Division of Wells estate lands to be made in six equal shares
Chicago meeting to divide 8695 acres valued around 492041.32 across Grundy Kossuth and Emmett counties plus town lots in Wellsburg Germania and Steamboat Rock. Six heirs receive one share each, with cash balancing for variance in value of town lots. Final division set for December 21 at Auditor ium Hotel Chicago.
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Peter Wmobthe
R.M. Wmhlayson
First National Bank of Grundy Venter
George Wells
Chicago
Ansiai Ih
Mary Nelson
Medford
Mion
Sophie Robinson
Hartford
Wollseetate
Welle
R.M. Finlayson
Grundy Center
James Gavin
Indianapolis
Bealdes
Grundy
Kossuth
Emmett
Wellsburg
Germania
Steamboat Rock
Auditorium Hotel
Thia
Finlay
Gavin
Robert Hamilton
Wella
Christmas Pageant Highlights at Two Churches
The First Presbyterian and First Evangelical churches plan Christmas programs featuring The Christ Child in Art Story and Song and a large multi-part pageant with choirs, bells, nativity scenes, and a German recitation. Readers are informed of community pageants, school exercises, and a county board meeting on bank deposits and interest with wolves reported in Buchanan County.
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Presbyterian Church
Alocet
Jeana Pro
Aresaively
Smong
Blaghield
Reynolds
Corregio
Raphael
Hoffman
Garal
Roosevelt
Christmas Wells
Little Town of
Bethlehem
H Ghapek
Huth Ellott
Foster
Gladys MacManus
Luther
Emma Victor
Orient
Bennie Victor
Harry Letater
Gordon Leach
Normandie
V. D. Nordlinger
Florence Eggert
Buchanan County
Accidental Death of Mrs. Courtright at Waterloo
Mrs. O B Courtright died from internal injuries after an auto accident in Waterloo Monday afternoon. She had lived in Parkersburg most of her life and recently moved to Waterloo. interment will be in Parkersburg. Born February 1862 in Marquette Michigan, she had earlier lived in Amboy Illinois and Harlan County Nebraska. Survived by son Harry who served in the Philippines. Also notes on local apple freight rates and seed corn sales.
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O B. Courtright
Waterloo
Abe
Parkersburg
Marquette
Mich
Amboy
Ill
Harlap
Nebraska
O. B. Courtright
Red Town
Neb
Black Hawk County
A Be Ia
Harry
Philippines
Grand jury called hollow farce says Attorney General Byers
Des Moines report quotes Attorney General Byers denouncing the grand jury system as a hollow farce. He says secrecy and protection of crime shield high places and that one man power speeds indictments. He advocates district judges handle grand jury duties.
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Byers
Grand Jury
Des Moines
America
Mee
Places for Iowans in Census Patronage
The Iowa delegation will dispose of patronage after the decennial census. If the measure passes, each senator and representative will appoint extra clerks in Washington for about two years, and every congress member may help select a census supervisor for the district. An army of enumerators will be named in each district to gather statistics. Appointees will hold short terms and begin earning $600 to $900 a year.
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Iowa
Senate
Washington
Congress
Census Bureau
Little Yellow Label Date and Postal Notice
In Ackley readers are urged to check a little yellow label date on papers and settle arrears. Post office hours extend to 10 p m daily and Sundays to help lockbox customers. Residents urged to request door access and avoid crowding after church. Weather notes note 26 shore and crops prices for Abluwan in Lawton Oklahoma. New stationery from Eaton Hulbert and Christmas goods from Macks advertised.
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Postal Department
Tay Wort
Abluwan
Lawton
Oklahoma
Friends
Saga
Christmas Rush On Ackley Stores Brighten Yuletide Season
Christmas shopping spreads across Ackley and neighboring territory as stores appeal to buyers with holiday displays and special bargains. Santa visits the window displays and toy land. merchants report strong early sales and ample stock. In Allison, Judge Kelley presides as O C Wolf v Northwestern Railroad proceeds for 1000 in damages over a horse injury. a remonstrance emerges in the Tabla case amid bids from three druggists to sell.
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Ackley
Toeatores
Santa Claus
Autely
Chriatnas
Death Record in Osceola Township Claims Louise Ratech
The death of Mrs Louise Friderika Ratech occurred at her son Christ’s home in Osceola township on Thursday at about 10. The German born mother of nine, widow of Gottlob Ralsch, had lived on farms near Faulkner after emigrating in 1880. Funeral services were held at St John’s Evangelical church and burial followed in Ackley cemetery. Also noted is the reported death of Louis Goetting near Mallock in Lyon County, a former Grundy resident, with several family connections and local attendances at the funeral.
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Mra
Louise Friderika Ratech
Christ
Osceola
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Perment
Ackley
Louis Goetting
North Grundy
Ming Lizele
Lyon County
Mallock
Thin City
Grundy
Thie
George
Will
Fred Goetting
Henry Hook
George Lute Lerman
George Hook
Jamieson’s Vote Grows in Eighth District Recount
Congressman elect Jamieson gains over Hepburn in the eighth district recount. Jamieson’s total nears 400 with an increase of about 68 votes since the prior tally. Webster City businessmen seek to attract the Portland Sewer Pipe Company to relocate there.
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Jamieson
Democratia Stenandoah Times
Hepburn
Jamison
Webster City
Portland (Lad.,) Sewer Pipe Company
Debaters Shine as Webster City Event Highlights Local Talent
Fragmented items note women’s activity in Belle Plaine, debaters from Webster City and Eagle Grove contesting for honors at Webster City. A projected 25,000 acre drain in Cerro Gordo County looms, corn yield hopes at 150,000. Ames agricultural students win 91,000 trophy. forgery arrest in Sheldon leads to Dubuque transfer. 89,000 verdict tied to fatality on Short Line. Rhoda verdict and a 120 acre farm near Dows at 805 an acre mentioned.
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Belle Habe
William 4m
Geo. Austin
Shell Rock
Losy
Acorn Shellar
Studenta
Webster City
Eagle Grove
Webster Ciy
Cerro Gordo County
Waterloo
Noriculttural College
Ames
Jobo Gray
Sheldon
Dubuque
United States
Marehak Koot.s Corpa
Aimas
Pri
William Rhodea
Tag Boughs
Dows
Justice frees Tol er in Iowa shooting acquittal at Marshalltown
Toler, a strikebreaker, was acquitted of murder by a Tol edo jury yesterday after a brief, intense trial in which he testified he shot to save his life. Spectators applauded as the jurors declared Toler not guilty and the court ordered his release amid a notable courthouse scene.
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Toler
Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Thefore
Maq
Tams County Court House
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