Proceedings in Story County Board 1898 First Days
Proceedings show the Story County Iowa Board of Supervisors examining claims and approving minutes. The session covers tax levies, highway petitions in Grant and Lincoln townships, aid for county residents, and appointments for poor relief disbursements.
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Story County
Iowa
The
Soldiers Relief Commission
Marietta
Heul
Geo. Tem Et al
Grant Township
Wolf Jensen
E. P. Gilbert
Gilbert Station
Edwin Kex
Cole
Elizabeth Ward
Ames
F. A. Cox
Egland
LaFayette
T. 8
Olson
LaFayette Township
Ytrevold
M. Hessebarger
T . Holm
Elizabeth Scott
Union Township
J. E. Jones
Nancy Huff
J. C. Warren
Thos Jarges
Collins Township
J. B. Shaw
John
E — Rex
J. Y
Ie Atastake
Nicie al School
Collins Sehl House
Franklin A
Grant
Howard
Indian Creek Ae
Milford
New Albany
Washington
Number
Center Grove
Mission
Walnut Grove
Jefferson
Walnut
Palestine
Palestine Center
Hloomeld
Slater (Frankin
de Tee County
Barcelona as a port city and its sluggish post office
Pall Mall Magazine contrasts Barcelona with Marseilles noting its rapid growth and model industry yet criticizing the city’s postal system. It laments the distant head telegraph office the single town branch and staff indifference while Madrid is deemed worse and officials mocked for slow service.
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Barcelona
Marseilles
Barcelonese
Spain
Madrid
St. Martin’s-le- Grand
Pall Mall
Mrs. Grover Cleveland Returns Handkerchief With Kindness
A White House reception tale recalls Mrs. Grover Cleveland stepping aside to recover an old lady’s dropped handkerchief. She replaces it with her own, gives hers to the elder, and asks to have hers returned. The owner later receives a laundered keepsake atop a box of White House rosebuds.
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Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Mrs. Cleveland
Papa's Business Firefighter Joke Report
A Philadelphia North American piece quotes a child in Boston describing her father as a conflagration ejector. She clarifies he puts fires out, eliciting amused confusion from the new teacher and highlighting a local, humorous exchange about firefighting.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Evangels and Courage Aboard a Stricken Steamer
A saloon gospel meeting ends abruptly as an iceberg collision traps passengers. Two evangelists push for boats but a quick cockney interjects and averts panic among the crowd. Earlier, 13 men in India sacrifice rifles to prevent English losses by throwing breech locks into a ravine.
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Evangelista
Washington Post
India
London Saturday Review
The Horses of Manila and Its Jockey Club
The author notes Manila’s diminutive but shapely horses descended from Mexican stock. Foreigners run a jockey club with two annual meetings at Santa Mesa turf. Weights range 132 to 154 pounds for riders, with a 2:10 mile time cited for a pony carrying 150 pounds. Only stallions used. mares cannot enter the city. The streets teem with carriages during fiestas as riding replaces walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Jockey Club
Santa Mesa
Faithful Unto Death: A Notable Instance of Courage
A concise reflection on moral steadfastness, describing a single, notable act of courage at a critical moment. The piece emphasizes perseverance and fidelity under pressure, framing the event as exemplary and worthy of lasting remembrance. It notes the extraordinary resolve shown by a central figure.
Frederick Douglass tale of music in Dublin
The Buffalo Express recounts a Frederick Douglass anecdote from Dublin. He buys a violin for five shillings, plays lively tunes that inspire a dance, and after the performance deems the fiddle more valuable than its price, declaring he would not sell it.
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Frederick Douglass
Buffalo Express
Dublin
Frederick
A Wonderful Time Divider Chronoscope Promises Precise Timing
The pendulum chronoscope is touted as the world’s most marvelous timing instrument. It measures to one thousandth of a second and works like a stopwatch without needing an electrician or mathematician. It is a mechanical device with simple electrical attachments and can gauge cannon ball speed, weapon fire intervals, and boxing blows.
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Tilden Bros. & G
Kansas
S. G. Hamilton
Bradley & White
Telephone
Ames Intelligencer
Hudson Brothers
Paper
Court House
Nellie M
Geo. A. Elliott
Wy A. E. Nots
Isn Eeaek Ieee Seas Bn
Eugene Barke
Dodge & Kieve
T. Henryson
Ayette
Ener
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Ers
Ames City
First Ward
F. T. Melaie
James Hale
Thayer Brass
OM . Giddings
A. H. Ward
van Die Frank Sorcienesd
Wh. Soper
Ka. Wari
Severry Bowers
John Spee
F.N. Fowler
A. Marston
J. Sexton
Jonni Hoover
Heerman Knapp
A. A. Bennett
Nevada City
Lee Hopkins
H. G. Ambrose
Statler
Saga Bonito
Z. Ae
Pei Pr
E. M
W. K. Hoardman
A. M. Kingsheim
Ahas
Wintaker
C. B. Aland H
Converse
Samte — Storm
M. Morse
C. Vorris
Es Starr
Jno
Thompson
Campbell
Dodds
Hermans
Fenn
W Dailey
Indian Creek
Raxiouk
Golly
Moore
Aea
Jas
Fred Lax
G Swarts
Bogue Lander Richland
Siddie
M McKim Sherman
Chas
O'Neil Union
Hemstock
Wilson
JM Bales
Schauashington
Wm Johnson
Graves
Oenes
Alter Havin
Reed
Papa
Worth
Joe Cohn
Royal Tailors
Jobe Corte
H. LL. Munn & Son
Manila
Nagar
Fiddle
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