Monticello Council Proceedings 1913 Proceedings
Monticello council meets in regular session with mayor and clerk present. Financial reports given covering funds and bonds. Numerous claims approved contingent on funds. paving resolution postponed to November. District court notes verdicts and continuances. probate and guardianship matters listed.
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Monticello
Arduser
Schneider
Rockstad
Ferring
Hicks
Bohlken
Meyers
Kellam
Nordhrop
Iowa
General Fund
Monticello State Bank
Fink & Fink
Central Lbr Co
J T Lannigan
J F Meyer
Chris Dinklage
Jas Rathbun
John Adams
Central Lumber
Geo Guyan
Slauson
John Sampson
Frank Lyon
Louis Jacobs
Fred Kellum
C. J. Northrop
Towit
South Cedar
Grand
Washington
Warvel
BE. E. Hoag
C.J. Northrop
Death of a Richland Pioneer Mrs Maria Cavanaugh
Mrs Maria Cavanaugh widow of James Cavanaugh of Richland township died at her West Cascade home at 5 o clock Thursday morning September 25 aged 86 years 4 months 10 days Born Maria Heery in County Cavan Ireland May 15 1827 she came to the United States in 1847 and Iowa in 1857 Survived by three children John H James and Maggie with Felix deceased in 1912 Also aunt of William and John Heery years-long Cascade resident prior to seven years ago buried in Cascade area
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Richland
Cascade
Maria Cavanaugh
James Cavanaugh
Richland Township
West Cascade
Maria Heery
County Cavan
Ireland
United States
Brooklyn
New York
Iowa
Hichland Township
Jones County
John H
James
Maggie
Felix
Cavanaugh
William
John Heery
Debt and Hustling in the Courier Journal satire
A Louisville Courier Journal piece argues debt labels hustle as a virtue to the debtor while bill collectors observe the opposite as the debtor spends most time dodging payments.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Way of the Race and the foggy primary day
Ten thousand enthusiasts will follow a golf champion through a downpour. A heavy fog will keep voters away from the polls on primary day.
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Boston Transcript
Property Transfers Recorded in Anamosa and Surrounding Townships
A series of real estate transfers across Anamosa, Scotch Grove, Fairview, Greenfield, Rome, Monticello, and neighboring townships. Purchasers include Lydia Gustine, Nellie Kuhns guardian, Myra Yule, A O Doubenmier, Ruth Waggoner guardian, Fred Bronemann, R H Rummel, C M Brown, Nina Pierce, N W Chadwick, J H Ramsey, J T Dunigan, Martin Johnson, H M Dragoo, H S Richardson, and John McMurrin. Amounts range from 700 to 42,222.50 dollars for various parcels totaling multiple acres and lots.
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Lydia E. Gustine
W. F. Strawman
H. Walworth
Anamona
Nellie M. Kuhns
Eliese Henrichs
Scotch Grove
Mryta Abigail Yule
J. P. Merrill
Fairview
Doubenmier
James J. Kohl
Greenfield Township
Ruth E. Waggoner
Guardian
J. F. Waggoner
Jackson Township
Fred Bronemann
Rose Bronemann
Castle Grove
R.H. Rummel
J. F. Hughes
Rome
C. C. Miller
Elzoe B. Plummer
West Cascade
Martin Johnson
Frank Campbell
Rome Township
H.M. Dragoo
S. Peet
Lairview
H.S. Richardson
W. A. Beery
Monticello
John McMurrin
James Guthrie
Wyoming
Old and New Jokes and Dated Funny Bits
A collection of quips and small notices from multiple papers. Items include jokes about editors and Anna, a poker estimate by Professor Proctor, misnamed aliases in Alabama, a doctor patient exchange, magazine hints about a suffraget bomb, Balkan fashion views, a Galveston street light note, Jacob Jacobsen’s winter plans, and visits by C. H. Stockwell.
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Life
Louisville Courier-Journal
Galveston
Memory Erased by Sandbag Confessions Claim
The piece discusses a Brown University professor's claim that a concussion from a sandbag can erase memories of events three to five hours prior while preserving earlier impressions. It cites J. B. Hume of Wells Fargo & Co. convincing self robbed agents to confess after sandbag-initiated amnesia, noting lack of marks but full disclosure of events up to the blow.
