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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
7
In 1904 Iowa counties show growth with Polk leading while Appanoose Mahaska rank mid. Pella stands as a thriving hub with gardens, colleges, banks, eleven churches, and rich grain and hay harvests. Local residents and visitors observe improvements, new buildings, and active farming across the region, including reports of funerals and community events.
John Quoquodo, a young Italian, shot and killed Frank Fruci at Buxton Friday night. He was apprehended in Lovilla Saturday night and jailed in Mahaska County. He confessed to the shooting saying he killed his friend to save his own life. The two Italians worked in railroad grading at Buxton and were bunk mates. They quarrelled while eating hazel nuts. after Fruci fell mortally wounded by two bullets, Quoquodo fired four more bullets into his body.
A poem sent by mail describes a man who doubts advertising until a half page ad blasts his goods and boosts trade. The tale shows the advertiser profiting while the former skeptic balks at keeping the promotion, angrily declaring he will not let the ad stay.
Crop Bulletin from Des Moines Iowa dated August 28 1905 notes above normal temperatures and excess rainfall across most of the state. Rainfall mostly beneficial though central counties saw corn damage from heavy downpours wind and hail in a few areas with overall state damage percent low. Forecasts indicate corn advancing toward maturity with most crops considered safe from frost around late September with a full month of potential risk remaining.
The Town State Register announces a new livestock department run by Prof. W J Kennedy of Ames with weekly letters on care and selection of live stock. Editor J B Trigg contributes items, and over fifty top livestock breeders already use the paper as an advertising medium. Sample copies are free.
The Interior Department plans to lease Indian pasture lands in Southwest Oklahoma on December 4 for five years with re-lease rights after appraisal. Lands to any single lessee range from a quarter to two sections, aiming to avoid large grazing holdings. Main area spans Caddo Kiowa and Comanche counties about 380000 acres suitable for cotton wheat alfalfa and kattir corn. Most land near creeks and rivers with above average rainfall this year. Nearest railway station Chattanooga on the Rock Island System. For more information contact John Sebastian Rock Island System Chicago.
Notice is hereby given that a case file is on record in the District Court Clerk’s office of Town County. The document concerns a testament and related matters filed in May.
In Marion County Iowa on August 31 1905 the Clerk of the District Court will hear claims by Liebrigse H Viersen David Huber and Robert R Beard seeking cancellation of two mortgages on property described as the South 40 and part of north 90 and 4 feet of Lot in Church Square Block 27 Pella. Surviving descendants of K A D Morgan and John Walker are named as defendants and urged to appear by October 2 1905 noon or risk default and decree.
Notice to Alice Elizabeth Gregoire Bila Gregoire Joseph Gregoire Louis Gregoire John M Kelley Gertrude Kelley Robert Kelley Caroline Mulvihill Thomas Mulvihill James M Kelley Mary Snider Frederick Snider that a petition in equity is on file in the Marion County Iowa District Court clerk’s office. Wm W Gregoire alleges the named defendants hold an undivided interest as tenants in common in Lot 3 Block 9 Southeast Pella in Marion County Iowa and each is entitled to a share while others claim right or title in the property.
The Pella Creamery Company files an equity petition in Marion County Iowa asking a decree quieting its title to the east half of Lot 6 and east quarter of Lot 7 in block 46, Pella, against descendants of Samuel Liter and wife as the lost deed to John Liter allegedly defective. The suit, before the October 1905 term in Knoxville, warns that defaults will be entered and judgment rendered if unresponsive.
The heirs of L A Dunn sue for partition of real estate in Marion County Iowa describing Lots 1 2 and parts of 11 12 in Block 5 South Pella with tract along the O R I & P R R. L A Dunn died intestate November 20 1888 leaving Cornelia Adams Henry Lucy Ann Hendershot John N Dunn Idelette Kruger Elizabeth F Dunn Jewis W Dunn and Fred B Dunn as heirs each to share fractions. Petition seeks sale and division of proceeds as shares cannot be evenly divided. Defendants must appear by October term 1905 noon.
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