Notable Iowa Happenings From Onawa To Boone
A slate of local notes covers judicial appointments with Ralph A. Oliver of Sioux City named to the district bench by Governor Turner, local political barbs from J. P. Gallagher, and a Chicago pigeon racing group visiting Tama. Boone hosts a pioneering theological school run by Rev. J. C. Crawford, while a giant amaranth Celosia blossom in Mahaska is claimed as a record. Nearby preservation talks note a 75 year old Henry Kunkel log cabin. A Bloomfield tornado anecdote ends with walnuts scattered under a farmer’s bed, and Miss Cathryn Goble offers English instruction in Bloomfield schools for teaching material development.
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Onawa
Monona County
Ralph A. Oliver
Sioux City
Turner
John F. Oliver
Addison Oliver
Congress
C. G. Oliver
General Assembly
Robert E. Munger
Iowa
Henry Kunkel
Knoxville
Kunkel
Woman Improves English Skills Through Graded Instruction
A teacher advocates starting language work in the fifth grade and continuing through sixth to ninth grades with the same instructor. She reports that students develop correct speaking and writing habits by the close of the ninth year through this continuous, grade-spanning approach.
Boone County Schools Bond Shortfalls Highlight Local Noncompliance
Miss Mary Boyd notes about a dozen rural Boone county schools lack required bonds from their secretary and treasurer. The law sets penalties up to the bond amount, with the minimum bond at 500 dollars. Similar gaps likely exist in other counties as a public finance issue and governance concern.
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Mary Boyd
Boone County
Rocks shower baffles Decatur as mystery rocks surface
In Decatur Iowa a storm scatters small rocks misread as hail across streets. Investigators cannot identify the source, deepening the mystery. Also noted are changes in Iowa education staff with May Francis returning to UT Austin, and concerns over indigent patient costs at Perkins hospital with detailed state audit figures for July and August.
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Decatur
Decatur County
Iowa
May Francis
W. W. Beal
Waterloo
University of Texas At Austin
Perkins Hospital
Town City
Medical Department of
The
State University
J. W. Long
Arrival And Departure Of Mails In Monticello
A Monticello post office timetable lists arrival and departure times for trains and star routes. Trains from Cedar Rapids arrive at 7 26 am and depart at 8 45 am, with other routes to Worthington Oxford Junction and Dubuque shown. The piece also notes a historical English labor law of 1495 about work hours and meal breaks.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Worthington
Mhail
Oxford Junction
Dubuque
Occurrences Thirty Years Ago In Jones County
Items recall transfers deaths marriages and accidents from Jones county. T B Nichols and J Lanigan exchange ownership of the Jones County Times. Matt Noyes sells a Monticello Sand Spring farm for 20000 at 60 per acre. Several deaths include Amanda Darling at 94 and Ann Marvin at 68. A head on train crash near Monticello kills engineer Matt Calderwood. conductor Tom Hefner injured. Other notes cover land sales cattle Texas fever quarantine farm transfers and local obituaries.
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T. B. Nichols
Jones County Times
J. Lanigan
Matt Noyes
Monticello
Sand Spring
Lou Lawrence
Noyes
Amanda Darling
Robert M. Corbit
Onslow
Law
Michigan University
Iowa
Supreme Court
Ann M. Marvin
A. H. Marvin
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Marvin
Matt Calderwood
Tom Hefner
Eliza B. Voorhees
James A. Voorhees
Iith
Ernest E. Shelley
Alberta Theeni
John Smith
Hale Township
Clement Oeschger
Richland Township
Gottlieb Fahrni
R. A. Putnam
Jones County
Scetje
Willie Corbin
John Corbin
Martin Kehoe
Leamon Palmer
Anamosa
James Parrott
Sarah A. McIntyre
Scotch Grove Township
W. H. Norris
Chauncey T. Bates
Chicago
Houdini Spirits and a Town Fear in a Double Act
In a Kansas City Star story a brief early career mind reading act by Houdini with his wife is recalled. A mysterious warning to two armed men in a gallery spooks the audience and a shaky voice confirms their presence, hinting at past crimes and local suspicion.
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Noudini
Houdini
Bill Doakes
Jim Saunders
Benny Carter
Allence
Kansas City Star
Smile-Maker’s Charade Sparks Cautious Awe
A Fayette Journal and Courier note describes a girl who maintains a bright fixed smile from morning to night, calling her a frescoed expression. The piece hints at curiosity about what will happen if that sunlit grin ever sharpens into anger or collapses.
