Chautauqua Schedule Sets Music and Lectures Across Days
The remaining chautauqua days feature afternoon musicales at 2 30 and lectures at 3 with evening programs at 8. Thursday presents Ringsdorf Company and Lick Panama Canal talk. Friday offers Otterbein quartet, McKinley lecture on Japanese in America, then more songs and skits. Saturday includes Arthur Love Co performances, Travis pardon lecture, and Vinton travelogue. Sunday includes Ferrante Hungarian Orchestra with a literature lecture and grand concert finale.
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Ringsdorf Musical Company
Panama Canal
Byron L. Lick
Otterbein
America
Duncan McKinley
Arthur Love Co
de Hull N. Travis
Michigan Board of Pardons
Pagoda Land
Sumner R. Vinton
Ferrante
Father D. J. Cronin
No Kids in the Canning Factories
Des Moines labor officials report canning operators will fully enforce child labor laws. A. L. Urick cites cooperation, with last year’s warning to stop employing under fourteen. Employers praise the law as a real help and Iowa’s canning men praised for sanitary, lawful conduct.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
A. L. Urick
Canneiag
Iowa
Household Hints for Safe Laundry and Cleaning
Practical advice on blueing clothes in hard water using milk, moth prevention with turpentine, cleaning ivory and piano keys with chalk oil and ammonia, stove fat removal with a rag, and preventing flannel shrinking by soap boil wash and quick drying with a warm iron. It offers concise step by step methods and cautions for household care.
Glove mixup leads to blush and a chilly date
At a Kansas dry goods shop a young man buys gloves for his sweetheart and a sister buys hose. The clerk mixes the items. The sweetheart finds stockings with a suggestive note. The fellow calls Tuesday night, but it ends with no home won.
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Atchison Globe
Here
Manchester Protest Fails to Block Anti Catholic Lectures
Business leaders oppose a planned anti Catholic lecture series in Manchester. W H Bolesen booked the opera house but the manager canceled. Speakers threaten to set up a tent for talks, while local merchants fear worsening religious tensions.
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Manchester
W. H. Boles
Opera House
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Barleycorn seeks party sponsor
In Iowa a political party will unlikely back John Barleycorn as a business sponsor. The local note hints at political and business tensions affecting support in the region.
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John Barleycorn
Iowa
The Man Who Was Laughed At Ends with Rosa’s Choice
Rancher Muldrough scorns a homely suitor Jabez Stubbs who seeks Rosa Muldrough. Rosa forgives and accepts Stubbs after learning he is wealthy, but she marries for love not money. Stubbs becomes the state’s richest man while Muldrough faces the consequences of pride.
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Muldrough
Rosa
Jabez Stubbs
Missouri
West
Rosa Muldrough
Stubbs
Dime Savings Bank of Independence
Mr. Stubbs
Wonderful May Wirth Bareback Rider Attracts Fame
The article praises May Wirth as the era’s top bareback rider, noting her skill and daring in circus performances. It describes how Barnum popularity spurred riders to constant innovation and sensational feats.
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Barham
May Wirth
Russian rider May Wirth to compete at Iowa State Fair
May Wirth travels over 5000 miles from St Petersburg Russia to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair Aug 26 to Sept 4. Her success in Olympia London Paris and St Petersburg earns high praise from Iowa officials who expect strong crowd appeal and popularity.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
May Wirth
Olympia
London
Paris
France
Iowa
Des Moines
Educational Outing at Iowa State Fair Camps
The Iowa State Fair offers a delightful camping outing that blends recreation and education. Facilities include ely water electric lights close amenities with a nearby grocery and regular milk wagons. The fair runs August 26 to September 4 drawing thousands of campers each year.
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Towa
Good Reason Maud Wants Jack's Attentions Reports
In a brief quip from the Boston Transcript Maud declines marriage despite Jack's attentions. Marie jokes that she prefers his attentions to matrimony.
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Maud
Jack
Marie
Boston Transcript
Anamosa Supervisors Award Road and Bridge Contracts
The Jones county board opened bids for road improvement and bridge work. Bridge No. 88 awarded to F M Klinkner for 348. Bridge No. 71 to Mershon & Son for 495. Road work to O B Smith for 2214. Item 1 bridge 82 bids rejected. readvertise for 32 foot cement top. Item 2 laid over to August 3. Other actions include publication of resolution of necessity seven and relocation of a road in Rome township. Meeting adjourned to August 3, 1914.
