Proceedings of the Board in April 1905
The board met in regular session with all members present. They audited bills, addressed road and tax petitions, approved exemptions, and allocated poor relief funding across Warren Palestine Union and Indian Creek townships. The Iowa College highway discussion, steel bridge talks, and bids for the 1904 financial report were noted before adjournment.
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Bon Therd
A. L. Ryerson
Andrew Tesdall
Palestine Township
Michaelson
Fernard
K. J. Hill
Warren Township
Silliman
D. 8
Ryan
Jennie A. Garrett
M. A. Belden
Thomas Thompson
Thor Olson
Axel Johnson Et al
la Fayette Township
J. H. Jacobson
Anklin Township
Soren Anderson
la Fayette
Geo. A. Klove
Nevada City
T. H. Stevens
E. E. Foster
Kelley
Oliver Hill
Cambridge
Ole Langland
Wilson
Leonard
Union Township
Mal
Thomas Jarvis
Indian Creek Township
Wed
Infield
Jas. Guage
L. L. Elliott
Alex Ayres
Williams
Alien
N. W. Dickson
Trustees
E. Christiansen
Ms. Jensen
H. R. Sheldahl
Iowa State College
N. H. Confare
Court House
O. M. Johnson & Co
J. H. Larson
Pearson
J. OC. Rex
J. A. Taylor
N. M. Stark
N. M. Stark & Co
Des Moines
Story County
O. B. Peterson
Miles Pearson
Oriental Courtesy and a San Francisco Chinaman Reception
Miss Anna Dickinson described a reception in a Chi Lung restaurant in San Francisco where guests were served assorted nuts and candies. She observed the chief host take a large handful while others followed, noting the contrast with her expectation of courtesy and restraint.
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Anna Dickinson
Chi Lung
San Francisco
Miss Dickinson
Russian Women and the Limits of Freedom in Russia
Harper's Weekly argues that in Russia a woman's legal status is controlled by both parents and husband. Daughters remain under parental authority after adulthood, and husbands replace parental power. A wife cannot travel without a husband’s pass, and a husband may testify against his wife while a wife cannot against her husband.
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Russia
Harper's Weekly
Poet Rymer Crushed by Penny-Price Paper
The overheard exchange notes Rymer’s sudden dismay as his inaugural poem appeared in print. The sting was not a typographical fault but the newspaper selling at its standard penny price, a seemingly ordinary detail that deeply troubled him.
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Rymer
Cheaper to Agree Than To Quarrel Says Husband
A speaking line shows a husband noting it is cheaper to agree with his wife than argue and pay for quarrels to reconcile, highlighting domestic thrift and humor in a casual exchange.
Couldn't Spend It Say I Found a Quarter in a Town
A humorous quip about wealth ends with a tale of discovering a single quarter in a temperance town. The speaker jokes about having more money than he knew what to do with and challenges Bill’s disbelief.
Ear of Dionysius described and its legendary use
The Ear of Dionysius in ancient Syracuse is a 64 foot high parabolic cave with an elliptical arch and smooth stalactitic walls. It is said to amplify whispers from captives below and to project sound along galleries and wells, a claim noted by the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Dionysius
Syracuse
Sicily
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Orion in literature across ages and cultures
The Orion constellation appears in diverse origins from Egypt to Thebes and Thebes walls 5000 years ago. It has symbolized Horus the rising sun and a hunter in Greek astronomy while its risings marked seasonal changes and storms. Its name derives from Euphrates Latin roots meaning the light of heaven.
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Orion
Egypt
Horus
Sirius
Thebes
Milton
Red Sea
Euphrates
Heaven
Fig Sunday Palm Customs Spread Across English Villages
The London Mail notes Palm Sunday, called Fig Sunday in England, with figs eaten in Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Hertfordshire Northamptonshire and parts of north Wales. Dunstable shops stock figs for crowds at Dunstable Downs and Kempton residents keep worsel by feasting on figs or fig puddings on Palm Sunday.
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England
Bedford
Bucks
Hertford
Northampton
North Wales
Dunstable
Dunstable Downs
Kempton
Hertfordshire
London Mail
Tailors Past and Present Advertising Flair
A Maidstone tailor fifty years ago urged customers with an elaborate appeal to neoteric cutting and clothing in an alamodal style. The notice promised scientifically constructed coats trousers and vests with anthropological precision and prompt courteous service at a stated address.
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Maidstone
England
Bishop Brooks Joke Reveals Last Chance Meeting
The story recalls Bishop Phillips Brooks during an illness when Robert Ingersoll visited. Brooks explained he refused other visitors but welcomed Ingersoll, saying he might not meet him in the next world, making this his last chance to see him.
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Bishop Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Robert Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Mystery Fire at Diana Temple in Ephesus Questioned
A teacher quizzes a boy about who set fire to the temple of Diana at Ephesus. The boy denies involvement, declaring with fear that he had nothing to do with the incident. The exchange reflects a tense, uncertain moment in class.
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Ephesus
Love's Young Dream elopement note letters abroad
A Washington youth writes to home after elopement claiming marriage ends his troubles and asks married men not to titter, reflecting a lighthearted postmarital sentiment reported by the Chicago Journal.
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Washington
Chicago Journal
Noisy motives spark whispers of mischief in town
In a reflective note from the South, a line about malevolence hints at community tensions. The quote suggests people rarely probe another’s concerns unless seeking to cause harm or hinder someone, implying a climate of suspicion and wary motives.
Boer Tobacco A Curious North Cape Trade Item
The article notes Boer tobacco grown in Natal and Cape Colony, sold by the roll or sack for about 8 a pound in bulk. White buyers use it to reward Kaffir servants and to deter visitors, while traders exploit native and store trade with gifts amid intense competition.
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Transvaal
Natal
Cape Colony
Orange River Colony
South Africa
Your Opportunity and the Eye for Chances
A quotation on how opportunity favors the vigilant and the active. It contrasts the alert worker who finds chances in ordinary places with the indifferent who misses mines of potential. Examples reference Bunyan, Bedford jail, and figures Parker and Stone to illustrate finding growth in small acts.
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Bunyan
Bedford
Theodore Parker
Lucy Stone
Success Magazine
Sunday Meals And Rest Day Kitchen Guidance
Helen Johnson in Good Housekeeping advises readers to adjust Sunday eating to rest the digestive system and labor rhythm. Suggest a lighter schedule with two or three small meals, a light breakfast and dinner, and a chafing dish supper near usual hours to fit reduced exercise.
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Helen Johnson
Good Housekeeping
Provincial Isms On Language In Philadelphia
A reader recounts hearing locals use off for from in Philadelphia. A grocer clerk corrects a timid customer asking for mutton broth, telling her to get it off the man at the butcher's block. Presbyterian,
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Philadelphia
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