Board of Supervisors Proceedings Report 1920
The record lists numerous county expenditures including lumber supplies, patrol wages, labor, and various shop items. It notes vacation claims approved for county poor, criminal bailiff, court reporter, and drainage work, plus primary road and deferred claims, with adjournment details and a quoted joke from the era about a prisoner awaiting hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dunbar
E. Vansickle
Larking Crawford
Bell & Guengerieh
T. A. Morris
Stove
Twin City Co
J. D. Adams & Co
Applien
Harry Page
Fr. D. Baumeister
Geo. W. Stewart
H. H. Hanson
T. D. Woodburn
Sinclair Refining Co
J. E. Lantz
JL. Yeesy
Jno
Jacoban Land
Frank Antecseme Aiery
A. G. Long
Will Havel
Sam H. Neill
Kh. W. Bozman
George Baker
Roy Gerot
Martin H. Albaugh
Melvin Booth
W. H. Warner
J. O. Linabury
Kenneth Dayton
A. J. Shillig
R. E. McFarland
John Strain
Chas. Davidson
P. W. Davidson
Chris Haugstead
Fred Hill
Keffer
Co. C. Emde
A. L. Griffith
Belle Rice
J. D. Glasgow
Board of Supervisore
Correspondents Report Thanksgiving Greetings in Crawfordsville
Local notes describe Mr and Mrs Frank McCoy and children of Martinsburg Iowa visiting Thanksgiving at Moorhead and McCoy homes. Dwight Nicholson returned from Iowa City to join his parents for the holiday. Other area residents and a football game at Columbus Junction are mentioned along with several arrivals and a new baby in the Davie family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Frank McCoy
Martinsburg
Iowa
Moorhead
McCoy
Dwight Nicholson
Iowa City
T. J. Nicholson
Lucile Sipe
Velma Twinam
Town City
Lillian Olmes
Olds
TM. Holmes
Columbus Junction
Henry Curtis
Purlington
Sam Anderson
Washington
R. J. Davie
Riverside Social News Roundup From Riverside IA
Miss Stella Rummethart travels to Boulder Colorado with brother Robert after a month with her father Frank Rummethart. Local families gather for Thanksgiving and weddings while the Subway Theatre reopens after a fire. Births, visits from Kalona and Iowa City residents, and high school entertainments mark the week.
Cheap Farms for Sale or Trade in Iowa Territory
80 acres at 128 per acre with 40 acres corn and 40 acres pasture near Fairfield. 43 acres black prairie corn land with good house and orchard near Glasgow Stockport. 85 acres near Glasgow Stockport with 15 acres plow land and timber. 80 acres near Libertyville on Lick Creek with coal vein and 40 acres cropland 40 pasture. 10 acres near Birmingham with orchard. Some farms offer trades for town property livestock or mortgage. Multiple down payments and 5 year terms at 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Hetween Glasgow
Stockport
Libertyville
Lick Creek
Birmingham
Thanksgiving Visits And New Baby in Local Notices
Mrs Albert Vredenburg plans a several day visit with her mother as relatives gather for Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Clement Schnoebelen with family travel from Cedar Rapids to spend Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs and Mrs John Mottet. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs George Stephan on Tuesday November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Vredenburg
Clement Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
John Mottet
George Stephan
Safeguard Insurance Bills Proposed in Iowa Legislature
Des Moines reports state Insurance Commissioner A. C. Savage proposes measures to supervise insurers from formation, curb rate discrimination, regulate fire insurance rating bureaus, oversee workmen’s compensation premiums, and implement a uniform surety bill. He cites misrepresentation, cost to state, and rate cutting as issues to address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
A. C. Savage
Savage
State Insurance Department
Congress
National Insurance Commissioners
Anti Freezing Mixtures for Car Radiators
Motor car manufacturers favor alcohol and glycerine based anti freeze solutions. Alcohol evaporates quickly requiring periodic replenishment and water balance. Alcohol mixes yield freezes at 10, 0, and 20 degrees above zero with ratios given. Glycerine is gentler on metal but attacks rubber. hoses must be checked to prevent leaks.
Peterson sentenced to fifty years in Fort Madison
Pocahontas reported the Peterson murder case is closed as the husband was given a fifty year term for killing his wife and has been moved to the Fort Madison penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Government extravagant sale reform urged by Army inspector general
Major General Chamberlain, inspector general for the U S Army, calls for reorganizing surplus army supply sales after citing cases of goods sold cheaply and later bought back at top market prices. He urges changes to prevent waste and improper bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Washington
U. S. Army
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Harrington Woman
Harrington Me Mrs Minnie Mitchell describes relief from backache bearing down pains and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter endorses the product for displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration and cites no narcotics or harmful drugs. Residents are urged to write for confidential information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Myrs
Minnie Mitchell
Harringtony
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement From Mrs Orris 1919
Mrs M L Orris of Washington endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and back pain. She cites relief from dull aches and dizzy spells after using the product and confirms continued praise in 1919. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo MN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
M. L. Orris
Jefferson St
Washington
Doan
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American Railway Express Co
A. J. Shillit
R.E. McFarland
W. I. Smylie
Frank Welte
R. E B. McFarland
W. J. Smylie
John W. Lefever
Yee
Boston Transcript
Riverside
Stella Rummethart
Toulder
Colo
Frank Rummethart
Robert Rummethart
Colorado
Nadine Wieland
Kalona
David Wieland
John Tener
Auguet Grothe
Fiora Knebel
Verne
Heigman-Klefer
Subway
Fred Kron
Huldah Zilmer
Laura Aubrey
Riverside High School
Waterloo
Sumner
Charlies Dodder
Kiefer-Heitzman
Mise Maude Carr
Stella Brerason
Lucy Dautremont
St. Mary's Hall
Mise Verne Knebel
Margaret
St. Mary’s High School
St. Mary's
Evalene Allen
Charles Sim
Richard Heitzman
Henry Schmitt
Fort Madison
Joseph Keifer
Henry Keifer
Edna Heitzman
Elizabeth Cress
Helen
Ray
Jefferson County Abstract & Loan
Company Fairfield
Smtton
Oliver Gang
McCormick
Keystone
J. D. Hays
D. F
Macon
Washington Battery & Electric Co
West Washington Street
Washington, Iowa
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Rio
Coke Cheney
Tue
Cheney
Tre Cheney
Tue Cheney
McNamara
Washington’s Quality First Store
Sloan
Sloan Liniment IS
Sloan's
Foster-Milburp Co
Mfrs
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Property Owners Federation, Inc
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