Iowa war effort items summarize regional morale
The Des Moines 300 War Savings Stamp workers fell short of the city quota by 192,989 while the Y. M. C. A. War Fund in Iowa reached 1,280,000 with 220,000 more to collect. Reports note high school fundraising, alien enemy registrations, church college closures, and wartime labor shifts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Grant McPherrin
Ft. Madison
America
Germa
General Board of Education
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Jewell
State Historica Society of
George E. Ketterer
Camp Dodge
France
A. E. Hall
State House
Nathan C. Smythe
E. ©. Goddard
Ames
College
Lincoln Highway
State Highway Commission
J. A. Edwards
Green Mountain
Gladbrook
Marshalltown
Car Commission
Albert Hallquist
Kerrihar
Red Oak
State Food Administration
Waterloo
State Board of Health
Federal Health Department
Della Westlake
Sac City
Ottumwe
Iowa City Mbrary
Europe
Berlin
Kaiser
Jane Dutcher
Rockwell City
Hardings
Why We Fight by Clarence L. Speed War Readiness Speech
Clarence L Speed of the War Committee at the Union League Club of Chicago argues the United States fights for freedom, especially for Russia, to curb Prussian autocracy. He traces Russia’s revolutions from the czar through Kerensky to Bolshevik upheaval, warns against isolation, and urges continued western front effort until Germany is defeated and East tensions resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L
Speed
Union League Club of Chicago
Germany
Russia
America
Kerensky
All America
Berty
Russa
United States
Call It the Gift of Loving Weaving Nature and Faith
A legal notice from Pella Iowa 1918 announces a quieting title suit in Marion County. The plaintiff claims absolute fee simple ownership of described real estate, based on more than twenty five years of adverse possession and unrecorded lost deeds. If defendants fail to appear by October 1 1918 default will be entered and the court will grant the relief requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury County
Charles Breun, Jr
Woodburry
Iowa State Bar Association
Des Moines
Storm Lake
Harding
Rock Rapids
Decker
Camp Dodge
Union
H. B. Boyd
A. R. Corey
State Fair Board
Mr. Corey
Pella
District Court of Iowa
Marion County
Knoxville
Iowa
Henry P. Scholte
Stat
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure deafness
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine acting through the blood, offering $100 for any cured case and stating circulars are free with druggists selling it for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohto
Teachers Examination Held In Knoxville Iowa 1918
The regular July teachers examination and the normal training examination will be held at the high school building in Knoxville Iowa on Wednesday Thursday and Friday July 24 25 and 26 1918 beginning at 8 00 oclock promptly Mae Goldizen Supt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
Mae Goldizen
Absentees Named in Iowa Land Suit in Marion County
The District Court of Iowa Marion County October Term 1918 issues notice to Henry P Scholte his wife Leonora R Scholte J W David Scholte Marie I Scholte Johanna Nollen R R Beard Kate Keables Beard Henry Keables Antonia Keables Haller F Keables Jessie D Keables John B Smith May Keables Smith Anna Carolina Dudock La Force W B LaForce Sara Maria Dudok Wills George M Wills John Nollen and others as unknown claimants of the east half of Lot 7 Block 35 and Lot 3 Block 52 in the City of Marion County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Scholte
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
Leonora R. Scholte
J. W. David Scholte
Marie I. Scholte
Johanna
Nollen
R. R. Beard
Kate Keables Beard
Henry 3. Keables
Antonia Keables
Haller
District Court of Town
Marie J, Scholte
S. Johanna
Henry
Marianana
Pella
Knoxville
M. H. E. Scholte
Plaintiffs claim fee simple title to Pella land
John G Klein and Arthur Klein sue Henry P Scholte and others in Marion County Iowa district court over Lot 6 in Block 12 of Pella asserting they hold absolute ownership by color of title. They allege prior deeds to Scholte and spouses were not recorded and the record is lost.
Plaintiffs Seek Adverse Title Claims Barred by Statute
Petition notes claims long barred by statute and asserts title adverse to plaintiffs. It requests no personal judgment against defendants and references dates from October 1 1913 and June 1918 with attorneys listed for plaintiffs across July 4 11 18 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. G. Grass
Atorney
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Iowa News
Chester L. Saxby
God
Martyr
Living Church
Abraham B. van Nimwegen
John G. Klein
Arthur Klein
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy, al
Vander Linden
VIA
Rock Island
Safety and Service First
C. F. Dykstra
DR. C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Sts
A. J. Visser
Grand Rapid Veterinary College
den Burger's Sale
P. A. Edmund
Wagner
W. F. Crew
Vinhe North Side Square
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
Vander Ploeg & DE Reus
Omce
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Towa
Vander Zyl Bros
F. F. Carpenter
Citizens
Nat’! Bank
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Malp Street
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