Polk County Good Roads Group Backs Local Highway Funds Plan
Polk County trustees and supervisors endorse allowing counties to raise funds for roads and bridges under local control, opposing transfer to a state highway commission. The convention favored state advisory powers for bridges and roads while condemning centralized fund management, and backed a bill to require property owners to mow highway weeded areas with township trustees covering failures.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Board of Supervisors
Polk County Good Roads Association
Court House
James Brockway
Roads and Highways Committee
House of Representatives
State Highway Commission
James B. Uhl
Brockway
Iowa
The
Highway Commission
Minnesota
Minnesota Highway’ Commission
General Assembly
Thirty-Fifth General Assembly
Westburg farm sale nets record $60,000
Geo W Dickinson of Waterloo transfers 320 acre Westburg township farm to Frank Hogan of Dalton City Illinois for $60,000 in a single Buchanan county deal. Hogan paid $187.50 per acre last fall. Dickinson moves to Waterloo and joins a new internal combustion engine venture with local capitalists. Mrs Landy returns home from St Francis hospital after four weeks.
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Independence, Ta
Geo. W. Dickinson
Waterloo
Independence
Westburg Township
Frank Hogan
Dalton City
Ill
Dickinson
Dalton
Buchanan County
Backed by Faith and a Fine Over Pole Posts
Essex Iowa March 7 A religious dispute over infant baptism drew crowds as John Lindell challenged biblical evidence. He posted reward ads on electric poles, violating city ordinance and incurring a $5 fine plus court costs. Lindell vowed to quit using electric lights and to live in darkness.
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John Lindell
Lindell
Oscar Nelgon
Mr. Lindell
Standard Oil Trust
Aborn Opera Presents The Bohemian Girl At Waterloo
The Aborn Opera company will stage The Bohemian Girl at Waterloo on Thursday. The troupe boasts a grand opera cast, a large chorus, and over 100 dancers plus elaborate scenery. The production, rebuilt from models used last season, promises a lavish show.
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Aborn Opera Company
Waterloo
Corps de Ballet
Messrs
Aborn
Waterloo to Welcome Star in The City at Theatre
The actor returns to the Waterloo theatre for matinee and night performances of The City. Audiences will see him in a stellar lead role in this acclaimed drama, a highlight of the season.
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Waterloo
Koch
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