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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
8
A poem recounts a thoughtful lad who says his mother lives at home, praising familial love. It shifts to a warm memory of a hymnlike moment and a spiritual message about the Light in every doorway leading to grace, ending with a signature reverie by Calvin Weiss Laufer.
The Christian Advocate denounces women’s cosmetic use, calling it debasing paganism and a sign of vulgarity and moral decline. It urges women to adopt modest attire and sobriety, arguing painted appearances reveal character flaws and undermine true beauty.
A soot stained day laborer from a foundry reveals a life secret at dusk along a Delaware country road. He recalls scenic Delaware countryside including Blue Mountains Cherry Creek and buckwheat blossoms and notes Mary’s love by the way she places the light in the window.
A Tennessee mountain farmer shares a barefoot boy's graft of labor on a sunlit slope. A six year old named Monkey wounds shins while the older lad cuts wood and explains the creed to “jest let it hurt.” The evangelist narrator reflects on endurance as a boyhood virtue.
Original notice lists J A Orr and M I Orr plaintiffs and William W Kennedy and Kennedy wife among defendants. Includes many co defendants with spouses and unknown heirs or successors in interest tied to Lot Twenty two East Knoxville Iowa. Names E J S Davis Sarepta Gustine Rebecca McDowell A E Albright Harley Sunderlin and others with unknown heirs and grantees. Describes chain of title and potential claimants connected to petition.
Plaintiffs seek to quiet title to land in Knoxville Marion County Iowa amid a long chain of defective deeds. The petition asserts ownership in fee simple and seeks removal of clouds by reforming or correcting descriptions, with defendants barred from asserting claims and required to convey proper deeds. The case traces a sequence from Luther C. Conrey through multiple grantees to the plaintiffs, identifying defective descriptions and heirs at law as key issues.
Plaintiff seeks to locate known and unknown defendants and claimants of real estate. Notice states they could not be found at residences. If defendants fail to appear before noon on May 5, 1914, at Knoxville, Iowa, default will be entered and judgment rendered per petition. L B Leonard attorney for plaintiffs.
Notice states stock holders met January 20 1914 in Pella Iowa to amend the Articles of Incorporation. The authorized capital stock is set at 16000 dollars divided into 300 shares of 50 dollars par value each. Five thousand 65000 dollars of capital stock to be paid in money or other value when business begins.
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