Real Estate Transfers List From Local Land Deals
The notice details numerous property transfers involving McMurrin Scott Kehoe Hutton Shafer Moore Renie McAlister Laucamp Bell Hanna Pike Walbridge Sigworth Marugg Stearns Kempf Lyans Powell Richardson Lyons Soukup Thomson Wosaba Hansen Alexander Kettlesen Baldwin and others across Monticello Wyoming Oxford Junction and Amber areas. Transactions include acres and lots sold or exchanged with varying prices and heirs and trustees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McMurrin
W. B. Scott
William
G. Hutton
Henry O. Shafer
D. D. Moore
Shafer
Cascade
W.J. Renie
George Glick
Smith’s
Olin
R. D. Gordon
R. L. McAlister
B. J. Laucamp
H. EH. Bell
W. J. Renie
P. H. Hanna
S. Pike
Monticello
Eliza J. Walbridge
H. W. Sigworth
Shaw
Christina L. Marugg
Andrew Marugeg
M.B. Winnard
D. F. Stearns
C.M. & St. P. Railroad Co
Wit Blizek
S G Sel
Rosa Wosaba
Frances Wosaba
Oxford Junction
John Dillon Bronson
John H. Hansen
B. H. Shimanek
Slandering the Calmar Line in a Northbound Tale
A Northbound No.1 trip last Monday offered extra hours with the infamous Jack Dignan, a leak stalled the train at Straw berry Point until an additional engine and freight assisted. Passengers now guard their identity markers after marriage disputes and a strawberry birthmark on a husband's arm saved a reunion. Travelers now ponder Calmar branch rides with cautious meditation.
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S Topkinton
Jack Dignan
Strawberry Point
Delhi
Dalmar
North
Medicine wagon man heckled at saloon petition hustling scene
A country subscriber recalls a medicine wagon man who pressed a saloon petition at an election. The woman of the house challenged him as he spoke and questioned his influence. The man offered a new cold sore cure and left when warned off, amid dirty maps and tense talk.
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The
Express
The Good Listener Defining Conversation
The piece from London P. s Weekly discusses listening as the art of give and take. It warns the good listener can enable a bore or egotist, making the exchange one sided and selfish.
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Frances
London
T. P
Misunderstanding Over Riggsleys Loss Sparks Gaffe
A judge recalls a near miss in sympathy when misunderstanding a man named Riggsley led to a mistaken tale of a wife death. The miscommunication happened as two people discuss Riggsley after a brief encounter.
Christmas Eve Reunion Brings Jack Penfield and Kitty Brown
In a snowbound country home, Jack Penfield waits for Christopher Browning. Kitty Brown arrives bearing gifts, reveals her affection, and a shared snapshot confirms a lasting bond as the couple reconciles on Christmas Eve.
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Kitty
Jack
Christopher Kit
Mr. Penfield
Christopher
Not the Christmas Spirit The millionaire miner's tale
January Jones recalls a jewelry shop episode where a clerk asked for the safe key so a customer could buy a second solitaire ring to match her existing Christmas gift. The proprietor refused, saying the woman only wanted to know what her ring cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
January Jones
Goldfield
Fifty Courtesies of the Table from Milan Manuscript
In the Ambrosian library a thirteenth century manuscript by Ira Bonvesin of Riva titled Fifty Courtesies of the Table outlines strict dining rules. It warns against filling the mouth, soaking bread in wine, and scrupulously keeping hands clean while avoiding head scratching and body-scratching at table.
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Milan
Ira Bonvesin
Riva
Forced to Propose It Was in the reign of King Edward etc
A Kent farmer John Ochiltree loves Mary Griges but she will not marry him until she is the proposer. His mother schemes to force a proposal, and Mary agrees at last only to save him at the scaffold. The plan hinges on a sheep theft and a dramatic marriage rope. The tale ends with the lovers united after a public execution twist. In Berlin theaters two urns sell single and double tickets. price same, luck dictates seating.
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American Press Association
Christopher
Wenfield
Amy
Christopher Browning
Penfield
Chris
Perfield
Jack
Mr. Browning
Alice
Peters
Mrs. Latimer
Jack Penfield
Dick Mason
West
Plains
Montana
Kitty Brown
Clarks
Bar T
New York
Latimers
Edward
England
John Ochiltree
Kent
Mary Griges
Maying
Mary
Richard Doyle
Doyle
John
Jon
Berlin
Detroit News-Tribune
What Is a White Man The Naturalization Bureau Debate
The Boston Globe reports the naturalization bureau in Washington questions the meaning of white. Encyclopedias say five races exist while officials name Arabs and Hindus as non white. The piece notes shifting views on Caucasians and Mongoloid categories and absurdities in defining whiteness for naturalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clile
Naturalization Bureau
Washington
Mlusfer
Naturalization ‘Bureau
Hitidoo
Caucasus
Boston Globe
Arctic Tragedy Hint From Floating Body Near Northbrooke Island
Captain Edwin Coffin of the Ziegler Polar Expedition recalls spotting a dark clothed body in icy waters near Rudolf Island on August 30. He suspects it may be the Swedish balloonist Andree or a member of the Abruzzi expedition, but fear of bad omens prevented retrieval or burial.
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Shen
Rudolf Island
Franz Jose Group
Northbrooke Island
Andree
Arctic
Edwin Coffin
National Magazine
Monticello School bids asked for heating and buildings
December 22 1910 Monticello Iowa invites sealed proposals for erection and completion of a central heating plant building for the Independent School District and for installation of heating and ventilating systems for a ten room graded school and a high school. Bids due January 22 1911 with certified checks. Plans available on deposit. The board may reject any bid or waive irregularities. Building committee John E Bateman C D Chase T M Redmond.
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Independent
Monticello
Iowa
Harry E. Netcott
Independence
Board of Directors
School Board of the
Independent School District
John E. Bateman
C. D. Chase
T. M. Redmond
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Advertisement Notice
A promotional note urging prompt treatment with Bucklen's Arnica Salve for wounds burns boils sores skin eruptions and other ailments. Claims quick healing and prevention of blood poisoning or gangrene. Appears as an old newspaper advertisement at O. H. Soetju's location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Soetju’s
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Calmar
Riggsley
Jerusalem
Clarissa Mackie
Sanderson
Browning
Inhosome
Penfiel
Liberia
Porter
H. F. Witt
Tone Sros
Bes Moines
Tone Bros
Spices
J &. Bateman
Deashe IN
W. Wirst St
Monticello, Iowa
Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell
J. 4
Doxber
Lovell Bisek
Lows
Dr. King
James M. Black
Asheville
N.C
O. H. Soetje
Vinton Eagle
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