Paving firm Bryant predicts 1825 great year ahead
Officials of the Bryant Paving company mark 1923 as a boom year in paving and building, with city contracts for 106 600 yards of asphalt paving and resurfacing. Waterloo and surrounding areas see total yardage across 52 contracts in 17 years reaching 1 190 000 yards and a regional project total of 475 006 yards for several counties and cities worth about 1 300 000 dollars upon completion. The firm notes its history of federal aid work and large contracts including a Kansas Louisiana highway project. Equipment includes multiple plants, steam rollers and concrete mixers, with a workforce kept busy year round.
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Bryant Paving Company
Bryant
Waterloo
Polk County
Bryant Company
Ida Grove
Boone
Sumner
Polk’ County
St. Joseph
Bro
Park County
Magon
City
Clear Lake
Bryants
United States
Fourth Street
Cedar ‘Rapids
Deg Moines
Davenport
Bryant Concern
Soe
Clarion to Pave 60 Blocks with Asphalt
Clarion approves a $176000 contract with Great Western Asphalt of Sioux City to pave 60 blocks at $2.35 per square yard for a five inch asphalt base and sheet top. Six inch base to main highways and work to start when frost leaves the ground, finishing before August first.
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Clarion
Great Western Asphalt Company
Sioux City
Town
Osage City election returns with band tax failure
Osage held a close and spirited city election on March 28 with Gus Swans defeating Rh C Carr by 51 votes for mayor. Re-elected were Dr G F B Suhl Ward 1 William Haffer Ward 3 George Elram Ward 4. In Ward 2 Dr Horton beat I Johnson. Paul Sweney and Detker won council at large. W C Sweney named city treasurer. The proposed band tax failed.
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Osage
Gus Swans
Rh. C.carr
Ymeyor
G. FB. Suhl
William Haffer
George. Elram
Horton Wohe
Johnson Uies
Paul Sweney
Detker
J. L. Bracken Tama Bank Head Dies at 78
J L Bracken president of First National Bank Tama died at his residence Monday afternoon after a protracted illness. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in 1862 in the 75th Tennessee regiment and served through the conflict, later earning the rank of sergeant major before discharge. He moved to Tama after the war and led the bank from 1888 until his death.
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Tama, Ta
J. Tas Bracken
First Nation
Tama
Mr. Bracken
Seventy-fifth Tenois Regiment
Batilea
Perryville
Stone River
Chaplin Is
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Shere Iman
Hell
Bracken
Tanna
GB. A. Hall
First National Bank
Grundy Center Man Inherits Fortune
Grundy Center native Lester Smith now in Burlington, Washington, stands to inherit a large fortune from David M. Smith, a former Grundy Center resident who died near Ringling, Montana. The dying man named relatives in Tama and Grundy Center, with one surviving nephew, son of William Smith.
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Grundy Center
Lester Smith
Burlington, Wash
Oscar H. Johnson
Ringling
Mont
David M.smith
Tawa
David Smith
William Smith
Unclear Genealogy Paragraph About Smith Family
Fragmentary text notes a Smith family with a long residence in Colorado. It mentions Mr and Mrs Smith both died there, Mrs Mas brouk previously married into Hasbrouck and Shears families, and a Taster Smith aged 431 with a wife and three children.
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Colorado
Greene Plans Bok Independence Day Celebration
Preliminary plans outlined at an American Legion and business leaders conference call for a two day Independence Day celebration on July 3 and 4. It would be the first such event since 1919 and aims to involve Grease and Ju communities.
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Greene
BOK Independence
Grease
American Legion
Landsman’s
Oelwein City Election Ends With Peusss Ticket Victory
In Oelwein Iowa on March 28 the Peusss party ticket won by about two to one over the Independent ticket. Only one administration ticket was filed initially but a separate slate headed by Al Puul for mayor and Richard Amith emerged. All current councilmen were re elected on the administration ticket. The main contest centered on judicial offices.
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Oelwein
T Ho Usket
Peusss
al Puul
Riehanl Amith
Cascarets 10¢ Laxative Candy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a candy like laxative for stomach and bowel issues. It claims one or two tablets at night cleanse bowels completely and that the product works while you sleep. It notes price at ten cents per box and includes lines about children liking it.
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Mom Ant
Independent ticket challenge fuels bonds defeat
The Independent ticket failed to place Judge Cook on the ballot after ineligibility ruling. A. J. Irwin received over 500 stickers, but the effort did not threaten Cook's candidacy. The main impact was defeating the bonds for the legion home and municipal building by about 132 votes in a total near 2,600, with plans to revisit at a special election.
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Legion Home
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Tama Bank
Grundy Center Man
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Lad
Sycamore St
U. G. Kramer
West
Jefferson
Mallory
Knox
Bien Pi
the Nationa Knox
Scane’s
East 4Th St
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