Drainage Board Proceedings May 14 1918 Estherville Iowa
Joint meeting of Emmet and Palo Alto counties boards held in Estherville with list of members and officers elected. Board hears objections to drainage district 77, finds public necessity, and continues proceedings to June 3 1918. Final action on drainage district 78 approves damages and contract for pipe, with bonds for local banks approved.
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Boards of Supervisors
Emmet
Palo Alto
Iowa
Estherville
Kirby
Flemming
Grant
Gibbs
Nessell
Reininger
Klopp
Weir
W. H. Gibbs
Chas. A
Hatherville
P. Bratnaher
Board of Supervisors
Emmet County
Arthur Pitcher
Wit
Anna L. Larson
Helen H. Burtness
Emmet County Bank
Armatrong
First National Bank
Drainage Commission Selects Engineers for County Half
The commission era notes appoint P. Smith as engineer for the west half and F. A. Macdonald for the east half, salary eight dollars per day, with bond set at one thousand dollars each. The board then adjourned. CHAS A ROOT, Auditor.
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P. Smith
West
F. A. Macdonald
Erst
Chas, A. Root
Public Hearing on County Road System in Mason County
Official notice states that on May ith day 1018 a map was filed in the County Auditor’s office showing proposed changes to the county road system. A hearing before the Board of Supervisors will be held at the Court House in Matherville, Iowa, to consider petitions from landowners for road changes under the act of the 36th General Assembly.
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Board of Supervisors
Emmet County
Iowa
Byer Lig
Dobberstein Rosa Cage
Supreme Court of Iowa
C. P. Smith
A. E. Bigelow
C. RB. Ammon
A. E. Bigerlow
D. R. Ammon
Minte
Conmington
Amility
Dee
Board of Supervisers
Vod
Ratherville
Lown
Matheretil
Towa
Notice of Tax Lien Sale for Kavimel County Property
Notice of tax deed proceedings states real estate in Kavimel county, Iowa fell delinquent after the December 1879 deadline. The Woods addition lot 8 in Metherville is being sold. H. W. Tosdal claims title and redemption expires in ninety days from notice.
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Kavimel
Jowa
Towl
Metherville
Anak
Tosdal
Arid Vale
Golimar Brothers Circus Preview With Novel Acts
Advert says the Golimar Brothers Circus comes Monday May 6 offering many novelties. It highlights the Moro Family, a leaping contest with 50 leapers, and acts like Marie Marvello riding Kydleys. Also mentions elephant and horse performances, dog and mule acts, clowns, and a ben Hur herd of stallions amid praise for superb entertainment.
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Gollimar Brothers Circus
Gollmar Brothers
Moro
Charles Lakue
Catiela
Marie Marvello
Geo
Collanar Brothers Circus
A Most Distinguished Guest Flood Fun in Chicago
The passage collects humorous quips and a late 19th or early 20th century joke about a floodbound theater troupe. An English actor with a prodigious appetite demands a feast after train delays and the restaurant crowd laughs as someone calls for the band to play Rule Britannia.
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Middle West
Bill
An Annoying Speed Limit Joke
An elderly man nearly eighty years old walks ten miles to a town and is greeted by an acquaintance who asks how he did. He says he arrived fine, but admits the sign “Slow down to fifteen miles an hour” kept him back, illustrating a humorous tale from Youth's Companion.
Blind horses guide diet by the nose in Yonkers joke
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a quip: blind horses never err in grazing and are guided by their nostrils. Mrs Bacon notes this, while Mr Bacon says it applies to humans too, to follow your nose.
Too Much Competition And A New Baby Reflection
A family welcomes a new baby, and their long beloved girl feel neglected by the attention given to the infant. A visitor asks how she is and the child replies that there is too much competition in this world.
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Mary
Lowell Bua
All she Had
In the Kansas City Journal a poor woman asks for a castor dress or shoes for her child from a wealthy woman. The rich woman denies having a child but offers a dog collar for the little dog instead.
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Kansas City Journal
Politician declares willingness to trust the people
A candidate proclaims willingness to trust the people after striking the table in a dramatic moment. A heckler in the audience reacts with an exclamatory remark about opening a grocer shop.
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Scott
Cleveland Plulo Deuler
Mixed Bits of Wit and Wordplay from Old Newspapers
A collection of hazy quips and jokes from various papers. One line riffs on a man carrying a funeral urn to find a keyhole in a playful misread. Another features a father asking how a watch can be mentally deranged. A jeweler’s balance joke and postal humor about a tough delivery with a bulldog and a chunk of ice wrap the page.
Applied Principles and Marital Tax Debate Voices
In a fragmentary exchange from New York Sup. Only Resource, Clare asks if marrying a man with lower intellect is acceptable while Kuicker questions interest in a tariff DIL. Booker notes she won’t marry a man who dodges income tax. Lyta implies acceptance under pressure amid London Opinion chatter.
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Kuicker
Booker
New York
Formation of anchor ice in rivers from Harper's Weekly notes
The article explains anchor ice forming at the bottom of swift river currents when water cools below the freezing point. It notes that surface disturbance prevents ice attachment, while settled water yields bottom ice. Local observers report ice coatings on rocks and equipment, with mills sometimes frozen to river bottoms as surface water remains unfrozen.
