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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1916

Page

4

Jones County Supervisors Hear Electric Line Grant

Jones County Iowa Board grants Iowa Electric Company rights to erect and maintain poles and wires along select highways after a July 3 1916 hearing with no objections. Measures ensure safety, non exclusivity, and 20 year term with conditions and county indemnity.

Anamosa J. F. Waggoner Jackson Township Downing Streeper Moattett Iowa Electric Company Board of Supervisors Jones County Iowa St. P. M Anamosa Journal A. D Witist John Thomson Moffett John Countryman Wyoming Anamona Mra Vera Borah Hale John F. Rothwedder Nigger Point Church Hale Township Scotch Grove Madison So Corner Hengineer Monticello Castle Grove Lovell Onslow Cascade Fairview Township Madison Township Wayne Township Voorheen Pragent Hanssen Schneider Lang Bell Olity Rockatad Towilt South Chestnut Street Second Atrest North Cedar Street Main Street Gill Street Gil Gtroat Fourth Street Fifth Third and Washington Walnut Street Hirat Street Second Street

Coral Reefs and Their Formation as Sea Fortresses

A compact look at how coral reefs form from carbonate shells and polyp life, explaining why reefs surround islands, create harbors, and include inlets that allow vessel entry. It notes reefs grow opposite streams and depend on seawater for nutrients, with a coastal Los Angeles Times excerpt and a humor vignette from a Philadelphia Ledger column about a child wishing hens would lay something other than eggs.

Los Angeles Times Marie Philadelphia Ledger

Old Time Pitchers and Baseball's Shifting Fortunes

A nostalgic survey of early greats like A G Spalding and Charles Radbourne, detailing their triumphs with the Boston Nationals and Providence, plus other stars such as Tim Keefe John Clarkson Rube Waddell Cy Young and Anius Itusie. The piece notes the toll of fame and health, the rise of wealth, and enduring records in early pro ball.

Spalding Rockford Boston Nationals Boston Charles Radbourne Radbourne Providence Charles Sweeney Hill Anius Stusie Itusie Bancroft Cleveland John T. Brush Cincinnati Rusl Tim Keefe John Clarkson Keefe New York Clarkson Mim Keefe Rube Waddell Rube Cy Young Philadelphia Ledger

Blessed Ignorance and the Elephant’s Turret Tale

A London Chronicle item recalls a tradition that Caesar used elephants in Britain. It narrates a turret mounted on an elephant to cross the Thames, with bowmen and slingers aboard, scaring Britons into flight.

Caesar Britain Island Thames London Chronicle

Fragonard Panels and Color Blindness Notes

The Fragonard panels reportedly arose from Countess du Barry’s lavish spending and a dispute with Mme. du Barry that kept the works from her chateau. Additionally, color blindness is described as a 65 to 1154 ratio to normal sight, linked to Priestley’s 1777 claim.

Countess du Barry Mme. du Barry Priestley

Our Teacher Am in Sight Correction

The exchange presents a classroom correction where Jimmie rewrites the sentence to fix the error. The intended correction is stated as Our teacher am a sight.

