Official Vote Jones County 1912 Returns by Township
Iowa Jones County officials certify an abstract of votes cast in the 1912 general election. The tally lists township judges and constables across Castle Grove Fairview Greenfield Hale Lovell Oxford Monticello Mead Richland Scotch Grove Washington Wayne Wyoming and more, concluding with certification by the Board of Supervisors and clerk.
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State of Iowa
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Anamosa
Mae Noyes
C. J. Merrieno
T. J. Foxy
Janms Thomson
J. K. Hate
Board of County
Louis Gardner
Tor
Castle Grove We
Ati i Ag
AMS Tv
Fairview
Pat Asaber
Ao Bs
Ward
Pau
Stone City
Lee
Lu Jackson
Lovell
Montice Var Fe
Monticello
2Nd Ward
Brd
South
Madison Elaotee
Anya
Center Junction
Wee Yen
Oxford Junction
West Richland
Rome
Washington
Wayne
Wyoming
Oman
Castle Grove
Jackson Bos i Fee
Sales
Afl
South Madison Eels
Atl Ag Ou
Og Owe Wil
East Richland
Scotch Grove
Rome Atin Ladies
Eens
Alps
Joy of Creating and Personal Making
A reflection on how putting self into work transforms tasks into meaningful creation. From cleaning a room to delivering a school recitation, effort and identity shape outcomes, urging full hearted engagement in every task to avoid misery. Inspired by St. Nicholas.
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St. Nicholas
Abd el Hakk case over boiled eggs and beans
A moral tale from Pearson's Weekly about Abd el Hakk who helps a hungry widow with two eggs. Later a lawyer inflames a suit claiming the eggs would hatch into wealth, but the defendant is absent, and the judge dismisses the case, noting boiled beans could grow from eggs.
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Abd-el-Hakk
Zaidah
Marakesh
Meludi
Pearson’s Weekly
Remark by Dr Jowett on Jex-Blake and women in medicine
Dr Jowett praised Dr Sophia Jex-Blake for opening medicine to women in England and joked about gender and law at a Baliol dinner, noting the contrast between sex as law and the night’s events.
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Jowett
Sophia Jex-Blake
England
Baliol
Indies
Uncle Jake and the ax handles in a village tale
In a short Youth's Companion vignette, Uncle Jake, deaf and headstrong, disputes requests to lend his wagon and bristles at a neighbor’s praise of a smooth ax handle. Uncle Horace jokes and buys the handled tool while the pair exchange quips and share sardines.
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Jake
Banbury
Uncle Jake
Uncle Horace
Youth
A Poet's Antipathies and Ibsen’s Targets
Otto Heller ranks Ibsen characters by moral contempt from politicians and journalists at the bottom to clergy and lawyers higher up. He charges that scientists torment animals and clerics push narrow morality, with lawyers as anti idealists above them.
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Otto Heller
Thaen
Ibsen
Stale Bread Not Drier Just Molecule Shift Says Bakers Weekly
The Bakers' Weekly states stale bread does not lose water compared with fresh bread once cooled. The apparent staleness comes from a rearrangement of bread molecules, not dehydration. Reheating in a covered tin to boiling heat and cooling restores its look and texture to that of new bread.
War to the Knife. Gladys and Maud in a marriage quarrel
A dramatic exchange shows Gladys threatening to marry Jack if Maud refuses him while Maud insists she will marry him if Gladys does not. The dialogue centers on competing marriage choices and family pressure.
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Gladys
Amarry Jack
Maud
Small Savings Lecture At Washington By Hanna
Mark Hanna explains saving 20 percent as a simple rule in a Washington trolley car tale. He contrasts paying a nickel with a ticket and urges Dingley to apply the same principle to public and private finances.
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Mark Hanna
Dingley
Senator Huanda
Washington
The
Artis Law
Vianna
Wanna
Hanna
New York World
Asiatic star tree glows at night deceiving travelers
A tall Asiatic star tree rises sixty to eighty feet with a bare trunk up to forty feet. From the upper section, tangled limbs form clusters of long leaves that emit a steady phosphorescent light at night. The glow reads a newspaper and is visible from sunset to daybreak, misleading travelers into thinking a house window shines.
John Randolph's Method for Perfectly Cooked Eggs
A short anecdote from Youth's Companion describes John Randolph's egg timing ritual. In a Roanoke kitchen setup, Mrs. Randolph held a watch as a line of servants waited. The chain of "in" and "out" commands ensured eggs cooked exactly to his taste with a six to seven servant process.
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John Randolph
Roanoke
Randolph
Ingenious London Clock Gift for Chinese Emperor
A century old horological marvel made in London in the form of a chariot holds a ivory and gold woman. A tiny clock is on her side while a hidden bird drives the time mechanism. A diamond triggers a silver bell that tolls hours, with a golden dog at the woman’s feet and two birds above.
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London
England
The
East India Company
China
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
People Live On Vesuvius Slopes Amid Constant Risk
Between eighty thousand and a hundred thousand residents dwell on the slopes of Vesuvius with Naples housing around half a million. The soil's fertility attracts them despite intermittent danger as volcanic ejecta enrich soils yielding fine sand and aiding top Italian vineyards.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
A Wonderful Escape in Paris Attack on King Louis Philippe
Kieschi attempted assassination of King Louis Philippe in July 1885 along Boulevard du Temple. The king's arm was grazed, his horse shot, Marshal Mortier killed, about thirteen others dead and thirty wounded. Kieschi had prepared a multi-barrel gun frame on an upper floor, with twenty five barrels aimed at the crowd. a misfire and bursts saved the king.
