Mills County Board Extends Pony Creek Ditch Deadline to Oct 1 1909
Mills County Iowa board met in Glenwood with W Creech as chair and Parker Brandt present. They reviewed Pony Creek Ditch work, accepted first division as completed, and extended completion time to October 1 1909 due to contractor Fred M Crane delays. Claims approved include labor on bridge and engineering fees. adjournment to August 3 1909 noted.
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Board of Supervisors
Mills County
Iowa
W Creech
Geor H Parker
J B Brandt
Pony Creek Ditch
Fred M. Crane
Wright
Geo F Salyers & Co
Ibr
Fred M Crane
E Spelman
Pony ‘ Creek Ditch
G McCrae
SW Creech
Attest
S M Criswell
Mills’ County
S W Creech
Geo B Parker
Train timetable snippet from Tribune AR shows routes and times
The page lists No. 2 eastbound leaving Omaha at 4 20 p m with intermediate stops at Pacific Junction Malvern Havel Oak and Chicago arrival at 8 25 p m No 10 southbound departs Pacific Junction at 9 20 am with arrivals noted at Chicago 4 39 pm Another eastbound No 198 begins at Pacific Junction 2 00 am stopping at Glenwood Balfour Malvern Hastings Emerson Red Oak and Creston with early morning arrival times
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Nola P
Eenstate
Janetion
Ash Glenwood
Didi Balfoor
ILI
Chicago
Omaln
Pacific Jonctino
Malvern
Hedak
Nou
Chircero
Zili N.m
Pacific Junction
Hed Oak
Arives
Glenwood
Balfour
Hastings
Emerson
Red Oak
A. Creston
West Bound
Oak
Emersoon Aes
Lenwood Aversool
Pacific
Conneil Bluffe
Deaver Chicago
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Pac
Denver
Omara
County Board Receipts and Claims Summary
The county board reviewed salary, poor, and county road claims for July. Amounts listed include Wallace lumber, J Humphrey, and Mason firms. poor aid to several residents. repairs to courthouse. coroner inquest fees. and insane asylum charges. Resignation of Indian Creek JP accepted. road alteration petition denied. treasurer granted refund for overpayment.
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Poor Farm
J Knopp
Dull
Mdee
EG Whipple
Mase
Judson Grain Co
Mdse
AJ Howe
Mdsé
Carey & Fleming
Mdae
JW Dunagan
Fickel
W H Eaton
Indian Creek Township
Wm Marley
Thas Ei
S W Creech
Criswell
West Oak Jobo Sietz and Family Visit Friends
West Oak Jobo Sietz and family began a trip Wednesday to Boone and Belle Plain to visit friends. Bessie Curtis, after a week with her parents, returned to Cherokee. Charley Sietz departed for the South Dakota harvest field last week. Mr Burger and Omsha residents enjoyed weeks of hot weather with his brother L Burger. Henry Penn traveled to Nebraska on Wednesday for harvest.
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Jobo Sietz
Boone
Belle Plain
Bessie Curtis
Cherokee
Charley Sietz
South Dakota
Mr Burger
Omsha
L Burger
Henry Penn
Nebraska
Gruesome Bequest From Philip Thicknesse to His Son
A 1792 will clause of Englishman Philip Thicknesse left his right hand to his son Lord Audley as a grim reminder of their feud. The hand was severed after death and sent in a hermetically sealed casket, with no public record of the recipient’s reaction or disposal.
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Philip Thicknesse
Lord Audley
P. Thicknesse
Frigidity in London Clubs Reported by Vogue
Vogue notes London club life excludes most Americans who reach New York. English clubs welcome Englishmen with ease while Americans face strangers rooms and cubbyhole dining as if unclean. A few lower tier clubs admit guests, prompting Americans to join for postal work away from hotels or offices.
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London
New York
Clover
The Poultice Out as Barbarous Relic
The Delineator claims the home poultice is a barbarous relic from witch burning days. It argues flax seed poultices harm babies by choking breathing and spreading germs, with heat as the only benefit. It urges use of hot-water bags or hot cloths instead.
French Tobacco Consumption Surges In France
In 1908 France consumed 15 million cigars of foreign make and 577 million of French manufacture. Total tobacco expenditure reached 126 million francs. The Anti Tobacco Society of France faces heckling over claims by Shay, who credits longevity to daily pipe smoking since age twelve.
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France
Anti-Tobacco Society of
Shay
They Do Not Dance Admiral Quote On Japanese Etiquette
Iichi states that Japanese countrymen do not dance and would not consider themselves ladies. Geisha entertainments involve dancing, but geisha are not viewed as ladies, making dancing at such events seem peculiar to Japanese audiences.
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Iichi
As She Looked at It See Ocean Tragedy Thought
A young girl recounts glimpsing a man overboard from a ship crossing the ocean. She recalls her first thought upon seeing him was that it was inappropriate, expressing a stunned reaction to the distant danger in the water. The account captures a brief, vivid moment from a distressing scene at sea.
Drawback Wifey Refuses Browns Visit Car Trip
Wifey dislikes the Browns coming to their automobile and expresses strong aversion to the planned visit. The remark reveals tension over hosting duties and household constraints guiding their outing.
Dam Collapse Rescue: Bollivar Sparks Lifesaving Return
A massive dam project on the Black Warrior River nears completion when a crack in the face endangers workers. Diver Darius Dakus fights to seal the leak, guided by gambler-spirited courage as contractor Bollivar and engineer Gould coordinate a perilous rescue with the river roaring below.
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Black Warrior
Pale’s Bar
Bill Bevins
John Dakua
Bevins
Acow
C. J. Bollivar
Gould
United States
Bollivar
Stedy
Darius
Dukna
Dakus
Dakua
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