Pella Iowa notices of paving assessment schedule and objections
City of Pella Iowa publishes plat and schedule of proposed assessments for paving curb gutting along Oskaloosa Street South Main Street Franklin Street Broadway and related segments. Lists districts, boundary lines, property parcels and owner names known, with 20 day objection window from August 20 1914. City Clerk A C Kuyper signed.
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Pella
Iowa
Oskaloosa Street
East First Street
South Main Street
Liberty Street
Franklin Street
Main Street
Broadway Street
Washington Street
East Third Street
Towa
A. C. Kuyper
New York Republican Clash Undercuts Fusion Plan
National notes describe the breakdown of Republican Progressive fusion in New York, with old guard leaders led by Senator Root choosing the old Republican flag. Roosevelt denounces the party as bourbons and vows no compromise. Root criticizes the income tax, urging tariffs to shield industry and arguing tax burdens fall on working classes while wealth pays for roads.
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J. K. Dougherty
Washington
Iowa
New York
Old Guard
Roosevelt
Root
Saratoga
Harvey D. Hinman
Col. Roosevelt
Senator Root
Permant
Lewiston
Col
Wiliam Barnes, Jr
Geo. W. Wickersham
Taft
Bristow
Kansas
Crawford
South Dakota
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Chicago
New England
Middle States
Central West
House
Wall Street
Detroit
Cincinnati
East
Weather and Crop Report for Iowa the Week Ending Aug 23 1914
The Iowa Weather and Crop Service notes continued heat and hot winds at week start, followed by slight cooling and local showers. Average temperature about 5 above normal, rainfall largely nil except in east central district and parts of Madison, Union, Adams, Decatur counties. Corn damaged on high and sandy land, southern counties below average yields, some areas may reach over thirty bushels per acre with timely showers. potatoes, pastures, apples, and garden crops also harmed.
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Iowa Weather and Crop Service
East Cental
Madison
Union
Adams
Decatur
Obituary, marriage clipping and sales note flood editor
A western editor receives a letter requesting copies of the paper containing an obituary and verse for the writer's aunt, publication of a clipping about the writer's niece’s marriage, and a notice to advertise two bull calves for sale. The writer also asks to stop the paper due to a lapsed subscription and complains that Times is too hard to waste money on newspapers.
Sapphire Heist Aboard Ship Reveals Swift Betrayal
A banker’s sapphire is stolen during a voyage from Aden to America after a maid named Susan, an Indian woman connected to Mrs. Gillette, is entangled in the plot. The stewards’ plotting links the theft to a wax impression of a door lock. Susan is captured and sent back to India for mental work, revealing Asia’s natives’ shrewdness.
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America
Boston
Aden
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Atlantic
New York
Gillette
Susan
Gibraltar
Azores
Mrs. Gillette
British Parliament Eligibility Rules and London Fogs
A collage of items covers who may sit in the British House of Commons, detailing eligible classes and disqualifications, then shifts to Mazzini praising London fogs, and ends with a Navajo sweat bath article describing a desert cleansing method using heated stones, blankets, and sand.
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House of Commons
Commons
Crown
Church of England
Church of Scotland
New
Southwest
Obstinate. Pred-What kind of fellow is he?
Ned questions a man about his stubbornness in a clipped dialogue. The judge remarks on the impropriety of revealing such traits, hinting at caution in accusations and perception within the courtroom mood.
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Ned
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Will Arive
Alberta
Ver Steeg Co
Republican National Committee
West
Red River Valley
Acre
Gilby
Bank OF
Gilby, N. Dak. Or
R. K. Hamilton
Pella, Iowa
THE
British Parliament
Mazzini
London
Washington Herald
State Fair
Des Moines
Rock Island Lines
Ichmeak Fair Ground
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