Open Ditch Contract Awarded in Kossuth Drainage District
February 8 1912 board of supervisors awards contract for open ditch work in Drainage District No 5 to W H Lawton Newell Iowa at 11 cents per cubic yard. Contract to complete by September 1 1912 with bond and reserve funds. adjacent actions include District No 40 hearing continued, bonds approved, tax corrections, bid openings rejected, and appraisers appointed for damages.
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Kossuth County
Iowa
W. H. Lawton
Newell
D. J. Warrick
Board of Supervisors
J.J. Warrick
J. J. Warrick
Thompson
DB. C. Ellis
John J. Elbert
Lathrop and Weaver
Hen Mayer
Ledyard
Kobbuth County
Wraspaas
Bey
Bec
State Bank of
Swen City
Co. Farm
John S. Anderson
Bancroft
Pat Higgins
Olof Pearson
Algona
Mary K. Anderson
F.C. Newel
Oesterreicher
GU. E. Helee
Newel
Pearson
Holge
B. E. Norton
Joint Board Proceedings on Humboldt Kossuth Joint Drainage
The Iowa boards of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties meet in joint session at Dakota City on December 27 1911. They organize with Newell and Devine as chair and secretary and review the December 18 1911 minutes. They approve changes to Humboldt Kossuth Joint Drainage District No Four and adopt amended assessments with a three percent additional levy, instructing the engineer for Joint Drainage District No Two to proceed.
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State of Iowa
Kossuth County
Humboldt County
Dakota City
Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Kossuth
Humboldt Counties
Newel
Centerretcher
Pearson
Thompson
Hesse
B. A. Norton
Adems
Hof
Gregory
Pederson
Schinkel
F. O. Newell
J. G. Devine
la Verne
Humboldt Kossuth Counties
Humboldt
Kossuth Counties Joint Drainage District No
Assest
Alex Larimer
Gabriel
N.E
B. B. Mills
C. W. Hughes
E. Mills
N.R
N.W
H. J. Thompson
Olof
Wm. Schinkel
Adams
Heise
Humboldt-Iossuth Counties
Commission On
Newell
Helse
Pourson
Oesterreicher
Adama
Gregory Eye
Humboldt-Konsuth Counties
Jount
Hagineer
Humboldt-Kossuth
Ditch Profile and Notice for Public Drainage Work
The survey confirms the ditch grade and profile and forwards copies to Contract-01 and the surety on bonds. It instructs work to begin by May 15 1912 and finish by November 1 1912, with forfeiture if not started and continued as required. The Joint Boards approve Harrington's drainage attorney fees and authorize the Auditor to issue warrants. The Joint Meeting adjourns per County Auditor call.
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Boards of Supervisors
T. P. Harrington
Humboldt-Rosauth
Aime
F.C. Newel
J. G. Devine
The Problem of Freedom A chess tale on prediction
A young man ponders how an expert could predict a move in chess. With no past history the expert could foresee few options, but with knowledge the move narrows to one. The author argues predicted behavior can still honor freedom when guided by law.
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Baying
G. H. Palmer
Remnant of the Acadians in the Magdalen Islands
A fragmentary survey describes the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence home to 3 000 to 4 000 Hneal Acadian descendants. The hardy people farm scant valleys and raise sheep on barren hills while men seek cod mackerel and lobster offshore. The archipelago spans 12 or 13 islands with uninhabited rocks, connected by long sandy beaches permitting long treks along a stark, vegetationless shore populated by gulls and seabirds.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Magdalen Islands
Champlain
de Monte
New France
Nova Scotia
Gulf
Magdalens
Sra
Adhesive Postage Stamps Meet Public Demand in 1840
The article recalls how adhesive stamps were doubted by health officers who warned they would spread disease. Despite early sarcasm and limited aims, the public embraced stamps, rejecting the Mulready envelope and creating high demand for the new sticking plaster style stamps.
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Rowland Hit
Turco Desert Army Multiracial Forces Gather in Tripoli Region
A vivid field portrait describes Turkish empire troops in a canvas city near Tripoli with diverse rank and file. Arabs from North Africa, Soudanese, Bedouins, and others converge with captured weapons, filling the desert camp. The writer notes vast diversity, nomadic troops, and plentiful arms aiding the campaign against Italy.
