Negligence for missing guard rails on Jones county bridge
Supreme court opinion in Mages v Jones County upholds jury finding that absence of guard rails on an old iron bridge and its approach contributed to a fatal incident. The ruling affirms that the county may be negligent for lacking barriers and that contributory fault did not bar the plaintiff’s recovery.
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Supreme Court
Hb. M. Mages
Jones County
District Court
F. O. Ellison
George A. Gorman, Co
Atty
C. J. Oagh
Anamosa
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello
Appelee
LADD
Maquoketa River
Skelly’s Gate
Cutting
Shelburne
Mass
N. E
Breckenridge
Fitchburg
Reynolds
City of
Centerville
Iowa
N. W
Harvey
Clarinda
Sylvester
Casey
Waud
Polk County
Towa
Walker
Decatur
Morgan
Dallas County
Egmoire
Union County
O’connor
V. Railway
Huggard v. Refining Co
Lunde
Brown v. Coal Co
Manderschid
City of Dubuque
Byerly
City of Anamosa
Nocks
Whiting
Town
St. Rep
Overbouser
American Cereal Co
Schaetter
Jackson Township
Joan
Board of Supervisors
Nwy
Castle Grove Township
Jones County Court House
Siid
Court House
J. Hines
Board ‘of Supervisors
Ki. J. Hines
Rally Day Observed At Presbyterian Church With Concert
Next Sunday October 19 Rally Day will be observed at the Presbyterian church. Rev Mr Allen will preach to the Sunday School children and a choir will provide morning music. An evening sacred concert titled The Heavenly Vision will feature Handel Hallelujah Chorus selections and readings from The Revelation.
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Presbyterian Church
Mr. Allen
Monticello Teachers Take a Long Saturday Walk
Miss Smith and Miss Brown left Monticello to enjoy a cross country stroll to Hopkinton on an October Saturday. The eight mile trek proved easy and restorative, as they savored a perfect day and the beauty of foliage near the college town. The pair daydream of another walk to Anamosa if weather stays favorable.
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Monticello
Ma’ams
Smith and Brown
Hopkinton
Anamosa
Pittsburgh judge rules bigamist supports both wives
A Pittsburgh judge finds a man guilty of bigamy and orders he provide support to both wives, reflecting a rare dual-spouse conviction and ongoing legal scrutiny.
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Pittsburgh
Center Junction Social Roundup and Upcoming Trip
Center Junction notes a planned Edenburg trip departing October 21 with eight days away and 37.50 for fare board and sleeping car. Local business changes include Leech Prahm buying the hardware store, moving residents, open church sessions, and a moving picture show. Several residents travel, host gatherings, and report community visits and incidents including an injury from a motorcycle accident in Shellsburg.
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M. G. Alsever
Edenburg
Texas
Mexico
Will Leech
Pete Prahm
Monticello
Center Junction
Guy McDonald
Lee Coder
Farley
J. A. McDonald
Moncrief Bros
Livingstone
J. B. Moses
Illinois
C. W. Frey
Minnesota
C. A. Crorey
Ruesell
John Alexander
H. J. Wilcox
Baba
J. B. Moses Homa
Young
Guy Williamson
Des Moines
M. Magee
Anamosa
Finley McDonald
Hotel atop Sicilian crater promises thrills for tourists
Flo, an American hotel proprietor, buys a summit site on a dormant volcano in Sicily and plans a hotel. A special feature is an underground chamber with asbestos floor where guests may sleep awaiting an eruption, offering a novel kind of thrill.
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Sicily
Flo
London
Greece and a Fair Haired King Prophecy Link
The article notes King Constantine of Greece as having fair hair fulfilling a medieval prophecy. It cites letters from 1188 sent to the French king from envoys in Constantinople about a disturbed city due to a mysterious sentence inscribed on the golden gate foretelling a fair haired king from the west who would be welcomed.