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Kieschi
Louis Philippe
France
National Guard
Boulevard du Temple
Marshal Mortier
Iieschi
Sorrows of Authorship and Early American Writers
The piece recalls Milton earning about five pounds for Paradise Lost and Hawthorne lamenting obscurity after long effort. Thoreau publishes A Week on the Concord and Merrimack, selling few copies and giving many away, storing a 900 volume personal library from his own writings as cited by the New York Press.
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Milton
Hawthorne
America
Thoreau
New York Press
Railway Station Library At Sussex Vicar’s Books
In a Sussex railway refreshment room a small rack holds books marked as the vicar’s property. Any passenger may borrow a volume with the condition to return it to its place or post it back to the vicar.
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Sussex
England
Magistrate Question Touches On Husband Wife Dispute
A magistrate asks a witness about overhearing a quarrel between a defendant and his wife and the witness describes the man as “doing the listenin” in the courtroom scene.
Could it happen again a Montenegrin law tale in London
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls a Montenegrin rule that valuables be left for the owner to find. It cites Grimaldi’s grandfather in eighteenth century London who, with 400 pounds in gold and silver, left a bag on a post while adjusting his shoe. After hours he returned to discover the bag still there.
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Grimaldi
Leadenhall Market
London
London Chronicle
A Curious Coincidence Ties Doyle to Maupassant Tale
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recounted a winter stay at a mountain inn with two isolated men. He imagined a tragedy but abandoned the idea after discovering Maupassant's newly read story l'Auberge containing the very tale he planned to write.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Guy de Maupassant
l’Auberge
Herons of Andalusia Display Remarkable Nest Salutes
In a London Standard report, W Farren notes brown backed herons in Andalusia Spain show mating affection uniquely. The male crosses neck over the mate at the nest, then returns to his position as the other bird departs. This affectionate salutation is described as distinctive among his studied birds.
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Andalusia
W. Farren
Spain
London Standard
Poker talk sparks wary warning in domestic quip
A witty exchange contrasts a wary wife with a poker loving husband. The wife chides the game name as suggestive of danger while the husband protests, noting his fondness for poker. The dialogue reflects early 20th century domestic banter and humor.
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Tom
Boston Transcript
Cause and Effect in Humorous Exchange
In Harper's a quarrel about Bin gleton reveals vanity and self image. Hawkes calls him conceited and Hinks jokes that he uses a magnifying glass to see his reflection. The exchange highlights pride and self perception.
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Bingleton
Hawkes
Hinks
Harper’s
Hindu Children Show Early Skill and Craft
Hindu children are noted for precocity with seven year olds skilled woodcarvers and rugs woven by youths not yet in their teens. The piece contrasts this at early ages with American schooling.
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America
Lake Victoria and Orinoco Rivers Described
The article notes Lake Victoria as 8,000,000 years old per Dr. Felix Oswald’s calculations, conducted by British Museum researchers in Africa. It also states the Orinoco has the most tributaries of any river, totaling 2,500 with 436 large streams.
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Lake Victoria
Felix Oswald
British Museum
Africa
Orinoco
Complaints Clerk Tells Citizen to Await Turn
A citizen storms into the bureau of complaints claiming a kick, and a clerk urges him to stay calm and wait his turn as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Emmons
Bureau of Complaints
Cincinnati Enquirer
Not at Home and Mars Density Facts
A short dialogue shows a caller asking for a father and a child noting he is not at home. The Mars excerpt states its diameter about 4,281 miles and mass 625,584 quintillion kilograms with density 714 to 1000 compared to Earth.
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Bill
Mainima
Mars
Earth
Fish Eyef ish lack eyelids in constant ocean wash
The text notes that fish eyes have no eyelids because their eyes are continually washed by the surrounding water as they swim.
Mahogany Trees Claim Centuries of Slow Growth
Mahogany is described as very slow growing with many large trees showing evidence of ages exceeding 1000 years.
The Right Cough Syrup For Children
An old notice touts Dike's Baby Cough Syrup as a trusted remedy for coughs and colds. It claims relief by stimulating bronchial membranes and aiding secretion, noting it suits children and larger youngsters and tastes good. Also promotes 50 Dike's remedies available in Iowa at 25 cents per bottle.
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John Welch
James Remley
B. B. Rhinehart
E. J. Noble
E. Orcutt
John Rourke
Rudolph Fabrni
Dan Hogan
John
Haley
E. M. Harvey
BE. J
J. J
John Stout
J. , Locher
Scattering
Mead
Locher
South Madison
G. Alden
HB. T. Bates
F. L. Storey
James Mead
J. A. Fagan
F. L. Dehner
T. H. Lightfoot
J. W. Waite
John Dennison
S. Q. Franks
J. A. Millnap
W. N. Morse
Fred Lynch
John O’herran
Ly A
W. M. Welch
C. J. Cash
M. W. Herrick
Verdon Welch
Geo. A. Fisher
R. M. Corbit
J. Jd. Locher
BK. E. Reed
Clifford Paul
J. W. Doxsee
Geo. Gorman
Dike
Fagan & CO
Towa
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
H. C. Bohlken
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