Monticello and Jones County boards meet in October 1912
The Monticello city council and Jones county board convened with members present. County reports cover recorder and clerk fees for July to September, school fund transactions, insane patient transfers, and road matters. The council discussed claims, an ordinance on payments, and adjourned. county officers listed receipts and transfers.
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Board of Supervisors
Noyes
Hale
Thomson
Finn
Murfield
Thomsen
Joliet
Hon. Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Iowa
Har Boyer
H. G. A. Harper
Clerk District Court
H.G. A. Harper
Auditor’s Office
Bal
PB Daly
A E Hester
Catherine Daly
Monticello
Arduser
Ferring
Rockstad
Hicks
Schneider
Bublken
Welphmaster Mayer
Hoag
Koop
Iowa Telephone Co
Jones Co Tel Co
Lang
Washington Hose Co
Hook & Ladder Co
van Ore
HS Lee
Frank Starry
Geo Guyan
Albert Mayer
Bred W Koop
HJ Lightfoot
Slauson
Chris Dinklage
Andrew Cassady
Flaton
Hawkeye Oil Co
Allen Mig Co
Peter Matthiessen
Leroy Clark
W L Hanssen
Bridge Road
Monticello Electric Co
Sept
Nayes
Verring
Real Estate Transfers in Monticello Anamosa and Surrounds
A batch of transfers lists W H Lauder and wife selling to Isaac Suter in Bradsteel's addition Monticello for 600 dollars. George L Lovell and wife to Lizzie T Smith for two railroad add lots 346 347 Monticello at 900. Several other deeds include Sarah L Van Zandt to A G Hejinian 8600, Hawkeye Loan to John Brosh 1, John Good to I N Dra goo 83000, John H Beam to J K Bishop 625, Harriet E Summers to O L West 934 acres 1, Blanche Keller to McCreight Bales 7 8 block 9 Onslow, Ella Lacy to L W Lovell 500, Harry Grimmet and F L Story interests in Madison township, Lizzie M Noble to F L Brina combe lot 6 block 2 LL Osburn subdivision G H Walworth add 900, S D Alspaugh to William Buckner 120 acres Fairview township 1, Harry Grimm et al to Wm Hoersch 81 in Madison township.
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W. H. Lauder
Isaac Suter
Bradsteel
Monticello
George L. Lovell
Lizzie T. Smith
Sarah L. van Zandt
A. G. Hejinian
E. Bosth
J. H. Fisher
Anamosa
Hawkeye Loan and Brokerage Co
John Brosh
Keanfield Township
John Good
I. N. Dragoo
Fairview Township
John H. Beam
J. K. Bishop
Lexington
Harriet E. Summers
O. L. West
Ella Lacy
L. W. Lovell
Warvels
Harry Grimmet
F. L. Story
Nely
Madison Township
Lizzie M. Noble
F. L. Brinacombe
LL. Osburn
G. H. Walworth
S. D. Alspaugh
William T. Buckner
Harry Grimm
Wm. Hoersch
Indian Summer Brings Mild Days Amid Rising Coal Costs
A Louisville weather note suggests Indian summer may linger with summerlike conditions while coal buyers face higher prices as vendors push for steeper charges during the mild spell.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Man borrows to buy auto sparks debate on farming class
The Denver Republican quotes Dr. Madison Co. Peters of New York arguing that selling a farm is foolish. It contrasts the idea with mortgaging a farm to purchase an automobile, questioning the wisdom of that class and practice.
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Denver
Dr. Madison Co. Peters
New York
Location of Armageddon Reported in Capital
Our spies authoritatively report the location of Armageddon as between the devil and the deep sea in Columbia Washington DC. The remark plays on apocalyptic imagery in a capital city setting.
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Columbia
D. C
Iowa Farmer Rejects Bull Moose in Iowa Race
An Iowa farmer recalls 1866 land purchase near a railroad in Buchanan County and argues that Republican rule built land value and wealth. He warns that voting Bull Moose or supporting Wilson would revive the tariff for revenue policy and harm farm prices, urging fellow Iowa farmers to back the Republican ticket.
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Iowa
Buchanan County
Republican Party
Grant
Old Granger
Greenback Party
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Harrison
Wilson
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Sober Second Thought Promotes Taft Election Caution
Fremont Tribune argues that after political noise the prudent American voter will favor Taft, deeming proposed experiments risky. The piece suggests voters will avoid changing a prosperous economy and prefer stability before the election.
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Fremont Tribune
Taft
Change in Washington and the nation’s prosperity
Chairman Hilles urges voters to weigh facts over rhetoric as two parties seek national change. The piece extols Taft era gains, industrial revival, full mills and rising wages, and warns that a political shift could jeopardize the current boom and job security for workers and families.
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Iowa
Hilles
Washington
United States
Taft
Mr. Taft
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Supervisors’ Proceedings
John Thomsen
Acct Bridge Ibr
Nowachek
Kline
Krouse
Acct Bridge Lbr
Shedeck
Acct Bridge
Lbr
Harms
Lorenzen
J Murfield
Old Bridge Lumber
J K Hale
Old Bridge
Louis Gardner
J. 8. Webb
L. Nodge
J. R. Reid
Clay Township
State Board of Control
GC. J. Murfield
J K. Hale
Council Proceedings
Blanche Keller
McCreight & Bales
Onslow
Maine
California
Teeth
Central Lumber & Coal Company
G. P. Rockstad
Voorhees Coal CO
Barton & Tutt
Peter Meyer
Chamberlain
O. H. Soetje
H. C. Bohlken
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
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