District Court Adopts Equity Trial Plan In Anamosa
The March term convened in Anamosa with Judge F O Ellison presiding. Defaults and demurrers were handled Tuesday, with equity trials slated for the week. The Mechanicsville Savings Bank vs W H Smith et al opened the docket and multiple equity cases followed.
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District Court
Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
Mechanicsville Savings Bank
W. H. Smith
C. W. Metcalf
Jones County
S. D. Alspaugh
Ellen White
Patrick White
Stone & Rudolph
Midland Railway Construction Company
Zeller
W. A. Hogan
N. &. Mershon’s Sons
W. M. Welch
J. W. Newnan
Town of
He Does Not Stand in the Way
An opinion piece from the Sioux City Journal questions Secretary Wilson's tenure in the cabinet. It ponders whether the Des Moines Register and Leader supports rotating Wilson out for a younger appointee or praises his long and efficient service and wants it continued.
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The
Sioux City Journal
Wilson
Des Moines Register
Register
Railroad extension reaches Terry Montana and beyond
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway extends its Pacific Coast line past Marmarth to Terry Montana marking the first crossing of the Yellowstone river. Daily service runs Aberdeen to Marmarth and Marmarth to Terry with five miles of track laid daily. Trains from Chicago to Butte expected by May 1908 and to Seattle Tacoma about a year later.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Pacific Coast
Erry
Montana
Yellowstone River
Marmarth
North Dakota
Missouri River
Aberdeen
Terry
Chicago,Milwaukee
Remembrance Shower for Injured Cobb on Birthday
Waterloo veteran B L Cobb who lost a foot after a runaway near Independence last year received a postcard shower on his birthday totaling over 200 cards. Messages came from across the country along with books fruit and contributions. Cobb, once with Park Davis Detroit, plans to return to road work by April 1 and is praised by friends for his resilience.
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Waterloo
B. L. Cobb
Independence
Baltimore Street
Mr. Cobb
Cobb
Park-Davis Wholesale Drug Company
Detroit
Mich
Monticello school board approves text books and staff pay
Monticello Iowa February 25 regular meeting of the board of education. Members present. Bills approved for teachers and contingent fund. Huss Govan reader and Ellis Publishing bookkeeping tablet adopted as texts. Second hand books accepted for 75 cents. Adjourned. Milwaukee Sentinel note references Budapest banking and Count Szechenyi.
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Monticello
Iowa
Board of Education
JE Foster
MI Jarman
Erma Babcock
FB Bolton
A Whiting
Jennie Rieke
Aurora S Wiley
Florence Babcock
Caroline Hicks
Myrtle Barnhill
N Lane
M Locher
Nellie Wales
Helen A Paine
Florence Hefner
Harriet L Smith
Sloan
Coxsee
LA Voorhees
Flanagan
Wooks
F. A. Hefner
Huss
Govan
Aloq Ellis Publishing Co
F. B. Bolton
Obituary Notices Include Multiple Local Deaths and Obituaries
Obituary records for Ruth Cook Sherrill of Delaware Iowa recounts a life marked by illness and faith, with survivors including husband C H Sherrill sister Ma J Schneider and adopted daughter Laura. John Meyers of Lisbon dies after a brief illness, leaving a widow two sons and a daughter. Political notices announce Republican candidacies for state senator Jones Cedar counties and county offices in 1908.
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Ruth Cook
Leon
Decatur County
Iowa
Anamosa
C. H. Sherrill
C. Wi. Sherrill
Delaware
Jmma Schneider
Laura
Samuel Letter
Winthrop
Monticello
Seymour Bennett
C. C. Munir
Slocum
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mmemory
John Meyers
Henry Heisey
Lisbon Hierald
Henry
Priscilla Meyers
Lisbon
Sarah M. Neisey
Castle Eee
Jones County
J. Bank
U. B. Church
Ile
Ralph
Vern
Blanch
U. S
Announcements of Republican Candidacies in Monticello and Victoria
A county auditor candidate announces in Monticello for the Republican primary on February 26, 1908, Louis Gardner. B E Rhinehart also seeks the county attorney nomination in Victoria. The rest blends quotes about royal interviews and the urban wage earner dreaming of land, with brief references to Sir John Milleis and Queen Victoria, and a farmer's salary check cited by the Philadelphia Ledger.
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Monticello
Louis Gardner
Republican County Convention in Anamosa Iowa March 4 1908
Jones County Iowa Republicans announce a delegate convention in Anamosa on March 4 1908 at 11 a m to select ten delegates to the state convention and ten to the Fifth district congressional convention in Des Moines on March 18 1908 Representation is by township and votes cast for Governor Cummins in 1906. Township caucuses are set for March 7 1908 at 2 p m with notices to be given by township committees. By Jones County Central Committee James E Remley.
