County Officials Schedule Salaries Debate in Iowa Chamber
The Iowa county officers convention examined salary bills. auditors and treasurers saw raises, clerks and sheriffs faced changes, with scale varying by county size. A deputy auditors bill failed. salaries for sheriffs and treasurers drew amendments and committee scrutiny as lawmakers edge toward standardized pay across counties. A separate cumulative voting clause for large drainage districts was advanced, while teachers pensions stalled despite broad support.
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Geverally
Ike Dickinson
Emmet
Osceola
Worth
Clarke
Adams
Franklin
Pocahontas
Auduebon
van Miuren
Sivelby
Sac
Montgomery
Delaware
Lowa
Fpoweshiek
Hardin
Jackson
Kossuth
Tama
Dallas
Harrison
Starr
Musecadne
Johnson
Jasper
Boones
Faycette
Mahaska
Cerro Gordo
Marshall and
Webster
Tes Moines
Lee and Wapello
Black Hawk
Clinton
Dubuque
Pottawattamie
Scott, Lee
Woodbury
Polk
Muscatine
Potta- Wattamia
Lee
Arner
Scatt
Wapello
Marshall
Mag ‘Ettine
Potta- Waltamie
Pottewartamie
Brine
Child Dies As House Burns North of Des Moines
- A six year old girl died in a Des Moines area fire six miles north at Marquisville. - The mother, Jeratn Brugioni, lay fatally burned at the Methodist hospital from burns sustained in the blaze. - The blaze started in a kitchen used by the fractan family when an oil explosion from a stove occurred. - Fire destroyed the house and contents within minutes, trapping the child on the second floor. - Brewers, a coal miner, tried to reach the girl before flames forced him to flee, while the mother suffered severe injuries.
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For Moines
Peter Brugioni
Bruce Lansing
Des Moines
Marquisville
Ray
My. Hragiant
Gee Atiikely
Oldest Iowa horseman travels after late life voyage
Jonas Montz aged 98, famed as one of Iowa's best horsemen, arrived from Kansas to visit relatives in Webster City after staying with a grandson. He plans more travel, noting his wind and leg strength, having maintained high grade stock in Town and Johnson counties for sixty years and once visited European markets with Iowa buyers. Thieves later broke into G A Waldin Jewelry Co. in Marshalltown at 11K South Main Street, stealing four revolvers and emblems. The town paper urges readers to pay attention.
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Othumwn
Nespith
Mantz
Town County
Kansas
Webster City
Jonas Montz
Iowa
Town
Johnson Counties
Marshalltown
G. A. Waldin Jewelry Company
Main Street
Pills and powder promise fast relief for indigestion
An old advertisement touts Papen’s Diapepsin and Pape’s Trapepsin as quick, harmless fixes for indigestion, gas, and stomach distress. It claims the remedies digest food easily, regulate the stomach, and let users eat their favorite foods without fear, for about fifty cents per large case.
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Costa
Iowa millage tax reform debated in Des Moines
A Des Moines discussion centers on shifting Iowa from a millage based tax system to direct appropriations and a single state levy. Senators and paper analyses weigh economic effects, potential tax increases on paper, and long term savings, with debate over legislative accountability and political maneuvering.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Legislature seeks broad budget reform across sessions
The article notes a growing move toward a comprehensive, nonpartisan state budget created each session and adopted as a whole. Opponents include boards benefiting from millage taxes, while a suggested change would cut millage taxes proportionally and limit local levies. Proposals aim to reduce millage for colleges and state institutions, aligning with broader funding needs and valuation increases.
Chili Wins Riches for Iowa Mother
Keosauqua March 24 Nearly a quarter century ago Mr and Mrs Daniel Pettitt adopted a little girl named Iva to brighten their childless home in Birmingham Indiana Pettitt became sheriff of Van Buren County and bought a home in Keosauqua Iva grew to womanhood and cared for her foster father and mother and proved a dutiful daughter After the parents died the will left the estate to Iva but she had an heir who had arrived at the age of a year Now she is Mrs Brown wife of RO Brown of Amparia San and Bow has a Hele girl aged
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Keosauqua
Daniel Pettitt
Ltirmingham
Iya
Pettitt
Sherif
van Buren County
Keosanqua
Iva
M Brown
Amparia
San
Bow
Feel Young Olive Tablets Promote Gentle Bowel Action
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a substitute for calomel to ease constipation. It claims the tablets soothe the digestive system without harsh medicines, promising liver, bowel, and stomach relief when used sparingly. The orange olive colored pills are described as a vegetable compound from the Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Dr. Edwards
Mort Torres
Eawarda
Nedive Howards
Clive
Return to old home to take possession of estate
The individual has come back to her former residence to assume ownership of the estate from which she has drawn income over the previous years.
Minnesota man killed by train near Lamoille
Marshalltown reports a man named William Huneberger was found dead beside the Chicago and Northwestern tracks near Lamoille after being struck by train No 6. Police note he had previously suffered a separate railroad injury on March 10 near Twelfth Avenue.
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Marshalltown
William Huneberger
Chicago & Northwestern
Lamoille
Tluneberger
Northwestern
Tama
Lamoilie
A. R. Lynn
Simking & Estel
Huneberger
Chicago Great Western
Twelfth Avenue
Deaconess Hospital
George Ederhoff
Internal Bath Promotion From Historical Ad Text
An old advertisement praises an internal bath to relieve constipation headaches and other ailments. It promotes dissolving lithia salts in water to create a carbonated drink that cleanses the stomach and intestines and acts as a natural laxative without calomel. Directions advise taking the drink with sunrise and cautions on proper use.
Man Identified as McCombs Bros. Employee and Huneberger Stepson
A man, claimed as an employee of McCombs Bros. and a stepson of Huneberger, was identified. Papers found on him referenced a divorce in Breckenridge Minnesota courts where Huneberger and his wife Mrs. Lottie Huneberger were principals. Huneberger aged 38. Mrs. Huneberger was notified of his death by wife today. Dependence and Miss Mae Coxsie of Waterloo visited Frank Bantz's home Sunday. Mrs. Howard Cumberland welcomed a sister from Center Point. school begins Monday March 29.
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McCombs Bros
Huneberger
Great Western
Breckenridge, Minn
Lottie Huneberger
Dependence
Mae Coxsie
Waterloo
Frank, Bantz
Howard Cumberland
Center Point School
Otterville News Bites From Town and Visitors
Otterville items report Jacob Smith in Manchester last Monday Frank Crandall sawing wood Monday Leola Bantz enjoying her first weeks of vacation with grandparents M A Bantz Mrs Jacob Smith leaving Thursday for Strawberry Point to visit a sister Leah Smyser of Independence visited Hol Crowell home Lizzie Free and Ethel visiting relatives near Urbana Mr and Mrs C D Raymond of In-
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