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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
6
A mountain of local notices and social events detail piano recitals, gatherings, visits, and hospital trips across Center Junction and nearby towns. The column lists residents and guests by name, including Bergeson, Burmeister, Hanken, Kempf, and Miller, plus church and school notes, fairs, and upcoming meetings.
Soldiers led by Major Halstead Carpenter conducted the funeral for Corporal Alexander Drelbelbis who died after arriving in England. The service featured a flag draped casket, bugle calls, prayer by Rev. Leonard Duckett, and a volley followed by taps. Earlier, a Camp Fire social by the Sunbeam Mission Band was held on the Sinclair lawn.
August 23 Valcade reports Miss Margaret Albers is set to return home early next week following several weeks of treatment at Sacred Heart Sanitarium Milwaukee with notable health gains. Local social notes include visits among the Toussaint family in West Union and other relatives across Dubuque Cedar Rapids Remsen and Madison.
A Tuesday morning fire at the John O Rourke farm in Castle Grove destroyed a barn containing 600 bushels of oats and hay, plus a nearby straw stack. The barn and its contents were insured for 2000 dollars with Castle Grove Farmers Mutual, though the loss exceeds the policy.
Frairieburg August 28 Community briefs detail plans for O Deen Irene and Wayne to move to Central City for the new school year while Mr Deen remains locally employed. Blairsburg visitors James and Seward Smith family gatherings, Rev Father Vojacek's transfer to Cedar Rapids, and Emily Emerson teaching at Viola. Local tidbits include Cedar Rapids visitors choosing Mrs Walmutt as democratic leader and Jos Houser purchasing the Kula bungalow to move to his farm.
In the District Court of Jones County during the September Term 1020 Charles Eggers sues Harvey Eldred and Hannah Eldred and James M Eldred and Mrs James M Eldred and James M Eldred as executor of Jarvis Eldred's estate Harvey DeWitt Eldred alias Harvey D Eldred and Clara Eldred in a civil action seeking legal remedy in the estate matter.
Plaintiff seeks to quiet, confirm, and establish title to described lands in Jones County Iowa against numerous defendants and unknown heirs. He alleges over 30 years of adverse possession under color of title and prays for record title to be perfected. If defendants fail to appear by noon September 2, 1920, default and judgment will be entered. Attorney Geo C Gorman represents plaintiff.
The district court of the state of Towa in Jonesy County September term 1920 hears a sprawling land dispute involving LW Suter and multiple defendants including William W Walker Wallace Miller and others. The action covers portions of sections 17 and 20 with described tracts and reserved easements and includes unspecified heirs and claimants.
The petition filed in Jones county Iowa seeks to quiet title in the plaintiff after twenty years of undisputed possession. It lists land in sections 17 and 20 described by metes and bounds and includes parcels in township 86 north range 3 west of the St P M. Defendants are warned to appear by September 27 1920 or a default judgment will follow.
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