Anamosa Supervisors Finalize Bridge Bid Awards and Salaries
Fifth day proceedings show bids opened for bridge construction with totals around 21 000 dollars. Contracts awarded to Bullock Bros W W Hanssen and Wm Flaherty for groups, plus final adjustments on patrol and public housing allowances before adjournment.
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Anamosa
Wm. Flaherty
V. Ul.’ Hanssen
Bullock Bros
Mershon & Son
Moffett
Streeper
Ww. L. Hanssen
Ww. Flaherty
Downing
Mary Moneypenny
Moffatt
Jabez Starry
Bert Stingley
Moffet
G. Matson
Sarah L. Fellows
Bohren
Case
Fred Hultz
N. Blood
Castle Grove
J. A. Waddick
Henry OC
Bohbiken
Clay —R. &. Chatterton
Clifford French
Jackson Township
I.P. Shankland
John Brady
Wayne Township
H. A. Toenjes
H. EB. Bohlken
Washington Township
The March wind is the only spring tonic
A Chicago Evening Post column ridicules patent medicine claims for March tonics and urges readers to embrace nature. It recalls old household remedies and warns against overuse of spring medications, advocating fresh air and curiosity about buds and robins instead.
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Chicago Evening Post
Jook
Bulge
Bunk
Cocktail shakers imitate shrapnel shell cases on Fifth Avenue
Collier's Weekly notes a New York shop displaying cocktail shakers made in exact facsimiles of shrapnel shell cases from Europe. The gimmick is pitched as novelty and the piece contrasts the deadly symbolism with liquor marketing. The piece skeptical of the parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier’s Weekly
Europe
New York
Fifth Avenue
Franks Crane On Pride And Flattery
Dr. Frank Crane argues that a proud sensitive person seeks flattery and despises virtue in anyone not bowing to him. He claims such individuals cherish flatterers while misjudging true merit and decency.
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Frank Crane
Funston Warns Villa Pursuit May Prove Long Task
Gen Funston warns the nation that pursuing Villa could be a long, wearisome effort, suggesting the danger and difficulty of the campaign beyond a quick resolution.
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Sioux Falls
Funston
Villa
Go To Church Movement Urges Attendance Everywhere
A fervent appeal promotes GO TO CHURCH as a path to salvation. It cites a death by suicide and spiritual torment to argue the need for churchgoing and urges readers to join and not let the movement fade.
Preparedness Debate In Sci Am Cites Government Inaction
The article argues the United States lagged in readiness as World War I raged, noting the army stayed far below its 100000 statutory strength with infantry, cavalry, field artillery, and coast artillery understrength. It urges immediate actions not requiring new legislation to bolster defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
United States
Congress
Europe
United States Army
Coast Artillery
Teach Your Boy to Follow in His Father's Footsteps
Leslie's Weekly urges fathers to teach boys respect for law, obedience to parents, and self restraint. It links parental guidance to national destiny, warning of decadence and stressing the ten commandments as timeless guidance for tomorrow's men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
Java
Himeself
If We Had A Big Army Of The Same Quality
An editorial speculates that expanding the armed force with uniformly high quality would yield predictable yearly outcomes, arguing correlation between unit consistency and national security results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha World-Herald
Colonel Returns Bat And Ring From Expedition
The report notes evidence that the colonel brought back not only the bat but the ring used to throw it, implying a complete apparatus recovered from the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Household Hints on Salt Uses and Baking Tips
Practical tips show salt reviving fire, cleaning marble, irons, and removing stains. Guidance covers bee stings, throat gargle, styes, poisoning emetic use, bloodstains, grease on ranges, coat cleaning, oven bottom burning, wood ashes for utensils, brass cleaning with salt and vinegar, preventing cake sticking, and even batter spreading for even loaf cakes.
The American Man Worries Over Gasoline Prices
A Louisville Quarier Journal piece notes the typical American is more concerned with sky high gasoline costs than beefsteak prices. It contrasts national anxiety over fuel with everyday meat expenses and reflects on economic pressures.
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Louisville
Springfield Weathered Riddle: Colonel Hears New Bird
In Springfield Massachusetts a Republican report notes a colonel discovering a new bird. The report asks what the small bird might tell him, riffing on a famous line about nevermore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Nevermore
Monticello Council Adjourns and Sees New Officials Sworn In
Monticello Iowa council holds adjourned session April 3 1916 reading approving annual report and adjourning. Regular session swears in Mayor Voorhees and five councilmen, appoints officers and sets salaries. Election of city clerk yields O J Northrop. official papers chosen. bills approved. electric light petition filed for Gill and Fifth streets.
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Monticello
atSa.m
Hanssen
Schneider
Lang
Rockerad
Beery
van Meter
L. van Mater
C. J. Northrop
A.m
Voorhees
Rockstad
Bell
P. m. Attest
J. A. Voorhees
C.J. Northrop
Clark
Rohn
Iowa
Robn
W. F
O. J. Northrop
Monticello Express
Jones County Times
H. S. Lee
Monticello Elec Co
Mch
Pwr
J. Northrop
Community Tips From Cedar Rapids Republican
A Cedar Rapids column urges readers to take simple actions by installing a bird cage now planting a tree next month and creating a garden to boost happiness and improve the world. The piece frames practical steps as straightforward community improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska Secretary Declares W J Bryan Democrat
The Nebraska secretary of state has officially declared W James Bryan a Democrat. The move is presented as final, settling his political affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
W. Jd. Bryan
Nebraska
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E. J. Hines
Conservative
Hell
Judas
Iowa Mercantile Co
E. C
Emerson
Arend Balster, Jr
Scotch Grove
Monticello Produce Co
Monticello, Iowa
Harry E. Netcott
Mars
Independence, Iowa
R. G. Hearn
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Scotch Grove Nursery
International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated
Liebels
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