Jones County Fair at Monticello Opens Late August
The Jones County Fair comes to Monticello for the last week of August from the 26th to the 30th. The event features aviator Jimmie Ward flying a Cur tiss biplane and a celebrated Zouave Band to perform daily. The Tyrones act and skilled performers from Ringling Brothers join daily horse races, bicycle and motorbike races, and club ball games across eastern Iowa.
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Monticello
Jimmie Ward
United States
Chicago
Jones County Fair
Daven
Port
Ewing
Tyrones
Iowa
Floyd Bernard
Bernards
Ringling Brothers
Jones County
Iowa State Fair
Supposed Bridge Graft Probe Nears Clinton County Ends
Clinton county grand jury, aided by the Iowa highway commission and Attorney General Cosson, investigates five years of bridge contracts and county spending. L. A. Wilkinson & Son and four state experts, paid by the state, aid the probe which may lead to removal or indictment of officials.
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Clinton
Clinton County
Iowa Highway ‘Commission
Cosson
Henry E. Sampson
Grand
L. A. Wilkinson & Son
Des Moines
State Highway Commission
Cusnon
Sampson
Anamosa Fair Draws Big Names And Races
The Anamosa Fair runs August 12 to 16 featuring Marcel Tournier with a Nieuport monoplane, the Leo Trio, Dorothea Wanda, Caprice Lewis and Ida Bell as acts, plus Amber Co-operative Creamery dairy events. A Studebaker Flanders 20 car is awarded Friday, with paced races and motorcycle events through the week.
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Marcel Tournier
Leo Trio
Dorothea Wanda
Caprice Lewis
Ida Bell
Amber Co-operative Creamery Co
Waterloo
Studebaker Flanders
Iowa
Principle Merely Incidental in Political Battles
Lincoln Journal argues most vigorous political fights serve ambitious politicians rather than enduring principles, suggesting many public battles are driven by personal advancement.
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Lincoln Journal
Jurors drawn for September 1912 district court term
A list of petit jurors drawn to serve at the September 1912 term of the district court in Anamosa Iowa. Jurors are summoned to appear at 10 00 a m on September 28 at the courthouse. Names include Behrends Ben Lovall Benchhart B F Bailey T H Wayne and others from Monticello Rome Madison Hale Oxford Fairview and surrounding townships.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Behrends
Ben
Lovall
Benchhart
B. F
Oxford
Bailey
T. H
Wayne
Byers
E. M
Monticello
Brady
W. L
Rome
Batchelder
J. H
Bender
Jerome
Wyoming
Caraten
J.M
Madison
Coleman
Hale
Dirks
D. J
Emerson
Elsworth
G. W
Eby
J. M
Scotch Grove
Glick
George
Hester
C. R
Greenfield
Johnston
O. C
Kehoe
Nick
Luke
Joe
Lamb
Roscoe
Leggett
Chas
Lubben
John
Oags
Larson
C. A
Fairview
Lahey
James
Castle Grove
Mader
John Wyoming
Morey
W. A
O’brien
J. O
Richland
Oltman
Casa
Pope
A. F
Quirk
Reed
Carl
Radloff
Ralston
Earl
Shoop
Lee
Shelley
John I
Lovell
Sherman
Jay
Sutherland
D. A
Tobiason
Don
Waggoner, J. W
Referendum Debate Noted in Hotel Corridor Exchange
In a San Francisco hotel's upper corridor two colored maids argued over the referendum. The younger maid appeared to win the debate until the elder brandished a broom and declared that Ab had lived with the rougher endum all her life, highlighting racial tensions and class dynamics.
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San Francisco Examiner
Chloe Kase
6000 Harvest Hands Needed in Montana and Dakotas
Enormous small grain crops force farmers to seek harvest hands across Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Montana. Wages range from 2.50 to 8.50 per day with board. Towns requesting workers include Aberdeen and Sisseton in South Dakota, Langford and Edgerley in North Dakota, Wheaton and Wegdahl in Minnesota, Roundup and Harlowton in Montana, with up to 400 hands sought at Aberdeen, SD and 200 in several towns. For rates and travel details contact your railroad agent or F A Miller in Chicago.
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Montana
Dakotas
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Minnesota
Aberdeen
S.D
Abercrombie
N. D
Andover
Hallensdale
Edgerley
Wheaton
Minn
Langford
S. D
Ortonville
Pierpont
Strasburg
Sisseton
Wegdahl
Lewistown
Mont
Roundup
Harlowton
F. A. Miller
Illinois
Herbert's Fat Friend Keeps Appointment Without Business
A Cincinnati Times Star report describes Victor Herbert's narrow six story home and a fat friend who climbs late to his music room. Herbert ends the meeting at noon promising to return, while the visitor exits breathless and unable to transact.
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Victor Herbert
New York
Cincinnati Times Star
Mr. Herbert
Herbert
Victor
The
Lambs Club
Mrs. Herbert
Mixed Liquors Barred in Auchleuchries Choir Row
Rory MacInory, village blacksmith and aided singer in Auchleuchries kirk, varied his hymn style from bass to alto to treble. The minister, noting disruption to the congregation, warns him to sing in a single voice and ends by banning any further shandygaft singing.
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Rory MacInory
Smith
Auchleucheries
Rory
Supreme Court Day Referred As Block Off the Old Chip
A Puck note describes Justice Day as the thinnest member of the Supreme Court with sallow cheeks and slight figure. It contrasts him with Chief Justice White and others while recounting an incident where Justice Holmes commented to Day about his son, an Ohio attorney, being “a block off the old chip.”
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Supreme Court
Day
United States Supreme Court
White
Lamar
Justice Day
Ohio
Holmes
Will
Puck
Virginia Olcott
Professor Olcott
Mr. Tucker
Miss Smith
Tere
John Markley
Imma Spanker
Wollen
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Christendom
Spanker
Mr. Markley
Miss Spanker
Professor Atwood
Cummings
White College
Black College
King Answers Call of a Butcher in disguise
A tale from Saxony recounts the king who prefers democratic touch. While repairing a cart axle with a butcher and an attendant the trio labors in the sun. The butcher asks if the king is also a butcher. The king responds that he only looks like one.
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Saxony
Debating Stunt Falls Apart at Black and White Colleges
A proposed commencement debate on women’s suffrage collapses as both sides rely on charm and romance to win. Duelling teams at Black and White colleges assemble substitutes after plans unravel amid engagements, flirtations, and shifting loyalties.
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New England
Ebenezer Black
Arietta White
Black
Drucilla Spanker
Markley
United States Supreme
Emma Markley
Ned Spanker
Ned
Maud Jennings
Dick Turner
Eclipse Lumber Co
Eclipse Lumber
Henry
Man
Locaton
Thad Ward
M. G Allever
Center Junction
Stickney Cort
W. F. Rohn
Stickney
Monticello, Ia
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