Underground Water Resources of Jones County Iowa
A summary of United States Geological Survey findings on Jones County underground water sources. The Niagara dolomite is the main aquifer, with variable depths from near the surface to over 800 feet in places. Wells range from 40 to 401 feet in depth, with many exceeding 100 feet. Springs feed creeks along Maquoketa and North Maquoketa, and public wells in Monticello and Anamosa illustrate varying water temperatures and pressures. Continuous drilling reveals buried river channels and high water levels on bluffs and ridges, while some towns rely on shallow or deeper wells for city supplies.
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United States
Iowa
United States Peological Survey
W. H. Norton
Jones County
Richland
Washington
Monticello
Maquoke
Richland Township
R. M. Hicks
J. F. Moore
Caastle Grove
Argand
Niagara
Maquoketa
Scotch Grove
Hilla
Kitty Creek
Maquoketa Food Plain
Amber
Onslow
Wapsipinicon
Newport
Morley
Martelle
Fairview
North Maquoketa
J. Kiburz
Narrows
J. P. Miller & Co
Chicago
Wapsipinicon River
State Penitentiary
Muni
Cipality
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Olin
Oxford Junction
Oxford Mills
Stone City
Wyoming
Beaver Creek
A. W. Cramer
J. M. King
M. Brown
A B. Harms
C. A. Schatz
J. EF. Moore
Seed corn maturity test at Jones county poor farm
The 1915 weather stressed germination and 1916 seed corn, prompting the county board of supervisors to back a field yield and maturity test at the county poor farm. Fifty-one samples from forty farmers are compared side by side to identify superior local breeds versus imported varieties Reed's yellow dent Silver Mine Calico Northern Iowa yellow dent and Southern Illinois yellow dent. A community husking event will weigh and judge each row to guide future planting choices and avert major financial losses from poor yielding corn.
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Iowa
County Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Illinois
Board of
How Do They Get The Fifty Mr Vernon Hawkeye
In London the school board requires teachers to deposit 50 as a forfeit if elected and fail to fulfill their contract. The rule aims to prevent griefs among school board members unsure of securing a full teaching staff until the term begins.
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Vernon Hawkeye
London
First Telegraph Message Tells of Morse Invention Origins
A Youths Companion correspondent and Alfred Vail’s son recounts that the first electric message in 1838 passed Morristown and New York, using early dot dash notation before letters were organized. Vail’s journal notes the 11 January test and the later 24 January letter message “Attention the universe by kingdoms right wheel.” The Smithsonian holds the original record showing Vail’s penciled letters beneath each character. Vail’s work spurred years of development and much of today’s telegraph design.
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Alfred Vail
Morristown
New Jersey
Vail
New York
Speedwell
Professor Morse
Codex Aureus and Devil's Bible Among Storied Texts
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat summary notes the Codex Aureus or golden codex valued for its Gothic language and dated 840 A.D. It also describes the so called devil's Bible in Stockholm, famed for its rare asthetic, leather skins, and legends, said to be produced from 300 asses skins with a devilish frontispiece.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Bohemia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sneeze Lore Across Time and Nations
A London Telegraph piece traces sneezing as superstition from ancient times to today. It notes left or right sneezes signaling luck or misfortune, ban on sneezing near graves, and the spread of salutes like God bless you. The article cites customs across Europe and monarchs, linking sneezing to cures and sanity.
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Jacob
Europe
England
London Telegraph
Four-to-One Women in Church Membership Discussed
Bernard I. Bell argues in Atlantic that the church gender imbalance may reflect broader social structures. He questions placing blame on churches men or women and suggests societal design as the root cause.
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America
Bernard I. Bell
Atlantic
Remember the Alamo and San Jacinto Triumphs Record
Philadelphia Press recounts the Alamo siege in 1836 and the San Jacinto victory, detailing Colonel James Bowie and Davy Crockett, the siege, massacre, and the Texans fight for independence led by Sam Houston. It notes Santa Anna, Santa Anna’s capture, and Texas joining the United States a decade later.
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James Bowie
Davy Crockett
Texas
Sam Houston
Tennessee
Jackson
Mexico
Santa Anna
Alamo
San Antonio
Crockett
San Jacinto
Houston
el Houston
New Republic
Union
France
Spain
Philadelphia Press
Marys Day Out at Whillikens Bridge Party
A brief domestic scene shows Juliet and Jack planning an evening out while Juliet anticipates attending the Whillikens bridge party and dinner, noting that this is Marys day out.
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Jack
Juliet
Jackie
Mary
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Price and Teeple
Schaeffer
Everett
Harvard
Dayton
Symphonola
A. A. Deckert Piano Co
Main
Dubuque, Iowa
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