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Bouges
Levant
Tripoli
London
Tunis
Fezzan
Algiers
Morocco
Sahara
Gardena
Turkey
Work and nationality tied to European embroidered arts
Mrs. Harry White cites a traveler’s tale that a woman’s nationality can be betrayed by the craft she pursues in Europe. American women stitch bold floral motifs on linens. British women lace indigo garments. French women embroider white cambric with vine clusters. Italian women craft fine lace rivaling Venice lace, reflecting historic pride.
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Harry White
Europe
Lever
Looma
Venice
Balfour Bluffs 2 Constable
A London Tattler item recounts Mr. Balfour driven by his own chauffeur with a Surrey constable accusing speeding. Balfour claims no indicator but a recorder, prompting a laugh and no prosecution as they continue their journey.
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Balfour
Kyp
Mr. Balfour
Golden Wedding of Robert Kidd of Kirkinch Meigle Scotland
Robert Kidd of Kirkinch Meigle Scotland celebrated his golden wedding recently. He worked as a blacksmith for many years and once impressed the Dowager Duchess of Atholl and Queen Victoria who watched him shoe a horse. A shoe he made was given to a distinguished visitor and hung in the Cathedral before later moving to Perth.
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Robert Kidd
Kirkinch
Meigle
Scotland
Mr. Kidd
Duchess of
Perth
Prisoner Declines Trial Answer Amid Complex Indictment
A detainee facing numerous counts refuses to admit guilt saying the indictment is so dense and stylized that he cannot stay awake to respond. The remark highlights confusion over the charges and the trial's direction.
Odd Weather Devices and Their Quirky Forecasts
The article describes various antique weather toys and devices. It details Swiss weather houses with figures that react to humidity, frog and leech weather prophecies responding to moisture and storms, a chameleon barometer using color changes, and a hygroscope made from paper and cobalt. It also mentions Admiral Fitzroy’s ethermeglase with a camphor mixture showing feathery growths to signal weather shifts.
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Admiral Fitzroy
Spiking Guns Through History in War News
The article explains that Italians in Tripoli forts reportedly spike guns as a relic of past warfare. It notes that spiking involved a nail or spike driven into the breech to block firing, and describes how modern breech blocks lock by screw threads that could be jammed with a burr to prevent shell firing, highlighting wartime improvisation.
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Tripoli
Humorous Irish Pleasantry Tells of Duke and Peasant
A Dublin scene recounts the Duke of Connaught and the Duchess being followed by a persistent Irish peasant who kept pace with their carriage. When stopped the man explains he simply wants a good look at the royals and that he has been chasing pigeons, not the people.
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Duke of Connaught
Canada
Dublin
Policeman Tops Burglary in Pittsburg Patch
Policeman McCarthy of the Uni Market station cornered three burglars near Goldstein Millinger’s jewelry store on Hat ulde. In a comic chase he crawled through a transom to capture Charles Schwartz, battering him as the other two fled.
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Policeman McCarthy
Uni Market
Goldstein Millinger
McCarthy
Fatty
Charles Schwartz
McCarthyn
Pittsburg
Unreasonable Woman in Lonely Rural Harmony
Seth Hodgkins mourns a vanished wife sent to a state asylum after years of marriage. Neighbors offer condolences two miles away while his home feels empty. Harriet Hodgkins rarely left the kitchen in fifteen years, and Seth struggles to understand her sudden separation.
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Herseilf
Seth Hodgkins
State Insane Asylum
Seth
Harriet
Harriet Hodgkins
Hugband
Personal Plate Ownership Marks All Belongings
A young girl keeps valuable items by labeling them with her full ratio and town and country address. She marks small silver plates on dishes, umbrellas, golf sticks, tennis racquets, hand luggage, collars for her dogs, and toilet articles with durable engravings. The plates cost little and were bought gradually from her allowance.
How it Turned Out in a Humorous Courtship Tale
The story recalls a man nicknamed Y warned about courting many women. He faced mounting costs and fell behind with the Indy board, leading to an eventual marriage to his landlady as the outcome.
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Indy
Effie Named Music Teacher In Native Town
Effie has become a music teacher amid community changes. The article highlights her new role and notes local reactions to the career shift within the town.
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Townsley
Hiram Gharp
Effie
Hepalbab
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Hoe
Acadians
Fluffy Anance
Nature
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