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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
8
Mills County Tribune lists publication Mondays and Thursdays with year subscription at two dollars in advance. Owners and Publishers are Hill Warler Davis with editor J RB Graham.
A Duluth Herald excerpt reports Senator McKellar of Tennessee paraphrasing Wilsons fourteen points and challenging critics to answer fourteen questions about administrations and achievements. The roundtable asks who led fund prosperity labor farming banking naval power taxation and global status, implying strong praise for Wilson and the presidency.
A mocked vignette presents Kenesaw Mountain Landis as a calm federal judge in Chicago who interrupts tedious testimony with precise questions. In a courtroom scene a printer testifies about brief stints at Texarkana Bugle Joplin News Herald and others leaving due to editorial disagreements on a “great national question.”
A witness recalls a pivotal moment with the question of national policy framed as prohibition. The exchange centers on the implied impact of prohibition on the era's public life and governance, highlighting the era's heated debate and the witness's view of the issue's significance.
An Armenian orphan’s letter to American uncles recounts the horrors of the genocide years. He pleads for Western Christian aid, laments Western inaction, and urges Americans to recall missionaries and provide relief before the Armenian people are "extinguished." The author, Minas Maloumian, portrays hunger, despair, and hopes for Liberty and independence.
The Iowa Journal of History and Politics highlights a growing list of Iowa writers. Notable names include Hamlin Garland Emerson Hough Randall Parrish Edwin L. Sabin and poets like Arthur Davison Wicke and Edwin Ford Piper. Humorist Rob Burdette and Ellis Parker Butler also trace roots to Iowa.
The average American farmer produces nearly three times as much food as any other farmer globally. While foreign lands may yield more per acre, they rely on far larger labor forces. In the United States, about thirty-five percent of the population works on farms, feeding both urban residents and much of the world.
The article notes America now produces nearly two million cars annually and exports to 183 countries including Iceland. It contrasts past European dominance with today's dominance in car manufacturing and usage, highlighting cars as a common street presence and the rapid growth of the industry.
A Boys’ Life remark highlights that Nebraska and Iowa have the highest car per capita ratio, estimating nearly one car for every six and a half people, implying a strong local ownership trend compared with others.
Rat Snap promises fast rat and mice elimination with cake form bait. It states rodents die within minutes and the carcass dries, leaving no odor. The product, offered in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, is sold by F W Kelley and BR H Daniel.
Plaintiffs alleging Mary P Baker died possessed of Lot 12 in the Auditor's Plot, Section 9 Township 72 Range 43 Mills County, with six Mendenhall heirs and others as surviving heirs. The court is asked to appoint appraisers and referees to sell the property and distribute proceeds among heirs, as they hold undivided interests. Defendants are urged to appear before the April term in Glenwood or risk default and judgment.
In Mills County Iowa district court a notice to defendants Lewis Robbins Mrs. Lewis Robbins and others warns that by March 25 1920 a petition will be filed claiming absolute ownership of the south half of the northwest quarter of section 41 township 78 range 40 west of the fifth principal meridian and asserting that a 1876 deed to the defendants lacks validity due to grantors having no interest at that time and never acquiring one since.
Petition seeks a decree barring any claim of right or ownership in the described real estate. It asserts no written claim on file in Mill County Recorder. The matter wills proceed at Glenwood on April 27, 1920, unless defendants appear and defend before noon. Genung & Genung, attorneys for plaintiff.
In Mills County Iowa district court April term Frank W Schoening sues Duncan Harry Boyes and Mrs Boyes and unknown heirs and devisees to quiet title to the north half of the southwest quarter of section 14 township 73 north range 43 west of the fifth p m lying north of Pony Creek defendants alleged to have no right or interest though once joined in a deed by Shakespeare Boyes and Sibilla Boyes and misrecitation left their status as grantors in error with the case aiming to establish plaintiff as absolute owner after more than twenty years of adverse possession. Unknown heirs and spouses of Thomas Boyes cited as further respondents in the action.
Plaintiffs seek to establish clear title and remove clouds from described real estate. Unknown claimants and all defendants are barred, estopped, and cut off from asserting any right or title adverse to the plaintiff. The petition notes a deed chain issue dating to 1920 and warns that default and judgment may be entered if not answered by March 22, 1920. Attorney for Plaintiff.
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