Anamosa and Monticello County Board Proceedings
County actions include contracts for land use in Lovell township, road changes in Greenfield, and transfers from domestic to county funds. Juries and county expenses are itemized with numerous payments to courts, officials, and vendors amid adjournments on December 1 and 2, 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfield
T. J. Finn
Mercy Hospital
Nora White
Finn
August Wesemann
Hale
E. J. Hines
Anamosa
Bohren
Murfield
F. M. Watson Et al
Greenfield Township
Mershon & Sons
W. L. Hanssen
E. M. Babcock
Alfonso Fights For Big Fortune
In Paris a saga of a lunatic of Luchon and a disinherited sister unfolds as King Alfonso XII faces a French inheritance dispute. A will dated 1908 left all property to the Spanish king, prompting Mme Sacaze to challenge the document while M Maurice Bernard defends the monarch citing French sympathy and possible charitable works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alfonso XII
Spain
M. Saupene
Mme. Sacuze
Albert
Luehon
Gayety
Pir
Sle
Montauban-de-Luchon
Alfonso
Mme. Sucaze
M. Maurice Bernard
Mime Sacaze
France
Resolution Adopted by City Council on December 18 1918
The council chambers recorded the yeas and nays on the resolution with Arduer Schneider Ferring and Hicks voting yea. No nays were reported. The session adjourned to ALLUUBL with Northrop Hoag and the city clerk signing the adjournment notice, Mayor presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Nec
Arduser
Sehneider
Ferring
Hicks
Rockstad
Boblken
Meyers
Kellum
Iran
Monticallo
Iowa
General Fund
Tel Co
Roy Davis
Lab
Hook & Ladder Co
D Slauson
HS Lee
Albert Meyers
Northrop
J Northrop
Jones Co Times
Fred Kellum
Chris Dinklage
Leroy Clark
Voorhees Coal Co
Scetje
Tom Cassidy
Cal Stone
H S Lee
Sycamore
North Cedar Streets
Schneider
Wm. B. Sloan
M. Isbergi & Sons
Alluubl
C. J. Northrop
E. BE. Hoag
63 Year Old Rose is Champion Swimmer at Turnfest
Denver reports Mrs. Bertha M. Rose aged 63 crowned champion swimmer turner dancer and horseback rider at the international German turnfest. She began her athletic pursuit after age fifty and credits youth of spirit for her vigor despite aging. Also retold is the tale of a Washington scientist losing a beetle with a diamond pin during a dinner and its escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Bertha M. Rose
Mrs. Rose
Washington
Bug
Bachelor Lifespan Linked to Single Life Says Dan Turner
Los Angeles veteran Daniel Turner of Santa Monica celebrated his 107th birthday and credits his long life to remaining single. He argues married men die younger and that lifelong bachelorhood spared him worry and illness. The remark echoes his view on love and endurance amid humor from New Yorker and Lippincott’s quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Daniel Turner
Santa Monica
Uncle Dan
Secret birth date sparks rumor in Globe dialogue
In a flirtatious exchange from the New York Globe, Miss Passe hints at a secret connected to her birth while Miss Pickies notes she has heard the tale. The date becomes the punchline of their banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gazip
Miss Passe
New York Globe
Alike One Way Oyster Watch Analogy Described
The Yonkers Statesman quotes Bacon and Huxley comparing an oyster to a watch noting their complexity. The exchange continues with a remark about both running down easily by Webert-Well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huxley
Yonkers Statesman
Burning Up Gold Celebrations Consume Millions in China
The custom burns small gold leaf pieces during certain Chinese anniversaries. It is estimated that about 271 million grains of gold are consumed yearly, based on 440 million people each burning two units at two anniversaries. A five dollar coin weighs 129 grains for scale.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Supervisors’ Proceedings
Jones County
S D Alspaugh
Maggie Ballou
Bell
Luther Inglis
Cord Wood
Mershon & Stingley
Mills & Holtman
L VanDeusen
Townsend
Eva Taylor
Marion Teeter
David Miller
Scott Hardware Co
Tomlinson
Zimmerman
Monroe
Fisher
H McGreevy
J Cash
Magee
A Fisher
T M Miller
E L Barber
William Stanton
Ellis McConaughy
Gerd Null
HE Mershon
Clayton Dumont
Sam Stover
Dan Hogan
Gerd Antons
John Matthiessen
John Murphy
Earl Coppess
RA Yates
Joseph Elsner
W C Frank
O S Wilson
John F Sanders
Elsie E Sanders
W Schermerhoon
Wm Shafer
Lizzie Wilson
S M Connolly
John McDonald
Milo Stickney
JS Peet
James Haverly
Phil Rhatigan
J S Kaufmann
John Seibels
Ed Brundigde
E J Hines
W A Hogan
Fred McKinstry
Homer McCullough
Forest Green
Arthur McCullough
Harry Shields
Myrtle Grennwald
O E Ralston
Jos Rushford
Anna Hanson
Stamps
Council Proceedings
Garrison
Secretary Garrison
Congress
T J Finn
JK Hale
Murflela
A Hogan
F B Sigworth
W K Pearson
John Rowen Jr
Earl Boyer
Margaret Boyer
Hari Boyer
Shsiy
Owen Atone
American Press Association
BIG Fortune
Dead Man
Alfonso XIII
Bpain
Arthur
Benson
New Yorker
Lippincott’s
Opera House
Geo. H. Bubb
New York
Charles Klein
Music Master
the Lion and the Mouse
Soetje’s
Huntington
Durham
Steinway
Krakauer
Richmond
Washburn
Brambach
Krakauer and
Locher Bros. Music Store
Monticello, Ia
Central Lumber & Coal Company
G. P. Rockstad
OWA Telephone Company
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