Notice for Drainage District and Drain Hearing
Public notice in Story County Iowa announces a petition to establish a drainage district with a main tile ditch and overflow ditch to drain lands described in the petition. Engineer John M Wells examined lands and recommended establishment. Estimated cost is 5961.18 dollars with a hearing set for March 17 1911 at the County Auditor's Nevada Iowa office.
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J. H. Niswender
George H. Maxwell
N. H. Griffith
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Joseph J. Heater
Francis E. Gunder
Union Central Life Insurance Company
W. B. Niles
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Peter Plumbeck
George H. Graham
Thomas and
Martha Osborne
Parley Sheldon
Lee
Katie Grove
H. C. Thompson
Franklin Township
Whiff
Story County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
John M. Wells
Nevada
Township
Tion 26
Skunk
Invest 25 Cents in Chamberlains Liniment for Sprains
Advertisement notes that a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlains Liniment keeps buyers prepared for sprains and bruises and that it is sold by all dealers.
Real estate transfers listed for Ames and Story City districts
Wilber F Whitney and wife trade Wd for J M Whitney five thousand dollars for the south half of the southwest 13 83 23. J W Caughey sr and wife convey to J W Caughey and wife five hundred dollars for lot 4 in Caughey subdivision of lot 2 northeast of southeast of 5 83 24. Lydia J Gilchrist to M J McCarthy four thousand three hundred fifty dollars for lot 13 Wells subdivision of block 43 Ames. J L Stevens et al to Louise Rowe seven hundred fifty dollars for lot 17 block 3 Chau tauqua Park addition to Ames. E M Harrington trustee to incorporated town of Story City lot 6 and west 25 feet of lot 7 block 1 Fairview Ia. Minnie Siverley to L G Rosenfeld quit claim deed one dollar for the middle of 20 acres running east and west of northwest southeast of section 33 township 83 range 24.
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Wilber F. Whitney
J. M. Whitney
W. d
J. W. Caughey, Sr
J. W. Caughey
Caughey
Lydia J. Gilchrist
M. J. McCarthy
Miss McConnell Hair Goods and Dyer General Practice Ad
Miss McConnell offers hair goods shampoo and massage services with mani cure at a parlor one block north of Hotel Ames. 37th Dr. Dyer provides general medical and surgical practice offerings in the same notice.
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Miss McConnell
Hotel Ames
Lincoln Inauguration Day Awakens Washington Stir
The city awakens to a tense inauguration scene as Lincoln becomes president elect. A large security presence surrounds the Capitol and Willard's hotel, with cavalry rifles and guards lining streets while Buchanan escorts Lincoln to the Senate. Lincoln receives Seward note and proceeds to oath event with cane and manuscript. Douglas retrieves Lincoln's hat during introduction.
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Miss Tarbell
Washington
Senate
Willard’s
United States
State Department
A. Lincoln
Capitol
Lincoln
Mr. Buchanan
Senate Chamber
Buchanan
George W. Julian
Indiana
Mr. Lincoln
East Front
Supreme Court
Senator Baker
Oregon
Douglas
True Popular Sovereignty speech in Columbus 1859
The passage presents a definition of popular sovereignty as each person acting freely with personal affairs while general and local governments handle only their exclusive domains. It reflects a Jeffersonian view on limited government distribution of powers as articulated in a speech at Columbus Ohio on September 16, 1859.
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Columbus, O
Chewing in Church Through the Ages
A historical note reflects on chewing tobacco in churches, recalling the habit as common among pious members and even supported by spittoons on seat backs. The piece contrasts past practices with modern church tidiness and mentions topics like Slater News Canadian reciprocity ship subsidy and five mile limit as era topics.
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Slater News
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Canier Bros
Herman
Ames Savings Bank
Ter
Abraham Lincoln
Barney’s
California
B. A. Knudson
Pure Food Grocery
Bosworth
Kodaks and Photographic
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