Jones County Officials Audit Report of 1910 Receipts
The record details quarterly and annual fee collections by county officers in 1910. It lists deeds mortgages chattel mortgages releases and miscellaneous fees in the recorder and clerk offices, with totals, deposits, and summaries to the board of supervisors and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal
W. A. Hogan
Recorder
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Earl Boyer
Iowa
Hon. Board of Supervisors
H. G. A. Harper
Dist
J Conway
W Daywitt
F Garber
W K Pearson
Hartwig
P Holden
Klenzer & Brown
Rubl
H O Frink
Joslin & Stover
Joe Morine
Rushford
Watters
Hon
Teachers’ Institute Fund
Married by Accident in a Block of Identical Houses
A man slips into the wrong house and discovers a bright light reveals Lois, the girl next door, with her strict aunt present. They improvise a tale of a noon wedding to avoid scandal, later convincing Aunt Jane to keep the secret as they plan a proper engagement and eventual ceremony. The tale ends with a church wedding unseen by the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois
Jane
Aunt Jane
Clever Ruse Brings Aunt Abigail and Uncle Robert Together
A homebound couple fret over Aunt Abigail moving in and Uncle Robert clashing over politics and wine. A staged ruse binds them, but the pair walk into marriage, leaving the narrator with 20000 dollars. He uses 5000 to fund a compromise home for the elderly pair and buys them an annuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Scott
Escaped With His Life From a Cough Cure Testimonial
H B Martin of Port Harrelson recalls nearly dying twenty one years ago from consumption and a severe cough. After failing with top Georgetown doctors, he found relief using Dr Kings New Discovery for throat and lung ailments. The ad promotes a 60 cent to 1.00 dollar bottle with a free trial at O H Soetje's.
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Port Harrelson
Georgetown
D. C
Jose Tops As Mexico's Favorite Name On San Jose Day
The name Jose is the most popular in Mexico, evidenced by telegraph offices hiring many extra messengers on the feast of San Jose to deliver felicitations to those named Jose, more than on any other day including New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose
Mexico
San Jose
Honeymoon Hunt
A Boston Globe snippet reflects a mother advising a future daughter-in-law with lines praising virtue and fault. The note suggests a mother’s wisdom for managing a son and shaping family harmony as a mother-in-law.
Good Sense and its Value in Human Judgment
The quote praises good sense as a hard earned virtue built over centuries. It describes sense as a jewel valued by those who recognize its loss or observe others' lives without it. It asserts no price is too high to gain and keep this discerning eye and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wagner
South Bend
Dream Foretold Mary A Death by Distant Brother
A dying girl Mary A. predicts her death in a dream telling her sister to summon parents. She dies before sunrise. A sailor brother returns home and says Mary appeared to him in a dream the same night, confirming the death. The two dreamings align on the same date. London News reports the eerie tale.
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Mary A
Miss A
Goodby
Mary
London News
Musical prodigy Richard Strauss amazes at six
A designer recalls Richard Strauss as a child prodigy who began composing at six during a Christmas celebration. He later wrote polka and schottische pieces before a Symphony debuted at Munich with Herman Levi conducting. One onlooker asked what the boy had to do with it, and was told nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Strauss
Richard
Strauss
Herman Levi
Munich
Banyreuth
A Knock For Mother Daughter Dialogue
A brief exchange features a daughter and mother debating marriage and study. The daughter resists marriage yet aims to study while the mother scorns the idea, arguing men will mock such choices. The dialogue captures midcentury gender expectations and tensions.
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Boston Transcript
Monticello bids sought for school heating and building
Notice from Monticello Iowa December 22 1910 invites sealed bids for erection of a central heating plant building for the Independent School District and for heating and ventilating a ten room graded school and a high school. Bids due by 4 pm January 22 1911 with deposits and bonds required. Plans available on deposit. The school board may reject bids or waive irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Independent
Harry EH
Netcott
Independence
Board of Directors
School Board of
The
Independent School District
John E. Bateman
D. Chase
T. M. Redmond
Farm for Sale in South Fork Township Delaware County
154 acre Alexander Livingston farm two miles east of Sand Springs and three miles from Hopkinton Iowa soils described as rich black prairie land with comfortable commodious buildings for price and terms contact H Putnam Monticello Iowa
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South Fork Township
Delaware County
Alexander Livingston
Sand Springs
Hopkinton
H, Putnam
Monticello
Iowa
Parson's Poem a Gem Praises New Life Pills
A brief ad praises Dr. King's New Life Pills by Rev H Stubenvoll and H Soetje in Allison Iowa. It touts the pills as a health necessity available at 26 cents and urges readers to try them if other remedies failed. The prose implies a religious endorsement and promotes the product at a local shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson
H. Stubenvoll
Allison
Dr. King
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Supervisors’ Proceedings
Kate Maurice
Willard Blakeman
American Press Association
Abigail
Granky
Robert
Billy
Uncle Robert
Abi
Gail
St. Paul
Panny
Uncle
Boston Globe
U. S
Register and Leader
Des Moines
H. F. Witt, Jeweler
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Frone Bros
Tohe Bros
Tone Bros. Spices
DR. A. M. Maurice
Lovell Block
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Prop
Chamberlain
O. H. Soetie
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