Huge Sum Spent on Town's Roads
Iowa reports total road and bridge expenditures of 28.024 million dollars with breakdowns by road type. Primary road funds account for 7.484 million, county roads 5.760 million, township roads 4.977 million, plus earth road maintenance and construction totals across all systems. Overall average expenditure per mile across the 104,082 miles is 269.25 dollars.
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Commission
The
Ery Press
Ames
Lowa
State Highway Commission
Acuta
Iowa
Road Expenditures Averages By Category
The report lists averages for road spending including township roads at 67.29 dollars per mile, and for bridge expenditures on all roads at 94.20 dollars per mile, with total roads spending 545.83 dollars. The figures indicate comparative per mile costs across categories and overall.
Bentley Is Freed In Murder Trial
Albert Lea Minn Feb 23 After two hours deliberation the jury found C L Bentley not guilty in the case charging him with killing Obie Olson when found with his wife. The trial was one of the hardest fought in local court history. Advertisement promotes Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo as a cheap, greaseless remedy for hair care.
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Albert Lea
Minn
C. L. Bentley
Obie Olson
Diphtheria Season Reported Across States
Fragmentary notes from a health bulletin reference a diphtheria season with 16 states reporting cases. The odd phrasing mentions a goat and a snowbound scene but offers little concrete data beyond the national pattern.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Goat tumbles in heavy snow near Avoca farm
A farmer near Avoca Indiana reports a dramatic incident as Billy the Angora goat, tangled in snow and ice, slips on a hill while a farmer clears ground for a rough pasture. The goat rolls downhill gathering more snow until reaching the foot of the hill.
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Charles Jackson
Billy
Lhat
Will Prichard
Immunization test urged to check immunity for children
A public health note urges testing to determine if you and your children are immune to diphtheria and pertussis. If not, advocates a protest method of immunization and warns October cases rise and November will bring more.
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Avoca, In
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Encice
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