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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1908

Page

3

Notices in Equity Suit Against Numerous Lowery Heirs

In Marion County Iowa Gerrit de Jong sues Thomas Nathan Lowery and numerous unknown heirs and claimants to land described as North Ease Quarter of the South West Quarter Section 35 Township 77 Range 19 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian. The petition seeks a decree establishing de Jong as sole owner and correcting Marion County records noting ten years possession and various prior deeds. Notices warn defendants to appear before noon September 2 1908 at Knoxville or default will be entered.

Mary Nacy Lowery Thomas Nathan Lowery Lowery Celia Ann Lowery Joseph M. R. Lowery Stephen A. Lowery James Lowery North Ease Marion County Iowa District Court Gerrit de Jong Maintiff Recorder of Deeds Towa David H. Payton Knoxville Nathan J. Greer Mary C. Greer Wm. Holbrook Milton Crookham Mary Crookham Emma C. Beach Beach Horace Crookham Crookham Mollie Pike Pike Thomas E. Hall Hall Nellie Crookham Anna District Court of John P. de Cook John H. VanderWerff Marian County Gro. G. Gaass

Greer heirs cited in Marion County case

John P. De Cook sues Madison Greer and Greer spouses in Marion County with multiple Greer defendants listed including the unknown heirs of all parties. The filing names Mary C Greer and several Greer family members and their spouses as recipients of notice.

Madison Greer Mary C. Greer Greer William F. Greer John L. Greer Joseph L. Greer Robert Greer Nathan L. Greer James H. Greer

Ten Elephants Parade Toward Civilization on Assam Road

A narrator sits beside a rest house fifty miles from home as ten wild elephants, now tamed, march by with men and baggage. They belong to Mr Gray, an Englishman and prosperous former tea planter in North Lakhimpur, who pays for exclusive rights to catch elephants in the frontier hills and resides in Shillong, Assam.

North Lakhimpur Mr. Gray Shillong Assam

Elephants Tamed and Sold as World Travelers Reach

A speaker recalls trained elephant crews capturing and taming wild beasts for exhibition. Ten elephants may fetch at least ten thousand dollars, destined for Europe and America, with some appearing in royal Indian parades. The narrator praises Mr. Gray and contemplates spiritual aims over worldly gain.

London Europe America India Gray Kipling

The Orphan and the Lamp Child

A famed professor's four year old son Willie brings a stray chick to his father's study. The boy answers every parental prompt with humorous negations revealing a lamp, not a mother or father. The tale humorously preserves the child's honesty and the adults' puzzled authority.

Willie New York Times

DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Liver Pills Sold Here

DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills described as safe easy pleasant and sure are sold at Langerak's Drug Store. The ad promotes a reliable laxative remedy available to local customers.

DeWitt's Langerak

Alfalfa Exposition Boosts Mississippi Land Prices

Captain J F Merry cites letters proving land near Northern Mississippi rose from 15 to 25 or 30 per acre after a grower won alfalfa prize at St Louis Exposition. His reports claim five annual alfalfa crops on some lands, prompting value increases and interest in soil rejuvenation with clover and alfalfa, to be showcased again at the Omaha National Corn Exposition.

Mississippi J. F Merry Illinois Central Railway Iowa Illinois Omaha Omaha Exposition

Kennedy's 8 Laxative Doughy Syrup For Children

An old advertisement praises Kennedy's 8 Laxative Doughy Syrup as especially recommended for children. It claims a mild taste described as nearly good and suitable for young users, noting its laxative effect.

Kennedy

Shadi’s Prayer A Six Year Old Seeks Christ Like Youth

A missionary woman cared for a Hindu orphan named Shadi. She taught him about Jesus. One night at six, she asked for a prayer. He asked Jesus to make him like Jesus was at six years old. The brief tale reflects childlike faith.

Shadi Jesus

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