Proceedings of board first day session Nevada Iowa 1904
The Nevada Iowa county board met September 5 1904 in the court house with all members present. They examined petitions including road relief tax remission and church property tax exemptions and approved several items while denying others and adjourned to meet again at 9 tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Court House
Nevada
E. R Silliman
Miles Pearson
J. O. Mich
C. G. Lee Et al
Pearson
Jas. W. Hynes
D. Barbour Et al
Stiliman
Commercial Bank of
Maxwell
The
Christian Church of
Zearing
Ney
Mary Norris
Wm. Peterson
Union Township
Oregon Lumber Co
E. R. Smullman
O. BR. Peterson
County Board Proceedings Opened and Local Elections Set
The 1904 county board met with full membership. Bids for coal were awarded to R. A. Trepanier & Sons for the courthouse and jail. A steel bridge contract went to N. M. Stark & Co. for 1125 dollars. Election judges and clerks for numerous townships and wards were appointed for the November 8 election. The next day covered auditing bills, county farm inspection, and social notes from local residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Trepanier & Sons
Court House
I. L. Smith
Soldiers Relief Commission
N. M. Stark & Co
Richland Township
Hanging in the Caius Library A Tale of Solitude
An elderly Caius College fellow in Cambridge chose a quiet self ending in the college library to avoid scandal. He bought rope and hanged himself but was discovered a year and a half later, highlighting the famed solitude of university libraries.
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Caius College
Cambridge
Longest Cook Times for Fresh Meats and Puddings
London Mail notes elephant foot requires about thirty six hours of baking to tenderize. Tripe needs ten to fifteen hours boiling. Large hams require six to seven hours. Venison haunch about three and a half hours. Christmas pudding boiled repeatedly may take six to eight hours on average, sometimes months or years. Onion longest to cook among vegetables.
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London Mail
Huxley Faces Oxford Degree and Its Rigid Respectability
Huxley distrusted degrees yet accepted the Oxford honor with humor and resolve. He warned friends the ceremony would require him to wear respectability, noting Darwin faced similar recognition. Canon Pusey’s inquiries about “blackest heretics” were part of the era’s candid debates on who deserved the list.
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Huxley
Darwin
Oxford
Canon Pusey
Very Low Rates to St Paul Minneapolis Excursion Fare
Excursion tickets to St Paul and Minneapolis offered at one fare plus fifty cents for September 28 29 and 30. Return limits favorable. Available through Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents. Gideons Convention notice.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago & Northwestern R’y
Habits of the Ant Described by McCook in Harper's
The account describes an ant at rest with still body and rhythmic leg moves while asleep. A feather test proves sleep and motionlessness until arousal. upon waking the ant yawns, brushes antennae, tidies head and mouth, then returns to work with comrades.
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H. C. McCook
Harper's Magazine
Odd character Hawker and his eccentric life
A biographical sketch of Robert Steven Hawker the Norwenstow vicar depicting pranks such as zebraing a physician’s horse and driving away rivals with undertakers. It notes an Oxford marriage to Miss Charlotte l’Ans, a sudden union, a later fellowship, and a pink brimless hat worn at his wife’s funeral.
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Robert Steven Hawker
Norwenstow
England
Plymouth
Oxford
Hawker
Charlotte l’Ans
Stratton
Bude
India ink origins and quality across East and West
The London Mail notes India ink’s ancient Chinese roots dating to 250 B C, its carbon gum mix, musk scent, slow drying, and wax polish. European makers undercut quality by cheaper materials, while China preserves traditional methods through conservatism.
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India
China
Japan
London Mail
Mozart House in Salzburg Echoes with Revered Past
A visitor recalls climbing three stairs to enter the birthplace room of Mozart in Salzburg. Ancient pictures and relics surround two old pianos while Mozart’s skull sits in a glass case, the sole remnant from his Vienna grave in a common pauper burial.
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Mozart House
Salzburg
Mozart
Vienna
London Globe
Papa's Frankness Sparks Elopement Question
A literary exchange features a discouraged old man asking what others would think if his daughter eloped. He replies that he suspects someone has been stringing him along about his worth and the money involved.
