License to Steal: A Humorous 1914 Public License Request
A spoof advertisement in the Coudersport Enterprise proclaims an “APPLICATION FOR LICENSE No. 87 March Term 1914” by G I Lovegold to steal horses. The letter lampoons licenses and moral character claims, naming judges, attorneys, bondsmen, and signatories in a satire on legal permits and corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coudersport Enterprise
Pennsylvania
G. I. Lovegold
John Fairmind
Court of Quarter Sessions
Almostany County
State of
Rockups
Winaland Syne & Deth Trust Company
N. O. Scruples & More Longgreen
Eaton B. Merry
Michael Chirillovani
D.grab Rox
A. Ward Healer
Crewe L. Younghusband
Joston Glass
Tony Dudinsky
Nick Synkivinkopraz
Barr T. Ender
Rednews Taper
Wurse N. Useless
Wood B. Chrystian
Always Treatin
A. Boozer
Kant Evan Wright
World's Biggest Bouquet Grows at Dr Janes Pasadena Home
A Los Angeles paper highlights the enormous ophir rose bush at Dr J E Janes in Pasadena. The plant towers over an orange tree, covers a wide area, and blooms glittering gold pink flowers drawing thousands of visitors yearly. Children at Garfield school use it as a high bower while elders help harvest blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Papgar
California
J. E. Janes
Pasadena
Janes
Monticello
Mary Marvin
Thespaper
Garfield School
Pasadena Avenue
California Street
Dr. Jones
Nomination Papers Filed for Col John T Moffit Judge
Colonel John T Moffit files nomination papers to stand for Judge in Cedar Jones and Linn counties. Papers mailed to secretary of state show 983 signers from three counties with Cedar 505, Jones 167, Linn 311. Cedar County Bar backs his candidacy. supporters expect broad regional backing.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Jones County
Luin County
Man Joins Church Under Wife’s Pressure
A Topeka Capital aphorism notes a man who joins a church only to please his wife gives little resistance to the influence and faith changes.
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Topeka
Anamosa Supervisors Set Bridge Construction Awards
The April 6 1914 session opened bids for bridges under resolution No 8. Items 1 through 12 received specific contractor awards with prices from 1033 to 1930 dollars. The board approved contracts with Flaherty Hanssen Griffith and Bullock and ordered tax refunds for Masonic Hall Olin and cancellation for J F Scoles.
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Anamosa
Hale
Thomsen
Bohren
Murfield
Finn
County Auditor’s Office
R C Bullock
L Hanssen
Wm Flaherty
J L Griffith
W. L. Hanssen
J. C. Griffith
R. C. Bullock
Masonic Hall
Olin
J. F. Scoles
Jones county board actions April 8 1914 Wyoming taxes and road contract
Board adjourned meeting reads and approves minutes. Auditor ordered to refund 76.70 to J L McDonald for 1913 taxes due to wrong extension. Chairman to sign contract with O P Hanssen to place about 1000 cubic yards of crushed rock on Military road near Monticello at 1.90 per cubic yard. Road views in Jackson township. Amounts approved include school fund loans to Bemrose and MacMurrin, justice of the peace bond 600, and audit-corrected transcript fees. A county real estate sale of 10.26 acres to Dell Wright for 226 is authorized. Meeting set May 4 1914.
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Recorder’s
Earl Boyer
District Court
A. Fisher
Nora White
O J Murfield
Delaware Co
Bal
PB Daly
Catherine Daly
JA Weiss
A E Hester
L C Norton
J H Meeks
Forest Huber
Electa J Main
NM McMurrin
Jas McConaughy
DW Gilmore
J A Weiss
L O Norton
Baron Hand
J Hines
Thomson
George B Nordman
Murfield
E. R. Byerly
Bohren
S. W. Clark
Bobren
George Ambuebl
E. J. Hines
Mali
J. L. McDonald
City of
Wyoming
Thomsen
O. P. Hanssen
Military Road
Monticello
Anamosa
Finn
John Young
Thomas Bemrose
N. M. MacMurrin
R. D. McIntyre
Jones County
Mercy Hospital
A. D
Ayes -Thomsen
Hale
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Said
Township Eighty-Five
Thea Sth
Dell Wright
University official to speak at Monticello Community Institute
Professor O. E. Klingaman, chief of the Bureau of Municipal Information in the University of Iowa extension division, is scheduled to speak in Monticello during the Community Institute event. He will address municipal information topics relevant to local governance.
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O. E. Klingaman
Bureau of Municipal Information
University of Iowa
Monticello
Community Institute
Monticello Improvement Club
State University
Bureau of Social Welfare
Iowa
Chas
The State That Showed Them
A Sioux City Journal brief highlights a statistics study noting one reserve bank west of the Missouri, one in New England, one in New York, and two in Missouri, with playful commentary on regional distribution.
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Sioux City Journal
Missouri River
New England
New York
Empire State
Missouri
Sioux City
John Redmond
Sir Edward Carson
Gifford Pinchot’s Blacklist Critique Across Papers
A syndicated sketch attacks Gifford Pinchot and fellow reformers for moral and political failings. It lists figures like Omaha Bea Cummins Borah La Follette Bristow as condemned, praising only Pinchot allies Colonel Perkins Heney and Pinchot himself. It cites multiple newspapers to illustrate partisan reactions and satire.
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Omaha Bea
Cummins
Borah
la Follette
Bristow
Gifford Pinchot
Lord
Brother Pinchot
George W. Perkins
Frances A. Heney
Waterproofing cloth origin and process details
An early 1800s account explains Thomas Fearnley Wiley of Bedford England patenting waterproof cloth after a Yorkshire dyehouse accident. The method involves alumina and lead acetate treatment, wax finishing, and friction or doctor roller application to create a waterproof yet porous fabric.
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Wiley
Thomas Fearnley Wiley
Bedford
England
Yorkshire
New York World
For Sale Listings and Real Estate Briefs
For sale Rhode Island red eggs for hatching inquire J W Schweitzer 3815 for sale 10 acres of timber in Clay township J B Moses agent Center Junction land bargains J A Voorhees for sale three story store building former Deatrick Dry Goods Co location good investment for sale real estate mortgages 5 percent on amounts 3000 3500 6500 and 6620 plus 15 shares Monticello Canning Co stock executors O H Soetje Rickles Gerdes Eixecutors
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Rhode Island
J. W. Schweitzer
Clay Township
J.B. Moses
Center Junction
Deatrick Dry Good Co
C. D. Chase
Hi Tiarks
Monticello Canning Co Stock
O. H. Soetje
Rickles Gerdes
Eixecutors
Also Mentioned on This Page
John T. Moffit
J. K. Hale
Giff
Chicago Evening Post
Bryan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wilson
Senate
House of Representatives
Atchison Globe
Cincinnati Inquirer
F.O. B
L. G. Stuhler
OC. L. Main
Cascade
L. J. Faber
AJAX
Garanteed
Monticello, Iowa
Salver’s Silver
King Seed Barley
McNeill Bros
South Dakota
J. A. Voorhees
Walters
Hall
North Carolina
Fred
O. K
Wm. H. Gifford & Sons
Monticello and
Community
Institute
Opera House
the Institute
The
Prof
C. W. Wassman
Hanathment of Political Economy
C. H. Weller
Associated Advertising Clubs of
Chas. F. Kurtz
School of Commerce
R. H. Sylvester
Bureau of Clinical Psychology
Ralph E. Heilman
Klingaman
Ruth Wardall
Department of Home Economics
Robert Rienow
Improvement Club
Monticello Board of Education
Women’s Clubs
Jones County Teachers’ Institute
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