Political Announcements for Local Offices 1910 Mills County
A series of declarations from candidates renouncing or declaring runs for local offices. A. P. Reeve seeks the Clerk of the District Court nomination on the Republican ticket, subject to Mills County GOP voters in the June primary. Geo I Masters runs for County Superintendent for a second term, subject to Democratic primary on June 7 1910. W F Cleveland declares for Congress from Iowa Ninth District, subject to Democratic primary on June 7 1910. W E Boyd announces candidacy for Third District Supervisor, subject to Republican primary on June 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. I. Masters
Congress
Iowa
W. FP
Cleveland
E. Boyd
Wild strawberries ripen after April frost escape rejoice
Strawberries are ripening after an early bloom that withstood a frost a month ago. Dry weather delayed bloom, but recent rains are bringing out plentiful wild strawberries and promising a large crop, with note that old settlers recall years when ripening occurred in April.
Acres in Yorkshire Exceed Bible Letters Claim
Notes and Queries notes a claim that Yorkshire’s area exceeds the number of letters in the Bible. Estimates vary, from 3,882,848 to 3,771,843 acres, while the Bible is said to contain 8,566,480 letters, a fact the article presents with cautious interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Actes
Fremont area votes on hospital proposition this year
Fremont county prepares for a local hospital referendum while nearby notes report a Clarinda tiling machine crew laying 100 rods daily, a Sidney find resembling a petrified hornet nest, and strawberry growers planting 45 000 plants on six acres. Other items include school salary moves, a National Guard muster-out for poor ratings, a Shenandoah death of former railroad commissioner Geo W Perkins, a Kilroy era Halley comet memory, and lodge plans in Shenandoah with delegates from multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont County
Clarinda
H. P. Neilson
Harlan
Creston Company
Iowa National Guard
Geo. W. Perkins
Shenandoah
Page
Fremont
G. M. Shepard
Irwin
Shelby County
Onondaga County
N. Y
the Knights of Columbus
Mills County to hold June 7 1910 primary election
Notice to Mills County electors announces a June 7 1910 primary under Iowa law. It lists offices to nominate for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general superintendent of public instruction clerk and reporter of the supreme court two railroad commissioners congressman state representative county officials and township officers. Poll hours vary by precinct with registration rules, dated Glenwood May 9 1910 and signed S M Criswell, Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Towa
Iowa
Supreme Court
Congress
Board of Supervisors
Glenwood
S. M. Criswell
Local changes and new homes in Mineola scene
J A Kiersch builds cement sidewalks and a blacksmithing note appears. Louie Bichel and family move into a new house. Paul Kruger and family relocate to North Bend Nebraska to work for Cherney Watson Lumber then pursue farming next spring. Perry Miller and AC Sperry see school leadership moves. Depot agent J J Hurtzel buys land for a new residence. Automobiles gain popularity as Mr Deitchler orders a machine and Peters Hartje expand busi ness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A Kiersch
Louie Bichel
Fred Grudle
Silver City
Loobey
Paul Kruger
North Bend
Neb
Paul
Cherney & Watson Lumber Company
Perry Miller
Evergreen
AC Sperry
Minesola
Treynor
J J Hurtzel
Nipp
John Flynn
Jackson
Peters & Hartjie
Ferdinand Deitchler
The Silent Punster and the Safe Detour from Wordplay
A playful social piece decries punsters as inferior, urging avoidance and silent contempt. It argues punning harms discourse, notes that punsters relish criticism, and suggests the only sane response is to ignore and resist their wordplay.
Mild Bluff Fails As Absent Minded Girl Tries Bluff
An absent minded girl recalls a failed bluff on a Broadway car at Forty-second Street. She tries to learn a man’s name by asking how it is spelled, and he coldly answers with the unusual spelling J o n e dash three, exposing the awkward moment. Molly’s presence made her hesitate to bluff further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Forty-second Street
Queer Caper of Cupid in Forest City Iowa
A quirky marriage in Forest City Iowa ties 18 year old John Whitlock to 38 year old Mrs Arville Leayn. The puzzle centers on tangled in law and relationships with speculation that Halley’s Comet influences the match. Scholars joke over who is whose in law in this odd domestic knot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Iowa
Halley
John Whitlock
Arville Leayn
Young Whitlock
Whitlock
God
A Fresh Start Play Scene Dialogue Snapshot
A girl sits with her escort at a play. He rhapsodizes over her profile and eyes while praising her companion. She notes the man’s hair and humorously asks to cut out bald heads. He agrees, and she approves.
Precedence and the curious curate's egg tale
Frederick Town send Martin at a New York dinner contrasts precedence in English and American manners. A bishop entertains clergy, then at breakfast a guest complains of a bad egg. The butler discovers the egg was misordered, a curate's egg, a play on words and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Townsend Martin
Casa de Opera
New York
Woman clerk for six decades marked by Martha Mitchell’s life
Martha Mitchell of Alfred Maine died at age 76 after a 60 year career as a clerk in the Alfred register of deeds and probate offices. Born in Alfred she lived in the same house and worked at the desk from around 1849 to two weeks before her death, a remarkable state record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Mitchell
Alfred
Miss Mitchell
the Register of Deeds
Register
Club Dues Based on Weight Meeting Players
Business and professional men over 200 pounds to meet at Hotel Grunewald to form a club. Semi annual dues set by weight of each member at one cent per pound. No applicant will be admitted weighing under 200 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Grunewald
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Glenxwood
The
Advo Collection Agency
P. G. Day
Hon. W. 8. Lewis
Milla County National Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
Carter
Davis & Anderson Mercantile Co
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Sidney
Lee Smith
Macedonia
F. C. Hummels
Summitt
Page County
Volkmann
Tabor
Adele
O. Hammersley
Letts
Lowe Brothers
Mineola
Edwards
West Side Sq
Watchmaker
Monument Builders
W. R. Bruce
Pres
Glenwood, Iowa
Falcor
Flanders
Omaha
Auto Supplies
Glenwood Garage
Square Boles & Stranathan
Coulter & Coulter’s
Thurs
DR. Martin
Zine of
Sunol
Arion
Palo Alto
Electioneer
Geo. Wilkes
Happy Medium
Abdalah
Fair Grounds
Malvern
G, H. White
Emerson, Iowa
W. J. Wilson
Walvern
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