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Pella Chronicle in Pella, Iowa

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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1914

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County Board Actions and County Tax Delinquency Summary

Marion county Iowa board sessions document routine 1914 proceedings. Contain claims allowed drainage actions select official papers for 1914 and list numerous county expense items including road labor, supplies, and door-to-door notices. Also notes appointments of committee members for public buildings and county farm affairs, and approvals of annual reports from county officers and school superintendent.

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H. B. Clark Walter Caulkins W. T. Ridlen A. J. Hanna W. T. Ridien W. H. Lyon Hammond & Stephens Co Wheeler Lumber Co G. F. Owens Steele & Co D. G. VanZante Knoxville Iowa Board of Supervisors Marion County D. G. van Zante W. D. Bennett Iowit Knoxville Journel Knoxville Express Pella Chronicle Pella Booster Knoxville Journal Pella 31St General Assembly of Mikesell Mker Langerak Chas Postor Huber & Bryan Lake Prairie Franklin Union Clay Liberty Pleasant Grove Lake Prairie Township J. K. Keefer J. H. Laren Clay Township N. B. Hopkins Dallas City J. D. Schlotterback G. T. H. Klein O. IE. Osborn Y. T. van Niewaal I. H. Garretson Ce. J. Logan Slob Bros. & Co J. P. Carey & Brother Casey & Belville J. J. Long C. BE. Smith Annie Mitchell Vanderwilt Kamerick & Co J. H. Powers S. D. McCoy Fred P Grant Strausburger Carl C. Gamble Mdse B. L. Anderson W. L. Woodruff C. W. Jones Kinne & Barnes Dickerson & Savage S. R. Hunt Ed Hayes Clare Mattox C. O. Wilson J. W. Og R. C. Goff Wm. Slayman Hamilton Jetty J. A. Woodyard Melcher City Mae Goldizen General Assembly J. W. Bittenbender Elias Miller James Bryson T. T. Bakker Pella City J. J. Riggs Dallas Township Chas. Hays C. E. Norris Summit M. B. Hunter Polk Nellie G. Smith Johnnie Mikesell Miranda Mikesell Board of Supervis
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Marion county Iowa supervisors approve janitor supply purchase

On January 8 1914 the Marion county Iowa board of supervisors directs the courthouse jail and county farm janitor to buy sweeping powder disinfectants and toilet paper and to handle ordering quantities and delivering the supplies to appropriate recipients for use.

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Board of Supervisors Marion County Towa
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Widow's Pension Reduced in Marion County Iowa

The order directs Miranda Mikesell widow to receive a weekly pension of 4 dollars, down from 6, under the Marion County Iowa arrangement.

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LIFE IN ICELAND AS DESCRIBED BY LONDON HERALD

A London Family Herald piece contrasts Icelanders with stereotypes of Eskimo life, praising their culture, education, neat homes, and fashion. It notes their diet limits, reliance on oil for cooking, native products like fish and lamb, and a skilled native cooking ability that makes dishes flavorful despite scarce staples.

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Iceland England Denmark Scotland London Family Herald
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Nitrogen the Loafer of the Element World

The New York Post notes nitrogen, a dominant 75 percent of air, is remarkably inert though essential. Despite industrial efforts to wake it with electric currents, nitrogen remains largely inactive in daily life, except when transformed in factories into explosives and fertilizers.

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New York Post
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Frugality and a Bride’s Face Veil Surprise

A southern congressman’s daughter, recently a bridesmaid for a college friend, told her family including the old colored mammy about the wedding. She noted the bride wore a great-grandmother’s face veil, prompting Aunt Comfort to exclaim that it is truly a saving family.

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Comfort Sidney Chile Warmy Sholy
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Rough on the Plumbers Joke From London Tatler

A small boy asks if plumbers go to heaven and the gentleman replies no heaven because the sky leaks. The quip unfolds around a recent bill from the plumbing fraternity as the boy probes the afterlife in a lighthearted exchange.

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London Tatler
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Expected Reduction with Grandpa and Donald

A London Punch quip features Grandpa Macpherson arguing over arithmetic with Donald. Donald insists on a joke about beating him down, while the elder replies that two and two make four. The exchange highlights dry humor in a family vignette from the period.

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Grandpa Macpherson Donald Grandpa London
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Punishment Recall Echoes from a Languid Exchange

A quip about punishment unfolds in a playful dialogue between a father and son. The father recalls his own marriage as a form of correction, turning a simple query into a wry reflection on authority and consequences.

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Tide mysteries and the Caldron of the Spotted Seas

A New York Sun piece explains tidal behavior worldwide and notes the unique calm of the Antarctic basin. It describes tidal irregularities caused by landmasses and shallow seas, cites Scotland's Jura Searba whirlpool, and details the Amazon bore as a wall of water surging inland.

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Amazon Antarctic Basin Cape Elora Cape of Good England Jura Searba Scotland New York Sun
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Paragon Question Sparks Exchange Over Employee Focus

The Paragon quip asks if any employee who never talks baseball horse racing or prizefighting can be bought for business. A reply confirms it isn’t a man but a woman. The Pittsburgh Post quotes the exchange.

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Paragon Pittsburgh Post
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Was It Love or Friendship in a Birthday Gift

A brief quotation highlights a gift exchange between Mabel and Walter. Mabel recalls giving Walter a handmade necktie for his birthday, asking if he liked it. Walter replies that its beauty shall be for his own eyes alone, framed as a sign of special affection.

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Walter Mabel Lippincott’s
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the ‘County Board S. EB. Cronkhite F. Hugens C.dieleman G. G. Thomassen Henry DeGeest Anda Mick Fred F. Carpenter J. V. Brann, Jr J. W. Brann S. L. Collins Oil Co Pop Brrop Pierce R.eierce All Grocers J. Blommers & Co Bank of Gilby Gilby, North Dakota R. K. Hamilton Pella, Iowa
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