Mills County Board Proceedings Record 1912 actions
Mills County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets in Glenwood to approve bills, grant refunds, appoint a county engineer, audit prior terms, and authorize construction of a 120 foot bridge over the Nishna Botna river, pending the new road law. The actions cover highway alteration, damages, and administrative appointments with dates in June 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Towa
Mills County
Board of Supervisors
W. M. Estes
H. H. Cheyney
C. T E. Lakin
R. GC. White
P. M
A. D. French
Pn Gentine & Genung
C. F. Maynes
Natory
George ©. Masters
3. M. Criswell
J. R. Graham
Iowa State Highway Commission
Nishna Botna River
Township Ti
S. M. Criswell
Sheriff Sale Of Mills County Property In Iowa
Sheriff announces a Mills County Iowa real estate sale on July 18, 1912. The property covers 29.76 acres part of the north half of the southwest quarter of section 20 township 73 range 43, with detailed boundary lines described. The sale is at the courthouse in Glenwood between 10 AM and 4 PM, to satisfy an 1918 judgment of Fr Day Trustees against Benjamin Ida Rosenthall and Morris Augusta Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Mills County
Iowa
Fr. Day
Benjamin and
Ida Rosenthall
Morris Myers
Augusta Myers
Section 20
Township 73
Mills
Lown
Glenwood
B. W. Bushmell
A. S. Edwards
Profane captain tricked by a tenant in Red River valley
In a Louisiana Red River valley settlement a Civil War veteran planter, newly married, berates a Black tenant who asks for a meeting. His wife hears the curses and asks who it is. The tenant quietly reveals the true speaker, exposing the captain as Cap’n Johnson.
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Red River Valley
Louisiana
Darky
Cap'n Johnson
Opinion on Professor Peekhead's wife advice
Judge Hennyweck mockingly critiques Professor Peekhead's article urging careful wife selection. He claims the author had little experience in choosing his own wife, noting the man remains passive and accepts whatever is given.
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Hennyweck
Needless Expense Judge Pather Dialogue
A girl asks if she should study household economics before marrying a poor man. Pater grimly replies that she will get such education for free after marriage, implying marital dependence. The quip highlights social expectations and economic realities in marriage.
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Pather
Bunny Moore
Pater
Serials Judge Silas Haycock Encounters Lively Skyscraper Scene
Silas Haycock stands before a modern skyscraper and mutters about stories he has heard. He notes that some people miss opportunities unless clearly labeled and comments on perceptions of a flirtatious girl. The passage hints at cautionary tales and moral reflections.
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Silas Haycock
Erbour
Water for Health Drink at Least Three Pints a Day
An article recounts advice from a medical writer urging daily water intake of about three pints. It argues water's role in bodily moisture, skin health, and toxin removal, while cautioning against excessive mineral water and drinks like tea, coffee, and alcohol. It recommends a six-glass daily schedule: morning, after breakfast, after dinner, afternoon, after ten, and before bed.
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London
Railway Travel in Syria and Sunday Theatricals Recall
A snippet recounts a Syrian railway trip where travelers join a local line with a hidden ticketing tag and a helpful porter feeding them honey, followed by a note on Sunday theatricals from 1631. The piece highlights curious travel practices and old stage punishment lore.
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Syria
Beirut
Wide World Magazine
Tobacco Fields in North Borneo Require Vast Lands
Jorneo's tobacco is the sole export in North Borneo. Tobacco yields once in seven to nine years, requiring new fields to be cleared continually. The jungle is burned, Chinese laborers hoe and prepare land, with no plows used. Planters must own thousands of acres and employ 500 to 1,000 coolies.
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Jorneo
North Borneo
Lind
Tobaleco
The Book He Liked The Late Joaquin Miller
In a Christie Register note a writ er recalls Miller as preferring newspapers to books. He read papers avidly and kept clippings, said to cherish nature over books with only a Bible in his den. The Yonkers Statesman quotes playful dialogue on a training method for a puppy.
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Joaquin Miller
Christii Register
Yonkers Statesman
Fragmented poem tears by nephew prompt small-town debate
An exchange in Loandon Opinion notes a nephew shredding a poem addressed to y'o7, lamenting the loss and commenting on the readerly progress of "the late fellow." The brief item captures local tone and minor household whimsy without broader context.