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Greece
Constantine
France
Constantinople
Golden Gate
Royal Worries About Alfonso Family Health
Madrid observers report the king's ghastly appearance while Infanta Maria Christina, fourteen months, is said to face impediment in speech and hearing like her brother Don Jaime, four. Crown Prince Alfonso, nearly six, and Infanta Beatrice, almost four, are described as normal.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Infanta Maria Christina
Don Jaime
Infanta
Beatrice
Operation Preferred for Gaybird by Doctor
The doctor tells Mr. Gaybird a necessary operation after a thorough exam. Gaybird asks about alternatives and jokingly prefers the operation, prompting a humorous exchange that ends with the judge present.
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Gaybird
India Seen Through Theist Rhetoric And Famine’s Shadow
A critical travelogue critiques Indian religion and social life, noting 315 million inhabitants with 17 atheists and 60 agnostics. It skewers Annie Besant Theosophy at Adyar, recounts missions, baptisms, and a brutal poverty landscape where famine and cholera bury thousands while personal initiative appears stifled.
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India
Burma
Annie Besant
Adyar
Madras
Quinner
Madame
Georgia
Tuticoran
Atlanta
Matthew Abraham
Europe
Suez
Lord Cromer
China
For Sale A Good Hard Coal Burner
For sale a good hard coal burner. Enquire of John Matthiessen.
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John Matthiessen
Bidwell
Amber
Sam Witham
Scotch Grove Township
J. B. Moses
A Caliph Intervenes in a Baghdad Money Case
In Baghdad, Caliph Haroun al Raschid disguises himself as a date seller to learn of a money changer's woes. Three depositors claim 300 pieces of gold, the money changer cannot return all, and a court case ensues. The caliph reveals a receipt binds all deposits to all three. The judge orders repayment to all depositors, and the money changer is advised to seek the caliph if trouble returns.
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Bagdad
Harou al-Raschid
Solomon
Haroun-al-Rashid
Mason on War and Peace Society Banter
Jeremiah Mason visits Sumner’s office where Sumner writes a peace society address. Mason teases him and remarks he would as soon join a society to suppress thunder as to suppress war. From the Memoir of Jeremiah Mason by G B Hillard.
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Jeremiah Mason
G. 8. Hillard
Sarah Baker
Nottinghill
Chamberlain
C. H. Sobtje
Pigeonholes Gone From Navy Bureau of Ordnance
The Chicago News reports Admiral Twining’s policy to keep papers moving at the Navy Bureau of Ordnance in Washington. A weekly Monday briefing lists unfinished correspondence to explain delays, with a card system tracking each letter from receipt to action and destroying records after completion.
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Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Washington
Admiral Twining
Chicago News
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J. Fearis
J. Warhurst
New Kingdom
B. Tours
Eana Wenger
F. W. Peace
These
H. O. Brown
Alice Hanawalt
Eden Land
J. S. Fearis
The
Sioux City Journal
Frank Lane
Shellsburg
Cedar Rapids
L. G. Stabler
Canter Street
Helen Young
Poland
H. G. Brazelton
Buick
Monticello Auto & Supply Company
Henry Bailey
Te Kehoe
South Dakota
J. A. Voorhees
Sandhouse Farm
Lowell State Bank
Rudolph Kasper
A. B. Molar
Moler System of Colleges
S. Fifth Ave
Chicago
Jetf
Frank Byrne
the Express
F.O. B
W. S. Pangboro
W. M. Welch
Huck Creek
Clarence Baggs
Big Henry
O’shea
Meddler
P. O'Shea
O Cascade
Cascade and
Monticello Road
Brick School House
Amana Society
Hanken & Jacobs
Wayr
Aryan
Mayz
Miayr
Gen. H. Mayr
Mfg
Whiting St
Chienxo
W.W. Stickford
A. M. Maurice D. Dd. S
Lovell Beoge
Fred Puleston
Eilers & Bolton
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