Curiosities of the Law and Unusual Court Rulings
A survey of odd legal terms and their meanings across state and national courts. It cites definitions of umbrella as punishment, thalweg as river midline, thousand as 1200, wearing apparel boundaries, achnapps as gin, spinster scope, and other curious phrases with brief court references. The piece highlights how judges interpret language in diverse jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Iowa
Illinois
Iand
Ohio Supreme Court
Oregon
Missouri
Supreme Court
Vermont
New York
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
California
Supreme Courts
America
Schiedam
Holland
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
New York Supreme Court
North Carolina Supreme Court
Nebraska Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Georgia
Monticello Jones County Fair Declares Dividend
The Manchester Press compares Monticello and Anamosa fairs with Delaware County Fair noting dividend gains from circus attractions while Delaware County Agricultural Society struggles with $2500 debt and unpaid premiums. It questions Anamosa’s finances previously deemed sound by the Anamosa Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Press
Jones County Fair Association
Monticello
Anamoga
Delaware County
Delaware County Agricultural Society
Anamosa Journal
Move to fix deputy and clerk pay for county treasurers
At the Des Moines convention county treasurers push for adequate deputy and clerk compensation. Poweshiek County Treasurer C C Hunt reports from 63 counties that most treasurers earn 1500 annually, with deputy pay widely varied and often inadequate.
Local Iowa papers poke fun at free advertising supplements
The Cedar Rapids Republic notes Iowa newspapers circulate Eastern syndicate supplements at no cost, sometimes with the syndicate even paying monthly express charges. These inserts carry cheap ads from inexpensive firms, and local papers that criticize the bait end up distributing the material and paying postage themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa notices and obituaries from Anamosa and surrounding counties
Mr and Mrs C W Coe of Anamosa celebrate their golden wedding on the 29th. Henry D Muehe named postmaster at Dyersville to succeed Gibbons. Samuel H Ensign a Farley pioneer dies aged 72. W G Kenyon a Manchester pioneer dies after illness from two carbuncles. Manchester youth skate fad mirrors a past generation. H B Shoemaker elected Dubuque high school botany chemistry teacher. H Zigler of Oxford Junction granted patent for trouser stretcher and presser. Miss Maud E Dalby dies at Olin aged 36 after long illness. Arthur M Tschirgi and Fred Weldon named naval cadets to Annapolis. Two Waterloo grocers held on oleomargarine sale without stamp. Dr J F McCarthy dies in Iowa City after hernia operation. Clayton county saloon indictments total forty nine. Rev Dr Cady challenged to a saloon debate by a laboring man. Center Grove Dubuque county girl Viola Bumgartner walks a mile asleep. Walter G Watt Cedar Rapids attorney and clerk to legislature declared insane. L E Schmidt Clinton attorney and John Montague arrested for alleged blackmail. Estate dispute over Mrs John McNally near Anamosa features separated spouses and possible common law claims. Alexander W Philips of Boston repays old debts to Dubuque creditors including $900 to Mrs Jacob Zangmaster. Rockefeller donates $32 million for education. debate over centralization vs spread of higher ed. Pearson urged dispersal of institutions. Atlanta Journal cites Thaw lecture plan if acquitted. In the Legislature little business. two cent fare bill advances, affecting earnings bands. Bryan addresses joint assembly after a two-hour session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Muehe
Dyersville
Gibbons
Samuel H. Ensign
Farley
Dubuque County
W. G. Kenyon
Manchester
H. B. Shoemaker
Reinbeck
Dubuque
Zigler
Oxford Junction
Dades
Maud E. Dalby
Olin
Arthur M. Tschirgi
Fred Weldon
Iowa Falls
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Waterloo
Iowa
J. F. McCarthy
Iowa City
Clayton County
Silenti
Dr. Cady
First Congregational Church
Viola Bumgartner
Center Grove
Walter G. Watt
Cedar Rapids
House Journal
State University
L. E. Schmidt
Clinton
John Montague
Montague
John McNally
Anamosa
Mr. McNally
McNally
Alexander W. Philips
Boston
February 1887 Monticello notices and events recap
February happenings include two weddings Nelson Curtis and Jessie McDonald on the 10th and J W Coxsee with Miss Jensie Fawcett on the 8th Salem Ohio. A four week Presbyterian revival closes. Mikado restaurant owner Tom Bixby assigns. Delia Alloway dies aged 14. Cast of Dream of Fair Women performs at Kinsella hall.
