Iowa News Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers
A wide Iowa roundup covers yeggs stealing 200 dollars in Moravia. bakery fines for substitutes. 21 law graduates admitted to practice. housing war conference planned. egg king fined. French girls funded by a university league. a monument for Johnny Green. Des Moines Masons praise from LeRoy Dunn. a Spirit Lake crash. Hereford calf club development. proposed college military training. extensive farm labor and silo plans. record milk from Norwalk two year old cow. Grinnell students raise war stamps. class-one registration debates. births in Iowa City up for April. Morningside College endowment drive. Iowa oil potential near Maquoketa. diverse war era actions. Guttenberg renamed Prairie la Porte. flood damage in central Iowa. various court and political notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Tucker
Moravia
W. L. Harding
Iowa
State House
James V. McKinnon
Jay Morton
Sioux City
Henry D. Reed
United States Court
Women's War League
State University of Iowa
Johnny” Green
Pottawattamie
Marshall County
Old Settlers’ Association
Marshalltown
LeRoy Dunn
Des Moines
France
Grand Lodge of Masons
Ottumwa
Waterloo Day
Tom Yokaris
Yokaris
Food Administration
Cherokee County State Bank of Meridian
Farm Bureau
Hargrove & Arnold
Norwalk
Grinnell College
H. M. Harris
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Logan
Crowder
Iowa City
Morningside College
Harry Dixon
William Cramer
Spirit Lake
Ray Geonard
Dixon
Arnold Park
Otto Boening
St. Ansgar
The
Red Cross
Buchanan County
Clyde Warburton
W. H. Warburton
Independence
Federal Agricultural Department
Washington
Horace C Ter
Corydon
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Perry
Claus Westphalian
Bronx City
United States
Westphalian
Guttenberg
Clayton County
Prairie la Porte
Cincinnati
Iowa River
Tama
Chelsea
Belle Plaine
Marengo
Amana
Cecil M. Crane
Polk County
Crane
Germany
England
Wilson
Iowa Council of National Defense
League
Council of Defense
St. Paul
Greater Iowa Association
Barr
Deyoe
Joseph
McClenahan
Lewis
Bradley
Wead
Bargains On Tools At H. Van Maren Store
Bargains on scoops shovels spades three four and five pronged forks oil axle grease grass scythes rope and many other items. Call and see H. Van Maren at 23 4.
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H. van Maren
Recipe for a Mother by Mary Lyon Inspires Mothers
Mary Lyon outlines a recipe for ideal motherhood combining piety health and a merry heart. Genuine piety or faithful fellowship with God is essential, health supports both soul and duties, and a merry heart keeps children from straying by bright times at home. The piece emphasizes harmony of faith health and joy in nurturing children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lyon
Mount Holyoke College
Lawrence
Paul
God
Home Department
Smile, Smile, Smile And The Soldier Letter Dilemma
A Home Front reflection from Good Housekeeping urges cheerful wartime letters to uplift soldiers. It contrasts grim camp realities with optimistic correspondence, noting officers and troops valorize optimism over discouragement to sustain efficiency. The piece cites Lt. Dawson and promotes "pink" letters that keep morale high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
William Frederick Bigelow
Sour Stomach Advice From F D Stubenrauch
A brief health note explains sour stomach as a mild indigestion from fast eating or overeating. It advises eating slowly, masticating thoroughly, eating little meat and no supper, to avoid symptoms and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion if symptoms occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Quieting title suit in Marion County court 1918
In the District Court of Iowa Marion County an action by J M Johnson against John Piper et al seeks to quiet and confirm Johnsons fee simple title to the south half of the southeast quarter section 3 township 77 range 19 West St P M. The petition claims 25 years adverse open possession and alleges errors in prior conveyances. Defendants are warned to appear before noon Oct 2 1918. otherwise default and decree as prayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
J. M. Johnson
John Piper
Piper
John Pifer
Nancy Pifer
George A. McCuen
Margaret McCuen
John Byers
Byers
Ely Byers
Isaac Byers
Marion
St. P. M
Knoxville
Towa
Geo. G. Grass
John Hiskey
Louisianna Hiskey
John W. Clatterbuck
Geo, G. Gaass
Lawsuit Defendants Named In Marion County Iowa Case
1918 case: David J. Johnson plaintiff seeks claims against John Hiskey and multiple spouses and heirs. Real estate: the north half of the northwest quarter and northwest quarter of the northeast quarter in Section 10 Marion County Iowa. Unknown claimants noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Nancy E. Clatterbuck
A. Doolittle
Abraham P. Burns
William Montgomery
Delanal J. Montgomery
Marion
Iowa
Property dispute seeks to quiet title in Marion County
In Knoxville Iowa Marion County on or before August 24 1918 a petition filed in district court claims the plaintiff is owner in fee simple of a described parcel. It cites erroneous earlier deeds and record irregularities claiming all defendants claims are barred by statute and seeks judgment and decree.
Prove Merit at Shop Work in Sacramento Women Workers
Women proved better wartime substitutes for men skilled in shopwork than the average trained male laborer, says JB H Potter Southern Pacific general storekeeper. Experiments with eight young women sorting scrap iron cleaning bolts and learning simple machinery show potential to keep operations efficient if further raids reduce male labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
JB. H. Potter
Southern Pacific Company
Potter
Dally Thought. There's life alone in duty done.
A brief quotation from Whittier on duty and striving echoes the idea of meaning found in diligent effort. The note presents a lone epigraph style thought with no additional context or events.
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Dally
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Floyd County
David J. Johnson
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
Morgan
Rae
Wolf
Ical CO
Mu. Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy
Vander Linden
Oskaloosa
NEW Lacey Cafe
H. Seebers
VIA
Pella
Safety and Service First
C. F. Dykstra
DR. C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Lte
A. J. Visser
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
den Burger's Safe Stable
P. A. Edmund
Wagner's
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
Vander Ploeg & DE Reus Lawyers
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Vander Zyl Bros
F. F. Carpenter
Ofice
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
IDR
Georgia
Chalfont Osteopathic
Fowler Telephone Building
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