Found Child in Emmetsburg Raises Ownership Fight
A mother and grandmother dispute who owns Betty McClure a five year old. Betty raised by Ada McClure since birth, with Jane McClure repeatedly leaving Betty in Des Moines and now the two parties face a legal contest in Emmetsburg aided by multiple county attorneys. The case will be decided by a panel of lawyers next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Betty McClure
Ada McClure
Ohio
Des ‘Moines
Des 'Moines
Hardy
Emmetsburg
Bandit Shot By Marshal After Mason City Robbery
Last Thursday morning C Moran, a bandit who attempted a Mason City robbery, was shot in the neck by Hanlontown marshal. The bullet passed the windpipe and struck the spinal column. He died in a hospital a day or two later from blood poisoning caused by the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Moran
Mason City
Hanlontown
Wells Bound Over In Grifield Assault Case
Spencer News-Herald reports Grifield township farmer N K Wells bound over to the grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to murder after he shot his hired man Alonzo Palmer during a liquor spree. Wells allegedly confessed heavy drinking and insanity at the time, with Palmer wounded but alive. Wells and jailmate Lowman exchange accusations about bootleggers and liquor traffic during their confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer News-Herald
Lowman
N. K. Wells
Grifield Township
Wells
Alonzo Palmer
Palmer
Juin M. Lidman
Publish Farm Hand Book From Iowa State College
Iowa State College releases a pocket sized seventy two page farm hand book. Free copies available by writing to the Bulletin Section Ames. It covers planting culture varieties and uses crops marketing prices by month livestock feeding management market prices by month
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Bulletin
Ames
Iowa
Layden Signs With Columbia College Football
Elmer Layden of the famed Four Horsemen signs to coach Columbia College football for the coming year. He succeeds Haile Anderson, who moves to DePaul University to coach their team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Layden
Columbia
Elmer Layden
Four Horsemen
Notre Dame
Hailie Anderson
DePaul University
Local youths attend Camp Dodge and business moves reported
Several young men from Spencer and three from Garner are attending Camp Dodge and will be absent for a month. A resident from Emmetsburg has left. Clarence Dokesden of Armstrong buys an interest in the Wm Harhonnson meat market at Garner.
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Camp Dodge
Spencer
Garner
Emmetsburg
Clarence Dokesden
Armstrong
Wm. Harhonnson
Graveled Roads Connect To Major Cities In Smathetuburg Area
Smathetuburg now offers direct first class ute connections to Chicago Des Moines Omaha the Twin Cities and Stony Falta with trips possible by graveled or paved roads to these places except Chicago. Likely dirt road ends between here and Canton where the Mliners paved road stops, a notable advantage.
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Smathetuburg
Chicago
Des Moines
Omaha
Twin Cities
Stony Falta
Here
Canton
June Before Sowing Alfalfa and Lime Use
Iowa State College expert H W Warner urges liming before alfalfa planting. Most Iowa soils are acidic and require limestone per soil tests from county agents or the Ames Iowa Experiment Station. Apply lime this fall to aid dissolution by winter moisture and freeze thaw for next spring growth. Samples are tested at Ames soils section each week.
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H. W. Warner
Iowa State College
Iowa
Warner
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Drainage Tax Battle in Kossuth County
Attorney Morling reports a drainage district in northern Kossuth county bordering Blue Earth river demands a tax levy of zero per acre, deemed confiscation. property owners plan court action. Years ago Ellington township drainage levied 55 per acre. another note mentions John Ferguson of Wright county pleading guilty in Emmetsburg for transporting intoxicating liquor, fined 225 dollars and costs.
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EB. A. Morling
Kossuth County
Blue Earth
Minnesota
Ellington Township
Emmetsbore
John Ferguson
Wright County
Renwick
Emmetsburg
Davidson
Humboldt
Notice of Public Drainage Districts 148 and 149 in Palo Alto County
Public notice details drainage petitions for Nevada Township lands in Palo Alto County Iowa to be drained via public ditches. It includes land descriptions, dates for engineer reports, board hearings on August 21 1925 and August 26 1925, and deadlines for filing damages claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. van Alstine
D. J. Partello
B. M. Fitzpatrick
Nevada
Travelers Insurance Company
W. Z. Allen
H. $. van Alstine
Janis
Fain Alto
Towa
Nevada Township
Palo Alto County
Nevada ‘Township
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
T. R. Martin
Court House
Emmetsburg
W. L. Linderman
Daniel E
Mary Murphy
S. W. Fitzpatrick
B .M. Fitzpatrick
George W. Curtiss
Joseph P. Durkin
Dime Sayings & Trust Company
Peoria
Illinois
Board of Supers Rimors
Kossuth Gains in Recount in County Population
An Algona press report from July 31 details a census recount raising Kossuth County population to 25,924, affecting state funding and county officer salaries. Towns and sites listed show gains including Algona 154 and Burt 38 with adjustments for counting errors.
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Alguuu
Eluyb
Kossuth
Farm Bureau
Buffalo
Wagle
Fenton
Geriman
Crant
Greenwood
Hebron
Riverdee
Seneca
Irvington
Lotts Creek
Plum Creek
Portland
Prairie
Algona
Burt
Bancroft
Laverne
Ledyard
Swea City
Titonka
Wesley
Whittemore
Popular Names On Iowa Farms In Recent Count
A count shows John and Mary as the most favored farm names in Iowa. William Charles George Frank Henry and Biward follow in that order among men, while Elizabeth Alice and Dorothy are the leading names for women.
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John
Mary
Iowa
William
Charles
George
Frank
Henry
Biward
Elizabeth
Alice
Dorothy
Rental Details and Estate Bequests Highlight Washington News
W. G. Saunders reports rental value at nine dollars per acre for oat crops and notes selling a small batch of new cats earlier in the week at eight dollars per acre. D. G. McCarty describes how the late D. J. Partello's daughters recovered much of their father's property in Washington, D. C., with numerous singular bequests to individuals and institutions.
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G. Saunders
D. G. McCarty
D. J. Partello
Washington, D. C
Roy Lowman Remains In Spencer Jail
Roy Lowman serves his bootlegging sentence in Spencer jail as Emmet county authorities impose the penalty. He states he would rather serve time in Spencer than in Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lowman
Spencer
Emmet
Estherville
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Emnnetsburg
St.Paul
Puget Sound
First National Bank
Emmetsburg, Iowa
Webb
Mr. Methuselah
Gargoyle Mobiloil
T. Krieger
Cownty
J. Martin
W. T. Krieger
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Middle West
A. F. Ender
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
Standard Oil
America
Stengard Oil Building
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Il
McNally-Mcnamara Loan CO
Woodstock
Woodstock Typewriter Co
W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Ilinois
Democrat
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