Political talk and local office hopes ripple through Iowa
The Webster City Freeman-Tribune notes ongoing political maneuvering as supporters urge candidates into races. It mentions Cummins Allison and Ketchum amid wider critique of mine safety laws and advertising costs. The paper seeks correspondents in each town to cover weekly items from the county. A Yeomen lodge installation is announced for Elmo hall on Monday evening January 13.
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Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Ketchum
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Marshalltown
Sioux City Journal
Journal
The
Chicago News
New York , Herald
Collier’s Weekly
Saturday
Pest
Woman’s Home Companion
Youth's Companion
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cumming
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Cummins
Allison
Daily
Freeman- Tribune
Yeomen Lodge
Elmo Hall
Local notices from Brushy and Fremont columns
Earnest Schweppe returns to school duties after a pleasant two week vacation at home. Numerous visits and social events follow as neighbors and friends gather for New Year and holiday activities. Local business, sickness, travel, and upcoming sales fill community life with brief notes and advertisements.
Neighborhood Notes Liberty
Dick Hemmen left for Monroe to visit friends. Mrs. Eppard is reported very sick and threatened with pneumonia. Walter Snell visits his brother in Marshalltown. Oliman VanLangen visits relatives in Butler county. Messrs E Bauman Thos Arends Henry Hassabrook and Geo Brinke ma left for Dubuque for Pres theological seminary. Dick Middents and Jacob Greenfield will attend school in Dubuque. Prayer meeting at the German church this week. F Huisman and family spent Monday at the Arends home. New lot colored city park cards arrive at Buster Browns.
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Schropfer Brothers
Chicago
Messrs
Signel
Johnnie Simon
Eagle Grove
Guy van Note
Iowa Falls
Roy Legge
Grip
Elias Jensen
J. Johnson
C. Nelson
Tuff
Dr. Mahood
Attorney Thompson
Charles Nelson
Colorado
Max Stark
Lehigh
J. Beeman
Galveston
Texas
Joe
Andrew van Landshoot
Stark
Catherine Stark
Des Moines
Drake University
Martin ‘Oleson
Art Packman
Richardson
Dick Middents
Jacob Greenfield
Dubuque
F. Huisman
Public auction on Schropfer Spaulding farm near Webster City
Auction Monday January 15 1908 at 10 AM offers 85 head livestock including horses cows and hogs plus farm machinery. Property located 9 miles NW of Webster City 5 miles N of Highview 8 miles NE of Duncombe and 5 miles SW of Woolstock. Auction features specific horse and cattle lines and listed equipment.
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George Schropfer
Spaulding
Webster City
Highview
Duncombe
Woolstock
Poland
McCormick
John Deere
Deere
Week of Prayer and Hamilton County Drainage Ditch Bids
The article notes weekly prayer meetings across three churches led by Rev. Smith with devotions and singing. It also advertises sealed bids for Kalseim Drainage Ditch No. 40 in Hamilton County Iowa due by noon February 3 1908 with sections of various tile sizes and required 10 percent certified check. The county chairmen Cragwick and Nyel announce bid details and bid acceptance rights. work must finish by June 1 1908.
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Congregational
Baptist
Notice to Contractors for Mahood Drainage Ditch No. 45
Notice is given that at noon on February 8, 1908, contractors are invited to bid on Mahood Drainage Ditch No. 45. Work includes four sections with specified tile sizes and cutting depths: Section 1 4000 ft 20 in, avg cut 5.0, max 6.2. Section 2 1400 ft 18 in, avg 5.8, max 6.8. Section 3 1400 ft 16 in, avg 4.8, max 5.7. Section 4 3100 ft 12 in, avg 4.2, max 4.8.
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Board of Supervisors
Hamilton County
Iowa
County Auditor
Webster City
Webster City Audit Board Notice December 1907
An official auditors office notice from Webster City dated December 1907 on the 80th day, naming QO. A. Cragwick and Geo. S. Neel as chairmen of the SRDee board.
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Auditors
Webster City
Iowa
QO. A. Cragwick
Geo. S. Neel
Srdee
O. A. Cragwick
GO. S. Neel
Buen Eee
Bid call for Robbins Drainage Ditch 32 contracts
The Board of Supervisors of Hamilton County invites sealed bids by 3 PM February 3, 1908 for Robbins Drainage Ditch No 32. Plans cover bulkhead stone works and multiple sections of first class tiles 26 inch to 7 inch with specified cuts, manholes, intakes, and bulkhead construction under engineer supervision. Contractors to furnish grade stakes and comply with specified dimensions and materials. Iowa 30 December 1907. Co A Cragwick and Geo S Neel chairs.
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Board of Supervisors
Hamilton County
Iowa
Webster City
Robbins
Towit
Mason Branch
Snell Branch
Todnem Drainage Ditch No 39 Work Plan in Iowa County
The notice sets February 3 1908 at noon in the county office for construction of Todnem Drainage Ditch No 39. It details sections 1 through 10 with lengths and pipe sizes, listing average and maximum cuts for each section, and directs readers to the plat for further information. GEO. 3S. NEEL.
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Board of Supervisors
Hamilton County
Iowa
Webster City
Hale
Auditors
Co. A. Cragwick
Geo. S. Neel
Bapervian
County Auditor
A. Cragwick
Baer Seo
Neel
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the Tribune
Freeman-Tribune Pub. Co
K. Hunter
Daily Freeman-Tribune
Washington
Pleasant Hill
Earnest Schweppe
A. F. Adams
Geo. Adams
Gordon
Nathan Osborne
Ellsworth
Claflin
McConnell
Jesse Adams
John Schweppe
Dan Shea
Brushy
J. J. Claussen
R. J. Clausen
Hanson
Illinois
Rev. Colling
Gilbert
A. J. Southard
A. D. Porter
A. D. Coats
Charles Daniels
Butler
Dakota
Cherokee Hospital
J. M. Hunter
D. B. Potter
Buster Brown
Fremont
Joseph Lang
Findi
Legg Bros
F. King
Webster City Mercantile CO
Odatr
Kalseim
Spellman
Eeicenie
Sapereinoy
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