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Jones County
Iowa
Anamosa
Fifth District
Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
State of
Cabb
Cunonder Madison
Castle Grove
Oxford
Claus Isis Janasd
Richland
Monticello
Jones County Central Committee
James E. Remley
The Simple Minded Kurds and Odd Editorial Note
A travel remark contrasts Arab and Kurd traits noting bluntness honesty and gullibility while recounting a muleteer who admits killing sixteen men as a deserter. A spring tonic advertisement for Stollister's Rocky Mountain Tea follows with a Manchester Union editorial query about comparisons to Russia and the impact of a quoted two on the answer.
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Asia Minor
Wharat
Dr King’s New Discovery Promoted By Empire Resident
C C Eldridge of Empire declares against other medicines and credits New Discovery with curing coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles for seven years. Sold at Soetje’s drug store with 450c and 1.00 guarantees trial bottle free. Trollister’s Rocky Mountain tea touted as spring tonic. Buffalo Express notes a North Towanda student punched the principal in an argument about boys’ behavior.
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Soetje’s
Buffalo Express
North Tonawanda
Bucklen Arnica Salve praised for healing properties
Clinton Maine resident Mr IX hk Chamberlain says Bucklen Arnica Salve cured piles chapped hands and an old sore with no scar left. Ad notes 24 cents at O I T Soetje’s drug store and promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic. Milwaukee Sentinel comments on Hetty Green in place of Russell Sage.
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IX Hk, Chamberlain
Clinton
Maine
Bucklen
O. IT
Soetje
Milwaukee Sentinel
Hetty Green
Russell Sage
Doctor L T Cooper Promotes New Digestive Remedy
In Chicago Mr Cooper touts a medicine claimed to correct digestion, arguing few can be sick with a healthy gut. He cites Mrs Hilda Pflueger of 1203 Ainslie Ave reporting relief after six years of stomach trouble including pain, fatigue, and insomnia.
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L. T. Cooper
Chicago
Cooper
Hilda Pflueger
Ainslie Avenue
Mr. Cooper
O. H. Soetje
Light Work. A Remark on Jobs and Insanity in Gossip
Excerpted dialogue from Lippincott's and the Manchester Union notes Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's remark about Harry's asylum placement. The piece sketches social attitudes toward employment and sanity in a brief, period tone.
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Manchester Union
Harry
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Executor's Notice for Engel Dirks Estate in Iowa
Public notice announces appointment of John Fredrich Popps and Gerd Rickell as executors of Engel Dirks estate in Jones County Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk of the District Court in Monticello Iowa and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated February 10 1908, J W Doxsee attorney for the estate.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
Engel Dirks
Monticello
A.D
John Fredrich Popps
Gerd Rickell
J. W. Doxsee
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County
The District Court of Jones County, State of Jowa, announces a petition to probate the last will of Patrick White, deceased. The hearing for final proof and probate is set for March 11, 1908, at the March term, with all interested parties allowed to appear and contest admission. Clerk J. H. Ramsey issues this notice.
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Reuben J. Mberhart
Wessex Lb. Hanken
Harriet Batchelder
Douglass H. Smith
Arnold Egger
Mary Milan
George Meade
Frank R. Thompson
Albert Sanford
Daniel Boots
William A. Boots
Elizabeth Crawford
Eliza J. Silsbee
Guardian
William M. Goarke
John Guy Vernon
Charles
Vernon
Clifford C. Miller
Garrett Steed
John Vernon
State OF
Jowa
Jones County
Patrick White
A. D
J. H. Ramsey
District Court
Jones Co
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Carl Renk
John Romen
Jamison, Smyth & Gorman
George Glick
Dan L. Glick
Cabinet Makers Union
J. D. Bell
C. M. Brown
D. M. Griffith
Timothy Milan
Catherine Milan
R. M. Corbit
Guardian Ad Litem
Af. Rt. Wright
Food and Dairy
Wright
School Board Proceedings
J. N. Peterson
Buda Pest
Szechenyi
Boni
West Branch
Towa
Cedar
Jones
L. J. Leech
J. I. Peteina
Yor
James EK
Remley
B. E. Rhinehart
Victoria
Lady Millais
John Millais
Louise
John
St. James
Philadelphia Ledger
T Hat
Russia
Chancellor Day
Trollister
Peoria Herald-Transcript
Chicago Reporter
Cascade Horse Company
Cascade
Tam O’shanter
Clydesdale
Keota Dalrymple
Norman
Jolly
Shire
Robert Kean
Cascade Horse Co
McLaughlin
KXXK
H. F. Burrichter
Geo. Stuhlers Sons Co
W. VI. Proctor & Co
Eilers & Bolton
Rastus
Lippincott’s
Eclipse Lumber Co
O. G. Meyer
Lgr
Buckbee
Tafar
Shallenberger
Lovell
Dr. Shallenberger
Lena
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Drexel State Bank
Dubuque
South Main St
Dubuque, Iowa
H.C. Bohlken’s
Eagle Drug Store
A. Kempf
Prop
B. Coffman
Davenport
Lovell House
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