Iowa News Items Reach Wartime Fronts And Local Facts
Clinton high school alumni celebrate wartime service with 124 men in the colors. Mason City names F. E. Palmer new superintendent of the Iowa State School for the Blind at Vinton. Cedar Rapids fly catcher W. J. Grunewald proves skill with 90 pounds of files trapped with fish and liver bait. Fort Dodge judge upholds ban on liquor transport in interstate commerce. Des Moines grocers seek dried goods pamphlets from the state council of defense. Northeast Iowa reports reduced hog cholera and Iowa endures tighter food rations.
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Brade
Mason City
Iowa State School For the Blind
Vinton
Iowa City
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W. J. Grunewald
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Fort Dodge
H. J. Metcalf
State Council of Defense
Des Moines
Iowa
Enger
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Allamakee
Fayette
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Ellen M. Rourke
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Green
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Food Administration
Dean Barr
William Schumann
Pomeroy
Germany
H. E. Hutchson
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Camp Dodge
Marshalltown
Frank Glick
A. @. Glick
Brittain & Co. Pork Packers
Young Glick
Havner
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa Interurban
Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway Company
Iowa Posten
War Industries Board
Chamber of Commerce of
Moines
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R. N. Getty
National Army
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
Jewish Welfare Board
Towa
W. P. Parmley
Newton
Harold J. Coke
Saylor Shanafelt
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Dubuque
C. E. Willison
Gilmore City
Harry Beatty
David A. Paul
Gilman
Leslie H. Smith
Monona
Estate Highway Commission
Iowa State College
Dwight N. Lewis
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Wich
Lewis
Blackhawk
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Notice in land dispute quieting title case in Iowa
Abraham B. Van Nimwegen sues Henry P Scholte and others in Marion County Iowa District Court claiming sole ownership of east half lot 7 block 35 and lot 3 block 52 in Pella. The petition asserts twenty five years of adverse possession, seeks quieting of title and a personal judgment against defendants. failure to answer by August 24 1918 will prompt default.
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Henry P. Scholte
District Court of
Iowa
Eerie County
Leonora R. Scholte
J. W. David Scholte
Marie E. Scholte
Johanna
Nolien
R. R. Beard
Keables Beard
Keables
Antonia Keables
Haller F. Keables
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Knoxville
M. H. E. Scholte
Pella
Iave
Marion
Klein Brothers Adverse Claim Against Knoxville Suit
John G. Klein and Arthur Klein describe quiet adverse claim against plaintiffs but seek no claim at Knoxville in Marion County. Judgment and decree rendered as of June 1918. GEO G. Grass attorney for plaintiffs. July 4 11 18 25.
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Geo. G. Grass
Atorney
Marion County October term suit over land claims
Johnson files suit in Marion County Iowa claiming absolute title by color of title and 25 years adverse possession to real estate in Section 3 Township 77 North Range 19 West. Plaintiffs allege defendant claims barred by statute and seek judgment enforcing quiet title against unknown claimants in Lot 6 Block 12 of Pella.
Property suit in Marion County Iowa listing multiple defendants
1918 court filing names plaintiff David J. Johnson against John Hiskey and others including spouses and heirs. The case concerns real estate in Marion County Iowa describing the north half of the northwest quarter and related parcels, with unknown claimants noted.
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District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
David J. Johnson
John Hiskey
Louisianna Hiskey
Edwin Smith
Magdalena Smith
Austin Corbin
Hannah M. Corbin
John Hisky
Louisa Hisky
Andrew Mitchell
Mary A. Mitchell
John W. Clatterbuck
Nev . Clatterbuck
A. Doolittle
Abraham
Property owners seek title, possession in Marion County suit
In Iowa Marion County a plaintiff seeks a judgment declaring ownership of land described as the Northwest Quarter and Northeast Quarter of Section Ten, Township 77 North Range 19 West. The petition cites deed errors, omissions, and color of title with adverse possession by the plaintiff and grantors, asking the court to quiet title and bar defendants’ claims. The filing notes a November 28 1864 warranty deed and subsequent conveyances, with misdescriptions and unrecorded deeds cited. The case seeks judgment and decree upon completion of court proceedings.
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John Piper
Piper
Nancy Piper
George A. McCuen
Margaret McCuen
John Byers
Byers
Ely Byers
Isaac Byers
Marion
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Knoxville
Iowa
Geo. G. Grass
John Hiskey
Louisianna Hiskey
John W. Clatterbuck
When Peace Comes and the Call to Thrift
The text envisions a peaceful future after war with a vast readjustment of civil life. It urges preparation akin to post Civil War reconstruction, warning of a day of reckoning and urging immediate saving through Liberty Loan Bonds and War Savings as safe securities for the future.
Patriot Dollars and the Value of Labor and Liberty
The piece argues victory relies on labor and materials, not money. It condemns hoarded or wasted dollars as lost power, praising saving and loaning to the government as patriotic actions that enable labor and material resources.
Energy Reserve Power Described as Firing Line of Action
The description portrays reserve power as stored energy and purchasing power conserved for its owner, framing it as essential to action on the firing line and beyond. It emphasizes the interplay between capability, readiness, and controlled release in demanding situations.
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