Jones County Supervisors Approve 1912 Fiscal Reports
The Jones county board meets in regular session with all members present except Murfield. Reports from Recorder, Clerk, Sheriff, and Auditor are approved, including April-June 1912 fee totals and school fund balances. A loan of 2000 to Catherine Daly and Philip Daly is discussed, tax refunds approved, and a Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway transmission-line petition granted for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
Murfield
Noyes
Finn
Thomson
Hale
Recorder’s
Hon. Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Iowa
Hart Boyer
District Court
H. G. A. Harper
Jones
Catherine Daly
Swix
Wayne Township
Thomsen
Philip Daly
L. A
Wyoming Township
F. M. Benedict
Cass Township
George W. Bottomstone
Wyoming
J. H. Sanderson
Moarfield
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway and Light Company
Township Eighty-Four
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Wapsipinicon River
Claims Against Jones County Detailed Outside Poor
A long list itemizes salaries, provisions, services, and rent paid by Jones County for the poor and county home subjects. Payments include Dr J B E Davies 3 75, W A Mirick 605, Prospect Park Sanitarium board 50, Sue Penny 5 00, rent lines for Mrs Gordon and others, and numerous suppliers for seed corn, meats, clothing, beds, and building work totaling many dollars. County Home steward J H Sanderson and various vendors are named with exact sums.
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S D Alspaugh
J BE Davies
John E Gable
Mirick
Stratilek
Tyler & Downing
Prospect Park Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Sue Penny
Gordon
Stafford
Bert F Scott
Mrs Akers
Jas Penny
Wm Flaherty
Austin First
J A Hartman
Ben D Herren
Hanken & Jacobs
John Holub
Sam Hutton
EW Harrison
Ramsey Hinriksen
Colonel Fitzhugh's duel ends in comic pot of pea soup
A Maryland tale recounts Colonel Fitzhugh of Calvert county resolving a political feud with humor. When challenged after a joint debate absence, he selects the weapon as a boiling pea soup pot and two ladies as spectators, proposing hot soup throws until peace is made.
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New York Sun
Maryland
la Mancha
Fitzhugh
Calvert County
Itzhugh
Whig Party
St. Leonard’s Creek
Colonel Fitzhugh
A Lesson in Manners from a Railroad President
In a humorous tale, Stuyvesant Fish of the Illinois Central explains etiquette to Pat Casey, a switchman who asks for a pass to St. Louis. After a second attempt, Casey correctly introduces himself and receives the request form. A second vignette follows with an Irish beggar woman praising the judge’s eyesight, and a man jokes about needing spectacles.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Minois Central Railroad
Fish
Pat
President Fish
Pat Casey
The
Illinois Central
Mr. Casey
Father Was Neglected
A brief vignette about a three year old named David who resists teeth brushing and quips that his father wishes his mother had brushed his hair instead. The exchange reveals a light family moment focusing on parenting and memory.
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David
Papa
A Delicate Compliment and Notions on Character
A fragment cites a Louisville Courier Journal quip about a gown compliment and a restaurant owner inviting the speaker to sit by the window to lend charm to his place. It asserts that high aims form high characters and great objects bring out great minds from Edwards.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Edwards
Preacher’s Wife Receives Cautious Welcomes at Chapel
A preacher brings his wife to services and she is warmly greeted by a steward who seats her and offers a hymn book. After the sermon the steward compliments the minister and adds a whispered remark that he seldom sees a preacher as poor as the one in the pulpit every Sunday.
Turkey With a Record Baffles Neighbor and Buyer
An old English turkey breeder sold a neighbor a prize winning bird praised for a long show record. The buyer, Wells, found the turkey tough and overpriced and confronted the seller about the alleged deception. The vendor claimed the bird’s eleven year county poultry show wins proved its quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Madan
The Judge's Suggestion Referee Trio Chosen
In a Maine interior county a long running suit was ordered referred to three fair referees by Judge Peters. He proposed selecting one lawyer and two honest men due to legal points involved, invoking judicial dignity with a wry smile.
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Interior
Maine
Peters
Senator Clarence Watson Described With Quiet Joviality
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt portrays West Virginia Senator Clarence Watson as a solemn yet jovial figure. The piece recalls his friend Doc Cook who ran a sanitarium that became conflated with a morgue after a string of patient deaths.
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Clarence Watson
West Virginia
Watson
Doc” Cook
D. I
Philadelphia Ledger
Best of It No Matter Sorrow and Suffering
A reflective poem urging resilience amid misfortune. It encourages turning sorrow into acceptance and finding the silver lining, noting misfortune can be borne by all and no one has died from it. It advises bearing the burden with steady resolve.
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Pymaine
Avery
Couldn’t Bend the Horns
A farmer calls his son to harness a donkey at night. The frosty night caused the cow to enter the stable and spook the donkey. The son struggles as the donkey resists and the father discovers the stalled scene. The dialogue uses era slang and a humorous miscommunication.
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Hariness
Jack
Enraged Gander Stalks Soldier in Civil War Tale
A Maine regiment in 1862 faced a foraging hardship as a gander pursued a retreating soldier. The man fled toward camp while the bird flapped with angry screams, finally halted by fellow troops using a musket butt. The incident, tied to a cod line bait joke, ends with disbelief at the bird’s stamina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Gander
Tammy Tennyson and the table legs incident at a club dinner
At a club dinner Tammy Tennyson recalls Alfred Tennyson insisting on putting his feet on the table before guests rose. Attempts to curb him failed until Brookfield whispered you are Longfellow, prompting Tennyson to lower his legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy Tennyson
Tennyson
Brookfield
Old Brooks
Alfred
Longfellow
Rough on the Major at a Toast for Major Clacquer
Captain Jinks hosted a party with a toast list for Major Clacquer. His deaf wife boasted of his fondness for children, claiming he could hold two or three babies on his lap. The major overheard and corrected the tease, sparking laughter at the table.
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Jinks
Major Clacquer
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Old Bridge
Ibr
Bohnhoff
John Thomsen
Sid Meyer
Plank
Shimanek
Dubuque County
J E Gilmore
Louis Gardner
Eclipse Lumber Co
Eclipse Lumber, Co
Joe Henry
Thad Ward
M. G Allever
Center Junction
E. L. Himebaugh
Scotch Grove
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