Schools Ask to Increase Taxes Under New Law
Districts file statements with county auditor F W Esher seeking higher levies as allowed by a new school law. Each district may levy $100 per pupil, up from $60. Orange consolidated reduces from $26 000 to $24 000. now asks for $27 000. Dunkerton adds 6000 to reach 24000. others seek amounts of 700 and 600. All by April 15.
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Boards of Education
F. W. Esher
Orange Consolidated
Eagle No
Pleasant Valley
Big Creek Township
Dunkerton Consolidated District
Judge orders alimony after barber’s defiant folly
Des Moines court filers a divorce decree granting Bessie Poling $5,000 alimony from barber Charles F. Poling. The judge condemns Poling’s lifestyle including silk shirts and nightlife, while urging reform and noting the case’s lurid pleadings and moral concern.
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Des Moines
James C. Hume
Charles F. Poling
Bessie Poling
Poling
Tenderloin
Fragmentary Advertisement Spews Venom at Woman
An OCR fragment shows a hostile advertisement attacking a woman as unfit and presumes a vile motive. The text is garbled but conveys aggression and demeaning language directed at the unnamed female subject.
Wash bill settled in Howard Hotel suit
The Nolen Laundry company settles its $2,899.66 suit against Mrs. Fred Davis, an officer of the Howard Hotel company, for $500. The case, first tried in the November 1920 term, ends with no family washing trial in the March term in Judge Sears court.
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Sioux City
W. G. Sears
Nolen Laundry Company
Fred Davis
Howard Hotel Company
Laundry Firm Dispute Ends Before Jury Selection
A 1921 case shows a jury disagreement after a lengthy trial. A jury was drawn at the January term but the matter was continued. The laundry firm had carried Mrs Davis' family washing for three years, a point in the dispute over agreement and settlement.
Hotel Guests Sent to Nolen Concern
A fragment notes an agreement involving washing free of charge in return for sending the washing of a Howard hotel guests to the Nolen concern. The garbled text implies a transactional arrangement linked to a hotel.
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Howard Hotel
Nolen Concern
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