The Square Deal and a Daring Trade Espionage
Frone confronts Colonel Dane over a contested order and a perilous business feud. A flirtatious encounter with a train passenger leads to a stern warning as a crucial bid hinges on a six oclock dine with the firm patriarch. Telegraph pales trace Russia to supply poles for the British post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frone
Col. Dane
House of Meek & Metz
Russia
United Kingdom
Norway
Sweden
Baltic
White Sea
How Pottery Is Fashioned From Earliest Times
A compact look at pottery history notes crude clay vessels evolving through the potter’s wheel and glazing methods. Josiah Wedgwood’s fame and England’s Potteries are cited, with lead glaze posing poisoning risks and salt glaze created by adding salt in the kiln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
England
Josiah Wedgewood
Bell Tales and Legal Notices From a Bygone Era
A long lost church bell on Grand Isle rings again on a 25 year anniversary amid historic tales of Caminada, Lafitte country, and a strange disappearance. The page also contains a dense Iowa district court notice from 1920 detailing property ownership disputes and quiet title actions in Jones County with a long chain of heirs and legal descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chentere Caminada
Grand Isle
New
Chapelle
Caminada
Lafitte
Chinese and Telephones Face Subscriber Shortfalls
The article notes that despite Chinese people’s fondness for using the telephone, it is difficult to obtain enough subscribers to support local lines in the country.
Remembrance Ruby Ring Hope For Dorothy On Birthday
A girl named Dorothy asks if a ruby ring would help her remember better after her father promises the ring if she stops biting her nails. She wonders aloud if wearing the ring would make her remember more clearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County Iowa
District Court in Jones County Iowa to all interested persons Rozina Bronemann deceased allegedly left a will filed November 22 1919 with final probate set for December 22 1919. Court clerk A A Clarke invites opposition to probate at the November term for Rozina Bronemann's last will and testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iones County
Iowa
Jones County
Rozina Bronemann
Said County
A. D
A. A. Clarke
Quieting Title Suit Over John Fitzsimons Estate in Jones Co
J W Coxsee as executor of John Fitzsimons faces Joseph Miller and many heirs and unknown claimants in a quiet title action in Jones County Iowa. The petition seeks to confirm plaintiff as executor and bar all claims to real estate described by sections and township, with default if defendants do not appear at the January 26 1920 term in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the
State of
Iowa
Jones County
Henry Rittmer
Annie Rittmer
Ella Little
George B. Little
James Walworth
Amanda Hosford
Howard Hosford
Helen Hosford
Harriet C. Carbutt
Alice May
May
Lulu Pierce
Wallace
Pierce
Harriet McCartney
F. O. McCartney
Orton
District Court
Anamosa
J. W. Coxsee
John Fitzsimons
Plaintif
Joseph Miller
Hannah H. D. Kibbee
A. M. Miller
Alexander B. Miller
Ida Miller
Samuel M. Dawat
Samuel M. Dawst
Thomas B. Cleaver
Eleanor Cleaver
White, Haviland Bros. & Co
George Haviland
R. B. Haviland
Haviland Bros. & Co
Herbert Taylor
Edward Berger
Sibley
Albert Jewett
S. T. Chamberlain
Phebe Richardson
Samuel Richardson
Cecelia Tenant Walworth
Clara Grifin
Lewis Griffin
Valentine Flutsch
Christopher Filtsch
Mia
Christopher Flitsch
John Fitzpatrick
Mary Kiburz
John Kiburz
Joseph Kiburz
Mayme Kiburz
Mary Liddy
Clem Liddy
Clara Hale
J. K. Hale
Henrietta Webber
Clara K. Lane
Lane
Wilhelmina K. Nichols
Nichhols
Ruby K. Hagman
Hagman
Mattie K. Fairbanks
A. Ray Fairbanks
Howard Berger
T. Chamberlain
East
Southeast
Township
North Range
St. P.m
Town
Towa
Coxsee
Doxsee
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the Square
Dobson
Manu
J. J. Locher
Edison
Newman. Hall
Florence Ferrell
Mme. Ferrell
Ferrell
Newman Hall
Thomas A. Edison
Monticello
Canada
Mr. Edison
Monticello, Iowa
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