County Board Varies Wages and Road Plans in 1919 Proceedings
The Washington County Board of Supervisors approves road widenings for Road No 16 and Road No 5, assigns damages and costs due by petitioners, and authorizes land payments. They set vacation claims and review drainage district work, with bids for English River bridge moving awarded to Town Bridge Company.
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Sherman Bros
Ether
Mellinger Lumber Co
Anchors & Posts
Sinclair Refining
F. W
B.C. Carris & Co
Edgar Porter
Steel & Mack
Ieee
J. E. Lemmon
A. J. Fields
D. Smith
Labor & Se
J. Dadams & Co
Brighton Enterprise
Ababa
McElhinney Drug. Co
Waldo
J. A. Cunningham
Sons
Mme
Tae An
L. R. Schilling
John Shradel, Jr
Charlie Rath
Earl F. Barnett
Jake Lantz
Jerry Kloppfer
John Moss
Plez McCart
John Jorden
W. L. Statler
Oecen Oe & Supplies
Coe
Sinclair Refining Co
George Cole
Bridee Waldo Wells
J. E. Snider
J. A. Marsh
Geo. W. Stewart
Frank Casey
McMullen
A. H. Chapek
Prindissee
John Squire
Lovering
Bowman & Wilson
Joe Hradek
Herbert F
Guy Black
H. P. Deal
J. W. Parrow
Work & mi
B.C. Poster
A. J. Morgan
G. W. Taylor
Med
Charles Wm. Jackson
Washington Township
Clay Two
John W. Brinton
Saih
District Court
Iowa Township
Board of Supervisors
Has Keiper
R. B. McFarland
Wayne Hethcote
Institute Wash. Telephone Co
P. B. EE
W. H. Warner
English River
Town Bridge Company
B. C. Foster
A. L. Griffith
Mormon Temple at Laie Honors Seventy Years of LDS Hawaii Work
A new temple at Laie Hawaii celebrates seventy years of Latter Day Saints activity in the islands. The article traces Mormon missionary arrivals from 1850 led by George Q Cannon and Joseph F Smith, mentions the church’s Hawaii properties, a 800 acre sugar endowment, a five acre tropical garden temple built with lava rock, and notes plans for future temples in Independence Cardston and Arizona.
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Dee
Ted
Laise
Honoluu
Oahu
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Hawaii
Utah
Boston
George Q. Cannon
Church
Salt Lake City
Islands
Joseph F. Smith
Elis Wesley Smith
Hawaiian Mission
Smith Tyade
Son Island
Mormon Church
Laie
Kirtland
Ohio
Nauvoo
Ill
Logan
St. George and Manti
Independence
Missouri
Joseph Smith
Cardston
Alberta
Canada
Arizona
Mystery Battery Boxes Alarm New York Financiers
New York financiers receive mysterious packages with no explanations prompting bomb squad attention. An ex press shipment opened by authorities revealed only a fold camp table and Xmas present amid warnings that proper shipping instructions could prevent such unease. The piece promotes regular storage battery maintenance and Prest-O-Life services as a solution to avoid stranded cars and electrical failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
aWker
Rome
Manaharat
Grenne
Earthquake Plant Report Emerges in Cuba Wild Growth
In Cuba a wild plant known as the earthquake plant is said to indicate approaching weather via changes in color. Observers claim it forecasts cyclones storms and specialty earthquakes, suggesting local meteorological significance.
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Cuba
First American Wood Engraver Alexander Anderson Born in New York
Alexander Anderson, the first wood engraver in America, was born in New York 144 years ago. His father ran a newspaper, and Anderson left medicine to pursue engraving after early life hardships and a move to the city at age nine. He fought yellow fever heroically and produced vast volumes of books, earning fame for pioneer craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mexander Anderson
New York
Vu Beateman
Anderson Firet
Anderson
Americans in Siberia Call for Deportation of Radicals
A Cedar Falls reader reports a letter from a U S Army officer in Bogstal Siberia describing hardships of American troops there. He urges deporting radicals to Russia as a cure and says many veterans will return home, noting extreme loneliness and language barriers with limited contact to Red Cross staff. He also mentions improvised ink from pencil lead and scarce supplies.
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Cedar Falls
Siberia
United States
Russia
United States Army
Bogstal
America
Red Cross
Mental Friction Drives a Man’s Clever Edge
A seasoned observer notes that enemies sharpen a person more than friends. Rivalry forces alertness, quick work under pressure, and careful decisions. The stimulus of mental competition sharpens wit, fuels response, and often yields his best profits and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venussvonia
Father John Semeria Seeks Aid for War Orphans Welfare
Father John Semeria arrived from Italy aboard the Dante Atderra carrying a message to Americans and Italians to support welfare work for thousands of war orphans left fatherless and motherless by the conflict.
