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Adjourned session, all five councilmen present. The ordinance granting a franchise to the Iowa Railway and Light Company to build and operate an…

Regular session; F. M. Ferguson absent. Communications on the electric light franchise are read. Bills are allowed, including a fee for an opinion on…

Regular session followed by a short meeting of the council as Board of Health, with no business. The Street Commissioner's bill for street labor…

Regular session, T. M. Ferguson absent. Mayor reports a license fee collected from the Home Comedy Co. Bills for gravel, a dog killed and buried, hall…

Regular session. Clerk to procure a new set of ordinances. Bills allowed, including $53.97 [?] to Brunton Mc[?] for crossway materials, which the…

Special session of the Dana Town Council. Council authorizes a $10 warrant for one year's dues in the League of Iowa Municipalities and will write to…

Regular session; Jones absent. A sign is to be placed in the center of the street northeast of C. A. Swanson's store. L. B. Jones resigns as…

First meeting under Mayor R. G. Martin; all present. Eight men are reported to Jefferson, the county seat, for not paying the 1917 poll tax. Martin…

Regular council meeting. Salaries paid to all council members and clerk; additional bills for gravel, street/wagon work, street commission fee, hall…

Regular council meeting. Routine bills allowed for lighting, postage, rent, and marshal salary.

Special council meeting. Council levied a 10-mill gravel fund tax and 4-mill road tax on agricultural land of 10+ acres within town limits, with…

Regular council meeting. Set marshal salary at $5/month. D. McGregor nominated, elected, and sworn in as councilman to fill the vacancy left by G.E.…

Regular council meeting. Bills allowed including payments to lighting and gas machine suppliers.

Regular council meeting. Bills allowed to city vendors and officers; A.J. McNurlen serving as Clerk Pro Tem.

First regular meeting following Wm Dana's resignation, with A.J. McNurlen serving as Clerk Pro Tem. Routine bills allowed.

Regular council meeting, Mayor R.G. Martin absent. Bills allowed for supplies, lumber and cement, gasoline, street lamp lighting, fees, and rent.

Three January 1935 records of Town of Dana money. Two duplicate deposit tickets from the Jefferson State Bank, one marked "Dana office": a $3.00 check…

Election papers from Dana's special election of Jan 18, 1915 on the Iowa Railway and Light Company electric franchise. The Official Ballot prints the…

The new council is sworn in and holds its first meeting: Mayor H. W. Rowles with L. B. Jones, A. D. McGregor, G. D. Johnson, C. G. Grivey [?] and H.…

Regular session; all present. About 100 loads of gravel are to be placed on the road starting at the north corporation line and working south, under…

Regular session; all present. Peter Weber is paid $117.00 for gravel and hauling. Eleven men are reported to the County Auditor for not paying or…

Regular session; McGregor absent. The clerk's date reads like Oct 2 or Oct 8 [?]; Oct 2 was the first Monday, the usual meeting day. Peter Weber is…

Regular session; all present. Bills include $29.80 to J. De Boest for laying tile and hauling rubbish. Councilman H. M. Jones resigns, effective at…

Special session called by Mayor Rowles; G. E. Meredith is sworn in as clerk. The agenda: a dumping ground, the street in front of A. D. McGregor's…

Regular session; McGregor absent. For the second month in a row the light company's bill is cut, this time by $5.00 for poor service: claimed $16.67,…

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