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Adolphus
Augusta
Loandon
Fragmentary Quote Exchange Sparks Family Talk
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt shows a daughter reporting her father’s question about family harmony. The exchange includes a remark about a Magi, attributed to Van Artevelde, reflecting a literary or editorial flourish rather than a direct event.
Arctic Dawn Returns After Six Months of Darkness
The scene after polar winter greets the sun’s return described by Kenar Mikkelsen in Lost to the Arctic. The red disk rises above fog and storm, stirring vast loneliness yet awe, as a raven calls and the sea glows with a rose tint at last delivering relief and deliverance.
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Kénar Mikkelsen
Arctic
Tasf
Cappy Raven
Letter to the Judge Sparks Debate on CrankMail
A New York judge handling murder trials received a death threat via a mailed note. Recorder Smyth defends the note’s “pounch” spelling as a sign of cranks, saying many such letters are dangerous nuisances and waste court time.
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New York
Lette
Rinks
Dentncla
Praderick
Lin
Tyrent
Istica
Smyth
Richt Name Medley In Wry Language Quips And Memory
A fragment from a 19th century miscellany cites Blackwood’s Magazine and other sources. It features garbled dialogue about names and places, a hymn quotation remembered by a boy, and brief humorous vignettes about artists, newsboys at an art museum, and a cheap employer joke.
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Samothrice
Argonaut
Proof Positive and the Moving Pictures Rovers Dialogue
A playful exchange features Harold doubting love and Susie retorting with a quip about chest puffing in moving pictures, followed by a note that truth remains steady as reason guides inquiry. The snippet captures a witty, era voice with casual literary banter.
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Harold
Susie
Rovers
Moving Pictures
Puck
Music Lesson Judge Sings in Be Sharp Key
An old real estate dealer urges buying Brown's house cheaply calling him a clever fellow. His young agent replies they can get it for a song and the dealer retorts about singing in the key of Be Sharp.
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Brown
Modern Young Person Judge Dramatic Exchange at Play
A father escorts his daughter Mabel to a play and laments its suitability for youth while she remains unfazed. The scene hints at a con artist using clever bait to test their wits in a tense moral moment.
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Mabel
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
Two Chippewa Falls and Providence women report relief from organic displacement backache and bearing down pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ep. Ferkon and Mrs Abril Lawson declare renewed health and endorse publishing their names.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ep. FerKon
High St
Wisconsin
Providence
R. L
Abril Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R. 1
Brief Decisions Judge Offers Timely Insight in Court
A terse saying notes that an afterthought is late and opportunity escapes. It contrasts a whining approach with overcoming troubles and observes that children do not practice hypocrisy, reflecting on human nature.
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Vern W. Price
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F. E. L. Hester
Mills County Tribune
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T. L. Smouse
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Ogepibe
Cc. H
S. B
R. C. Jackson
M. A
Finbion
Auditor’s Office
F. M. Jackson
Sheriff’s Sale
Peabody Shellbark Coal
Bouse
Water For
Maekind
Lord Bishop's House
van Artevelde
Fox Davies
Blackwood
Apri
Thudain
Alexander White
Tiun
Snc
Rivers
Brooks
Eld
Chicago Tribune
Houston Post
Gatrox
Hudge
W. E. Allen
Kirksville, Missouri
W. 8. Millett
Amos Dean
Glenwood, Iowa
A. H. Otis
West Side Square
F. M. Shriver
Ofice
T. A. Pearson
Opera House Block
Aills County Tribune
Carl Buch
North Side Square
J. B. Winkler
Charles W. Rathke
Onera Wouse
Buliars
The
Advo Collection Agency
Kr G. Day
Hon. W. 8. Lewis
Miss County National Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
Carter Block
W.F. Meyers
North Side
Tella
Lydia E.pinkham
Trimmer
Chicago Specialist
Commercial Hotel
Chicago
Jia Hospital
Jin
Wright
Tg Neel
Trinmer
F. M. Trimmer
iQukwood Boulevard
Chicago, Ill
Drezel State Bank
A & Pp
Chichester
Robins
Joyne
Dyer
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