Milwaukee Electric Motor Cars Set for Iowa Branch Lines
Des Moines Register reports the Milwaukee road plans electric motor cars on seven Iowa branch routes from Des Moines including Boone Jefferson Rockwell City and Herndon with cars on Puget Sound line as well. Each 75 foot steel coach will house two 200 horsepower dynamos a small gasoline start engine and be water heated with mahogany interiors. The system aims speeds over 70 mph and fuel efficiency with one gallon running about one and a half miles.
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Hastings
Cologne
Minn
Puget Sound
Iowa
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Boone
Jefferson
Rockwell City
Herndon
Local social rounds include engagements and reunions
Miss May Hoult of Lovell township announced engagement to Harry Smith of Saskatchewan Canada. A linen shower for Miss Hoult drew sixty guests at J W Hoult home. The Moore family held a reunion with relatives from Minneapolis Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. J Phelps and Bernice Hall wed at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage last evening.
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May Hoult
Lovell
J. W. Hoult
Miss Hoult
Harry Smith
Saskatchewan
Canada
J. F. Moore
Martha Moore
Minnepolis
Annabelle Moore
Cedar Rapids
Fred Moore
Waterloo
John Phelps
Asa Phelps
Bernice Hall
Eugene Hall
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
Roy V. Porter
First Taste of War Recalls Farragut and Schley
In a Washington Post account Victor Murdock recalls Admiral Schley's confession of fear under fire and how Farragut steadied him at Mobile Bay. The veteran recollects a moment when a captain was killed and a shell struck nearby as the future battleship commander took command.
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Admiral Schley
Atlantic City
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Washington Post
The Shallow North Sea Geological Vision
The North Sea is described as very shallow, allowing ships to sail from London to Hamburg in waters under 120 feet deep except for a short stretch. If the sea bottom were raised by sixty feet, Frisian islands would form a continuous coastline, a ten mile wide belt would appear along Denmark, numerous small islands would emerge off England and Belgium, and a large island would rise in Dogger Bank.
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North Sea
London
Hamburg
Dogger Bank
Supervisors Proceed on Bridge Work and County Engineer Election
On May 26 1918 the Delaware County board referred a bridge work petition to the road and bridge committee and adjourned to May 28. May 27 1913 minutes show J A Ames of the State Highway Commission consulting on new road law as candidates for county engineer were voted on Whalen 4 Barker 1 with Whalen elected. Engineer salary set at 5 dollars per day plus expenses. bond fixed at 3000 dollars. Chairman to sign contract and minutes close with sine die adjournment.
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Thomson
Hale
Murfield
Bohren
Finn
Delaware County
J. A. Ames
State Highway Commission
J. F. Whalen
W. Karl Barker
Hawkins
S. Witmer
Whalen
Barker
Marfield
District Court Work Hits Equity Docket This Week
Judge Treichler handles multiple equity matters with rulings on divorces estates guardianships and title actions. Notable items include divorces granted in Sarah Houle and John Maiden cases, quieting title verdicts for John Maiden and Frank Bailey suits, and probate matters for Eliza J Munsell and Henry Clay Wills.
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Treichler
Ida Haun Kettlesen
Ida Burmahl
John EB. Watson
Lillian Watson
Sarah Houle
W. R. Houle
John Maiden
Daniel G. Sterling
Frank Bailey
Alpheus Wright
Michael Shanney
Aaron Hester
Peet
G. L. Eliaton
Witness Stands Claim On Drinking Habit
Testimony suggests the colonel drinks only about as much as the average drinking man admits when questioned for a life insurance policy.
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Sioux City Journal
Playing the Game
Saint Louis Globe Democrat praises Senator Cummins for readiness to conciliate noting a politician who cannot be conciliated has no place in the game.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cummins
Taxes and alimony echo in patriotic finance debate
A Washington Star note argues some men resist income tax, likening it to a thankless chore akin to alimony, while urging patriotic sense in funding government. It contrasts attitudes toward taxation with social obligations.
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Washington Star
Jones County road system hearings set in Anamosa
Notice announces filing of a Jones County map for the county road system and a June 4 1913 public hearing before the board of supervisors at the courthouse in Anamosa Iowa on proposed changes by petitions from ten freeholders filed with the county auditor before the hearing.
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Jones County
State Highway Commission
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
A. D
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Anamosa
Iowa
Anamoga
E. J. Hines
Wapsie Changes Threaten Oxford Mills Water Power
Oxford Mills faces loss of water power as the river channel shifts into Mineral Creek bed and nears the railroad bridge. The main flow cuts above the dike end and the dam may become useless unless action restores the old course, with the Electric Light Co. as primary stake.
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Electric Light Co
Electric Bitters Promised To Restore Health
Weak and nervous people are urged to try Electric Bitters as a home remedy for stomach liver and kidney health. Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praises the product and says it changed her life. Bottles cost 60 cents or one dollar and are recommended by O H Soetic.
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O. Rhinevault
Vestal Center
N. Y
O. H. Soetic
Unenviable Supremacy
The passage notes California faces many uplift bills in its legislature while Illinois and New York contend for the lead in shake down bills and speed of introduction.
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Louisville
Constipation Cured by Dr King's Life Pills
Dr King's New Life Pills promise prompt relief from constipation and restore bowel health. John Supsic of Sunbury Pennsylvania calls them the best pills he ever used and recommends them for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. Price 25 cents and recommended by O H Soetije.
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Dr. King
John Supsic
Sunbury
O.* H. Soetije
Will for William Goes Probate in Jones County
On May 1 1913 paper filed as last will of William Goes deceased in Jones County Iowa. May 31 1913 fixed for court probate at May term for final proof. Interested parties may appear to show cause why it should not be admitted to probate. Clerk G A Fisher. Attorney J W Coxsee.
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M. Falor
Eliza J. Munsell
F. H. Shimanek
Silvia Peyorek
Harriet Mitchell
Henry Hellery
Wm. Goes
Henry Clay
John Fitzsimons
H. Tiarks
E. E Reed
O. H. Svette
Henry Clay Wills
U Reed
Mary KE. Hoover
Harvey D. Hunter
William A. Gavin
Iowa
Barones
William Goes
G. A. Fisher
Jones County
J. W. Coxsee
Executor's Notice for Jones county Iowa 1915
Public notice announces the appointment of H N Curtis as executor of George W Curtis deceased in Jones county Iowa. Creditors must file sworn claims with the Clerk of the District Court within time limits and debtors should pay promptly to the undersigned to avoid costs. Dated Monticello May 7 1915.
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District Court
Jones County
State of
Iowa
George W. Curtis
Monticello
A. D
W A Mirick M D Physician and Surgeon
Dr W A Mirick provides medical care in Monticelo Iowa with an office at his residence on South Cedar Street. Calls day or night are promptly attended to by the physician and surgeon.
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W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Monticelo
Iowa
Eye Ear Nose Throat Specialist Office Ad
Office over Eilers Bolton's store offers professional service with day and night calls. Night answering service from the office. Specializes in eye ear nose and throat diseases and skin conditions. Rupture cured by the fidelity method.
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Eilers & Bolton
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Iowa State College
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Rochester
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Schley
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J. EK. Bateman
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
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