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Monticello Express in Monticello, Iowa

29 Jun 1911

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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1911

Page

5

Claims Against Jones County Detailed Invoices And Expenses

A continued listing of claims against Jones County includes road and bridge items, jail and boarding expenses, lights and power, salaries for supervisors and staff, legal notices, tax assessments, and various bridge and road work costs. The document itemizes payments to multiple individuals and firms, with totals for poor outside, county home, district court, sheriff and jail, and other departments.

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J H Lowe O C Gould P E Lowe Outland Ernest Hubbard W R Gmehle CO O Gould Ed Green Milo Bagley al M Jones W R Sherman David Osborn Beasie Brundage Hugo W Larne John Reilley Rufus Hammond J L Streeter OM Niles Emery Miles H D Paine Tobias Swanson Lew Hein John Coppess A Hogan Ann Oxf Jet Light & Power Co Hogan Jones Co Tel Co Anamous Oxf Jet Light & Power Co Louis Gardner Walter C Ronen Matt Noyes JK Hale John Thomsen J Murfield Anamosa Ruraka Pub John Breed Greenfield and Co Geo L Schoonover W M Welch Co Jones Co Oxford Mirror J B Murfield South Greenfield E R Moore Kate Maurice Ron Peterson & Co A C McClurg County Recorder Anna Hanson Earl Boyer W K Pearson I H Brasted Anamosa Hureka Court House F M Bagey FM Bagley L W Norton Ann-Oxf Jet ‘Light & Power Co Ana Oxf Jet Light & Power Co Boswell & Frisbie Helen L Shaw Scott Harndare Co Bounty Monticello Equalization Ld Geo R Bedell Anamosa E. J. Wood. Com New County James Park New County Home Sumner Glass Asa Smith Remington & Larson W E Meeks OE McConaughy F E Campbell JR Ward New Henry C Boblken Knake Mike Marek Linn Central Lumber Co J D Worden Kairview Wm Flaherty Gorman L Ellisons Wapsi M A Waddick Castle Grove EE Ramsey Thomsen Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Co Oak Home Lumber Co John E Gable & Co Citizens Savings Bank Olin John Conley Oxford-two E V Miller L&e Williams West Jackson Two Lemnbaugh Fairview Greenfield W L Hanssen Newport Byerly Place Flaherty Stable Place Ellison Place Scott Hardware Co. Spikes Geo Newman Place F E Shumaker Rome Ed McCann L Fulton Ice Gorge Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Co. Lumber Chas Zimmer Jr J E King LJ Fisher Creamery
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Puzzled the Linguist and the Hindustanee “Pi” Trick

A London Times anecdote recounts John Walter’s escape from a compositor strike by filling a foreign language column with a jumble of reset type. He used a mass of pi to simulate a Hindustanee text, a ruse later recalled by a scholar puzzled by deciphering attempts.

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John Walter The London Times Walter Cheshire Times
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Senator Lafayette Young Praises Dragged Dirt Roads

In a interview cited by the American Cultivator Senator Lafayette Young of Des Moines Iowa extols the King road drag method. He notes soft earth fills ruts after rain and long use hardens into a smooth surface capable of withstanding heavy traffic.

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Lafayette Young Des Moines King Road Department of Agriculture Wing
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A Good Road Like a Bank Account for Farmers

A good road is compared to a bank account that earns interest and grows, while a bad road acts like a pickpocket. The state of roads hits farmers hardest, and farmers should advocate for good roads with towns sharing construction costs.

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Ten Year Old Roads Best Seem Superior

Judges Gilbert Martin Axline of Kansas City discuss road quality noting older plans and strict adherence produced real rock roads. They warn recent contracts lack exact specifications causing narrower widths and insufficient macadam depth. Riverside undertakes about seven miles of rock roadbed with oiled macadam surface.

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H. G. Gilbert E. L. Martin BE. E. Axline Kansas City Judge Gilbert Gilbert Mr. Gilbert California Riverside
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Sweet girl graduate rivals June bride for attention

In a competition for attention of the modaist, the sweet girl graduate gives the June bride a close race.

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Sioux City Journal
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Man Quoted On False Prophets Of Peace Once Won Nobel

Sioux City Journal reports a man speaking about the false prophets of peace who once captured the Nobel Peace Prize. The remark frames a critique of pacifist rhetoric and its historical laureates.

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Sioux City Journal
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