Jumping Off Place and Odd Vignettes in a Nineteenth Century Voice
A collage of humorous musings and vignettes from a bygone era. Anecdotes include a boastful line about choosing a husband over a marital handle, a Missouri dining room scene with a hen demanded by a patron, and a tangential note on Marjorie Gould turning down foreign nobles to wed Anthony Drexel. The piece closes with a playful mock epitaph for William Hewitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin
Missouri
Marjorie Gould
Anthony Drexel
Philadelphia
Margy
Birdcage Confusion at Court Over Drinking Charge
A humorous court scene reports a prisoner arraigned for drunkenness. Asked about his in street behavior he claims he carried a birdcage. The magistrate notes the bottle before him. The prisoner jokes the birdcage contained swallows until officers emptied it.
The Masquerade and Property Transfers Mentioned in Local Notices
A jumble of real estate deeds and tax deeds across multiple townships includes D. D. Hayes and wife selling to J. A. McKee, Frank N. Fowler with A. J. Fawcett tax deeds, and parcel transfers in Cambridge, Story City, Nevada, Gilbert, and other towns. Public notices also reference theatre ads, Edison records, and a Valentine era column with poems and theater plans for February 16. The item lists numerous lot descriptions, prices, and owners, alongside cultural notices and upcoming performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. King
R. C. King
Cambridge
Frank N. Fowler
A. J. Fawcett
Auction Announces Farm Sale Near Amas and Gilbert
Closing out sale to be held at the owner’s residence two miles north and west of Amas and three miles south of Gilbert on Thursday February 17 1910. Sale includes 25 head live stock 8 head other stock farm implements and household items with details of cattle hogs chickens and equipment listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amas
Three Ries
Gilbert
Real Estate Transfers from Ames and Story City
A series of real estate transfers across Ames and Story City files multiple deeds. Nora Heater transfers sub lot 11 of lot 2 block 41 Blairs 21st addition to Parley Sheldon for 3300. HW C Elliott and wife transfer lots 1 and 2 block 15 Blairs addition to Wm Taylor for 1800. A C Heater transfers lot 3 and west 5 feet lot 2 Athletic Park addition to G L Enfield for 3200. Little and wife transfer sublots 1 3 and 4 of Littles sub division of sub lots 4 and 5 of Gray Cessna sub division of lot 4 of Parkers addition to Ames. EE EB Little and wife transfer lot 6 Athletic Park addition to Ira S Shaw for 530. Ira S Shaw and wife transfer lot 2 Woodland Park addition to G H Folkins for 4600. J L Stevens and wife et al transfer lot 4 block 10 College Park addition to C F Curtiss for 500. Ole Berhow and wife Bertha Tor sdah transfer lot 3 block 7 Huxley. Adolf C Molstre and wife transfer lots 4 and 5 block 11 Wiers addition Story City to Anna M Hide for 1350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Soper
Frank J. Eckles
Frank N. Fowler
A. J. Fawcett
Daniel Zumwalt
C. F. Curtiss
Parley Sheldon
Dora Heater
W. H. Heacock
T. J. Wilcox
G. H. Folkins
Carl L. Little
Se Corner
E. E. Little
So Corner
Nora Heater
Blairs
Ames
HW. C. Elliott
Wm. Taylor
A. C. Heater
G. L. Enfield
Athletic Park
Littles
Gray & Cessna’s
Parkers
EE. EB. Little
Ira
Shaw
Ira S. Shaw
Woodland Park
J. L. Stevens
College Park
Ole Berhow
Bertha Torsdah
Huxley
Adolf C. Molstre
Anna M. Hide
Wiers
Story City
Cry Baby Stock Company to Stage New Drama at Armory
Morgan Stock Co will present The Cry Baby at the Armory Opera House next week. The production is a new, high cost piece praised by the Webster City Freeman Tribune for Morgan’s refined western role and strong supporting company. Auction terms include cash under five dollars and 12 month credit on larger sums with 8 percent interest from sale date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Stock Co
Armory Opera House
Mr. Morgan
Webster City
Freemanr Tribune
Morgan
W. L. McCracken
Grace Cameron Returns to Vaudeville Circuit Soon
Grace Cameron proved a guaranteed draw on the Wm Morris circuit and a major offer to return followed. Her new comedy Nancy has sustained strong success and she is expected to stay with the show for another year. Her act will feature character songs popular on metropolitan vaudeville including Mariatch Help Whose Baby Girl are You If the Wind Had Only Blown the Other Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cameron
Wm. Morris
Nancy
Miss Cameron
Government exams offered for railway mail clerks and more
Uncle Sam schedules spring examinations nationwide for railway mail clerks, custom house clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, department clerks and other government positions. Thousands of appointments will be made. Applicants over 18 from any location may obtain free instruction by writing to the Bureau of Instruction at 1694 Hamlin Building Rochester NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Instruction
Hamlin Building
Rochester
N. Y
Special Drainage Assessment Notice Franklin Township District No 15
Notice to named landowners in Story County Iowa of proposed drainage benefits and assessed amounts for their lands. Lists tracts with section township ranges and specific dollar values. objections must be filed by noon before hearing set March 5, 1910 at 1 pm with the County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Township
Story County
Iowa
George P. Johnson
Ida Gilbert
Chas. Ruth
W. R. Dodds
Frank Meshia
John M. Arrasmith
L. O. Tegland
H. C. Thompson
Merk
Board of Pope
Chas
Ruth
Count Auutor
F. G. Pass Hugh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo. E. Baker
Ames, Lowa
Jsegate
F. H. Waters
Bakers Jewelry Store
Ames, Iowa
Morgan, Morgan & Watts
Attorneys AT Law
Ames Savings Bank
Earl B.bush
Baker’s Jewelry Store
Adams
Mutual Phone
J. F. Tilden
Odd Fellows’ Building
Mutual
A. W. Crary, M
M. D
Crary’s Hardware
Story
Boone, Iowa
C. G. Tilden, M. D
McWilliam
M. H. Kelso
Hamilton Black
Axnes
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s Drug Store
Office
Daniel McCarthy
J. Y. Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Story County Bank
D. M. Ghrist
M.D
Jennie G. Ghrist, M. D
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist
Physicians & Surgeons
Masonic Building
Onondaga S&j
Charles J. Biewen
Jj. E. Cagwin
Olympia
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
Henry Wilson
W. Stanton
I C.L. Liverly
Bankers National Bank
Chicago
National City Bank
New Bank
Des Moines
York
Valley National Bank
Citizens’ National
Sorenson & Sorenson
Fish and Game
Little Star
Clarinda
Bob
Lucinda
Illinois
Wm. Hewitt
Dead Shot
Bar of Justice
D. D. Hayes
J. A. McKee
Shipley Frank N. Fowler
Fernald
Ning
A. L. Dayton
Helen A. Dayton
Scotts
Nevada
Stewarts
Jacob Gunder
Fred Hart Davis
C. D
Edison Phonograph
Armory
Hollister
J. E. Cagwin
C. H. Kerr
Sam
Stinsof
Pepper
John Deere
Osborne
Ohio
E. F. Posegate
C. 1
Siverly
and Weies
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