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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1912

Page

8

Jones County Finance Committee Audit and School Board Minutes

The finance committee reports receipts and cash counts correct as of June 1912 and lists journal entries. The board of education met in special session approving bills for Contingent Fund and Teachers' Fund with salaries to numerous staff and appointing H. B. Lee as census enumerator with a $10 salary.

Dtas A King JH Anderson L Gardner Gale Blanks Ol Gardner HG A Harper GA Harper Kate Maurice Boyer WK Pearson Pearson Befand Ee Sdaise State Univer “ Louis Gardner Amt Sete Hetk Dane Tanta Mesiate Eccesssecesee Cessese Assenenees County Homie Building Fund Gardnersisseresesvavesseeregeers Reseseee Basses Re Ap Een Aeseet Ae Ab Volun Vias Cccesseceeeres Gardner Tefund Sss Crispitaigte Tettaves Asanyns Ee Orphans’ Home Fund Ceesee Ggy Soldiers’ Relief Fund County Road Fund Trans Tein Csisesses Corporation Fund Varsan Cscce Egwre Ction Dso Sievenes Csesetereeee Sscessessensee Scceeccsseses BEM Eioeund Eeseseseeeeees Rei Waterworks Fund Eh Sale Ee Odnieten Caliente Seccessa yefUnd Wrsccsee Sccevvesees Co. Fund Board OF Health Fund Oesee Sevsevessseees Fun “Corporation Board of Health Teachers’ Institute Prin Jones County Cr. J. MurRiero J. KK. Hate Finance Com Board of Education T. M. Redmond C. D. Chase W. F. Kohn L. W. Lovell A. M. Maurice W B Sloan K D Miller Mary I Jarman Clara Thomson Maud Mellor Erma Binggeli Viva R Moore Katharine Hines Harriett Walcott Neva L Larson Louise C Schneider Margaret L Pond Florence Foley Eva M Brazelton Elizabeth McCarthy Elsie Bender Alice B Cowan Lee E. . Reed

Colors of the rainbow vary with raindrop size

The article notes that rainbow colors depend on raindrop width, citing C. Fitzhugh Talman in Scientific American. Large drops yield narrow bright bows, while small drops produce wide pale bows, with specific color sequences listed for various drop diameters.

C. Fitzhugh Talman Scientific American

Semaphore Telegraphs Rise in France During Revolution

The three Chappe brothers created a semaphore system that began operation in 1794. The first message read Conde is taken from the Austrians and the army’s reply praised the northern forces. Operators averaged one to three letters per minute, prompting condensed codes.

Chappe Conde National Convention Paris North New York Telephone Review

Mean Humored Exchange Sparks Domestic Quip

A Detroit Free Press item presents a brief quip between a mean husband and his wife about tongue and self expression. The husband jokes he would use it to stop her when needed, highlighting marital banter in a concise, humorous clash.

Detroit Free Press

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