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Fayette
One Up Anyway Two Indianapolis Golfers
Two Indianapolis newspaper men who enjoy golf visited a municipal course to test their skill. In the office they shared shot reports but kept the score private. The longer of the two claimed to be one up after nine holes, while the other finished with a final tally of three and four.
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Indianapolis
Lawyer Mishears Witness Spelling Leads to Confusion
In a courtroom a lawyer failed to catch a witness name after he spelled it aloud. The witness spelled O T T W O D, which the attorney misinterpreted as a string of letters. Laughter erupts as the judge and jurors learn the correct name is Ottwell Woodd.
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Ottlwell Woodd
Dean Has Harsh Encounter at Cathedral
A laborer works in the cathedral precincts as the dean challenges him for not tipping his cap. The worker glances at the building and replies with humor, remarking the cathedral is a fine place and to keep it.
New Jersey Man Jailed After Ax Attack on Board House Cook
A New Jersey man is jailed on charges after striking the cook at his boarding house with an ax. His defense contends he aimed at the steak, not the cook, in the incident.
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New Jersey
Chaucer Mindful of Opportunity in Life
The article notes Geoffrey Chaucer as a prominent London figure, serving as comptroller of customs in 1874 and holding key diplomatic posts. It highlights his earnings from embassies and secret service, and suggests his worldly travels fueled his Canterbury Tales while praising his merry, poetic style rooted in Kent.
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Chaucer
London
Italy
Flinders
France
Christendom
Kent
Condson
London Daily Mall
Body Can Get Along Without Special Food
Mo Hastings of Physical Culture Magazine argues the body can endure weeks without certain nutrients and may benefit from temporary gaps. He notes humans do not require a complete daily supply and that some elements may be stored in the body for months or years. He cites possible one month eating of spinach to balance egg acid tendencies.
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John
Junior
Mo Hastings
Food Research Laboratory of
Physical Culture Magazine
Forward Looking Wordsworth Inspires Hopeful Mindset
Grove Patterson in the Mobile Register extols the forward looking mind as the hardy attitude that yields steady progress. He argues life extends beyond present moments and meaning comes from belief in a better day guiding current work and purpose.
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Wordsworth
Grove Patterson
Mobile Register
Leap Year Privilege in 1606 London
An 1606 book titled Courtship Love and Matrimony discusses social rules on leap year dating. It notes that women may refuse marriage advances during the leap year and that men who propos ewith contempt may forfeit clerical privilege.
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London
Five Pauls in the Polyglot PRalkans Saga
A narrative notes a man named Pavel Paul who fathered five sons who adopted local names in Greece Serbia Bulgaria Romania and Turkey. The Athens branch calls himself Paviopouto Belgrade Pacloyich Sofia Pav laff Bucharest Pav lescu and Constantinople Pavlogiu.
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Pavel
Paul
Athens
Paviopouto
Paulion
Belgrade
Pacloyich
Sofia
Pavlaff
Bucharest
Pavlescu
Constantinople
Pavlogiu
Public reading notes mix new and old phrases
Scrambled OCR style fragment shows readers asking for books about various topics including Elizabeth, business terms, and rattethniketh. The text references an Annapolis News source and a delicate citizen utterance about literature.
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Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
A. B. Vance
Laurens
Pocahontas County
U.S
Akron
United States
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Tama
Chicago & Northwestern
Boone
J. C. Crawford
Court House
Coxcomb
W. C. Webber
New Sharon
Mahaska County
J. L. Sanders
Bloomfield
Davis County
Frank Grider
Frank
Lasper County
Washington
William Brock
Newton
Jasper County
Cathryn R. Goble
United States War Department
Harper's Ferry
Allamakee County
Crooked Slough
Mississippi River
Storm Lake
Walter Bruce
Chautauqua Park
England
the Express
del Monte
Monarch
Troes
Monsuka
Corn
M H
Enna
Castile
Robb Ross
Ans
Yogila
Joe
Selex
Five Pauls
Miyzabeth
Pienth
Rattethniketh
Anapolis News
Thelma Collier
Dorothy Perkins
Palmer’s Drug Store
Monticello, Iowa
Peperal
Schultz Bros
Skelgas
Ben C. Roberts
Skelley
Alva Zimmerman
Zimmerman Radio
Lovell and
Castle Grove
Jones Coo
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Arend Balster
Frank Himbbaugh
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