European Bureaucracy Versus Berlin Delays Compared
A Washington Star report quotes a returning American official contrasting European and U S bureaucratic practices. In Europe officials impede routine matters and rely on red or blue special requests while U S departments process most inquiries quickly within hours. In Berlin a postal request took three days and required written form, with delays due to misinterpretation and multiple follow ups.
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Europe
Berlin
Washington Star
Equanimity as a Sign of Mental Health
The New York Ledger notes that mental health shows in calm temper and ability to endure scolding and irritations. It urges learning to ignore hurtful words and laugh them off to preserve health and happiness.
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New York Ledger
Boston doll tale sparks altruistic education talk
Miss Annie Beaston recounted a Boston doll anecdote during a talk with Sorosis on educational altruism. She notes the doll now prompts a selfless reply when pulled, replacing "Pa-pa ma-ma" with "No, not for me, give it to sister," illustrating a claimed Boston tendency.
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Sorosis
Annie Beaston
Boston
New York Times
Queen Declines Review Without Horse in Hyde Park
Soon after her accession the queen planned a grand review in Hyde Park with a royal charger for her horseback appearance. Lord Melbourne opposed the horseback plan urging a royal carriage instead. The queen insisted no horse means no review, leaving the event canceled that summer.
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Hyde Park
Lord Melbourne
Jones County School News Highlights and Changes
Mary Fagan teaches in the new district with a large enrollment while several rural schools report expulsions and staff moves. The Cass Center and Richland districts note disciplinary actions and fundraising efforts. Onslow plans a new building. A spring rural graduation exam is set for March 8, and teachers like Mary Fagan and Kate Fagan are highlighted alongside upcoming entertainments and library fundraisers.
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Mary Fagan
Harry Davis
Lost Nation
Lettie McNally
No. 1
Richland
Mud Center
Bunker Hill
Warren B. Gregg
Quarry
Anamosa
Springville
Jackson County
Jex-Supt. Sabin
Mary Pratt
Minnie’ Heisey
No. 2
Monticello
Cass Township
Cass Center
Sisters of St. Francis School
Clara Herington
Clay Mills
Onslow
Onslaw
Annie Mitchell
Oxford
Potter
Wyoming Township
Etta Barnes
Kate Fagan
A. McNalli
Washington
Lucy Andrews
Hale
Valentine
J. Ellis
Black Oak School
Tommie O’connor
Ada Alicia Breish
Wyoming
Oberlin College
Drake University
Catherine Perley
Scroggie
Klondike
Forest
el Dorado
Spencer Guiles
Butter, Buddha, and a bored guest at a party
A hostess plans to entertain Mr Blank who has written on Buddha but the guest, bored by butter talk, leaves after a failed attempt. The hostess realizes the man’s book on Buddha makes the mismatch obvious and the party ends with a pun.
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Blank
Pearson's Weekly
Council Proceedings March 8 Vote on Ordinances and Elections
Regular session notes and roll call with Overing Heisey Button Clark Schoonover mayor and clerk. February weighmaster report shows drafts, farm stool, and salary. ordinance 179 readings dispensed with. many bills approved including water works and printing. Election judges and clerks named for three wards. adjourned to March 14.
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Overing
Heisey
Button
Clark
Schoonover
Abel
Monticello Tf Co
HS Lee
Marshal
Ccseeecseees
Matthiesset
Monticello Express
Rigby
Vm& St. P Ry Co
Fred Matthiessen
Peteina
F Rohn
Nance
J. W. Coxsee
Central House
A. Kempf
D. R. Ricker
Geo. Schoonover
W. A. Overing
Matt Noyes
J. F. Percina
Bert King
H. B
Mon ticello Municipal Election Notice
Public notice announces a general municipal election in Mon ticello on March 28 to elect the mayor solicitor treasurer weighmaster assessor three water commissioners and a park commissioner. Ward results include councilmen for the first second and third wards with one full-term and one vacancy to fill.
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City of
Monticello
Monticello School Election Notice Sets March Meeting
The Independ ent School District of Monticello Iowa announces its annual meeting to be held Monday March 14 1898 from 1 to 6 pm in the council room Monticello for election of a treasurer two directors and approval of a 2000 tax for the school house fund to cover bonded indebtedness and interest R P Surry Secretary March 3 1898 Monticello Iowa
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Monticello
Iowa
S. 8. Farwell
Independent School Corporation
Nickel Plate trains move to Van Buren Chicago station
Monticello March 4 798 board minutes approve Dec 22 Jan17 records and paying bills. Directors vote to buy 25 Cyr second readers and 20 Cyr third readers for primary rooms. Nickel Plate announces all passenger trains will use Van Buren Street station in Chicago from March 6 offering lower fares express trains and through sleeping cars to New York and Boston.
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J. A. Deutrick
E. K. Hicks
A. Kempf
J. H. Bacher
J.O. Lawrence
Bacher
R. P. Sarra
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
van Buren Street
Union Depot
New York
Boston
Monticello Iowa Adopts Dog License Ordinance 1898
Ordinance No 178 licenses dogs within Monticello Iowa, requiring collars and tags, annual fees of one dollar for males and two dollars for females, muzzling for vicious dogs, and mandatory destruction of unlicensed or dangerous dogs. The act takes effect after publication and includes enforcement by the city marshal and clerk.
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Monticello
Lowa
Thaton
Iowa
A. M Arrik Essen
Propaganda style patent remedies and ads from J H Bacher Co
A crowded collage of patent medicine claims and tips for health. Advertisements tout DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Dr Sawyer’s Ukatine and One Minute Cough Cure as cures for burns skin trouble backache kidney issues and coughs. J H Bacher & Co promotes various tonics and salves with scattered commentary on divorce and occupations.
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J. He. Bacher & Co
B. W. Pursell
Knitnersville
DeWitt
J. 1, Bacher & Co
J. H. Bacher & Co
Bright
J.H. Bacher & Co
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C. Stirton
R. U. Ricklets
J. S. Id. W. Coxsee
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D. E. Pond
North America
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North British and Mercantile
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Flrat
Typewriter Essentials
Free
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Syracuse
N. Y
Monroe Street
Hawkeye Merchant Tailoring
New Merchant Tailor Shop
Second St
Thas
Times
R.z2zacher
Boston Doll
Jones County
School News
London Spectator
Council Proceedings
Yund
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Independent
R. P. Surry
School Board Proceedings
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Ek Wheelock
Margaret Young
Nettie Sleeper
RB Sloan
Consumer's Coal Co
A Kempf
Bacher & Co
R Ricker
Attest
J. W. Perera
Sawyer
England
Suhr Bros
Wick
Nature
Vick
James Vick’s
Rochester, N. Y
Peice
Vice Publishing CO
Rochester
N.Y
Havana
Columbus
Ohio
de Witt
Sawyar
Castoria
Joan Gibson
First Street
Bateman & Millholen
Students of
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
W. M. Beardshear
Ames
Towa
Hawks Nursery Company
Milwaukee
Wis
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East
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