Real estate transfers list extensive in Monticello area
A long sequence of property transfers recorded across Jones and neighboring counties. Transactions include Gerd Tholen to M Gor man and many others, with prices mostly at $1.00 or nominal sums and numerous parcels in Monticello Anamosa Olin Oxford Junction Hale Wyoming and Castle Grove. Several estates involve lot and block details and various spouses.
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Gerd Tholen
M. Gorman
Paul R. Muench
Albert E. Whitcomb
Richardson
Walter S. Hall
Monticello
Samuel L. Tarbox
Walnut Fork
Olin
W.J. Good
Caroline Reichart
Flora Strauss
Abé Rosenfield
Shaw
Anamosa
Flora A. Strauss
Abe Rosenfield
East Anamosa
East Anamoga
Harriet Alden
Alton Q. Alden
A.J. Benjamin
Thomas Nolan
Cook
Oxford Junction
John L. Norton
Eirjah E. Edwards
George R. Norton
C. M
J. M
G. G. Gill
E. B. Hubbard
Sely
Luke Coyle
Henry D. Coyle
Raymond Coyle
L. J. Rose
Zepha Burch
Rose
W. d
R. W. Gordon
Henry Hotz
Cronkhite
Emma S. Goudy
Amandus Lehr
A. E H. Wandel
Henry Dittman
N. d
William M. Goardie
Emma A. Goardie
Thomas H. McMaster
Ney
L. A. Wightman
Sarah S. Wightman
W. T. Shaw
Nely Ney
Eliza E. Peet
A. G. Hejinian
R. O. Peter
J. H. Fisher
Walter Johnson
H. N. Ricklefs
Frederic F. Hansen
N. GC
M. Holst
Nwif
Edward Ruhl
Ada Jarrett
Mary E. Scales
J. B
Carrie A. Cropp
Bradstreet
G. H. George
Benedict Stiffier
Elf
Nely
John Auracher
Frank H
Hans Ahrendsen
Nomanne P. Nickelsen
James Lowham
Laurence Duffy
Jane Blayney
Samuel Glick
Smith
Olin W. d
S. M. Lorenzen
Ng Nw
Husband
H. E. Bell
H. C. Wiley
B. R. Linght
Vina Lamb
H. Foster
Strawberry Hill
C. W. Simpson
G W. Simpson & Co
Nely Seg
Dr. F. &. Cook
G. W. Simpson & Co
Eff Sely
Minnie Jones
Anna Bowker
Oxford Mills
Emil C. Aegerter
B. E B. Loomis
Onslow
A. J. Rasmus
James A. Kedley
Margaret Kedley
Harry B. Kedley
Lawrence Machart
Mary Machart
D. J. Dirks
Juli Husmann
Fred J. Husmann
Wubke Maria Folkers
John Folkers
Peter C. Smith
John J. Bailey
Andrew McGovern
Frank
Frederick Loes
Sey
Ely
Rose Mettler Loescher
Myrtle Y. Wright
John Cartano
Charles E. Huggans
A. G. Cass
J.T. Dalby
Thos
Elliott Lote
Angie M. Sherman
E. W. Harrison
City Electric Light Heat & Power Co
H. J. Lang Sr
Joseph L. Faber
Victor Beringer
Dubuque County
Matthias Hansen
Kathrina Hansen
Hill
Cascade
W. Cascade
H.j.lang Sr
City Electric Light, Heat and Power Co
Nelg
Willis S. Hopkins
Kyle Pool
Wyoming
Otto Hunt
John H. Hansen
Anna N. Paul
Et al
D. M. Strawman
Fairview
Geo. C. Lawrence
Sam Lawrence
Cass
James Young
J. M. Young
C. A. Menald
Jackson County
Thos. H. Dalby
August Hartwig
Hale
Mervin Dalby
W. O. Shaffer
Leo Skahill
James Skahill
Washington
Joseph R. Soper
H. H. Soper
Wil
Liam Haddock
George A. Wosoba
John Benischek
Oxford
James J. Nolan
OU. A. Menald
Joseph Kostewheck
Joseph Yardem
M. Dalby
Lane
QO. C. Johnson
John von Sprecken
B. R. Knight
Jackson
C. L. Gould
A. §. Gibbons
Edmund Booth
J.H. Fisher
Tolbert
Adelia
W. J. Kehoe
John Nevans
Weat Cascade
J. H. Henderson
Oliver. Saunders
Eva Krutz
Elmer J. Hempy
Ervin L. Hempy
Greenfield
Patrick Hogan
Thomas F. Kehoe
Castle Grove
James Inglis
Thomas Broderson
The Familiar Excuse from Des Moines Register item
The piece criticizes Dr. Kelly as the public eye questions his father’s delayed acknowledgment of his son’s mental decline tied to drugs and drink. It questions why warnings were not issued before two peaceful citizens were shot, urging swift trial and punishment for Dr. Kelly to curb further insanity in Iowa.
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Des Moines Register
Dr. Kelly
Dr Kelly
Iowa
Jones County Man Making Good
Karl Mills former Olin schools superintendent has been endorsed by the Des Moines Bar association of Polk county for Polk county fifth District Judge. Mills with Parsons Mills law firm is described as a coming young man who is capable and moral.
