Census Enumerators Pay and Qualifications
Sam H. Erwin, Census Supervisor for the Second District of Town, outlines duties, eligibility, and pay for enumerators under the 1910 Census. Applicants must be 18 to 70, U.S. citizens, trustworthy, literate, and reside where duties are performed. Pay varies by district with per-inhabitant and per-farm rates plus daily minimums. preference to veterans and lawfully discharged service members. women eligible. Applications due October 20, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam H. Erwin
Zurel
United States
Birds Help Gardener Control Pests, Says Exchange
The piece notes the value of birds in guarding plants, citing English sparrows as diligent moth eaters. It describes observed birds chasing moths for hours, showing more energy in pest control than seed gathering.
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Museers
Davenport Visitor Mondar Business Ties Mentioned
J. 4. Silberhorn visited Davenport on business, meeting Mondar during the stay.
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J. 4. Silberhorn
Davenport
Love and Law in a Rural Romance
Reuben Hall frets over Verda Hull staying in town and a wife suspects a looming romance. He schemes to use a new search and seizure law to guard her. Verda and Ray Breer reveal a secret marriage certificate as Uncle Reuben confronts the truth.
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Reuben
Verda
Mrs. Hall
Martha
Replee
Luke
Genena
Hal
Brother Lake
Miss. Hull
Ardent
Darling
Marth
Tnele
Rmigackin Bureau
Hueglar
Ferderith
Vera
Ray Mom Breer
Venta
Reuben Hall
Ruskine
Ferda
Sailor and Soldier Boys Preferential Preference Letter
A 1919 letter from Davenport to Maquoketa Post of the American Legion requests distributing 25 census and enumerator applications to qualified members. It notes the Census Act favors honorably discharged soldiers sailors and marines when qualifications are satisfactory and sets a return deadline of October 20.
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F. E. Thom Z
American Legion
Masonic Temple
Davenport
Maquoketa
Keiser to Be Tied for Trial in Allied Surrender
Paris papers say the list of German officials to be handed to the Allies for trial is ready for submission to Germany. The former emperor is excluded from the list and will be dealt with separately. The surrender of the former emperor is to be demanded from The Netherlands under the treaty, with trial before a special international tribunal.
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Keiser
Paris
Germany
Netherlands
Origin of White Elephant Phrase Traces to Siam Court Favor
The royal flng of Siam reportedly sent a white elephant to an unfavored courtier to ruin his fortune. The burden of bearing and maintaining the sacred animal supposedly broke him, giving rise to the modern term white elephant and its lasting meaning.
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Flng
Siam
Anatis
Eggs required to clarify nations soup, statisticians claim
According to food administration statisticians, it takes about 28,000,900 eggs annually to clarify this country's soup, illustrating the scale of production and consumption in meal preparation.
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the Food Administration
Why She Can Talk Longer
A fragment notes that she can talk longer and that Wun is drawn to her by using less force than a man would. The passage contrasts vocal endurance with a claim about force in interactions.
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Orpheum
Albert Capellani
Oh, Boyt
Elliot, Comstock & Gest
P. G. Wodehouse
Guy Bolton
Jerome Kern
Louise Swigart Ellis
Flatbush
Walsh
Elmer Campbell
Platt Street
Sanitary Bakery
Bakers
Law
Western Newsepaper Union
Blessing
F_ Cram
W. MM
Willie
Maxwell
Vdeo Alle
Wilex
Detroit
Maxwell Garage
O. A. Spurl
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