Louisa County Jurors Selected for January 1918 Term
Wapello Iowa December 24 list of petit jurors drawn for the January term of the district court to appear January 14, 1918 at 2 00 p m. Names cover precincts including Marshall Morning Sun Wapello Columbus Junction Columbus City Union Elm Grove Jefferson Grandview Oakland and others. Also lists grand jurors drawn for January 7, 1918 term with township assignments and courthouse appearance details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
lList
Petit Durors
District Court
Roy Aringdale
Marshall
A. Brown
Morning Sun
A. T. Ball
C. A.bates
Wapello City
Curtis
Columbus Junction
Oscar Cassabaum
Columbus City
Jace Colton
Harry McGrew
Louisa
Ralph Morris
Cotter
Jackson Marion
Sidney Newman
Henry Pogemiller
Wm. HE. Reddick
Letts
C. J. Sehneider
Grandview
I. O. Sellers
Wm. Sheridan
RK. Ih. Sabin
D. Wander
Eliot
Court House
Wedd P. m
C. Il. .Poster
Jefferson Township
Joss Marshall
C. Tl. Bettler
Wapelio City
J.W. McCan
Marshall Township
Sam Baird
R. Ll. Croskey
Eliot Township
O. Walton
Port Louisa
C. Jd. Beauchamp
Elm Grove
Jas
Erwin
Oakland Township
Dickerson
Austin Nelson
Union Township
W. M. Gabriel
Concord Township
Promises 6000 Winter Roads for Muscatine County
County Engineer Halbfass says Muscatine will have better roads for winter. Patrolmen and dragmen are ordered to drag all county roads when possible. Dragging smooths jagged surfaces on days warmed by sun and wind, then freezes hard for safer travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Halbfass
Keota Red Cross feeds crowd at horse sale
Keota Iowa occasioned a large sale drawing J O Singmaster’s crowds as the Red Cross prepared one thousand lunches and added 250 dollars cash. News includes birth at Thompson home, another arrival at Roy Menefee residence, and J C Singmaster called back to Galesburg. Officers elected include I G Henness N G J Hampton V G A A McKoon secretary and H J Seydel treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Roy Menefee
J. C Singmaster
Galesburg
Vercheval
TI. Q
I. G. Henness
N. G
Grenade Throwing Adds to Big Ten Track Card
Associated Press leaser wire reports Big Ten coaches vote to add grenade throwing to track and field at spring meets. A committee works to secure athletic board consent across universities. Lieutenant Hans Norgren, ex football star at University of Chicago, leads grenade school office at Camp Grant and endorses the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Big Ten
Hans Norgren
University of Chicago
Fice
Camp Grant
Rockford, Ill
Flags soar over Alsace monument in Paris ceremony
The Strassberg monument on Place de Concorde was raised with the Stars and Stripes and the French tricolor. American Ambassador Sharp and Alsace Lorraine society delegates witnessed the ceremony in front of a large crowd as the two nations displayed flags together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Strassberg Miorument
Place Soncorde
Alsatian
Sharp
Alsace- Lorraine
Work Started on New Bridge East of Muscatine
Construction begins on a 22-foot reinforced concrete bridge two miles east of Muscatine on Montpelier road. The river has backed up under the road. a 1,010 foot fill will be required and the road widened to standard grade. The old eighteen foot width has caused accidents at the bridge site.
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Muscatine
Montpelier
Morning Sun society notes and local visits in October
Miss Mildred Boal from Cedar Falls visits parents in Morning Sun during the holiday. A Red Cross benefit netted over 300 with 266 cleared. Local teachers and students from Monmouth and Thompson return for vacation. A Kansas wedding and aviation enlistment are mentioned along with church Christmas plans and social engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Boal
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Jos. Boal
W. N. Leeper
Clarence Talbot
John Mercer
Winfield
Lat
Ela Selzer
Anna Patterson
Corp
Ummet Carter
Oakville
Camp Dodge
G. A. Stewart
Monmouth
Will &. Brown
Mt. Pleasant High School
Ida B. Watters
Thompson
Chas. Kilpatrick
Gresham
Wis
D. Kilpatrick
Jessie Frasier
Hansell, Ja
Lale Nelson
Minnesota
Northfield
Milligan
Aviation Department
Jefferson Varracks
Misa Mary Kilpatrick
Deaf and Dumb School
Faribault
Minn
Sis
Roberta Ways
Peggy Cawthrop
Margaret Vielle Teck
Marianne Mewhirter
Grace Welen Swan
Virginia Duryea
Annabel Marshall
Washington
W. J. Marshall
Assault follows quarrel over corn husking price
Sheriff Wiley rushed to the Muscatine Wilton road home of Hugh Zybarth after a quarrel over corn husking pay. Zybarth was found with a severe head wound from a hammer blow by a man named Beaver. Zybarth filed no complaint and no arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Post
Hugh
Muscatine
