Court News Summary of Local Trials and Estates
Last week, juries returned verdicts in LaPrell-Williams Shoe Co v Faris for $167.84, and Hufstetler v Davies favored the defendant. Judge Sloan stayed to finish the term. numerous estate matters and civil actions followed, including $310.56 disputes, injunctions, and partitions in Jefferson County and Fairfield cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPrell-Williams Shoe Company
E. H. Faris
Jno. H
R. Herman
Jno
Wilson
Jefferson County
A. Raines
McCarthy Stone Co
A Raines
Louis Keller
Ralph H. Munro
Peter J. Fisher
Mary Leonhardt
Emma L. Webber
Susan M. Munson
B. J. Webber
William Dowd
Eliza E. Dowd
D. P. Stubbs
City Council of
Fairfield
Shucking Corn Delayed by Snow in Cedar Township
Cedar Two Dec 13 A light snow and zero weather slowed those still finishing corn shucks. Ira Shaner buys all local Christmas turkeys at 13 cents per pound for a neat profit. Minnie Cox plans to attend Miss DeMarsh's Fairfield wedding Wednesday. Mrs Shaner Glasgow and Mrs Fulton St Joe visited Will Parsons. James Louden and Sloan guests at Cox's. John Donald from Seymour returned home after business in the township. Mrs Ory kept ill but improving. Bradshaw school hosts a literary society. Homer DeWitt hired to teach Fry school. Lester Fulton to begin at Fairfield business college this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar
Burdine
Ebenezer
Ira Shaner
Minnie Cox
DeMarsh
Fairfield
Shaner
Glasgow
Avelo Fulton
St. Joe
Will Parsons
Jas. Louden
C. L. Cox
Sloan
Eldon
Richard Fisher
John Donald
Seymour
Ory
Bradshaw School
Homer DeWitt
Fry
Lester Fulton
Packwood Local Notes and Visiting Guests
Packwood items report births and visits, including a son born November 29 to Ivan and Mrs. Larson, and Mrs. S. J. Chandler, aged 83, injuring her hand. Several locals and visitors from Davenport, Ill., Wayland, Cross Lanes, Abingdon, and Corydon are mentioned, with social calls, silver wedding anniversary, and business visits. Local ads promote confections, a lamp giveaway, and books with purchases at Jay Copeland’s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Oliver
Fred Houghton
Woodhull
Ill
C. F. Forule
David Salts
Cross Lanes
Our City
L. K. Wallace
Mary Davis
Carrie Mowery
Abingdon
C. T. Moorman
Lizzie Ness
Tuttle
Colo
Barbara Hintz
Walter McDowell
Batavia
Packwood
Charlie Benn
W. K. Cathy
Chas. Peters
Farm sale near Winfield brings 107 1/2 per acre
H L Glass and W G Garmoe sold Chas Enke a premier 86 acre tract in southeastern Iowa for 107.50 dollars per acre, signaling strong land prices in the Winfield area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
H. L. Glass
W. G. Garmoe
Iowa
Farm land described as well improved and tiled near town
The property is priced at 8600 dollars, located three miles north east of town. It is well improved and thoroughly tiled, and Mr. Enke is fortunate to secure such a fine piece of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enke
Woman Dies at Saylorvillemining Quarrel Scene
Des Moines reports Emma Graham Smith of Saylorville collapsed during a miners quarrel and died from the excitement. The incident halted pay festivities, the coroner said no inquest required, an autopsy may be held and funeral planned from the Saylorville church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Graham Smith
Saylorville
Des Moines
Polk County
Smith House
Beck
Sayterville
Public sales announced near Libertyville and Fairfield
Joseph Burger, 5 miles southeast of Libertyville, will sell at public sale on Thursday December 22 including 7 head of horses 9 head of cattle 10 head of shoals and farming implements. Eve rybody invited. E E Braden, 2 miles east of Fairfield, has a sale on Friday December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Burger
Libertyville
E. E. Braden
Fairfield
Farm for Sale in Liberty Township Jefferson County
By order of court in a partition suit S Ella Pratt v Clarridge et al the referees will sell the Mace Clarridge farm in Liberty township 181 acres more or less by private cash sale This excellent Jefferson county farm invites bids and information from undersigned referees Frank Light Ed Norvell John McLean
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ella Pratt
Edmund J. Clarridge
Als
Mace Clarridge
Liberty Township
Jefferson County
Frank Light
R. Norvell
John McLean
Piano and Corn Contest Entries Climb as Voting Near Close
Jefferson County readers tally votes and gather exhibits for piano and corn contests. Dec 2 at six p m marks entry and voting deadlines. suspense grows as Edith Ball, Mary Schneider, and Maude McBride vie for top honors. Final eight days could crown a prize gift. Gertie Fariss, Minnie Downs, Edna Laughlin noted as participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Schneider
Edith Ball
Maude McBride
Rome’s Pantheon Endures as Rome’s Heart of History
Chicago Journal describes the Pantheon as a timeless Rome landmark, its massive dome and bronze doors enduring since ancient times. It notes the dome’s vast proportions, the open aperture in the roof, and the monument’s influence on visitors across two millennia. The piece recalls emperors and notable figures who entered through those doors and mentions changes to bronze and statues over centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantheon
Rome
Augustus Caesar
Napoleon
St. Peter’s
Constantinople
Julia
Caesar
Humbert
Chicago Journal
The Sun Distance Measured by Ocean Pipe Size
A Longman’s Magazine passage compares filling an Atlantic pipe to reach the sun at 93 million miles and notes the Pacific would require a longer pipe. It argues a child with an arm reaching the sun would not sense touch before a century and a half passes, due to nerve speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Longman’s Magazine
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Cele J Richlieuw
Chas. A. Herring CO
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Plano
United States
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Vose & Sons
Trybers
Schaeffers
Lakesides
Lakeside Organ
A. B. Baker
Pete
cElhinny
Rollin J. Wilson
Frank Light Cash
R. F. Wilson
Assi Cashier
Anton Carlson
The
First National Bank
Ve J. C. Thorne
B. S. McElhinny
John A. Spielman
R. J. Safer
Burlington
HAWN
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Court News
Lorenzo Jarnes
Ann Lame
Ed. R. Norvel
G. Hook
M. G. Liblin
Lemuel Eckert
Cedar Twp
Brown's Candy Factory
Geo
D. Henry
Hester Fisher
P. H. Fisher
Jay Copeland
Brown’s Candy Factory
Ed Norvell
Chas. S. Norvell
Corydon
Grandpa Norvell
Brown’s
Shriner & Swayze
Kodaks
Brown
G. B. Phillips
Cedar Township
A. Mary Schneider
Gertie Fariss
Bonnie Wisecarver
Minnie Downs
Fairfield Township
Vera Caldwell
Ethel Branson
Edna Laughlin
South Side Drug Store
Israel & Sramme
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