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Olin Recorder
Des Moines
Karl Mills
Olin
Des Moines Bar Association
Polk County
Mills
Parsons & Mills
Taft Hosts Japanese Ambassador for Lunch Aloof from Hobson
President Taft invites Baron Uchida to lunch as Baroness Uchida hosts a dinner for Miss Taft. Hobson is not invited. The tense Japanese war scare looms over the horizon as the sun sets.
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Louisville
Waists Buttoned Front for Summer Fashion Note
Detroit Free Press notes a fashion trend urging button down fronts this summer. The column suggests husbands should be able to grab a little vacation time, reflecting light lifestyle guidance.
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Detroit Free Press
Easter bonnet joins cost of living in Detroit
The Easter bonnet is described as approaching the cost of living in Detroit, illustrating rising consumer expenses and fashion dollars tied to holiday shopping.
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Detroit Free Press
Monticello Board of Education Special Session Actions
The Monticello board met in special session approving last meeting minutes and paying bills. They approved extending the heating plant building to enlarge the manual training room, adding a toilet and door near the boiler, and elected K. D. Miller as superintendent and E. N. Reed as secretary.
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Board of Education
F. A. Hefner
J. D. Chase
W. BF. Roho
Monticello
J. I. Bateman
C. D. Chase
T. M. Redmond
W. F. Rohn
Netcott
A. Hefner
J. E. Bateman
G. W. Russell
Labor
Hoag Duster Co
K. D. Miller
J.N. Peterson
E. N. Reed
Bateman
Hefner
Chase
Rohn
Opera
Redmond
Redmond Rohn
High School Notes Share Week of Study and Events
The senior class has spent a week studying batteries in Physics and enjoys the activity. A high school baseball game with local businessmen, planned for Wednesday, is postponed indefinitely but expected next Monday if weather allows. Marshall Hall visited Chicago last week and a small mouse caused a brief disturbance in the English room before being chased away by Miss Hoag. The Minneapolis Journal notes a Latin American conflict mention about dum dum bullets and risk of revolution.
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Marshall Hall
Chicago
Miss Hoag
Minneapolis
Mexico
Do You Need Overalls Make Them Yourself Patterned from Clay
An old essay extols making overalls at home when stores are closed. It describes forming a clay mold of the belt to ankle contour, casting a pattern in plaster, tracing and cutting denim, sewing two pieces, and adding pockets from salt sacks, with a lurching humor about talcum dusting to lift a carpet pattern.
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
Electric Light History From Davy to Brush System
The diary traces electric light from Davy's 1810 demonstration to the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial and the 1878 practical adoption of incandescent and arc lighting. It notes Charles Francis Brush in Cleveland as an early American street lighting pioneer and cites Moody's Magazine.
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Sir Humphry Davy
Royal Society of London
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Charles Francis Brush
Marc M. Reynolds
Moody’s Magazine
Halcyon Days Inspires Mild Yearend Weather Myth
The Washington Post notes the Alcyone and Ceyx legend of halcyon days explaining calm seas and tranquil weather from December 22 to December 20. It contrasts this myth with American year end weather, describing a Mediterranean cycle of serene days. The piece blends myth with a reflection on seasonal climate.
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Alcyone
Halcyone
Aeolus
Ceyx
America
Mediterranean
Washington Post
Lifting a Child Arm Grabs and Gentle Handling Urged
A Philadelphia Times excerpt urges women to understand a child’s delicate mechanics. It condemns lifting by one wrist and warns that yanking causes distress and tears. It calls mothers aunts and sisters to learn proper lifting from the waist or both arms.
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Philadelphia Times
His Expectations in a Circulating Library Scene
A fluffy haired damsel enters the circulating library and asks about Great Expectations. The new assistant stammers replying he is heir to his aunt with nearly one hundred pounds in a post office savings bank.
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Post Office
London Telegraph
Invention of Scissors Era Noted in 14th Century
A Plain Dealer item muses on the early origin of scissors dating to the 1300s and jokes about Delilah using a knife to cut Samson's hair.
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Delilah
Samson
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Speedometer Debate Between Otto Weend and Puck
The quip contrasts a speedometer with a bank balance as measures of progress. Otto Weend dismisses the device while Puck argues practical utility in tracking speed through numbers.
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Otto Weend
Puck
The Man Who Forgets to Be Thankful
A reflective note attributed to Steven son warns that ingratitude dulls living and erodes awareness of life’s opportunities. It frames thankfulness as a wakeful state essential to daily purpose and engagement.
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Stevenson
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F. J. Neville
Chas. M
Hubbell
M. Soper
Jones County
J.J. Locher
J. W. Coxsee
Ricklefs & McNeill
HE. E. Reed
J. N. Peterson
C.D. Chase
Sac
Protem
Jim Hankem
Fuente
A. Lil, Giruenstiein
EE. Barnes
Tropics
Northland
United Ical
Africa
Alaska
England
Patent Vulcanite Roofing CO
Ill
Central Lumber & Coal Company
Monticello, Iowa