Supervisors Proceedings Greenfield Township Ledger Items
Overdrawn accounts list for 1911 and 1912 showing road work tiling blacksmithing salaries and materials for Greenfield and Lowell Townships. Entries include named workers such as Fred Nickles Jorgen Wagner Ed McCann and others with amounts, dates, and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield Township
Fred Nickles
EE Boxwell
Ed McCann
Jorgen Wagner
BH Newman
Earl McConsughy
Lemnbaugh Sand
Harry Porter
James MccMurrin
Frank Ganser
Arthur Eldred
George Newman
B Meeks
C Dumont
H S McConaughy
Bruce Bros
C Murfield
Harry S Peet
OH Hay
A J Siver
JR Bickerstaff
Howard Zimmerman
Clint McConaughy
Miller
Hosea Pierce
Frank Wells
Henry Samvica
D H Pieper
Join Miller
Elmer Hempy
B Staab
T Chapin
W Chapin
CO R Tavior
John Bodenhofer
H D Miller
W M Johnson
F Bittle
A Rieger
D Holcomb
John Butler
A Bauer
A Kurtz
Russell Grader
Uord Erader
Jack Severs
JS Armstrong
Tumultuous Tumultys At Pennsylvania Station Scene
Boston Globe reports a chaotic scene aboard the Congressional Limited at Penn Station New York with Tamultys including Little Mary Joe Grace Catherine Alice and Phil as family members occupy seats. The piece notes a Senate House action increasing the 32 year old president’s private secretary pay from 6000 to 87500 and hints at battleships. Washington Post comments on Secretary Bryan and Richard Ulney while Topeka Capital quips on gendered conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Pennsylvania
New York
Congressional Limited
Washington
Mary Tamulty
Little Joe, Jr
Mary
Little Grace
Catherine
Alice
Phil
Senate
House
United States
Joe
Thrilling mine ordeal ends in light and stars
A lone miner describes surviving two miles underground after a late blast left him in a gas filled chamber. He fumbled through tunnels, valves, and sump water for hours, finally reaching daylight and the open air around midnight. The narrative blends danger, navigation, and a dramatic return to surface.
Witty Boston judge defines pat riot and martyr in quip
A Boston municipal court judge offers quips on pat rioters martyrs and cowards in a humorous exchange. The judge defines a pat riot as a man who refuses to button his wife's ingenue waist and a martyr as one who fails while a hero succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Court of
Boston
Airships and Fly Wheels in The Times
A humorous clipping references Airships and fly wheels with wry dialogue about wit and worry. The piece cites comments from Baltimore American and Chicago Record Herald noting flirtations with ideas and the notion of free thinking in marriage and family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Chicago
Herald
Autobiography tale recalls Dumas in Paris
In Mme Ju dith's My Autobiography a tale of Alexander Dumas the elder is told by Mery of Marseilles. A public garden bet claimed Dumas would bow politely after a kick. Prud homme was mistaken for Dumas and received a courteous bow, winning the wager of one hundred sous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Judith
Alexander Dumas the Elder
Mery
Marseilles
M. Prudhomme
Alexander Dumas
Self Control Amid Chimney Blaze Proves Courage
Mr. Brown prides himself on self control and calms family during a chimney blaze. He climbs to the roof, finds high flames and sparks, and urges quick action with a hose or rope. The episode ends with Mrs. Brown praising self control as rare before tea resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Henry
Mrs. Brown
Anson and Dahlen Prank on Train Ticket Mystery
Veteran umpire Tim Hurst recalls Bill Dahlen as a youth in Chicago. Anson taunted Dahlen during a game by stopping balls with his shins. Later in a St Louis trip Anson denied extra tickets, leading to Dahlen being left off a train and stranded far from Chicago, a ruse that kept Dahlen silent for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Hurst
Bill Dahlen
Bill
Cap Anson
Chicago
Anson
Dahlen
White Stockings
St. Louis
Ans
Strange Tropics Tales And Thirteen Superstitions
John Burroughs describes freakish tropical wonders in Na wali and a reverse waterfall near Pali. A thirteen superstition tale from Philadelphia Ledger accompanies brief jests about inspiration methods and a Minneapolis minister’s call misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky Thirteenth
Philadelphia Ledger
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Township Road Reports
Lowell Township
D Slauson
PD Bell
Tschanta
Alf Moore
M Welch Co
T Lanigan
W Coxsee
Geo Ambuehl
GH George
al Hilers
Eclipse Lumber Co
F Rohn
P Hansen
Brazelton
Caldwell
F Zimmerman
M Caldwell
R Tuel
G Lehman
W Brazelton
Ed Bebrends
M Like
George
Geo Ambughl
J B Oswald
Kruse
FA Ballou
Christophersen
Freeman
Dick Koch
Olin Lbr Ca
Com
Henry Kruse
A L Hoffman
Greenfield
Scotch Grove Township
Co Treas
G. J. Hughes
R Gruenenwald
Gruenig
Hofacre
Hotacre
Schatz
Arduser
Moore
Schhneiter
Schneiter
Dress
Tuel
Bebrenda
Eilers
Lehbor
R Hubbard
Abrndsen
Berlin
Ivbor
Seusciter
Seusciter, 4 “00 A] 0 Eilitse Buuterta, Central Lueber Co
Oph-Nsb & Skupt
H Ethen
Rock
JM Hofarre
Herman Herme
R Bohren
Geo Altman
Sam Wenger
Geo Mead
Henry Rieniers
Ricklefs & McNeil
Geo Ambuebl
Henry Bilers
Balon Hand
Recdco
Recidco
R Dress
J M Hofacre
Matthiessen
C Noll
Slauson
Hansen
Like
Reed Co Treas
O W Brazelton
Washington Township
Reed
Ed Dullea
Western Road Tool Co
Ud Drage
Leo Ludwig
John Ludwig
Fred Lees
John Takes
Richard Coyle
D Baldwin
Devaney & Son
Culverts
Pat O'Callaghan
Frank Takes
Frank Geisler
Thos Supple
J E Supple
Huntington
A Blanigan
Geo Klinker
Weber
Klaurer Mfg Co
Cascade Lumber Oo
Pat O’callaghn
T J McNally
John Koppes
J E Skanill
Doyle Bros
David Stanton
Washington Post
Bryan
Richard Ulney
England
Topeka
South Sea Island
Bobby
Kilarper
Pop
Baltimore American
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dumas
Nawali
John Burroughs
Century Magazine
Tropics
Hawaiian
Earth
Pali
Stockton
George Eliot
Anthony Trollope
Pall Mall Gazette
Pittsburgh Post
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago Record-Herald
Stovks
Jim
Central Lumber & Coal Company
G. P. Rockstad
Monticello
Iowa
Studebakers
Studebaker
Dallas
Salt Lake City
San FR
South Bend
Ind. I
Kansas City
Denver
Ancisco
Portland, Ore
Inter Ocean
Farmer
Big Sunday
Thig and
OGEON
West
Oceon
Inter Oceon
N. E
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