Story County Board Acts on Roads Tax and Bounties
Story county Iowa Board of Supervisors met September 9 1907 at Nevada approved I L Smith for three year Soldiers Relief Commission bond 500. They examined road petitions in Washington and Union townships and set levies including a 300 cigarette tax and millage for railroads and telegraph firms. Also approved bounty payment for a sheep killed by dogs and set dog and liquor taxes.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Court House
Nevada
E. R. Silliman
J. O. Michaelson
B. Johnson
I. L. Smith
Soldiers Relief Commission
la Fayette
Howare
Johnson
F. E. Clark
Washington Township
Daniel Zumwalt
Ed. Rye
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
S. A. Spencer
Rogers
Nevada City
J. A. Wiggins
O. H. Larson Et al
Union Township
Abram M. Thompson
la Fayette Township
Silliman
82Nd General Assembly of Iowa
Wogetore
Ry County
Michaeloe Sve
Aderman
Board approves reports and taxes in Nevada township
The September meeting of the Board of School Districts approved the quarterly County Recorder report, the Soldiers Relief Commission annual report, and accepted Justice A. K. Ison’s resignation. Taxes on Mills Addition were cancelled, farm reports were reviewed, and warrants authorized. Adjournment set for September 23, 1907. Panama Canal work tempts youths despite fever fears. Electric Bitters touted as malaria protection and remedy.
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M. IL
Nevada
Court House
Boar
BE. R. Silliman
The Wind of Death and Dalmatia in Trieste
The wind bora terrorizes Trieste with sudden violent gusts as locals shelter amid dust and debris. After the storm passes residents resume daily life, brushing away the memory of the winged demon until calm returns.
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Trieste
Illyria
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Europe
Appleton’s Magazine
Sympathetic thief lacks presence of mind in Baltimore court
In Baltimore's criminal court a man stands trial for stealing a watch he pawned. He claims innocence and says he bought the watch for three dollars from a needy passerby and pawned it for four to help him, but the judge notes the defendant lacked presence of mind to advise the seller to pawn it himself.
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Criminal
Baltimore
Darky
Cheerful Brown Finds "All for the Best" in Adversity
A man named Brown endures floods fires and a railroad accident losing both feet yet remains cheerful. Friends note his faith and philosophy sustain resilience. He quips that his amputated feet were "always cold anyway" and remains upbeat.
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Brown
Ladies’ Home Journal
Ancient Suez Isthmus Canal Built 600 Years Before Christ
The article notes a historical canal across the Suez isthmus constructed 600 years before the Christian era. It states the waterway predated De Lesseps and implies ancient engineering achievement.
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Suez
de Lesseps
Isthmus
Canal project fate shaped by Napoleon and de Lesseps
The article recalls how early canal ideas faded until Napoleon revived them and had M Lepere study restoration. Although a favorable report urged restoring the old waterway, no work occurred. Later M de Lesseps chose a new plan and undertook the modern canal.
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Napoleon
M. Lepere
M. de Lesseps
Highlanders and the kilt in cold weather tale
A Scottish highlander defends the kilt against cold wind saying he is not cold but nearly kilt with the cauld. The anecdote contrasts highland attire with ordinary dress and humorously notes warmth issues in extreme weather.
Happy Marriages And The Art Of Compromise
A Delineator excerpt argues marriage blends imperfect humans into unity through cooperation. Couples balance differences in temperaments and tastes by compromising, tolerating weakness, and apologizing for discord to achieve harmony without sacrificing individuality.
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Heaven
Dr F H Waters Office Over Bakers Jewelry Store
Ames Iowa. Dr F H Waters maintains his medical office above Bakers Jewelry Store in downtown Ames. Local residents know him for family practice and community health outreach.
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Bakers Jewelry Store
Dentist Contact Listing for Dr G J Snyder
Dr G J Snyder dentist office located over Gamble's Drug Store with mutual phone line. Office 199 in Iowa listed. residence 68. Office 121M listed for Iowa phones.
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Gamble’s
Mutual
Iowa
Payne and R. Me Limited Eye and Throat Glasses
Dr C. W. Payne and Dr R. Me offer eye and throat services in Boone Iowa with office hours 9 to 12 morning and 1 to 5 afternoon. Firm provides fitted glasses and medical practice details for local residents.
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Boone, Lowa
Electric Railway Inventor and Early Traction Devices
The article notes Thomas Davenport of Brandon Vermont as an early proponent of electric railways and cites Abbe Salvatore Del Negro of Padua as alleged designer of a reciprocating electric toy traction machine in 1830. Davenport demonstrated a small toy motor on a circular track in 1834 and exhibited it in Springfield and Boston a year later.
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Thomas Davenport
Brandon
Abbe
Salvatore del Negro
University of Padua
Davenport
Springfield
Boston
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