Iowa Notes From The Mount Ayr Area And Surrounding Iowa
A roundup from Mount Ayr and other Iowa towns covers cow tuberculosis testing rules, July celebrations in Webster City, and national drive dates in 1918. Reports detail hog and livestock sales near Oskaloosa, a large price record in Marshal county, farm accidents, oil well activity near California Junction, a serious spinal injury near Atlantic, and new gas pricing in Des Moines. Also noted are the Guthrie County Salvation Army service, egg candling enforcement, dairy association organization efforts, and a high Des Moines growth projection, with Nevada stock and grain shipping strength, rising land values, and wheel car shortages. The web worm harming Madison county orchards is flagged for treatment.
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Mount Ayr
Webster City
France
Braywood Farms
Oskaloosa
Marshal County
Ernest Melberg
Will Ridgley
California Junction
Cox
Missouri Valley
Peter Comes
Atlantic
Comes
Kelley
Des Moines
Salvation Army Home Service
Guthrie County
Guthrie Center
E. W. Weeks
State Food and Dairy Department
Dairy Men of
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Association
Huxley
Association
Cambridge
Iowa Prairie
Story County
Pitty
Iowa State
Colmon Ca
Plymouth
Boston
Louisa County
Harmon
Mississippi River Commission
United States
Iowa State College
Ames
Nevada
Justice
Sheldon
O'Brien
Cass County
Interstate Commerce
Bankers’ Committee
Washington
Charles Webster
Chicago
Quieting title in Marion County Iowa land dispute
Plaintiffs Jacob Weyerse Albertus Weyerse and Adriana Weyerse sue Hubert Pos and numerous defendants to quiet and confirm title to extensive land in Township 76 North Range 18 West of the Fifth P M Marion County Iowa. The petition asserts twenty years of adverse possession under color of title, cites numerous deed description errors and spelling variances, and seeks a decree barring all claims. If defendants fail to appear by October 2 1920, default and decree as prayed for will be entered. Signed Pella Iowa June 19 1920 by G H Gaass attorney for plaintiffs.
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District Court
Marion County
Iowa
Knoxville
Pella
Soviet Russia on Last Legs
Washington reports from officials and diplomats say Soviet Russia faces collapse within months due to disintegration of bolshevist authority. Col Edward W Ryan’s North Russia visit supports dire economic strain, depopulated transport, and food fuel shortages eroding Soviet control.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
Lenine
Edward W. Ryan
North Russia
Ryan
Russia
Bolshevist
Petrograd
Wther
Red Cross
Baltic States
Bolschevist
State Department
Life and death battle with a wildcat by a youth guide
Wilfred Morrill, a seventeen year old guide from Bridgewater New Hampshire, fought for his life when a 45 pound wildcat, caught by a hind leg, attacked him near Cascade trout brook. He subdued the animal by striking its neck with the butt of his rifle after a several minute struggle.
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Bridgewater
N. H
Wilfred 5
Morrill
Merrill
War Cost 35,380,000 Lives. Serbs Heaviest Sufferers
The Copenhagen study on World War consequences places total deaths at 385,880,000 with fatalities from all causes. Military deaths reached 9,829,000, and Serbia emerged as the nation most affected, losing about 88 percent of its population across involved countries. Each nation’s killed total near 2.5 percent of its populace.
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Copenhagen Society
London
Serbia
Viennese Bread Ticket Dishonesty Drives Probes
Vienna authorities investigate a census anomaly showing 2,000,000 bread tickets in circulation though only 1.8 million locals are counted. The excess, an estimated loss of flour, arises as families fail to report deaths or departures to gain or sell tickets. In Wayne West Virginia farmers trap hawks by placing steal traps atop poles for hawks to land on.
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Vienna
Austria
Hawke
Wayne
W. Va
Lawrenceburg Brief Signals Money Put On A Live One
A fragmentary report from Lawrenceburg mentions money being placed on a live race horse. Details are unclear, with names and exact event missing.
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Lawrenceburg
Myers
Missing link in the ether studied by physicists at Mount Holyoke
South Hadley Massachusetts scientist Elizabeth R Laird at Mount Holyoke College pursues the missing link in the electromagnetic spectrum. She studies how ultraviolet light Entladungesstrahlen and soft X rays connect with gamma rays through advanced diffraction and slow electron experiments. The quest spans wireless heat and light waves revealing a continuous spectrum yet two major gaps remain across the visible range.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Elizabeth R. Laird
German Art Faces Closures Amid Tax Burdens and Rates
In Berlin the German theater scene shrinks as about sixty first class theaters close due to taxes around 55 percent of gross revenue and rising running costs. Audiences balk at high prices while popular moving picture houses thrive on lower rates. The Lessing theater director warns Americanism threatens art when entertainment supersedes artistic purpose.
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Berlin
Germany
Moving Picture Houses
Lessing Theater
Drama
The
Tageblatt
Former Kaiser Turns Tailor in London
William of Hohenzollern, former German emperor, works as a tailor in London, cutting patterns for new suits and receiving praise from a trade paper. The dispatch notes the irony of his missed vocation and imagines his potential fame as a tailor.
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London
William of
Strange Egg Veiled a Hen Hawk Exhibit In Vernon
In Vernon three weeks ago Mrs. Margaret Ward placed eggs under a hen. An unidentified egg, found with a strange shape, prompted curiosity about what hatched or remained inside. Authorities investigated the odd discovery and the incident drew local interest.
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Rome
irIn
Margaret, Ward of
Vernon
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Iowa News
District Court of the State
Marion’ County
Jacob Weyerse
Albertus Weyerse
Adriana Weyerse
Hubert Pos
Jelle Merness
Jemein Mernesz
Jan Hendrik van Ryswyk
J. van Ryswyk
Ancell W. Hamilton
Mary Hamilton
Elizabeth Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
A. J. Hamilton
J. G. Hamilton
John R. Hamilton
Eleanor H. Todd
C. E. Hamilton
Wouter van Rooyan
Houter van Rooyen
Wouter van Rooyen
Jannetje van Ro
Gho
G. Gaass
Sitiaey
Plaiatit
Empire
Mrs. Goddard
William Cullen Bryant
Bryant Park
New York
Wildcat
New Hampshire
Viennese
Holyoke
Kaiser
William
Holland Dispatch
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