Neighbortown News and Local Updates
In NEIGHBORTOWN NEWS from Monro Lost Nation Press residents hear the hum of a threster as cleanup lingers. Crop reports note spring wheat nearly a failure while oats and rye fare better. Ten year old Hieren McAndrews underwent a tumor operation at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids with Dr T C Gorman praised for skilled care. William Grondmeier to begin Milwaukee bound work. Edw Ales sold 21 cattle in Chicago at top prices. 17 catfish set a local record by HL E Rutenbeck and L Petrote. Fred Rutenbeck to build a new Catholic parsonage at Toronto. The Gipsy language is traced to Hindoo Sanskrit origins and spread globally, with Romany roots debated by ethnologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monro Lost Nation
Hieren
J. L. McAndrews
Merers Hospital
Cadar Rapids
T. C. Gorman
Gorman
Wm. Grondmeier
Milwaukee
Knock
Colors
Simon Ales
Chicago
HL. E. Rutenbeck
Last Nation Tiing Co
L. Petrote
Wapsie
Fred Rutenbeck
Toronto
Maquoketa City Council Minutes August 4 1919
The city council in Maquoketa met with Mayor Morden and councilmen Hansen Meyer Hamley Mahony and Egton. Minutes approved and bills allowed for salaries and services including Penrose Haney King Bauman and others. Also notices of land sales and local ads appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Cornci
Council Chamber
Maquoketa
Morden
Hansen
Meyer
Hamley
Mahony
Egton
Morse, Saisry
Burrows
Mach. Co
Standard Oil Co
G. C. Morse
W. C. Sior
Stanley Slauter
Jenkins Bros
EL B. Harrington
Labor Water ‘ Department
Hansen-Meyer
WC. Morden
Attest
L. Tt. Bauman
Giant Redwoods Filmed in The Little Boss at New Orpheum
California’s towering redwoods are filmed for The Little Boss with Bessie Love as a lumberjack boss. The Vitagraph feature, written by Aida Johnson Young and directed by David Smith, also stars Wallace McDonald and Otto Lederer among others in a 1910s era film presentation. In Boston in 1774 the port and harbor operations disrupted trade and mobilized colonial unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giant Redwoods
Golden State
California
Vitagraph
Bessie Love
New Orpheum Theatre
Miss Love
Theory
Aida Johnson Young
David Smith
Wallace McDonald
Harry Russell
Otto Lederec
J. Morley
Doe Rickson
Clara’ Knight
Karl Forms
Little Jom and the minister's home book inquiry
A fragment describes a child named Jom and his mother at a minister's home. Jeb takes a book from the table, the minister's wife admonishes him not to play with it, and later Jeb notices the book and asks why God does not come to retrieve his book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jom
Jeb
Gus
Minuisters
God Cone
Seek to Retain Old Friends The You Have Taught Some Sweet
A fragment from a historical column highlights efforts to maintain long standing friendships and reflect on shared memories with affectionate phrasing. It references Laewell and notes nostalgia for earlier times while urging continued bonds.
Notice in District Court of Jackson County Iowa 1919
The Bank of J Kelso files a claim against Mary Schiltz Peter Gass and Jos Beck ner as heirs and administrator. The petition seeks to set aside a conveyance by Mathias Schiltz to Mary Schiltz and to sell the property to satisfy a debt of 3530.00 plus interest. If defendants fail to appear by noon of the second day of next term at Maquoketa Iowa on September 9 1919 default will be entered and judgment rendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Schiltz
Peter Gass
Jos. Beckner
District “Court of the State ‘of
Iowa
Jackson County
Mathias Schiltz
Jos. S. Becker
Peter Kass
Mary Sehiltz
Maquoketa
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Orpheum
Bessie Barriscale
Government
Strand Comedy
Helene Chadwick
Caleb Piper's
Daddy Piper
Mary Piper
The
Luraber
Ford Weekly
ISG Main
Nasby
Cocky
Ie Neighbortown News
Vasa
Teast
H. Gale and
Lyman B. Buchner
Maquoketa, Iowa
Jacob Penrose
Wm. Haney
G. W. King
T. Bauman
B. T. Bauman
Wm. Archer
Jos Matthews
Tabor
Jas. Bradley
Isb
Ben Armstrong
Tabeh
J. M Merrick
Jas
Tracy
John Green
Spl
Haven
Eli Streets
Spl Police
John Welch
J. F. Ostert
Town Tel Co
Dackson Sentinel
Hall
W. King
Fountain Cleanser
Frank Ellis
F. C. Sears
Elmer Bowman
Wallace Gibson
EAM
Gertrude Jones
James Bradley
Labor
Bus
Harry C. Blake
Collie Paps
Alfred Deitze
Preston
Vermont
W. R. Knight
Man's Sige Net Ring
Sentinel Office
I. D. Adams, &,Co
Technic
Guna Town Electric Co
Lisbon
Mirran
Fletcher
Castoria
Guernsey
Hier
Patrick Kane
National Oats
Cedar Rapids
Byron Crevlin
Clifford
Bean
Camp Blackhawk
Hamley Studio
Pangbara
Maquokta
W. G
Nic Keppes
Andrew
Fourth Ward
Geo
W. Blake
Northwest
Waterford
Clinton Co
C. W. Farraquokets
Poland
King Mastodon Jr
Maj
Boston
Marblehead
Biston
Olive St
S. W. Davis
District Court of the State of
Tota
Bank of J
Gar
F. D. Kelsey
Pisinthi
Neak
North America
Mt. Tinley
Alaska
Wigua
Andes
Chile
Argentina
Mt. Everest
Himalayas
Granufactores
Teleda Blaine
Telepone
Carl Moenck
C. H. Moenck
Teeghoné
Harrison & Sons
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