Manchester Burglars Caught and Sentenced
Leo Mellon aged 19 of 1355 Washington Street and Jacob Meisenberg aged 22 of 589 Chestnut Street were sentenced to ten years in the Anamosa reformatory for a Manchester robbery after pleading guilty to stealing over 3000 dollars in merchandise and cash from the Meggenburg store. The two implicated a third youth, Melvin Liest, as the "Melvin Brown" sought after a gun battle with Niles police. Liest remained at large following the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Mellon
Washington Street
Jacob Meisenberg
Chestnut Street
Niles
Ilinois
Anamosa Reformatory
Manchester
Dubuque
E. B. Stiles
Meggenburg
Mellon
Meisenberg
Illinois
Liest
Melvin Brown
Mellen
Worthington
Epworth
Farley
Cedar Rapids
Bellevue
Brown
James Levi Company
New Type Face For The Express Improves Reading
A long note on the Mer Genthaler Linotype Tonic No 5 praises smoother rounded letters and open spacing. It explains why the eye follows lines more easily and why the paper keeps a comfortable line distance for legibility. The piece also recounts a Stickford family outing with a rattlesnake near their cabin and notes annual U S forest fire damages totaling 20 million dollars not counting other losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Iowa
United States
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Brooklyn
New York
Express
Thaddeus L. Bolton
Philadelphia Record
Stickford
Ebymy
Maquoketa River
Stick
Gladys
Mary
Merve Sinclair
St Matthew's Ev Lutheran Church announces activities
Notices list Sunday school times and meetings led by Pastor H L Adix with no Sunday services for three weeks due to vacation. Bake sale August 20 at Zimmerman’s. mission rally at Andrew July 14. Wayne festival invite. Also updates on mission festival with two services led by Revs Oetjen and Hesse, plus a $100 Jones County scholarship via Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel. Memorial note on local social entertainment shifts over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Zimmerman’s
Andrew
Wayne
St. John's
Trinity
J. Oetjen
Oskaloosa
C. Hesse
Clinton
Jones County
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel’ Company
Des Moines
Wonsby
George Stoll
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
State Board of Education
Ames
Division of Agriculture
Manchester
Stantey
Divorce Notice in Jones County Court
In the district court of Iowa Jones county September term 1927 Marjorie Rhorer plaintiff vs Rob ert Rhorer defendant. You are hereby notified a divorce petition will be on file by September 14 1927 and unless you appear by the second day of the next term at Anamosa Iowa default will be entered. 6-4 I. V. DAUTREMONT Attorney for Plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Jones County
Marjorie Rhorer
Robert Rhorer
District Court
Anamosa
Local accidents and farm fire blaze in Oxford area
Mrs. Powelka suffered a severe burn when syrup spilled from a pan on the stove. Mrs. Topinka found her four month old child headfirst in a tub of water during laundry. Joe Carrington watched fifty tons of hay burn after a field blaze. A National Fire Protection Association panel cites lightning as causing about 20.6 million dollars in farm property losses yearly and notes lightning rods cut losses by 85 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Powelka
Joe Carrington
The
National Fire Protection Association
Tiling may fail on dense subsoil draining soils
Discussion notes that tiling fields cannot fix drainage where subsoil is dense impervious clay that seals tiles. open ditches often succeed where tile proves ineffective on such soils.
By fins and wings in Genesis and nature
A compact note lists items from creation and geography including the fifth day life, a volume metric, a scoreless result, Death Valley, a broad western world reference, wheat, Alexander the Great, Rhode Island, a coat valued at 95 dollars and a hat at 5, and a British East Africa mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
California
Alexander the Great
Rhode Island
British East Africa
Wanted and For Sale Thoroughbred Hereford Bulls
For sale listing from J. L. Webar & Sons of Cascade Iowa offering thoroughbred Hereford bulls. Also includes a lost dog notice describing a bluish gray collie with a black back and contact details for Will Hogan in Hopkinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Webar & Sons
Cascade
Iowa
Will Hogan
Hopkinton
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Matthew's Ev. Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Pastor
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
G. Wolf
Reformed Church
R. P. Kuentzel
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
I. V. Dautremont
Plaintiff
Palmer ‘Drug Store
Poland
W. H. Hanken
E. G. Brazelton
L. E. Hoag
Albert Sanford
Amber
County Home
Center Junction
Scotch Grove Township
Monticello
Kate Duis
John B. Brokens
Scotch Grove
Oxford Mirror
Center Street
Kathryn Young
W. A. Winans
Arnold Bader
Serge
Albert Smith
Swift
Bacon
Swift's
Suter’s Market
Jones County Fair
Exhibition Hall
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