Debunking the Conscience Fund Tales and World Facts
A compendium of historical trivia cites conscience money totals for 1913 and earlier years, hotel paper usage, and grand figures on milk value, the Kiel Canal, and the Cullinan diamond. It also includes notices on an administrator in Iowa, a poem about dogs, and miscellaneous civic data from early 20th century sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Federal Treasury
Ius
Treasury
Edison
New York
Frederick the Great
Arles Byrne
Royal College of Surons
London
Rome
America
Martin van Buren Bates
Kentucky
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kiel Canal
Schleswig
Brunsbuttel
Holtmane
North Sea
Baltic
Big Horn
Thermopolis
Wyoming
San Francisco
Central America
South America
Columbia
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Europe
Iowa Highway Fatalities Rise and Fall in 1919 Crashes
State Highway Commission reports 1919 deaths near 203 from high way accidents with 2,809 total accidents and 2,708 injuries. Across 1917 281 deaths and 5,100 accidents. 1918 237 deaths and 3,027 accidents. Crossing deaths: 62 in 1917 and 1918, 50 in 1919. Figures suggest a decline over three years amid 10,086 serious injuries and 11,000 broken and mangled souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Feld
District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
W. H. Norris
Anamosa
Towa
A. D
A. B. Norris & Floward
Leech
Doxsee
Rozinga Bronemann
E. Reed
Reed
Hetate
Charles I. Walter
Fels
George Ambuehl
Coxsee
Ark
Dallas News
Bryan
Iowna
J. H. Lubben
Asmoga Jowa
Harrigan Lubben
D. K. Brady
Alice M. Brady Matate
A. A. Clarke
Jones Co
William F. Walsworth
Mary
Tracy
Frank Miller
Stephen Miller
Loy Miller
Mary Miller
W. A. Hogan
Lydia
O. C. Johnston
Trustes
R. J. Belles
Belles
Harry K. Tompkins
Tompkins
Lizzie Paul
T . Paul
Thankful A. Holman
C. Holman
Harvey Tompkins
Mary June Knight
Adam Knight
Sarah Catherine Green
Joseph Green
Sherman Tompkins
Cora Tompkins
Orrin Tompkins
Hva Tompkins
Mary McDonough
J. C. McDonough
Kittle Mackrill
Mackrill
Leota Mackrill
John Brentlet
Bruntlet
Jgdwin Mills
Millis
Israel Pelkey
Pelkey
Moore Briggs
Briggs
Joseph Shedek
Shedek
John Brunkett
Brunkett
M.D. Johnson
Johnson
Mathias Scrivens
Scrivens
Anthony Waggoner
Waggoner
John Sims
Sims
Jessie R. Tompkins
Guy W. Tompkins
Martin Dreibelbis
Dreibelbis
Stephen L. Gilbert
Gilbert
A. T. Wilkins
Wilkins
M. Franks
Sarah D. Franks
Devisees
Renal
Lown
Alghty-Five
Onslow
Town
Salad County
B. B. Rhinehart
Platntitfs
Washington Post
Dry Bill Bryan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Central Lumber & Coal Co
G. P. Rockstad
Sinclair Refining Co
Monticello
Jones County Savings Bank
Henry W. Jacobs
Chevrolet
J. A. Waddick
Monticello, Iowa
McCormick
Deering
William Parlin
McCormick, Deering
Parlin
International Harvester
Harvester Company
the Harvester Company
E. L. Himebaugh & Son
Center Junction, Iowa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!