Wilton
Zybarth
Beaver
Husk
Attendance Large At Excelsior Literary Meeting
The Excelsior Literary society drew more than sixty guests to Mrs. P. B. Lake’s Bloomington Township home for a Saturday program. A debate on internal faction versus external foes won by the affirmative featured Ray Downer and Ivan Klein against Jon Lang and Harry Van Atta. The event included songs, readings, a question box, and selections by the Lange quartet. The next meeting is set for December 29 at Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Eckhardt’s home in Sweetland township, with plans for a Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Literary Society
P. B. Lake
Bloomington Township
United States
Ray Downer
Ivan Klein
Jon Lang
Harry van Atta
Donald McPike
Jona ‘Otto
Mildred Treyermuth
Wayne Eckhardt
Margaret’ Smith
J. J. Hoskins
Jtd. Chamberlain
Lange Quartette
Soldiers of Chance in Dramatic Clinic at AdMuse-0
A powerful promoter seeks to force marriage by accusing a girl’s father of murder, while a South American adventurer vows vengeance. The Greater Vitagraph feature stars Wyatt Overton and Miriam Fouche, with gunfire, a palace siege, and battles across New York and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers of Charice
Albert Ts. Smith
Wyatt Overton
Miriam Fouche
Vitagraph
Jalix Swayne Gordon
Charles Kent
Charles Henderson
Ghaunce
New York
Atlantic
South America
American Deported from Peking for Propaganda Ties
Gilbert Reid editor of the Peking Post, an American described as pro German, has been deported to Manila at the request of the Chinese government. He was released from Shanghai prison on July 23, 1917 after promising to refrain from criticizing the American government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peking
Gilbert Reid
Manila
Peking Post
Shanghai
Offer program at Ainsworth Christmas church event
Ainsworth Nebraska December 24. A Christmas program and tree will be held at the M I B church Monday evening. Blanche Fitzgerald will play piano and lead Christmas chimes. Helen Alcorn Theodore Teitheweir and Maurice Stephens headline a series of recitations. Twenty-one young performers will participate in drills and songs including Billy Crawford Martha Hazelett and Dorothy Cassell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
M. Lb
Blanche Fitzgerald
Helen Alcorn
Theodore Teitheweir
Billy Crawford
Martha Hazelett
Maurice Stephens
Paul
Travel Pictures At The A Museu
Lyman HH Howes Travel Festival returns to the AdMuse on Saturday December 29 featuring an Armada journey Somewhere in the Atlantic and vivid scenes of midshipmen at Annapolis. The program includes Alpine climbers, broncho busting, a battle in the air over London, a cascad e ride to Washington, and new animated cartoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman HH. Howe
Howe
Atlantic
U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis
Mt Blane
London
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Great Northern Railway
Mr. Howe
Columbus Junction Heaviest early season notes and sports score
Columbus Junction notes a successful Short Course and Poultry Show session with lectures by Dr Stouder of Ames and Miss Mary Richards on food conservation. Local high school beat Nichols 49 to 5 with Overholdt scoring 10 baskets. Many residents travel for Christmas events and family visits across Davenport Rock Island Cedar Rapids and Wapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus
Stouder of
Ames
Mary GB. Richards
T. Tantt
Thesiog Roy Drake
Wyman Bank
Aviation Corps
Columbus City
Ida ‘Chown
Eva Bretz
Gayve
Marie
Josephine Otto
Wapeallo
Clinton Buffington
Sedar Rapids
Gear Bullington
Nichols
Burdette
Lewis
Little
Wm. Gilkey
Jack Overholdt
Henry Wilson
Overholdt
Mstle
Wilson
Gilkey
Dave “Morgan
Love Tree
Chag. Morgan
John Heinrichs
Davenport
Alice Brown
Rock 'Sland
The Heart of a Lion at A Muse U theater
William Farnum stars in The Heart of a Lion based on Ralph Connor's The Doctor. A farmer Barney Kenper seeks solace in the forests where his brother's past sins and a forester's plots spark a deadly struggle with two women entangled in the drama. Stormy scenes promise rapid action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Farnum
Big Bill
Mr. Farnum
Ralph Connor
Barney Kenper
Barney
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Louisa County
OLD Glory
Mark
Ady
Motel
Vlwnn Oe Sxuzwien
Constance “Talmadge
Alleles Moe
Excelsior Meet
Merry Christmas
S. Springer & Son Meat Market and Grocery
Cypress
Iowa
Titus Loan & , Investmenteo
A Museu
Maude Wagner
Alice Fullerton
G. A. Stauffacher of
Cairong
Cedar Rapids
L. G Woodruff
Mediapols
David Woodruff
A. McCullough
West Liberty
Bessie Wildebaugh
Great Picture
J. H W. Mundt
Muscatine Lighting Co
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