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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
4
Local residents report visits and social events in Lincoln and Webster City area. D. R. Hawks and others from nearby towns seen on business and social rounds. Picnics and gatherings mark a quiet week as families host and visit relatives.
West Fremont reports social visits and small gatherings as residents travel to Webster City and nearby towns. Marriage news from Oklahoma involves John Stumper and Hilsie Will CX. Local events include picnics, dances, summer school visits, and church society meetings with various families hosting relatives and friends.
Community items report Farm er Elevator Co meeting Webster City hog shipments to Chicago and social events at the Lutheran church. Also noted are roadyard work by C C R R crews, a time change affecting mail, a pond social in Duncan, and probate notices for Michael Brady plus a civil case against R J Perry and Martha Perry with attachment sought in Hamilton county Iowa court services.
Personal briefs list Miss Clara Lane returning from Grinnell College after four years and Miss Matie Welch taking a three month Wisconsin vacation. Others include J. D. Sweazey family trips to Fairmont Minnesota, visits by Miss Alta VanDevender and Miss Allene Nelson, and extended notes on numerous residents visiting relatives or traveling to Des Moines Fort Dodge Eagle Grove and Blairsburg with comments on work schooling and local ties.
Sealed bids for Pearson Drain No 118 in Hamilton County Iowa are due by 1:30 p m July 3 1911 at the county auditor in Webster City. Items include multiple lengths of 20 22 18 and 12 inch tile with specified average and maximum cuts plus two 12 inch sewer pipe intakes and an outlet wall. Sec No 2 and Sec No 3 lines detail additional tile work and quantities for various sizes.
Notice directs landowners in Hamilton County Iowa to file written objections to a total assessment of 2370000 by noon on hearing day or risk levy without reference. If unpaid within ten days after hearing, land may join district bond issue. Dated Webster City June 13 1911. Instructions cover tile depths bids and project timing with contractor bid requirements and completion by August 1 1912.
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