Tax levies and school finance in Black Hawk county
Black Hawk county tax levies for 1910 and 1911 show Waterloo east 95 mills and Waterloo west 98 mills. The countywide levy reveals about 37 percent of taxes support public schools and state educational institutions, with specific increases for park water works insane as schools dominate the total. The county treasurer notes two mills for county bands while aiming to reduce overall indebtedness and move toward a debt free county in coming months.
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Waterloo
Bentley
Black Hawk County
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Mille
Mins
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Cedar Falls
Hudson
Dunkerton
Big Creek
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Ceity
LaPorte
Leon
Biplane Building In Prison Sparks Audacious Escape Plan
In New York on September 15, T M Rafferty, a county jail inmate serving time for theft, is reportedly crafting a biplane inside the prison workshop with the aim of gliding from the courthouse roof at term end. The tale stems from a sighting of Atwood passing along the Hudson River en route from St. Louis to New York.
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Fishkin
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T. M. Rafferty
Court House
Rafferty
Atwood
Hudson River
St. Louis
New York
New York Woman Found Dead with Four Bullets
Mrs. Annie Hart, 28, was found dead in her New York kitchen with four bullets in her body. Police experts say any one could have been fatal. Husband Edward Hart denies murder, claiming suicide. he is detained on suspicion.
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Annie Hart
New York
Edward Hart
Compensation to Workmen Pushed
Chicago reports at the American Association for Labor Legislation convention that workmen's compensation and accident insurance laws passed in ten states last year boosted safety more than years of efforts. The session aims to draft a bill for uniform accident reports nationwide with a round table of labor officials led by Labor Commissioner Neill and John R. Corrons guiding plans.
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Chicago
American Association For Labor
Charles N. Neill
John R. Corrons
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
North Waterloo and Railroads in Fort Dodge and Waterloo
Illinois Central engineer Ss B Chapman visited Fort Dodge yesterday. A group of thieves on the Illinois Central between Freeport and Rockford have been rounded up and held for trial for raiding stock trains and transporting pigs to town. Des Moines visitor George Bristow, a vision passenger agent for Chicago Great Western, was seen in Waterloo today. Machinist Oscar Stromregen is enjoying a short vacation, and brakeman Johnson’s accident left a small head wound. Workers arrival notes include William Peck as a new machinist, Frank Mahoney and George H. Crerr joining machinist helpers, and Allie Albright returning after vacation in Greene.
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Ss. B. Chapman
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Freeport
Rockford
George Bristow
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western Railway
Waterloo
Oscar Stromregen
Johnson
Pany
LaPorte City
William Peck
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Erloo West Hall
Court House Roof
J. K. Joder & Son
Violet Peterson
Sanquist
New Eddy Building
Ellis
Sycamore Street
Orpheum
Miss Kleiner
Lee Pearl
Bogert
Boone” Orpheu
B. Shimek
University of Iowa
Iowa
Diegle
Parton
Allread
Circuit Court
Rodney J. Diegle
Ohio State Senate
Ladies’ Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
Waterloo Furniture Company
Clothiers
East Fourth Street
North Waterloo and Railroads
Allie Albright
Greene
FOLEY
William Yordy
Thomas Flaherty
Black Hawk Coffee&Spicecom
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