Abstracts of March 1910 land transfers filed for record
A long list of property transfers filed during March 1910 reports numerous deeds and acres under names such as Borgwart Neville Fee Glaser Micham Bell Grigsby Hankens Phipps Swartz Fisher Fisher Loomin Mulvaney Graham and many others. The record shows totals of 169 transfers valued at 1312 7us with comparisons to the previous year and quarterly totals. The notice also includes a note promoting Chas E Moore as abstracter with 27 years experience and a sidebar about a sand-water experiment and a few brief epigrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. E. Moore
August Borgwart
Hattie M. Neville
Wm. R. Fee
Oscar Johnson
A. H. Waddell
T. G. Ohlson
Henry Thompson
John W. Grigsby
Aurelia
Lyman
Wm. L. Lyman
Washta Co
M. A. Micham
Frank Glaser
Mary Jane Bell
Et al
Heira
Thomas Bell
William F
Arthur E., Hickey
John Murphy
Frank B. Dyslin
H. P. Gray
Ludwig Pingel
Herman H. Pingel
Jacob Bush
Chas, Specht
Miranda Davenport
D. Hankens
John Steemke
Mary Phipps
Sigel W. Carr
John Swartz
Jesse
Loudis
W. E. Jenness
Adah B
H. Lee Fisher
Ares
Walter Simmons
Helena Green
Thomas Sones
Albert B. Sones
Geo. M. Huber
John Kohn, Sr
Thos. Bell
Frank W. Lindsay
Annie F. Morrison
R. H. Gray
Rt. H. Gray
Geo. A. Matthew
Nels Swanson
Annie M. Glawe
The Hunchback Romance of the Duke and Mila de Rochechouart
The article recounts the eighteenth century betrothal of the Duke de Richelieu to Mila de Rochechouart and her later life at Courteilles. After a troubling separation sparked by his shock at her appearance, the duke left Paris. decades later he reconciled and considered living with her again, ending with a note of renewed friendship before his death.
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Courteliles
Paris
Courteilles
Chicago News
Transplanted Pond Shows Enthusiast Garden Dream Realized
A railway gatekeeper turned gardener moves three feet of sandy soil to the edge of an old pond and uses rich mold to create a thriving garden with vegetables fruit bushes and trees. The tale appears in the Westminster Gazette anthology Antiquity of Nicknames and the Los Angeles Express recalls nostalgia verses.
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Dean Hole
Dean
Westminster Gazette
Dad
Bob
Los Angeles Express
Ruse and Reassurance in a Lettered Exchange
A quip about a photo sitter asks if a tile invitation is a trade ruse to coax a natural expression. London Answers notes the joke. Uncle Eben mocks a boastful sport, while Agron heart overcomes evil fortune. Don Quixote.
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London
Agron
Don Quixote
Claws of Birds The Toes of Perchers and Runners
From Strand Magazine an article notes how standing began with birds and explains toe variation. It contrasts perching birds with runners like the ostrich and plovers, describing how many birds keep four toes while swift and nonperching species evolve different toe arrangements.
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London
Strand Magazine
Counterfeit Paintings Made in Italy Exposed by Writers
A National Review writer discusses how genuine old pictures surface in peasants houses but are damaged by onion cleaning. Dealers then restore or remake them using original outlines. Siena is noted for openly drying panels, with new works created from ruined old pictures to fool buyers.
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Plato
Socrates
Bright
Lightfoot
Longman
Longfellow
Julius Caesar
Baldhead
Italy
The
National Review
Siena
No Time For Little Boys and The Cynics
Two reader items from era papers. A mother scolds Willie for not praying as a boy jokes that heaven will be busy un packing the archbishop Jones family. A New York American summary explains Cynics as Athens philosophers led by Antisthenes with contempt for refinement.
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Edinburgh
Willie
Wille
Mgr. Jones
Edinburgh Dispatch
Antisthenes
Socrates
New York American
I Don’t Want To Meddle In Your Business
A reader recounts a child Eleanor’s plea after harsh discipline by her German father. The daughter asks her American mother to send the husband back to Germany, highlighting cross cultural tensions within a family as reported by Ladies’ Home Journal.
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Eleanor
Germany
Home Journal
Impression of a Married Man Sparks Whim
A comic exchange from the Philadelphia Record shows Blobbs praising a man as the finest fellow while the other pretends to be surprised upon learning he is married. The banter highlights social humor about marriage.
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Blobbs
Henpeckke
Philadelphia Record
Dull Invitations Spark Flatleys Dinner Knife Bore
In a sharp jab the Boston Transcript mocks society gatherings at the Flatleys noting the dullness of Alt and Dull, with quips about their dinner knives and the tiresome invites that dull the social scene.
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Flatleys
Boston Transcript
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Fred Schoonover
Joseph H. Groves
Mary M. Richards
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Peter Graham
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George A. Dunn
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Anna Otto
Wm. J. French Jr
William P. Schmillen
Nels Anderson
Deitrich H. Ehlers
Carl Pingel
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Lee Walters
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Fritz Moding
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Henry Buddenhagen
Ole Oleson
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Mr. Psmith
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