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John Semeria
Italy
Dante Atderra
Tie
Ttalians
Short Course At Ames Feb 9 To 14
Ames Iowa December 13 A large postwar short course will be held at Iowa State College Ames February 9 to 14. The event expects crowds comparable to prior years with 2200 to 8000 farm men women and youth anticipated. The program covers farm operation management home economics and engineering with over a thousand lectures demonstrations daily and features the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association show and related agricultural groups.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Towa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Towa Agricultural Experiment Association
Women Farmers’ Association of Iowa
Fortune telling wedding rite among Kherrins of India
The passage describes a curious marriage ritual where the bridegroom’s hair is used by a priest to forecast luck. A hair segment is drawn from the forehead to the nose and head, watched for its path to indicate future fortune. The couple then apply sindur on each other’s foreheads as the ceremony ends. An allusion to ancient Egypt suggests similar fortune telling practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Soothed Cat’s Ruffled Feetings
A quirky quote from Boswell highlights Dr. Johnson’s famed cat Hodge. The passage describes Hodge scrambling onto Johnson’s brew kettle and Boswell’s companionable reaction as he praises the feline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Johansen
Boswell
Hodge
Doctor Johnson
Ildge
Board of Supervisors November 1919 Meeting Minutes
The Board met Monday November 10 1919 and approved regular claims including Acme Chemical Co baskets 4.50 James Rathmel carpenter work 15.50 Iowa Gas and Electric Co gas 22.97 Charlie Scribner's Sons books 81.18 Tinnd McNally & Co books 120.57 Laurel Book Co books 34.96 Macmillan Company books 110.79.
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Tate Ca
Row, Peterson & Co
Anthh Wanes
Scott, Foresman & Co
Awe Ee Ginn & Co
Pre -Co
Charles B. Merrill Co
H. Shinn Company
Ferguson & Benson, the Co
Mere .O
Rammond & Stephens
University Publishing Co
Sige A
Sidaie Sdiciive
Cowes Lyons & “Arnahan
Podka Owstels
Kathryn Ontgomery
H. McCarty
W. P. Rawn
Underwood Oe Co
Euetine
J. M. Lytle
Eakins Poe Sherman Bros
J. R. Harvey
Del
McElhinney Furniture Co
Desk
Skinner & Kennedy Stationery Co
Te Ee Metropolitan Supply Co
Hugh H. McCleery
Bowman & Wilson
Matt Parrott & Sons Co
Burroughs &Adding Machine Co
A. R. Miller
Hitler & Shannon
Printing Board
Coffey
Jacunningham
Sons
Midler & Shannon
A. L. Griffith
Freight & Express & Bounty
Asa Mutual Telephone Co
Chads
Dr. G. W. Hay
Alberta Wolfe
Treas. & Auditor
John Shields & Sons
J. F. Duffy
L. R. Schilling
Foster
J. W. Parrow
A. J. Morgan
Acme Chemical Co
James Rathmel
M. Gray
la. Gas & Kieet. Co
Charlies Scribner's Sons
Tinnd, McNally & Co
Laurel Book
Macmillan Company
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J. G. Maxwell
Eng
Drain
L. M. Meek
Dra Teo
Laura E. Ingham
Engin
Pensonen Bi Print Co
Kueftel
Kathryn Montgomery
Kathryn
Cee Co
Ream & Surpice
Seede
Dake Black
HW. V. Frank
R. L. Lytle
A. N. Alberson
R. L. Stewart
J. A. Lemley
B. C. Tracy
Co-Operative Store Co
Isset
Jesse McCoy
W. M. Conner
Anwyl, Bros
J. EB. Booth
J. H. Warren
Lemley Company
L. Alcorn
K. Statler
K. J. Kilgore
Luther Gormley
John Heaton
A. H. Miller
Mary Rhea
W. F. Gardner
W. W. Wilson
la. Gas & Elect
Lemmon
Graham, Latiner Co
Mdse
J. B. Lemmon
J. A. Cunningham's Sons
R. L. Lytis
John Shields & Sona
Sind
Frank Gobble
H. D. Smith
Gasoline Team
Cera
Muse
Crineinal Ja
Gas & Lect. Co
Gas & Ve
McElhinney Drug Co
John Shields @ Sons
Franklin
Washington
K. V. Millis
W. G. Robertson
R. A. McGuire
W. R. Jeffrey
Askateesp
Ssenerares
H. Mcdally
Board & Lodgahaa
McElhin
H. F. Hesseltine
Gas & Elect. Co
Ahi
C. S. Lemmon
Lloyd Lytle
G. P. Mann
Pearl Mann
J. D. Martin
T. R. Phillips
Red Cross Drug Co., Ae
Royal Meat Market
C. B. Reed
Stichter
Fred Wagner
C. Swichard
Washington Steam Laundry
Wolf Floral Co
A. J. Morgami
Elisabeth Finlay
Nellie Dedder
Laika Frances Minick
Nell Heiner
MD Squire
Ida Schroeder
Pearl Petersen
Estella Shuman
Emma Taylaur
Josephine Wyse
Mamie Thompson
Leta Wilson
Tole
Bessie Longer
Alice Madson
Lucile Martin
W. L. Alcorn
Rae Harold Bickford
Sikke T. Brewer
the Burkhardt Co
Chicago Medical Book Co
G. Conard
General Supplies
J. S. Maxwell
Perry,Davidson
Oral Davidson
R. H. Freel
W. IL. Smylie
Frank Welte
Oral Norman
Bridge Co
Hawaiian Islands
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints
NUT
Firet
U.S
Ark Petty
O.t
Ansco
Goodrich
Firestone
Hawkeye
Defiance
H. D. Smith Garage
Choice
Stewart
Ora
White Way
Washington, Iowa
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