County eyes three year primary road plan for 1926
Washington County faces a 1926 three year program funded by a $542,000 allotment with about $400,000 remaining. The plan prioritizes grading and gravelling on No 2 east west and No 1 north south, plus bridges at Wellman Riverside and Crawfordsville. Bond issues and state aid will finance paving of key segments including No 2 through Brighton and Wellman.
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Ashington
Rapid
Board of Supervisors
U. S
Washington
Johnson County
Brighton
Jefferson County
Bush's Corner
Wellman
No. 51
Glington
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Highway Commission
Towa
Suh
Washington County
Commission
Rivercdeerside
Kalona
State Highway Commission
Daily Lessons In English Word Study On Perfuctory
Reading on misused phrases and pronunciation. The entry highlights daily vocabulary growth with a focus on the word perfunctory defined as done carelessly or negligently for the sake of getting through. It emphasizes half hearted work and a casual approach to tasks.
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Mayer
Road funding debate shows counties backing upgrades
The speaker notes Johnson and Jefferson counties have already voted bond issues and started road projects with state paying. They urge residents to assess gravel roads and insist primary road programs are separate from county secondary improvements. State highway commission controls primary funds while county board holds county funds.
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Johnson County
Jefferson
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Illinois Iowa road funding compared to gasoline taxes and bonds
A correspondent asks how Illinois builds hundreds of miles of paved roads and how funds are raised versus Iowa. The piece compares automobile taxes, personal property taxes, bond financing, and road funds, noting IllinoisBond issues for roads and sinking funds, Iowa awaiting a $100000000 bond proposal, and a plan for an extra cent gasoline tax to raise about 2.5 million dollars this year. The Times-Tribune references 1926 revenue figures and county distribution.
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Iowa
Illinois
the Tribune
Ilinois
Lowa
Lowons
State Highway Commission
Waterloo Times-Tribune
The Great Commoner Bryan Memorial University Plan
A Tennessee hill folk song notes the Scopes trial legacy and Bryan death. Genuine fundamentalists promote a memorial university on a 76 acre tract near the Bryan house to teach his religious doctrines. Ten students expected by fall.
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Mr. Bryan
Tennessee
Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Jonah
Bryan Memorial University
Life Insurance Philosophy From Josh Billings
An 19th century style column quotes Josh Billings on life insurance with a satirical Q A about policy questions. Hill Nye asserts he survived a cyclone and credits insurance for health and wealth, noting a wife’s initial reluctance and later approval after illness.
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Josh Billings
Likum
Hill Nye
Ao Il
Yoeman
Quirky Clippings From Various Notices
A montage of humorous quotes and oddities from sources like the El Paso Times Punch and American Lauberman notes oddities on catsup usage judges on plays and social curiosities. It mentions Reno divorces Weepah gold alimony centenarians in Spain and a Borah salary gesture, wrapping a casual satire tone across scattered observations.
Color clashes spur junior high window siege at academy
In a lively scene, junior high pupils demand to hang school colors red and white, fearing rivals will raid the office. The editor credits janitor Frank Melinskie with ejecting the crowd and keeping the office safe until supper time.
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Frank Melinskie
Frank
Westbound Lochinvar and a comic quip in a frontier tone
A light hearted verse notes Lochinvar heading West with a four gallon hat and vest while aiming for movie fame. A terse anecdote reports a policeman questioning an old man who explains he sent Isaac for fish and bread with two quarters, causing a puzzled return.
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Lochinvar
Tom Mix
Isaac
Go Home I Hoped That It Would Appeal to You
A brief line expressing hope that someone would find the idea appealing, indicating a request for understanding or acceptance. The fragment centers on a personal preference or invitation to reconsider a stance. It reads as a casual rhetorical remark within a private exchange.
Medbury humor and rural Iowa travel quips
A parsing of jokes and vignettes about Iowa roads, a Chel Sea dance anecdote, a Grinnell rope dancer, laundry sign humor, legal quips, and weather barbs. The items reflect light rural humor and early 20th century newspaper style with named locales and daily life bits.
By-ways and Quips from a Comical Household
A fragmentary miscellany of joke lines and curious anecdotes about domestic mishaps. It includes a door accident caused by Angelo and Al Roe mending a stove pipe, a shirt with a girl's address and a note about sending a photograph, springtime romances, a quip about long-time wrongdoers, a hotel door scene about a candle stick, a telegram asking for money, and a laundry check fraud pun.
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Binks
Shark In Dalmatian Waters Reveals Odd Loot
A shark caught in Dalmatian waters yielded a strange stomach contents list including a gent's horn a tin of condensed milk a metal cigarette case with ten cigarettes a pair of women shoes a box of matches rope sailcloth and other items indicating unusual debris from the sea.
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Washington, Iowa
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
East Main Street
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Bible Thought
Fountain OF Praise
Great Commoner
PWO
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Jess
New York
el Paseo Times
Nevada
Reno
Weepab
Thomas Pickhill
Spain
Altho
Borah
Children’s Woven Union
Axminster
Ster Rugs
America
Toledo
John P. Medbury
Kansas City
Des Moines
Medbury
Chelsea
Grinnell
Tony Doofray
U.S
Vermont
Thuben Harmon, Jr
Connecticut
Carter's
Carter
Journal
California
Bagdad
Benteco
KASH
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