First Linn County Court Session in 1840 Recalled in Ancient Records
Pioneer clerk’s minute book reveals the first district court session in Linn County Iowa on October 26, 1840 at Marion. The court, led by Judge Joseph Williams, included U.S. District Attorney W. G. Woodward and sheriff Hosea W Gray, with juries and a frontier docket spanning riot, assault, horse theft, and liquor cases as settlers sought citizenship and local order took shape. The narrative places Cedar Rapids' early founders, Osgood Shepard and Robert Ellis, among a growing community with mills, a courthouse, and a new American identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Edwin W. Lundquist
District Court of the
Territory of Iowa
Iowa
Territory of
Congress
Cedar
Cedar Rapids
Robert Ellis
Osgood Shepard
Ellis
Samuel Hook
Marion
U. S. Court
United States
Linn
Joseph Williams
Second Judicial Eclient
W. G Woodward
R. P Lowe
Hosea W Gray
S N Tryon
Lawrence Maroney
Grand Juros
Aaron Asher
Samuel Ross James Levench
D W. King
Israel Mitchell
Isaac Butler
John J Gibson
Asher Edgerton
A J Bowling
William H Chambers
William Donahan
Daniel Curtis
William T Gilbert
George A Patterson
John Goods
Joseph Burnett
William Chambers
Darniel James Doty
Joseph Marfara
Fetit Jury
David A Woodbridge
Isaac Carroll
George W Gray
Bertamius McGonigal
John McCloud
Thomas Gandy
James W. Willis
John Long
James W. Margrave
John Margrave
Ira Sammons
John Crow
Joseph Carraway
Stephen Osborn
A B. Mason
P. R. Gregory
John Nation
Thomas Maxwell
George Weisley
Ireland
Scotland
Germany
Peter Garrow
United States of America
Wolfgang Will
Ludwig
Bavaria
Osgood Shepherd
Shepherd
Shepard
Red Cross Instructor to Lead First Aid Course Here
Intensive Red Cross first aid training will be offered in this city from April 15 to 27 in the Federal Building civil service room. Dr. R M Muirhead of St. Louis will conduct the 30 hour program split into standard first aid and lay instructors training. The course aims to prepare qualified lay instructors for community education on accident prevention and post accident care. Registration is at the local Red Cross office, limited to 35 with reservations ending April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Civil Service Room
Federal Building
Kenneth E. Cornell
R. M. Muirhead
St. Louis
Y. M
Cornell
Muirhead
American National Red Cross
University of Saskatchewan
University of Chicago
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Metta A. Burd
Coe Vespers Last Regular Service Of The College Year
The final regular Coe vesper service at Sinclair Memorial chapel is today at 4 pm with Dr. H M Gage speaking on Spring Cleaning. James Manville will sing a solo, Howard McLaughlin and Carl Zbanek perform a duet, assisted by Stanley Vesely. Paul S Ray directs the vesper choir with Catherine M Adams on the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
H M Gage
James Manville
Howard McLaughlin
Carl Zbanek
Stanley Vesely
Siohn McLaughlin
Zbanel
Paul S Ray Wall
Catherine M Adams
Vivovaton
Four Square Church Convention Attracts 300 Delegates
About 300 Iowa delegates and officers from five states will attend the annual Iowa Four-Square convention at the local tabernacle on First Avenue West. Myron M. Sackett leads the event with three daily meetings at 10 am 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm. Speakers include Rev Thomas Anderson and Mrs Helen Correil with state officers Hume Walters Hall and Roger in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
H. W. Hume
Wurster
Herman Walters
Kenosha
Wis
Malcom Hall
Minneapolis
Paul Roger
Danville
Ill
Thomas Anderson
South America
Helen Correil
Milwaukee
Distribution Costs To Be Men s Forum Subject Tomorrow
What Should Be Done About Distribution Costs will be discussed at the men s forum tomorrow night at the YMCA after a 6 p.m. dinner. Speakers include Earl Elijah a Clarence farmer and Allen Thurman from Cedar Rapids representing producers and P Keehn and C A Beems representing jobbers and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Elijah
Farmer
Clarence
Allen Thurman
Cedar Rapids
P. Keehn
C. A. Beems
Hutchinson Named Asst U S Attorney Candidate
The attorney general's office recommended Walter Hutchinson of Cedar Rapids Iowa and William Danforth of Blencoe and Mason City Iowa as assistants to U S Attorney E G Dunn in the northern district of Iowa. Recommendations typically await AG approval after investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter Hutchinson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William Danforth
Blencoe
Mason City
United States
E. G. Dunn
Sacketts To Organize Four Square Gospel Tabernacles In Germany
Rev and Mrs Myron M Sackett of the Four Square tabernacle will travel to Germany for four to six months this summer organizing Four-Square tabernacles authorized to visit 20 to 25 churches. They will also visit churches in England and depart Easter Sunday sailing from New York on the S S Europa April 27. They plan moving pictures during the trip and expect to return to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron M. Sackett
Four-Square Tabernacle
Germany
Cedar Rapids
Local Dealer Faces Suit Over Hupp Co Control Fight
Hupp Motor Company of Detroit sues in federal court for defamatory statements by the Association of Hupp Dealers and eight distributors. Named defendants include John Hefli of Minneapolis and others in Columbus, Cedar Rapids, Milwaukee, Danville and Faris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hupp Co
Chicago
Hupp Motor Company of
Detroit
Association of Hupp
Hupp
Association of
John Hefli
Minneapolis
M C Brown
Columbus
L. M. Millsap
Cedar Rapids
A C. Hoppe
Milwaukee
C. E. Metzger
Faris
Jack Rewerts
Danville
Hupp Dealers Union backs corporate control dispute
L. M Millsap, elected vice president and treasurer of the Association of Hupp Dealers in Chicago last week, says the suit is part of a controversy over control of the Hupp Motor Car corporation. Walter Drake, a major stockholder, seeks to oust Archie Andrews as chairman. Millsap calls the dealers group a protection for Hupp dealers distributors and stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M Millsap
Association of
Hupp Dealers
Chicago
Hupp Motor Car Corporation
Walter Drake
Archie Andrews
Millsap
Hupp
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Jowa
Fred Nenson
John Stanek
Center Point Road
Dickinson Secretarial School
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Ae Honest Fac Star Jewelry Co
Cedar Rapids Pump & Supply Co
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp
Hutchinson
Asst
Sacketts
ST. San
Woolworthe
Cs Ren Es
Co. Ft
Porcelain Inside
Men’s Union
Lawr
Sporting Goods Dept
Riverside
Riverside Ramblers
Montgomery
Second ST. SE
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