State council sets tentative railway valuations
The executive council announced tentative assessment values for railway, express, sleeping car, telegraph and transmission line properties. Valuations will be finalised later this month and certified to county auditors. Interurbans received modest per mile reductions while major telephone and express lines show specific per mile totals. Tax histories show 26 steam railways and 13 interurbans with thousands of miles and multi-million tax payments in 1923.
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United Press Des Moines
Mate Executive Council
Rock Island
Nes
Albila Light and Railway Co
Charles City & Western
Clinton, Dayexport & Muscatine
Mason City & Clear Lake
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Company
Lnes
Traer Legion Offers Medals to Scholars with Best Records
Traer Iowa August board of education approves a Kubik Finepost plan to award silver medals bearing the American Legion emblem to one boy and one girl in both junior and senior high schools. Selection rests with a committee from the school board and faculty, prioritizing scholarship and school activities.
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Traer
Aug
Board of Education of
Kubik-Finepost
American Legion
Legion
School legion awards bronze medals to top pupils
The Legion proposes bronze medals for fourth to sixth grades schools to honor students for merit in studies and conduct. Judges would select recipients, with medals to be awarded at the annual commencement. The organization also notes past community projects and plans for a road project to Buckingham cemetery. Traer hosts the John Green descendants reunion with 63 members at Theodore F. Clark state park.
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Legion
Legion Organiza
Tion
Traer
Buckingham Cemetery
John Green
North Tama County
Theodore F. Clark State Park
Kara
Five Generations Gather for Family Reunion Portrait
A family reunion in Tresor was represented by five generations: Mrs. K. Green, Mrs. A. H. Gates, Mrs. D. P. Dalziel, Mrs. James Koshatka, and her infant daughter. They posed for a photograph marking the event.
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Mra. K. Green
A. H. Gates
Mra
D. P. Dalziel
James Koshatka
Traer Man's Estate Of 200000 Left To Children
James H. Young of Traer died two weeks ago leaving an estate valued at about 200000. His 1921 will bequeaths 15 shares of First National Bank stock to son Clark O. Young and the 480 acre home farm in Buckingham township. Daughter Mrs. John Ames receives the Traer residence and 10000 cash. Mrs. John Griffith of Hawarden Canada gets 10000. The remaining property is to be divided equally among the three children. Additional holdings include land near Harris in northwest Iowa and bank stock in that region and Texas land.
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Clark O. Young
First National Bank, Traer
Buckingham Township
John Ames
Traer
Ames
John Griffith
Hawarden
Sask
Canada
Kr. Young
Iowa
Harris
Texas
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Traer Legion
Westinghouse
Them
Mark
Davis
DAL
James H. Young
Wils Shears
Atc
Rollins and
Phoenix
Fasily
Ing
Yard Davis
Lady Esther
Bullman
Woodbury
Edna Wallace Hopper
Duroleum
Mats
Elst
Ge Tomo
Cape Miuer
Pik
Ladies’ Cotton Union
Dimity Union
Irre
Bil Thy
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