Beware the League and the Battle for American Sovereignty
A veteran columnist defends U S independence against League of Nations entanglements. He argues peace terms followed war and laments families split by long absence, urging the senate to reject the covenant to preserve America’s sovereignty and honor the fallen.
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League
Senate
Germany
All America
Senate of the
United States
League of Nations
America
United States Senate
Balkans
Pacific
Albion
Hon
Baltic
Monticello Social Notes Record Weddings Births and Visits
Mrs James Leech and Margaret McNielly attended the Bishop Rickless wedding at Monticello last week. Mr and Mrs Will Leech are parents of a baby girl born July 2 at John McDonald hospital. Many relatives and friends visit in Monticello and Cedar Rapids while others travel to Wyoming Maquoketa and Sioux City for events and greetings.
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James Leech
Margaret McNielly
Bishop
Monticello
Center Junction
Will Leech
John McDonald Hospital
Babe
Will
Miss McDonald
S. L. Davis
George McDonald
Wyoming
Anna
Ellen McDonald
Schloeman
Butterfield
Margaret Schloeman
Cedar Rapids
Laura Peterson
H. J. Smith
Genevieve
Clearwater
Minnesota
J. E. Letze
Peter Prahm
Geo. McDonald
Peter Smith
F. L. Serpousek
E. L. Bergeson
Sioux City
Proxler
Des Moines
Nelle Preas
Glass
Hill
Central City
Viola Bethurum
Cedar Falls
Styne
J. B. Krause
Selma Prahm
Maquoketa
George Courtney
Leo
Anamosa
W. S. Pangburn
Velma
Harry Stingley
Dannon Junction
J. B. Moses
Ora Andrews
Francis
Pearl Ward
Eldora
J. B. Hanken
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Mayme Preas
Frank Livingstone
Jacob Courtney
M. &. L. A. Society
Alma Isabel
James Young
Harley Bulgrin
F. L. Coder
Arthur Fickle
Mt. Vernon
Howard Leech
Dorothy War Isiti
Wyomsted
Death of William T. Sears in Wyoming Wy
William T. Sears died June 30 at his home in Wyoming after an illness begun last October. Born July 31, 1879 in Byron Illinois, he lived in Jones county since childhood and worked as a blacksmith and machinist at Onslow Anamosa and locally. He leaves his wife and two children.
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Wyoming
William T. Sears
Mr. Sears
Byron
Illinois
Jones County
Onslow
Anamosa
Sears
Wyoming notes July Fourth crowds and local concerns
The brief reports a quiet July 4 in Wyoming with visits to Anamosa and Maquoketa, and mentions heavy rain, bridge repairs needed, and dangerous road crossings. It notes farmers busy with corn, hay, and harvest, a labor shortage, and upcoming school assignments for L. L. Fishwild. Local arrivals include Stanley Brainard and Edna Anderson. Nolan Bros. evergreen struck by lightning and two steer deaths reported.
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A. Wilson
Bethel
Wyoming
Anamosa
Maquoketa
L. L. Fishwild
Walker
Iowa
Fishwild
Nolan Bros
Eugene Winters
Stanley Brainard
Davenport
Edna Anderson
Rock Island
Rex Heasty
Ladage
Des Moines
Delightful Onslow reunion honors Propst matriarch
Onslow July 8 a large family gathering marked Mrs Propst 79th birthday at her home east of town. Five children with families seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren joined about thirty six others for dinner and reminiscences as Mr and Mrs Propst celebrate sixty one years of marriage and fifty eight years at their present home.
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Onslow
Samuel Propst
J. A. Smith
Clinton
Smith
Knittle
Crave
Waterloo
Jack
The Best Old Bed in The TWouse
A Kansas City Star piece recalls a family bed hierarchy with a shed room bed left open to all for play and rest. It contrasts parlor and mother’s beds, then rapidly shifts to classified notices about land sales, farms wanted, and an automotive tire service ad by John Eggers in Monticello, Iowa.
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Claud Callan
Kansas City Star
Mother
John Eggers
Monticello
Iowa
Executor’s Notice in Jones County Estate Proceeding
Public notice states Henry M. Carpenter is appointed executor of the estate of David Marvell by the District Court of Jones County. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk sworn and timely, and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anmmosa Town July 1949. Attorneys Coxsee and T Doxsee represent the estate.
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District Court of
Jones County
David Marvell
Anmmosa
A. D
Henry M. Carpenter
Coxsee & T Doxsee
Geo
L. Lovell
R. C. Stirton
Geo. L. Lovell
R. C Stirton
J. R. Thompson
F. A. Hanken
L. W. Lovell
J. W. Coxsee
T. M. Redmond
Sand Spring School Board Elects Officers and Local News
The Sand Spring annual school board meeting July 1 re elected J. A. Tibbitts as president A. Blair as secretary and George Tibbitts as treasurer. The column lists numerous local visits guests and travel between Lost Nation Hopkinton Cedar Rapids Dubuque Cascade Oxford Junction Monticello and Anamosa with townspeople visiting relatives friends and attending events. Charles Sloan of Geneva Nebraska spoke at Anamosa and visited Monticello over the weekend.
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Sand
J. A. Tibbitts
A. Blair
George Tibbitts
J. P. Schuster
Clarence
Irene McDonough
Lost Nation
F. W. Lawrence
Wyoming
Will Sears
Pierce
F. M. Wheeless
Hopkinton
F. J. Gestel
Louise
Manchester
Lawrence Schuster
Dubuque
H. S. Pierce
Dorothy
Lois
Cascade
Henry Dufoe
Bryan
Edward Weitz
W. A. Ottilie
L. J. Pride
Mildred
Cedar Rapids
Guthrie
William
Charles H. S. Sloan
Geneva
Nebraska
Anamosa
Monticello
Large Iowa farms offer diverse sizes and prices across counties
A catalog of Iowa land listings details No 1 through No 76 farms, with acreages from 65 to 435 and prices from 90 to 350 per acre. Terms include carried back notes at 5 percent, six-year and long-term financing, with locations near towns, railroads, and military highways, plus varied improvements and tiling.
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Castle Grove Township
Jackson County
Good Town
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Grace Podhaski
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Minneapolis, Minn
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Jayo Hagen
Meta Casper
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Chicago
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Judd Nichols
W. A. McLaughlin
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A. O. Peterson
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Virginia
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Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
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G. W. Ireland
D. J. Locher
Lowell State Bank
United States Certificates
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Federal Banking House
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F. Becker
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Monticello, Iowa
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Chicago, Ill
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