Clermont Post Office Snail Mail Notice
Clermont Iowa enters Clermont Fayette County within the post office records as second class snail matter.
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Clermont
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
3
Final Report Hearings In Liebner Estate Case
In Fayette County Iowa the district court will hear the final report of Ella Johnson as executrix of the estate of Louisa C Liebner deceased. The report is to be filed by August 27 1937 and will be considered at the September term beginning September 6 1937 at the Court House in West Union. Attorneys: W W Davidson represents the executrix.
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Louisa C. Liebner
Frank McWilliams
John McWilliams
Jack McWilliams
Louisa Bachtel
Bensie Siefert
Elzer C. Grossman
Ila Johnson
Frederick Grossman
Louisa Cook
Henry Grossman, Jr
Marie Malone
District Court of
Iowa
Fayette County
Ella Johnson
Court House
West Union
W. W. Davidson
Born in Slavery Dies At The County Home In Oelwein
Sam Ford, a well known local character in Oelwein, died at the county home. He was born into slavery in the South before the Civil War and is believed to be about 100. He supported the Oelwein team as a baseball mascot and his origins remain largely unknown.
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Sam Ford
Oelwein
South
Government Reorganization Moves in Congress
Fred Biermann reflects on farm legislation and the failure to pass a general farm bill this session. He notes 134 agencies plus 10 cabinet departments, urges senate approval of a reorganization bill, and argues government has grown too large and costly. He mentions Ludlow's petition for a constitutional popular vote before war and criticizes riders in the Senate.
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Marvin Jones
House Committee On Agriculture
Congress
United States
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Louis Ludlow
Ludlow
Fred Biermann
Norway
Harding
House
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Court to Enter Decree On Real Estate Foreclosure
The court will enter the decree to include the described real estate and to make all terms of the original decree applicable to the real estate. The notice mentions Kentucky and a Helena style reference with local names, plus a long list of 4 H club and health champion items in Fayette and Arlington counties. Poultry breeding notes urge strict culling and selecting breeders, and Congressman Biermann of Decorah is to attend an interparliamentary conference in Paris from August 30 to September 8, by appointment of Senator Barkley.
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Kentucky
Hill Billie
Bernice Stelzmiller
Union
Sunny Sals
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Congress
Paris
France
Biermann
Alben Barkley
United States Senate
Joe Robinson
Barkley
L. L. Scott
Graham Department
Congress Report on Absentees and Weather Fatigue
A congressional report notes many absentees during a long session and remarks that men behave like grown-up boys. The text cites weather as a irritant contributing to fatigue and distraction among lawmakers.
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Congress
Notice of Amended Petition in Iowa District Court
Grace Lattin Ezra Dibble Arthur Dibble and Lillie M Crowe are notified of an amendment to plaintiffs petition in Rose Anderson et al v Grace Lattin et al, case 21393. The amendment adds omitted real estate described as parts of section 27 township 95 north range 7 west Fifth P M containing 1125 acres and 14 acres except portions. defense deadline September 2, 1937 noon, default risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lattin
Ezra Dibble
Arthur Dibble
Lillie M. Crowe
District Court of Iowa
Fayette County
Rose, Anderson
Towa
Court House
West Union
Iowa
Grasshoppers pest Iowa crops and old courthouse teardown
The item notes grasshopper intermittently pests Iowa major crops since 1920 soybeans expanded from 1 000 to over 1 000 000 acres by 1995 and cites fly free dates Sept 16 28 for Hessian fly in Fayette and Clayton counties. It also describes the Bremer county courthouse brick wall collapse during demolition of an 1856 building replaced by a $140 000 new structure with columns from the portico visible in a photo. News Photo Service exclusive.
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Iowa
Fayette
Clayton
Hila
Ancient Catholic Mission Near Goliad Stands Then and Now
The picture shows the Catholic Mission one mile southeast of Goliad Texas a nearly 400 year old church still used each Sunday Three other missions nearby are under rebuild with a PWA grant while this one remains intact It overlooks the Goliad battleground tied to the Texas independence struggle and the San Jacinto victory led by Sam Houston.
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Goliad
Texas
PWA Grant
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