alone. Adding a little corn to the fattening period boosts profitability and fattening efficiency.
A gardening column urges planting more early potatoes for profit and covers cabbage, beets, and onions. Cabbage thrives in heavy sandy loam with manure, planted in two by sixteen inch rows, watered and cultivated. beets sowed for succession. onions from seed and sets with overlap possible for cucumbers or melons.
The city council of Washington Iowa adopts a detailed plan to permanently upgrade West Washington Street from South Avenue to the six feet west of the east boundary line, including grading curbing paving and a central brick pavement with parking and brick paved sides, to be completed in 1906 with bids invited and costs assessed against abutting property. The notice to contractors must run for at least ten days with sealed bids and a bond equal to 50 percent.
H. N. Shaw of Winterset, who had been visiting at the Bowman and Graham homes in this city, returned to his home last evening. Tom Davis left this morning to Fairfield to teach his music class there.
Attendance shows slight improvement from the past two years. Miss Young keeps the banner for the rest of the year, the fourth consecutive month in her room. R. B. Crone, Supt.
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