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CH. B. Delabarre
Brown University
J. B. Hume
Wells, Fargo & Co
Prince Imperial’s tact Shifts Gaffe Into Witty Repartee
In Memoirs of the Prince Imperial the heir of Napoleon III shows royal tact. He greets Alberic Second, mistaken for Marsh al Le Boeuf, and says he is glad to meet a friend of his father. He later corrects the misread with a quip about unchanged phrase.
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Prince Imperial
Napoleon III
Alberic Second
Marshal Leboeuf
M. Filon
The Boy and the Bee Bee Master Advice
An exchange in London Punch shows a Bee Master instructing a pupil on how to remove a bee sting by turning the bee to extract the barb. The pupil questions the direction, while the master explains the method and the bee’s impending death from stinging.
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London
Tram indicator confusion at Piccadilly and Albert Square
London tram passengers misread front indicators as routes while side boards show the wrong line. A woman asks for Albert Square but is told the car heads to Piccadilly, with the conductor quipping that they do not go sideways. A second report notes a passenger asking about stopping outside Amleck and Milne's and being told yes, they do stop there.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Piccadilly
Albert Square
Missus
Amleck & Milne's
Omitted flies in omelet baffles club members joke
A New York club receives a witty complaint from a member who dined with three gourmets and found the omelet contained only three flies. The writer suggests future servings for four people be either with four flies or without any flies.
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House Committee
New York
Everybody’s Magazine
Purse bred Poland China pigs and fresh potatoes on track
Wanted and For Sale notices offer Pure bred Poland China pigs for fall 1912 and spring 1913 farrows from W. T. Kehoe 1111 on potatoes on the track for sale at low fall prices. John Perrine advertises a carload of fine smooth potatoes ready to fill the cellar now at reduced rates.
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Poland
China
W. T. Kehoe
Big Henry
O’shea
Meddler
P. O'Shea
Cascade
Iowa
Cascade and
Monticello Road
Brick School House
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James Snepp
Bessie Meade
Jennie Mallett
John V
Anna Ommen
R. Gerdes
John H. Ahraken
H. B. Ahraken
Henry Schlemme
Jacob Killins
George Ambuehl
Jeff Smith
F. E. Cook
John Joseph Hoss
Anna
Proctor
Lowell
Alabama
Allas Cuttin
Thompson
Williams
Night Hawk
New York News
Kirst and
Walnut Streets
Heisey-Eastwood
Jacob Jacobsen
Belle Fouche
South Dakota
C. H. Stockwell
Buck Creek
Fremont
the Bee
L. G. Stubbler
Lowell State Bank
Frank Locher
C. 8
Bidwell
Plymouth Rock Cockerel
Bradley Strain
H. A. Ward
Center Street
Helen Young
Ed G. Brazelton
Buick
The
Montigello Auto & Supply Company
Amber
Henry Bailey
Jones Co
Gillsreet
F. D. McLaughlin
Michael McLaughlin
J. A. Voorhees
N. G. W. Winner
John Perrine
Golden Rule
Stirton
Wm. H. Gifford & Sons
W. Rowland Jr
Edward E. Rose
Janice Meredith
Alice of
Old Vincennes
Zenda
David Harum
the Spenders
Opera House
Chicago
Boston
Amana: Society
Hanken & Jacobs
J. E. Bateman
Sandhouse Farm
Sam Witham
Scotch Grove Township
J. B. Moses
Moler System of Colleges
S. Fifth Ave
District Court
John H. Ahrnuken
H. BE. Ahanken
J. W. Coxsee
J. B. Clark
Edgemont
Ford M. Clark
Cedar Rapids
State of
A. D
J. W. Doxsee
Christian Bronemann
Anamosa
Rosina Bronemann
Herrick & Reed, Atby’s
Frances Conner
Robert O. Stirton
Jacob Killias
Seagal
Aioe Ase
Sterling
Illinois
O. H. Soetje’s
Mrs. L. A. Beaver
D.C
Fred Puleston
Kilerg & Bolton
Router
Ilinois
France
Mayr
AYR
ZIG Store
Geo. H. Mayr
Mfg
Whiting St
Chicago, Ill
W.W. Stickford
Harry E. Netcott
Independence, Iowa
M W. Herrick E
E. Reed
Herrick & Reed Attorneys AT Law
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