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George Goritrary
Thermielresc
Ica
Harper’s Weekly
Discipline in Germany and the respect for law
In northern Germany thousands of miles of public road fruit trees are common. Apple trees line the roads and authorities sell the crop to fund road upkeep. German boys do not steal fruit, and police presence is minimal due to the disciplined training of universal military service and strict public education. The author argues this discipline stems from training and moral emphasis rather than fear.
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Germany
Frank
Putnam
National Magazine
Strange medley of New York society at luncheon
Frederick Townsend Martin laments a lack of culture amid New York society's diversities at a luncheon. A society woman chides her daughter for talking too much of Ibsen, Shaw and Tolstoy, suggesting she once worked in a bookshop.
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New York
Frederick Townsend
Martin
Imousine
Fifth Avenue Ward
Ibaen
Bernard Shaw
Tulatay
Flax garden plant grows nearly anywhere with care
A fragmented note praises flax as a garden plant with fine feathery leaves and blue blossoms. It claims flax beds are attainable for every flower lover and that the plant grows almost anywhere when sown in well-worked, well-watered soil.
Why a Girl Blushes When a Boy Kisses Her
A letter from a young reader asks why a girl blushes during a kiss and the editor replies that a photograph could help determine the truth behind the claim. The exchange reflects early 20th century advice column tone from the Rome Journal.
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Fresh Youth
Rome
Making Amanda Washington Herald Quote
A Washington Herald item sketches a playful literary scene. Amanda insists she cannot sell the novel tied to a hero who starved to death. The author says she is now revising it for personal satisfaction and giving the hero a banquet in every chapter.
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Amanda
Washington Herald
Courtship Daye Are Bad in Early Dialogue
A fragmentary Brooklyn Citizen excerpt shows characters debating marriage and economy. Dolly argues against engagement as costly while another line hints at societal expectations. The quirky dialogue nods to Shakespearean phrasing and self awareness.
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Madge
Dolly
Brooklyn
Italian currency woes and counterfeits in global trade
In Chicago Record Herald, W. W. Whitelock surveys Italy’s money chaos. He notes inferior engraving on paper currency, widespread counterfeit threats, and coins poorly accepted abroad. The piece cites rigid rules on purchases with gold and the odd refusal of Italian paper money by authorities, sparking public frustration and practical hardships.
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Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Greece
Victor Emmanuel
Thestraveler
Korea
Tendi Og Thiez
Darknean
America
Sam
W. Whitelock
Chicago Record Herald
Didn't Want the Moon in a Bitter Exchange
A clipped Chicago Reel recalls a tense quarrel where a woman pleads she does not want the moon while a man pressures her to abandon a plan. He warns of drastic action unless she changes her mind, and folds in the idea of becoming her father's son in law.
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Diere
Chicago
Town Cousin and Country Cousin Dinner Exchange
A fragment from a humorous dialogue notes a husband enjoying his dinner with avidity. The Town Cousin expresses pleasure at his feast while the Country Cousin fears he is eating it with kulfa, reflecting playful regional banter.
Tudayiwanla chief ambition and dust in Florida
A fragmented report mentions Tudayiwanla aims to pursue a chief ambition amid dust in Florida. The readable fragments reference Fimes- Vaion and a connection to Wwmorrom, but details are unclear.
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Tudayiwanla
Florida
Pauper Snobs of India and the Charity Burden
A Chicago Tribune analysis argues that Anglo Indian beggars are driven by aristocratic attitudes, not drunkenness or lack of work. The piece notes English wealth and servants create a class that rejects manual labor, shifting charity burden to rich English and Hindus, while sanitary conditions shorten family lines and limit work for Anglo Indian women.
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Calcutta
India
Lfe
Chicago Tribune
Ingenious Sundials Popular in 18th Century Paris
Parisians cherished sundials, centering noon crowds at the Palais Royal. A duke preserved and enhanced the sundial in 1782 with a powder magazine that exploded in sunlight. Buffon created a botanical dial with a globe on a hair string that burned away at noon, dropping onto a gong.
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Paris
Palais. Royale
Palace Royale
Boon
Duke of Orleans
Buffon
Botanical Garden
St.Louis Repubite
The Greatest Discovery Debate in The London Spectator
A discussion on the greatest human discovery with suggestions including electricity wireless telegraphy tying machines microbes and angels. One speaker notes the earth moves around the sun and questions the significance of other discoveries.
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London Spectator
Began to Enjoy Himself With Graphophone Recordings
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a man stayed late, brought out a graphophone around 11:80 and played Home Sweet Home. He demanded others hear every record once he learned they possessed a graphophone.
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Desperaton
Home, Sweet Home
Loulaville Courier-Journal
What she Had Swabbs Married for Money
The London Telegraph reports on Swabbs who married a widow after being told she had a vast fortune. He soon learned the wealth was nothing like he was led to believe, realizing he had only been fed a notion of money.
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Dan
London Telegraph
Edison Here After Busiest Inventions Yet
A clipped exchange mentions a second Edison and praises a tired inventor for petrified motion. The dialogue hints at a city boarder asking what he invented, with reference to a notable figure called Paro and a judge present in the scene.
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Edison
Farmac
Imine
Odd Costs of Lawyers Spark Boston Debate
Fragmentary text suggests a discussion in Boston about the high expense of hiring one's own attorney and whether there is any cost to maintaining emergency legal services or court support.
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Emergs
Boston
Trame
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