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Papa
Early Bird Proverb Has Global Counterparts
The Hartford Courant notes the English saying about the early bird's breakfast has parallels in twenty languages with the German version claiming that early morning has gold in its mouth. The article highlights cross cultural rhymes and proverbs about dawn and value.
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Hartford Courant
Contradiction in Love and Finances Cited by Puck
A witty exchange notes a romance weighing practicality. He declares he cannot live without her, while she consents only after reviewing his finances in the reports. The quip plays on money as a test of affection.
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Puck
Quote on pretension and nature by Lavater
A concise proverb reflecting on vanity and imitation. It contrasts human pretension with true nature, suggesting that much of what appears sophisticated is borrowed and not genuine.
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Aeleer
Ole Langland
Collins Township
E. W. Sherer
A. L. Kennedy
A. G. Armstrong
F. A. Leonard
E. Campbell
Franklin Township
J. H. Jacobson
A. Whitinger
R. N. Dodds
F. B. Gilbert
W. H. Totten
Grant Township
Henry Banks
John Moran
Geo. Armstrong
E. F. Biddle
J. W. Dailey
Howard
Henry Thompson
T. O. Severn
A. Sheffield
T. C. Jacobson
T. P. Hermanson
Indian Creek
M. R. Donahoo
I. W. Douglass
J. H. Schuyler
F. M. Cooper
H. J. Garlock
LaFayette
C. M. Johnson
C. E. Christiansen
C. F. Reischauer
C. P. McFarlan
W.S. Johnson
Lincoln
W. J. Lightfoot
A. H. Gramm
W. H. Golly
A. Burkhart
A. D. Hix
Milford
J. W. Bateman
T. J. Sowers
L. McKim
Philip Allen
F. A. Smith
E. Bates
Palestine No. 1
E. H. Sheidahl
A. H Sheldahl
L. N. Bauge
A. V. Eklund
O. M. Johnson
W. L. Lobaugh
J. C. Chitty
Mike Cook
A. M. Wherry
John W. Cook
Sherman Township
F. A. Holle
W. I Webb
Geo. Danskin
J. T. Handsacker
Ira Mason
J. O. Johnson R. May
Tom Hemstock
H. Sheldahl
Frank Thompson
Robert McDowell
Carl L. Little
J. A. Campbell
Ames City
J. E. Davis
Geo. Graham
H. B. Corlett
C. Tallman
A. B. Maxwell
John Lanning
Perry Bower
P. C. Compton
Samuel Akin
F. P. Harris
4Th
A. A. Bennett
G. W. Bissell
James O'Donnell
A. T. Erwin
B. H. Hibbard
Nevada City
1St Ward
Hammond
C. W. Harris
8. S. Statler
John Perkin
Arthur ©. Allen
J. Q. Burgess
M. L. Borgen
Joshua Bryant
Arthur Dayton
T. J. Lyman
O. B. Alderman
J. M. Bricker
W. O. Payne
John M. Wells
T. P. Worsley
A. A. Batman
D. M Grove
W. L. McNeil
E H. Monk
W. A. Ballou
Kelley
Kelley School
M. Fenton
Ames
C. C. Lytle
Chelsea
Will Lytle
Ottumwa
Miss Pearl Clayton
Mrs. Rigby
Messrs. Rosenburger
Kansas City
Elmer Foster
Clyde Siverly
Boone
Roy Stark
Newton & Northwestern
Kelley Monday
Daisy Rowland
Mr. Dooler
Arkansas
C. C. Stevens
Jess Gossard
Frank Wire
Illinois
Mrs. Geo. Person
Will Dunn
Des Moines
Frank Hutchison
Ontario
Froper's
S. M. McHose
India Ink
Mozart Relica
Geo. E. Baker
Bower & Perkins
Lowa
Ames Plumbing and Heating Co
O’briens
Mutual Phone
Buck
Davis & Potter
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