Gas rate fight at Mason City raises city rate to 1.90
In Mason City Iowa the Peoples Gas & Electric Co sought a temporary injunction to block a city rate of 1.3224 per thousand feet. The court granted the injunction and let the company set a temporary tiered rate of 1.90 for the first thousand feet, 1.80 for the next ten thousand, and 1.60 thereafter while the case proceeds to chancery for findings to be reported to the federal court.
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Mason City
Tate
Peoples Gas & Electric Co
United States
Anawor
Ter
Transfer
Reed
Feder Court
Cresco
Robinson
Rescue of infant from nine inch bore well ends safely
A two hour rescue near Davenport centers on a baby trapped in a nine inch bore well. Firefighters and police used a reverse drill technique to lift the child, who remained head up and unharmed as workers halted and cleared debris.
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Matilda Jantz
Ripon
Wis
Davenport, Ja
J. M. Freed
Moline
Eytern
New Warden at State Penitentiary Named World War Vet
Des Moines, Aug 10. Warden Perkins resigns at Fort Madision prison and Maj. T. P. Hallowell, a World War veteran, takes over.
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Des Moines
Perkins
Fort Madison Prison
Maj
T. P. Hallowell
Rabid dog bites church boy during Sunday school
Karl Huff, 11, was bitten when a dog leaped through a Hill side Presbyterian church window during Sunday school in Des Moines. The dog was killed, rabies test sent to Iowa City, and antitoxin treatment given.
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Hillside Presbyterian Church
Karl Huff
Polity
A. J. Lieber
Iowa City
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