Petition for Uniform Truck Rates Across Three Counties
Town Truckers petition railway commission seeks state uniform rate schedule for Buchanay Black Hawk and Grundy counties. They urge adoption of uniform way bills and invoices and adherence to required receipts. Court hearing planned as part of the case. A separate note cites a large increase in public education costs over thirty years and expanded school spending despite lower enrollment.
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Railway Conmission
Buchanay
Black Hawk
Grundy
A C. Williams
Resea
Stg
Poweshick County Officials Vote Wage Reductions
Poweshick County officials voted a voluntary ten percent salary cut, effective New Year, with the Board of Supervisors cutting ten percent and extending the cut to all county employees from deputies and clerks to road men, office staff, surveyors, the county engineer, and the county attorney.
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Poweshick
David Sutherland
Montezuma
Board of Supervisors
Maries
Salmon Swift Swimmer
Salmon can reach speeds of 25 miles per hour in short-distance bursts making it the swiftest swimmer among fish.
Treaty Declared U S Not a Christian Nation
Altered eighteenth century treaty with Tripoli reveals claim that the United States was not founded on the Christian religion. The modification, possibly by a secular advocate, appears in Article 1b of the 1796 peace and friendship treaty negotiated by American seafarer Richard O'Brien. The English text asserts no Christian basis or enmity to Mussulmen, stressing harmony between nations.
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U.S
United States
Senate
David Hunter Miller
Thomas Paine
Tripoli
Richard O’brien
United States of America
Veils once owned by Martha Washington in Kolb collection
Col Louis Z Kolb of Philadelphia owns three Washington family veils. One is bridal netting once worn by Mrs Custis, another is hand embroidered from a Gilbert Stuart portrait, and the third is a Brussels net riding veil. The heirlooms remained with Washington kin until recently acquired by Kolb.
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Martha Washington
Col
Louis Z. Kolb
Custis
Gilbert Stuart
Mount Vernon
Washington
Kolb
Shakespearean misquote on caviare to the general
A reader notes a Shakespeare line misrendered as caviare to the general from Hamlet Act II Scene IV. It explains caviare as a Russian delicacy once seen as fashionable but not widely enjoyed, and how the phrase came to mean something beyond popular taste.
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Hamlet
Sweetheart of Europe and Austria's Fame on Tour
The text praises Austria as the "Sweetheart of Europe," a beloved figure among travelers who coined many names for her charm. It notes attempts to ribbon her with titles like The Nymph of the Danube, The Queen of the East, and The Musical Maid of Monarchy, reflecting widespread admiration for her beauty and allure.
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Europe
Austria
Aurora
Danube
Much Iowa Corn Exposed to Wet Weather
Millions of bushels of Iowa corn have stood in temporary cribs or on the ground for three months of rainy weather. Moisture and exposure have lowered grade, forcing thoughts on the economics class about the futility of growing good corn only to lose it by improper protection.
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Iowa
Notice in Probate for Klemence De Smet Will
Notice directs all interested to appear at the Court House in Orange City Sioux County on January 19 1932 at 10 AM to attend probate of a purported last will and testament of Klemence De Smet deceased. Judge T J Rees Clerks of the District Court Arthur Kubicek deputy Attys Van Qosterhout Kolyn listed.
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Orange City
Sioux County
Ava
Janna A. D
Klemence de Smet
Towa
Districte Court
T. J. Rees
District Court
Arthur Kubicek
van Qosterhout & Kolyn
Ait
Train Timetable Fragments End at Major City Routes
Fragmentary timetable lists eastbound and westbound passenger daily numbers with times to cities including Mason City Sioux Falls Mitchell Rapid City and Chicago or Milwaukee. It references stock trains and freight schedules with a note on reservations and an agent contact.
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A. S
Mason City
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sun
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Rapid City
Way
Reight
Transcript fragment prompts note on politeness value
A brief transcript fragment discusses whether politeness costs nothing and comments that if it did more politeness might exist. The writer hints at value judgments about social behavior without detailing people or events.
Confusion Over Iowa Marriage Licenses Leads to Multiple Ceremonies
A Taylor county couple faced mounting confusion as a justice in Iowa briefly warned them about a marriage license. The license was issued in Creston, Trion county, prompting a chase across Aston, Adams, and Union counties for a third ceremony, with further misplacement of the couple’s original license.
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Taylor County
Iowa
Creston
Trion County
Aston County
Tne
Adams County
Union County
Weather in 1owa during 1931 record warmest September
A-Towa Bureau of Agriculture summary notes 1931 had mean yearly temperature just over 53 degrees, the warmest since records began. The year featured continued drought in much of the state early, extreme summer heat, heavy November rainfall, record warm September, and November wettest with many rainy days.
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Towa
Hie
Bureau of the
Towa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Perth tourist house tale echoes in verses of Scott
The fragment traces a travel boast praising Perth Scotland and its North Port area near Curfew yow and Blackfriar's wynd, mentioning the house of Katie Grover as a noted local landmark. The text blends literary nods to Verona Elsinore and Doone valley with a comment on a house once verified through a jog within ae ar.
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Verona
Juliet
Doone Valley
Lorma
Elsinore
Ophelia
Perth
Scotland
Blackfriar
Katie Grover
Walter Scott
Ertain
Eaplo
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Meat Department
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John Coert
Rock Valley
Tongeine
France
Wuuuvine
New France
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Chas Flenist
State Bank
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