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Nelson Curtis
Misa Jessie McDonald
The
Presbyterian Church
Tom Bixby
J. W. Coxsee
Miss Jensie
Fawcett
Salem
Ohio
Sam Kahn
Delia A
J. M
Mary Alloway
Misa Fannie Clark
John Clark
George H. Newman
Boise City
Idaho
Mary Rundle
O. B. Rundle
F. A. Coyle
Harvard
Nebraska
Lodeska A. Clark
8S. G. Whitney
Long Pine
Cyrus Whittemore
Daniel Deischer
Castle Grove
Masonic Order
Bidwell Block
F. A. Jackson
Isaac Rigby
8. L. Gardiner
Kinsella Hall
Reader
Zelma Farwell
Helen of Troy
Edith Sherman
Iphigenia
Lucy Davidson
Cleopatra
W. A. Mirick
Jeptha
Lolla Hicks
Rosamond
Nellie Dunham
Joan of Arc
Grace Maurice
Property Transfers Chronicle Across Monticello Area
A string of real estate deeds shows transfers from H A L Bigley to Gerd Rickels and John Berman to Monticello Company, with multiple parcel descriptions in sections 21 24 and 33 among others. The Atlanta Journal notes 700000 telephones in America and a rise in profanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. L. Bigley
Gerd Rickels
Church of Christ
John Berman
Monticello
Monticello Company
L. Roche
Hugo Weber
Maurice Brown
Henry Heeren
Edward J. Heeren
Geo. H. Heeren
John Zemaastil
Frank 4Amaastil
J. L. Cole
A. A. Cole
Olin
Cronkhite
John Hammon
Lorenda M. Templeton
Edward Harms
Richardson
L. M. Matthiessen
Fred Matthiessen
Warrell
J. D. Saum
Truman G. Peet
E. Peet
Peter Duncan
John Wurzbacher
W. F. Tallman
Virginia L. Green
D. Bittner
Mark EI. Morse
J. W. Morse
Patrick Leonard
M. B. McQuillen
Cascade
Canton Road
G. M. Wolfe
L. G. Freeman
Easterly
Atlanta Journal
America
Will He Appreciate It From the Cedar Rapids Republican
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has told her story and made the supreme sacrifice of her life and honor to save the man who shot Stanford White. The witness yesterday may save Thaw's life and change the public's view of White. The piece questions whether the savior will be appreciated by her husband and his family after the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Nesbit
New York
Pittsburg
Monticello
Evelyn
Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Nehsit Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
White
Monticello Considers Standard Oil Warehouses
An ordinance grants Standard Oil Company a 15 year right to build warehouses tanks and other petroleum facilities within Monticello Iowa with a condition to indemnify the city against damages and to waive claims from repeal of ordinance 335. The plan includes land described near Kitty Creek and a possible lease with Fred Kellum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Monticello
Jones
Iowa
Indiana
Kitty Creek
Fred Kellum
City of Monticello
A. Kempf
J. A. Voorhees
Red headed janitress robs bank in Broadway confrontation
A masked woman enters a branch bank on upper Broadway with a forged check and coerces the paying teller. The teller demands identification but she exposes a personal connection to the Smith family and claims moral leverage. She exits with the cash, while an ad for Apex hog and cattle fence closes the page.
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Upper Broadway
Smith
Pileremin
Emily
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Des Moines
C. C. Hunt
Poweshiek County
Dothia
Board of Supervisors
Neighborhood News
C. W. Coe
Rockefeller
Pearson
House
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Express
Alps
Skeers
Legion
London Graphic
Davis’ Hardware
Coneseteteser
Reba
Beursce
Monticello State Bank
Lowell State Bank
Geo
L. Lovell
Ard
R. O. Stirton
Onahiar
J. W. Doxasa
HH. Sandhouse
W. Nicholas Holat
A. L. Fairbanks
W. A. Miriok
M. Bohodde
J.B. Hall
Majestic
Wilford
H.C. Bohlken’s
Oneida
Newhouse
Dept. A. Oneida Community, Ltd
Onetda, No
Harding Pub, CO
Columbus
Herrick & Bauder
H. M. Remony
James Remley
Remley
al’ Law
Laws
Offiea
Malin Street
Haasterly Hotel
J. W. Doxshe
Lovell Block
KE. EB. Reed
Burrlehter
Fred Puleston
Eflers & Bolton
Mirick & Inglis
Monticello Bank
A. M. Mauricr
D. D
Frici
Drake University
Capt. I
Earth
Anamosu
ST. P
Chicago
Omaha Seieeres
Colorado
Sioux City
Cedar
Omaha
St. Pa
St. Paul
Kansas City
Davenport
Farley , Calmar
Calmar Freight
Oxford Freight
Marion
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