Barber Asphalt dispute over foreign status and filing fees
State files action against Barber Asphalt Co alleging nonpayment of foreign corporation filing fees and penalties totaling 181 415 dollars. Barber admits foreign status but contests business scope and statutes of limitations, arguing no Iowa corporate action taken and no local offices or officers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Corporation
Des Moines
Barber Asphalt Company
Read’ & Read
Byers
Iowa
Asphalt Company
Barber Company
Man Fights Dozen Rattlers While Working On Oil Tank
Howard Jordan a tank builder near Kiefer Oklahoma endured a brutal hour long battle with twenty rattlers surrounding his oil tank. He killed nine snakes using a gas pipe and cattle prod despite bites on his hand and calf. He walked to Kiefer for aid, then was hospitalized in Tulsa in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jordan
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kiefer
Tulsa
Jordan
Ammie Stewart
Mounds
College Girls Haze a Boy at Shurtleff College
In Alton Illinois seven co ed freshmen tackled Raymond Carr a sophomore. The athletic group overpowered him tore clothing left his face bleeding and tied him to a tree. He was rescued hours later by a professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Shurtleff College
Raymond Carr
Carr
Woman Keeps Two Husbands in Separate Homes
New York report details Mrs Catherine Stroebel living with Philip Stroebel as wife on Stanhope Street and with Jacob Valasse as wife at Atlantic and Grant Avenues Richmond Hill. Both men worked different shifts, enabling dual households until Stroebel filed for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catherine Stroebel
Justice Aspinall
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Philip Stroebel
Aspnall
Catherine
Stroebel
Stan
Valusse
Matty Meyers
Strobel
Tiny tot hero rescues girl in pond near Long Island sound
Franklin Foote, three, of South Norwalk Connecticut and Bell Island fame, jumps into a private pond on William F Clarke estate to save five year old Ruth Rockwell of Perth Amboy New Jersey. Ruth, guest at Passaic resident Jesse M Ferris, was pulled to shore by the boy who emerged muddy and wet. The rescue occurred as Ruth pursued mummy figures and fell into the water. Franklin’s quick action saved her and he is celebrated as the tiny hero of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Bell Island
New York
Long Island Sound
Franklin Foote
Ruth Rockwell
Perth Amboy
N. J
Franklin
Ruth
Jesse M. Ferris
Passaic
Ruth Fell
William F. Clarke
George F. Foote
Fragments From a Quirky Missouri Scrapbook
An odd collection tales and verse recount a Missouri man with a historic gun, somnambulist misfires, and a guarded weapon. The clippings mix reflections on love folklore and social mores, plus snippets on sunflowers, affinities, willow lore, and wealthy matches.
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Iowa Implement Dealers Association
Des Mrines
Manufacturers Implement and Vehicle Club
Haseen
J. E. Gardner
Savery
John MacVicar
Majestic
Iawa
Towa
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Mississippi Basin
Colleges
Convention Bureau
Des Moine
Commercial Club
Commercial Club Convention Bureau
Convention Fund
Convention Committee
Cummins
Omaha
Sheldon
Nebraska
Crawford
South Dakota
Hoch
Kansas
Johnson
Minnesota
Buchtel
Colorado
Deneen
Harvard
Yale
Germany
France
England
Japan
Australia
Philppines
General Assembly
Tiny Tot
Missouri
Pat
South Haven
Earle
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
4Th & Chestnut Street
Atlantic, Iowa
G. R. Miller
Gillespie Building
Mueson
Atlantic
C, G. Clark
State University of Iowa
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic
Opera House Block
Cale
Phone
R. B, Swan
Gowera
Atlantia
OR. C. L. Campbell
Musson
Res
Ben A. Wood
C. W. Bavere Abstractel
U. S. Mullins
Opera House
Siileo
Charles BD. Finley
Josephine Cook
Finley
Chestnut St
Nels Brown
Butler
M. H. Butler
C. J. Litterst
Walnut Street
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