Green Man at Donjon Inn and Murder Mystery Deepens
Rouletabille and I press advancing clues at Saint Genevieve forest near Epinay to corner the killer. Innkeeper Daddy Mathieu accuses the Green Man, while Mother Angenoux recalls the night’s eerie Bete du Bon Dieu cry amid rumors of arrests and police tangling with locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant
Donjon
Saint Michel
Chateau
Mathieu
Monsieur
Mlle
Stangerson
Rouletbille
Mother Angenoux
Daddy Mathieu
Mme. Mathieu
Ininkeeper
M. Keeper
St. Genevieve
Paradise
Mme. Angenoux
Angenoux
Bete du Bon Dieu
Rouletabille
Professor Stanverson
Epinay
Corbeil
Donjen
Roulemabille
Park Gate
Paris
Frederic Larson
County Board Proceedings January 1900 Delinquent Taxes Written Off
The Jefferson County board retires delinquent taxes for 1903 and earlier. The bid by F D Kerrick and Co for pauper burial services for 1909 is accepted with specified funeral item costs. Remaining day spent awarding bridge contracts for 1909 to Clinton Bridge Co., Clinton, Ta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Kerrick and Co
Jefferson County
Genee Srm
Clinton Bridge Co
Clinton
Jefferson County Board Adjourns After Year-end Meeting
Proceedings show the Board of Supervisors on December 28 1908 with all members present. Per diem and mileage are listed for Sanford Zeigler Thomas Davies and H C Pattison, then the session adjourned sine die. Regular January Session planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Jefferson County
Sanford Zeigler
Thomas Davies
H. C. Pattison
Thos. Davies
A. E. Labagh
First Day at Board Meet Elects Armstrong and Zeigler
On Saturday January 2 1909 the board convened at 9 am with Sanford Zeigler and H C Pattison present. Alfred Armstrong sworn in as supervisor for three years. Zeigler elected chairman. Pattison named bridge committee. Various 1909 appropriations approved for bridge county farm pauper public property and county funds. Bond approvals listed for several county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Bowermaster
J. E. Bowermaster
B. F. Black
L. R. Smith
Des Moines
P. H. Kurtz
Penn Township
W. B. Picken
Black Hawk
A. W. Jaques
Bessie B. Buchanan
Nelson Warner
Elmer Smithburg
Lockridge
Thomas H. Howell
Sanford Zeigler
A. E. Labagh
I. O. Westenhaver
Sanford
Zeigler
H. C. Pattison
Alfred Armstrong
Trustees Accounts and County Allocations 1908 Proceedings
Financial entries detail funds received and expended in Walnut and Center townships for 1908 including taxes, borrowed funds, materials, and labor. The board approves official newspapers for 1900, appoints court house janitor and bridge foreman for 1909, approves a school fund loan, maintains Deputy hires, sets 1909 overseer salary, approves Deputy Clerk bond, and authorizes wolf skin payments for Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield Ledger
Packwood Review
John Mohler
Stephen Parkins
Court House
M. V. B. Morris
J. W. McLain
Fairfield City
E. C Johnson
Jefferson County
Sanford Zeigler
A. E. Labagh
Third Fire Destroys Home of Louis Mongerson During Family Absence
Eldon reports its third blaze in four days as the Mongerson residence on the west side burned to the ground at 12 30 last night. The family was visiting friends elsewhere in the city. Loss estimated around 1500 with some insurance on the building. Neighbors and firefighters arrived to find no one home and feared occupants perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Mongerson
Eldon
Prices From Local Markets Include Various Farm Commodities
The clipping lists bale hay per ton and produce prices such as Ai butter eggs, spring chickens, old hens, roosters, turkeys, sheep, lambs, hides, flour and meal items with per unit or per sack rates. It reflects a historical farm market snapshot with multiple commodities and inconsistent figures.
Fort Madison duo found dead in bawdy house
In Fort Madison Iowa on January 15 Dick Upton and Helen Burke or Lydia Reece were found dead from asphyxiation in a sporting house. The gas hose to a small stove disconnected accidentally, ending their lives. Upton was from Fort Madison and Burke or Reece from near Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Gem City
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Dick Upton
Helen Burke
Lydia Reece
Pittsburg
Public Auction at Wash Sherk Farm Near Fairfield
Public sale of personal property includes horses cattle hogs implements and grain. Auction on Monday January 25 at 10 a m three miles northwest of Fairfield with items listed and terms 10 months credit on five dollars and above, cash under five dollars. Lunch on ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash Sherk Farm
Fairfield
Alfred Larson
T. Allender
Wm. Browner
Administrator's Final Notice in Hillenbrand Estate
State of Iowa Jefferson County clerk of district court holds a petition for final report filed by Henry Heyde administrator seeking discharge from the estate of Elizabeth Hillenbrand deceased. Heirs at law and interested parties are notified to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Elizabeth Hillenbrand
Henry Heyde
Notice to heirs in Jefferson County Iowa estate sale
State of Iowa Jefferson County to Robert Lynn heirs John E Lynn Margaret Edwards Thomas Lynn Ollie Hodgins David Lynn Dassah Weyand Lizzie Kiner you are notified that before January 1 1909 a petition for sale of described real estate in Crumley Addition Pleasant Plain will be filed in the district court Jefferson County Iowa to pay debts and charges unless you appear before February term 1909 and defend default will be entered and judgment rendered against you
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa
Henry Heyde
State of Iowa
John E. Lynn
Margaret Edwards
Thomas Lynn
Ollie Hodgens
David Lynn
Dassah Weyand
Lizzie Kiner
Ony
Robert Lynn
C. W. Bailey
Crumley
Pleasant Plain
South Street
Stephen Angstead
Fairfield Jefferson County
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R. B. Stephenson
County Farm
I. N. Loomis
Polk Township
R. E. Mowery
O. I. Westenhaver
Moses Kiger
Fairfield Township
D. C. Pierce
John Kasowsky
Walnut Township
Cedar Township
Jas. Speer
Richard Fisher
Tengo's Bute
Grader Co
Fred McClain
Blough Bros
Fritz & Parker
Lumets Eees
John Crawford
L. Fry
John Roth
S. H. Blough
Round Prairie
Seague
Attest
THE
Bonds
FE. C. Helfenstine
C. E. Copeland
Locust Grove
C. O. Carter
J. A. Huglin
W. E. Hafferty
Liberty Township
W. H. Neibert
D. B. Wilson
Eveeeeeeres
Center Township
C. D. Greeson
J. C. Koontz
Vercer
Jacob Roth
Ser- Pee
C. L. Browner
Ser Weds
F. W. Dole
Southeastern Iowa Fair Association
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
O. N. Knight
West Liberty
W. H. Shipman
West Point
John Walljasper
Gilbert Lee
Columbus Junction
N. T. Hendrix
Winfield
W. D. Garmoe
R. J. Davidson
Wapello
Merritt Jamison and
P. Johnson
C. C. Fowler
Donnellson
Chris Hafner
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Zeigler’s
Roosters
Turkeys
Bran Graham
I. D. Jones
Atty
Bert Barrow
West & Downing
W. N. Strong
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