Claims Against Jones County Roster of Accounts
District Court records list salaries, supplies, and fees for officials and staff, including H A Harper and C J Cash, along with numerous items from Anamosa Journal and W M Welch Co. The document catalogs bailiffs, reporters, sheriffs, auditors, treasure, clerks, and numerous road and bridge expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Harper
C J Cash
Felix F Pickworth
Anamosa Journal
R E Giltrap
W M Welch Co
EM Niles
Bagsey
H Burr
Burr
Joe Loder
Park Chamberlain
Ann Oxf
Joe Soper
Louis Gardner
Walter O Ronen
Ana Auto Oo
the Improvement Bulletin
J W Coxsee
A Hale
Stone City
Cass and
Fairview Two
McDaniel
M Welch Co
Matt Noyes
T J Finn
JK Hale
John Thomsen
Kate Maurice
Earl] Boyer
Anna Hanson
HE Beam
Ana Journal
Earl Boyer
Dubuque Tel Herald
W K Pearson
Chas L. Peterson
Court House
FM Bagley
Ana Oxf Jet Light & Power Co
Maurice Fay
Fred Richmond
Helen L Shaw
WM Welch
Justices Court
State of Iowa
Nathan Hunter
John Green
David Wilhelm
Charles Boot
Irene Manning
Hal Slater
J J Locher
HS Lee
Ben H Chamberlain
Wm Morse
E N Stoffell
W Q Wherry
L T Hamilton
William Breene
Frank Nowacheck
Lusia Korando
Helen Korando
Herrington
Gophers
Wolf
Fox
Dennis Dullea
Washington
F W Ferring
Monticello
Rodman
J M King
Roy Clark Jr
PD Bell
Isaac Schneider
Andrew Bejasch
AG Rodman
F L Berlin
G Schneider
GM Hogeboom
Wyoming
Frank Alien
Tolbert Edwards
DA White
H Orr
Ann Auto Oo
Shah of Persia in Radium Fright Described by Paoli
M. Xavier Paoli recounts the shah Muzaffar-ed-din’s terror in a Paris cellar as Prof. Curie demonstrated radium. Lights off, darkness hidden wonders, then a panic of the Persian ruler, ended when lights returned and the shah declined a decoration offer from Curie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Xavier Paoli
Paris
Persia
Muzaffar-ed-din
Curie
M. Paoli
Paoli
Professor Curie
M. Pauli
Shah
M. Curie
Blunders of Bullish Wit in Irish and English Contrast
The essay contrasts Irish and English bulls in humor and argument, praising Irish quick wit and biting phrases while noting some bulls arise from carelessness. It cites Gladstone, Balfour, and other figures, with examples from Irish political speech and everyday misreads, ending with a Ruskin quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Percy
Gladstone
M. P
Balfour
Lord Randolph Churchill
Leeds
Bradford
Ireland
Obadiah Bull
London
Percy
Thomas Myles
Dublin
England
Lord Russell of
Killowen
O'Shea
Dublin University
College Park
Describing Art by Renoir And The Unrepeatable Touch
Walter Pach records Renoir saying art resists rules and is born from instinct. He explains choosing colors to make tones sonorous, painting freely like a child, and seeks two qualities: describable yet inimitable. He contrasts Notre Dame with the Diffel tower and Graeco Gothic lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Walter Pach
Scribner's Magazine
Diffel Tower
Notre Dame
Pantheon
Rome
Naples
Royal Palace
Macklin’s Final Shylock Appears Failing on Stage
The English actor Macklin made a faltering final appearance as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. He mistook lines, sought prompter help, and showed memory loss, ending his career and life in Covent Garden, where he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macklin
Shylock
Portia
Tie
Elis
Covent Garden
Kansas City
Regulars Ponder After Dinner Hour Waiter Switch
In a New York City restaurant an amusing incident prompted three regular patrons to notice a different waiter. They asked after John and learned his hours had changed and he was out for dinner this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
John
New York Tribune
Paying for Flirting in Washington Street Gossip
Mrs Jellus accuses Mr Jellus of leering at fashionable women as they walked the street. He says he was taking notes on stylish gowns to buy her a handsome one, highlighting a domestic spat over appearance and spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jellus
Mr. Jellus
Washington Herald
Social Progress and a Bridge Score Insight
A Washington Star exchange questions interest in social problems. A severe ideals man asks, the tractable reply yes. The punch line credits the wife for teaching him to keep score in a bridge game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Suppressed. Little Clarence and the forty Thieves scene
The fragment shows a Punch-like exchange with a child asking about politics. Fatherly guidance from Mr Callipers frames the dialogue as a gentle moral vignette. The tone mirrors older humor periodical cartoons and social wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Papa
Mr. Callipers
Puck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Supervisors’ Proceedings
Jones County
O W Brazelton
Lovell
Mary A Boxwell
Greenfield
PB Daly
Wayne
Frank Dearborn
Hall
JB Dominy
East Richland
Geo W Davis
Geo Guyan
AL Hugegins
Jackson
J 1
Karl
Lanigan
J P Scroggs
Anamosa
H Sherman
Istward
D A White
Boothe
W Starks
J Wood
FH Bailey
Fred Chipman
E Kohl
Elm
Lewis Kohl
J P Merrill
Owen McConaughy
Clarence Miller
Elmer Rogers
John Vernon
W A Hogan
Eliza Cozart
H W Sigworth
Geo . Lawrence
Peter Levien
John Knight
Will Graft
E Norton
J F Whalen
Noyes
Leroy Clark
Peter Dress
Lowell Two
Alf Jackson
D Hayden
O P
Hanssen
Finn
Peter Chase
E Horton
Ed Supple Place
Clay
Chris Nachtrieb
Hines Bridge
George Klinkner
Klinkner
LE Mead
Hines
Nick Smith
Independence Corrugated
Kelly
Hale
Frank d’Autremont
E Foley
Fairview
C A Larson
Elmer Noble
Wm Flaherty
Marek
Foley
Thomsen
Eldred & Wherry
L Hanssen
Bingham
Philadelphia
Congress
Meyer
New Orleans
Baltimore
General Bingham
Philadelphia Mint
Statuary Hall
General Meyer
Louisiana Statesman
New York World
Milly
Bessie
London ‘Telegraph
IFW
Green Isle
Ruskin
Eclipse Lumber Co
Eclipse Lumber
Joe Henry
Locaton
Thad Ward
M. G. Allever
Towa
Stickney
W. F. Rohn
Monticello, Ia
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