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Anamosa
Jones County
F. M. Klinkner
Mershon & Son
O. B. Smith
Hale
H. D. Miller
Rome Township
C. B. Smith
Ohslow
Notice of Quiet Title in Jones County District Court
In Jones County Iowa September Term 114 Christ Tschants sues Tsaiah Williams and others including unknown heirs to quiet title to the east half of the west four acres of the southwest quarter of section 1 township 8 north range west fifth meridian. Plaintiffs claim ownership in fee simple and adverse possession over ten years, asking to bar all claims. Defendants must answer by noon of the second day of the term commencing September 4 1914. otherwise default and judgment. Notice published four consecutive weeks in Monticello Express.
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District Court of the
State of
Iowa
Jones County
Christ Tschants
Tsaiah Williams
Isaiah Williams
William Henderson
Lizzie B. Henderson
John J. Henderson
Etta Henderson
George Henderson
Emma Jane Sweesy
William Sweesy
District Court
District Court of
Towa
J.J. Locher
Towit
Charisbers
Monticello
Notice to Owners of Lots Liable For Special Assessments
City levies special assessments on streets including South Cedar Grand Washington Clark and War vel with six percent interest from June 24 1914. Owners may pay now or in seven annual installments by signing at the city clerk’s office by August 24 1914. If paying in installments election must be made by August 24. otherwise full amount due March 1 1915. Dated July 28 1914. Mayor C L Van Meter.
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Town
South Cedar
Grand
Washington
Clark
Warvel
Jones County
Ss. Tn District Court
John McDonald
Williams. Brown
H. M. Carpenter
William McDonald
Elizabeth McDonald Hurry
Helen Smith
John A. McDonald
J. L. McDonald
Geo. D. McDonald
James McDonald
Eliza Serbousek
Mary Ellen McDonald
Maggie McDonald Davis
A. W. McDonald
I. E. Canty
Sarah J. Canty
Anna L. Canty
Blanche Canty
Mary Evelyn Canty
Children's Home Funding Association
Ottumway
Children's Home Society
Des Moines
Iowa
Monticello State Bank
Anamosa
State of Iowa
Frances Conner
William C. Brown
Robert C. Stirton
Mary Cabalan
Commissariat of
Holy Land
Mary Bobleter
Amelia Kiburz
Kate Uel
Arvilla Juel
Oliver Kiburz
Louisa Darling
Geo. L. Lovell
H. S. Richardson
J. W. Conmey
A. QO. Sones
Land bargains and farm listings flood South Dakota area
Classified notes advertise wild and improved farms in South Dakota with prices ranging from 110 to 180 dollars per acre. Also offers for sale fine residences, general teaming services, and land listings in Iowa near county seats with 110 to 177.50 dollar per acre ranges and terms via L. R. Jacobs.
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South Dakota
J. A. Voorhees
Iowa
Station
L. R. Jacobs
Sioux City’s Tom Taggart Question Stirring City Debate
Sioux City residents debate who the public figure Tom Taggart represents in local lore, highlighting the nickname Indianapolis of Iowa and its historical echoes regarding growth and civic identity.
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Boone News-Republican
Sioux City
Indianapolis
Iowa
Tom Taggart
For Sale in Monticello Iowa by W W Stickford
Local classified notice announces sale in Monticello Iowa by W W Stickford and distributed through druggists nationwide. It notes availability and distribution channels without additional details.
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Monticello
W. W. Stickford
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Veal
London Illustrated Bits
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L. G. Stabler
H. M. Byers
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C. J. Bucklin
Peter Egger
W. Balsiger
Cascade Mercantile Co
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W. M Welch
St Anamosa
Etta
Welch
Verdon O. Welch
State of Ohio
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Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Sf. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
J. W. Doxler
Lovell Block
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New York
Broadway
54Th Street
Stimson
Hotel Imperial
J. E. Bateman
Mayr
T. A. Neall
Roanoke
Exas
Mmayr
Geo. H. Mayr
Mfg
Whiting St
Chicago
H. C. Bohlken
P. B. Counterman
Joplin
Chamberlain
Kettlitz & Kay
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Harry E. Netcott
Independence, Iowa
Chiropractic Monticello State Bank
N. Garnavilla St
L. A. Beaver
D.C
M. W. Herrick
Reed Herrick & Reed Attorneys AT Law
POST
Vella Lumber & Coal Company
Ger
Fred Pulerton
Elers & Bolton
HM Reaury
James Rendry
Remley & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Main Street
Eaxterly Hotel
Willengare
A.M. Maurice D. OD
Covell
E. G. Rawson
Onslow, Iowa
W. A. Mirick
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L. P. Waddick
Monticello, Ia
Kita
Deming
ALBO
Whittemore Bros. & CO
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