District Court Proceedings Adjudicate Indictments and Receiverships
The grand jury adjourned after a long session returning indictments including assault with intent to murder and escape from reformatories. The court handled receivership filings, guardianships, probate matters, and numerous damages and equity petitions with multiple judgments, transfers, and discharges across estate cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bemrose
Will Johnson
Sasault
Jef] Conyers
Leroy Drew
Teaching Penmanship
Mason City Times urges legislature to require a fixed handwriting system statewide. It calls for punishment for boards that switch systems after July 1, 1915 and jokes about using prison time to read students’ handwriting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
State Educational Department
Where is the bull moose party in the news
A stark question travels across papers as an eastern daily cites the upper Amazon region. The note suggests readers should read current events and track political movements amid distant wilderness reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Upper
Amazon
Students Listed for Class Photograph by School
A description lists students in four rows from front to back for a class photo. Names include Edward Schneider George Mead William Wales Thomas George Bert Clark Merle Matthiessen William Hogan Nina Miller Charles Stockwell Merle Miller Raymond Baade Velma Rastede Ola Hogan Grace Locher Robert Button Walter Tubbard Edith Rettig Libbie George Henry Repstein Verdon Welch Lewis Hogan Dwight Smith Andrew Guler John Schneider Wilson Brazelton Elva Meyer Pansy Carter Catherine Lovell Harriet McNeill Margaret Pond Dan Hearn Roy Lang Frank Jarrett Myrtle Rader Bertha Buttles Ethel Miller Caroline Sicks and the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Schneider
George Mead
William Wales
Thomas George
Bert Clark
Merle Matthiessen
William Hogan
Nina Miller
Charles Stockwell
Merle Miller
Raymond Baade
Velma Rastede
Ola Hogan
Grace (Rundle) Locher
Robert Button
Walter Tubbard
Edith Rettig
Libbie George
Henry Repstein
Verdon Welch
Lewis Hogan
Dwight Smith
Andrew Guler
John Schneider
Wilson Brazelton
Elva Meyer
Pansy Carter
Catherine Lovell
Harriet (Smith) McNeill
Margaret Pond
Dan Hearn
Roy Lang
Frank Jarrett
Myrtle (Barnhill) Rader
Bertha Buttles
Ethel Miller
Caroline Sicks
School Board Proceedings May 14 1914
The board of education met in special session. Members present L W Lovell A M Maurice W F Rohn and O D Chase. Bills were allowed including School House Fund J E Burna 2000 Contingent Fund and multiple suppliers text books and freight. The board adjourned. E E Reed Secretary.
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Board of Education
L. W. Lovell
A. M. Maurice
W. F. Rohn
O D. Chase
E Burna
W Strickford
Il.co
Iowa Tel Co
Northwestern School Supply Co
Ginn & Company
Monticello Elect Co
C Birchard
Hoag Duster Co
American Book Co
Bks
D Appleton & Co
Dr. L. W. Littig Discusses Cancer Report
Davenport physician Dr. L. W. Littig addressed the state medical society in Sioux City on cancer causes cures and prevention. He urged early treatment, cited signs by site, and warned that without prompt investigation cancer leads to death.
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L. W. Littig
Davenport
State Medical Society
Sioux City
Egg Shipments From China Through Northern Routes
United States Vice Consul General Gauss reports since January 1 1914 over 62 000 cases of eggs shipped from Shanghai to Pacific Coast points. Most moves go via northern steamship routes to Vancouver and Seattle avoiding refrigeration in cold months. Refrigerated space costs 16 dollars per ton. regular freight runs about 88 dollars per ton. Shippers say eggs arrived in good condition, but warmer weather may require refrigerator space for continued exports.
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China
United States
Ane R. E B. Gauss
Shangai
Shanghai
Pacific
Vancouver
Seattle
Pacific Coast
America
Moore's Disease Diagnosed in Anamosa Man
Sioux City Journal notes J. R. Moore of Anamosa is diagnosed with a serious heart condition, likened to endocarditis, while a Chicago editor cautions that war news offers little cheer despite hopeful chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
J. R. Moore
Anamosa
Chicago Evening Post
Laugh at Your Mistakes and Move On
Milwaukee Journal advises against overpunning on errors. Do not brood or punish yourself for small faults. Acknowledge the error confess if needed and start anew with cheerfulness and hope rather than morose self reproach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Journal
Lincoln and the judge who fined himself for a story
A clerk recalls Abraham Lincoln as a lively lawyer who told irresistible tales. Judge David Davis often enjoyed Lincoln anecdotes, but once fined a clerk five dollars for contempt after Lincoln’s story caused laughter. the judge later canceled the payment, saying the tale was worth the fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Ilinois
David Davis
Lincoln
Davis
How to coax a spring clock untight without a clockmaker
The New York Sun advises slowly freeing a tightly wound clock spring by holding the clock upright and gently oscillating the balance wheel from side to side. Do not shake the clock, and continue for ten to fifteen minutes to allow the spring to regain its power and keep running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Aerial Pantries and Other Frontier Notes
A feature of Knik Alaska shows meat stored high on flagpoles due to ground caches failing in summer heat and flies. The piece also touches on zinc versus lead in coffin production and bullets that return for reuse in Germany. A glance at gauchos and the term gringo explains South American cowboy life and cross-cultural labels.
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Knik
Alaska
Cook's Inlet
Iditarod
Kuskokwim
Kalk
Hubby
Milwaukee Journal
Germany
Pampas
Mexico
King Edward Memory of Faces and Sterne Anecdote
The London Telegraph recalls Louis Sterne, engineer and inventor and friend of Charles Dickens, meeting King Edward as Prince of Wales. Sterne recounts a near collision on Piccadilly where the future king recognized him and warned to give traffic time, noting he never forgot faces or names linked to any matter of interest.
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Edward
Louis Sterne
Charles Dickens
King Edward
Prince of Wales
South Kensington
Crystal Palace
Mr. Sterne
Piccadilly
St. James’ Street
Royal
Fate of the Peacemaker and Tokyo Loafer Sign
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes a man scarred from stopping a husband beating his wife, not an accident, while a Japanese baker displays a sign reading A Karimura Biggest Loafer In Tokyo. The odd English phrasing reflects Japanese English usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A. Karimura
Tokyo
Invention Cipher Reveals Explosive Recipe to Ned Forsythe
Ned Forsythe and his mother rise from poverty after deciphering a ciphered explosive recipe left by Ned’s inventor father. A wartime cipher method, learned from a familial uncle, unlocks the hidden instructions and leads to wealth for Ned and his mother through a found formula and a manufacturing contract.
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Ned
Rieh Furthernore
Tie
Forsythe
Lee
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