Jimmie

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Supervisors’ Proceedings Thomaen K. J. Hines H. J. Hines Q. A. Fisher Harl Boyer S. W. Clark J. Hines Hines E. J. Hines Supervisors Mistrav Dascom Rudolph Bohren W K Pearson S J Beam Geo A Fisher Costa Blahnik George Johnson E Rhinehart Moore Geo O Gorman the Recorder Earl Boyer J F Whalen ET Leete K McDaniel S Pieper Ristine George Darrow Vandermark Bisenius & Sona J E Guersey J Hanson N Kehoe Liddy & Rickless McMickle Drug Co Mulvihill W Rummel A L Remley B Skinner O C Stephens Seward White EJ Yount HO Young J B Oswald G P Rockstad J L Arduser E B Hubbard E E Hong F W Ferring Isaac Schneider B R Tuel Louis Scherrer Howard Leech N C Holst E F Rohwedder HQ Manuel Joseph Wassen OU A Gable Manford Jeffrey John Henak Alex Beatty JB Fagan Nic Manternach Jane Moreland AM Taylor BR Easterly John Fagan D O Sinclair John J Fagan Charles Gavin Peter Robinson Fred Pleuger R D Cooley GM Hoogeboom Henry Vanda A Ray Fairbanks SM Hosford L F Balster Theo Bebrendy JL English C O Stephens Edward Lavey Earl Freeman A A Clarke Lee Reid DG McDaniel EL Harvey C V Fisher P E Lowe Geo K Macomber HH Freeman QJ Hughes O M Holst Dennis Dullea J E Stabill P B Daly OT Ruhe PA Jansen DA White Fred Chipman Ray Fairbanks W Day Orr Balleta Thos Moran E M Bagley Walter O Ronen D F Dearborn A H Sherman L Ringer J E Dumont DS Ellison D Chipman E L Kohl C E Garretson J P Ellison Henry Krusa John Morrissey Nathan Carter Guy Byerly O W Brazelton HS Lee City of S W Clark Lena Petersen Les Rathbun Helen Wessels Milo Caldwell Weir Bennett HE Beam Crispin-Hartman Co Moise Harry Chase Otto Duis Franks & Son LE Himebaugh Iowa Telephone Co Iowa Electric Co Mills & Roltman Midland Chemical Co Prahm Leech & Co Weber Hardware Co Maggie Thompson J M Young County Insane Curtis Long Mattie Mess Anmosa Hareka Claima Crescent Calendar J T Lanigan Maxro Ross Company Ribbone MecMickle Drug Co Monticello Express Metropolitan Supply Co Bks Office A. al Soper D’m’gs A Larson Jacob Birk Iowa Tel Ca Geo P Rogers J Hines Gothers Welch Cub Wolves N P Clark Ralph Zimmerman Austin Stadtmueller A Waddick Nanone Hanken Edgar Sutton G A Peet C Hartman J I Hay H F Dearborn Thos Slater John Walsh Ed Foley Bowen G W Johnson John W Goodman W Beaman J B Dumont F*hathaway Niel Conway B E Giltrap C A Beeme KJ A Belknap van Underwood J O Bauer Jesse Ballou J P Larsen Don E L Vroman E Hay GH George Geo Ambnehl Alla Ale Lud O F Saxon J R Kennedy C W McMaster J A Mulvihill John Stout MN Kremer George P Rogers B Doming P Rogers L Bool An Bootha John Moreland Scott Hardware Co Justice Court State of Iowa Fred Hawley MaIntyre Soper Obas Bauserman F B Sigworth Bishop Soldier's Relief Garrison Alepaugh TS Ralston Luther van DeMark Carrie Newton Newell Gillilan Lottie Starkweather Kate Flynn John Carson George Conrad Will Hartman John Tarpening L Brimacomb Thos Levien UO Robinson Sigworth Geo O Lawrence J Mills Alice Ralston Julia VandeMark Nick Kehoe W W Hunter Thomasen John F W Allen FW Allen AJ Burda F Bramer Henry Bramer John Buchholtz R Byerly L R Buchholtz Clinton Bridge Works Frank Dusanek H B Gardner Johnn E Gable Amos Jeffrey Lyon Amamosa Lumber Co Bullock Bros Behrends Byerly R K Behren J Cass Obas Foley J A Gordon L Hanssen Independence Frank Jacque E M Kerr Fagan Bridge Ed McBride Nebraska Bridge H Nickel James Quigley O A Sutherland Joseph T Kula Lafe Lindly Lister Bros Moss Geo Mesks Mills & Holtman Potter Pard Miller John Neville Michael Neville Nebraska Bridge & Lumber Co Porter Wm Richards Nico Schwirtz C Stephens B Smith S$ Sampica Mottett Hay Independence Corrugated Jay F Morrissey I McCrea AP Neilsen Otto Otten Harry Porter D H Peiper Frank Larby C R Taylor H M Tiffany Hanken Kerr EM Kerr Engina Mead John O O'Brien JW Orr Poause Russell Cf Whorry Iabor Leonard Bridge CB Whorry Nature Grubbs Binks Stubbs Richmond Times-Dispatch
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