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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1910
Page
8
In the District Court of the State of Towa in and for Marion County April Term 1910 John Ter Louw plaintiff Joan Wood Wood his wife the unknown heirs at law of John Wood Wood his wife the unknown claimants of the East Half of the North
A court petition seeks to quiet plaintiff’s title to a parcel described as East Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Thirteen in Township Seventy seven Range Eighteen West, all in Marion County Iowa. It alleges a lost unrecorded deed from John Wood to Henry C Firke creates a cloud. plaintiff claims a valid chain of title and demands a deed or decree to convey rights. Defendants are urged to appear by April term to avoid default. Hart & Hart.
The first excursion boat of the season traveled from Keosauqua to Ottumwa and back last week. It halted near Eldon around 4 PM Saturday for a crowd to view the craft. Mayor Shane greeted the passengers with cigars as Captain Liming and about twenty companions continued toward Ottumwa and were seen returning past Eldon Sunday morning.
A historical editorial argues much road funding is wasted on temporary fixes. It urges intelligent, modern methods and criticizes clinging to ancestral building practices, contending progress demands updated highway construction knowledge.
In small towns editors face pressure to print sensational details or stay silent to protect business. The Lexington Miss Adv and Colfax Iowa ads note job openings and wages as examples of local newspaper activity amid broader editorial tensions.
An Exchange item outlines a bizarre proposed law listing groups such as book agents spring poets scandal mongers and umbrella borrowers with specific annual windows for punishment and an unusual clause allowing death on sight for those who claim they never ordered a newspaper, buried face downward without benefits.
A Fort Worth railroad case witness described the scene in his own words saying he and Ole walked the track heard a whistle. He stepped off then found Ole injured and later dead, recounting seeing parts of Ole after a wreck while noting his realization something must have happened to Ole.
Senator F L Maytag of Newton was elected president of the 103 mile South Dakota Central Railroad at a Sioux Falls directors meeting last week. The line connects Sioux Falls and Waterloo, financed by Iowa capital with a small bonded indebtedness.
An Ohio town election board advertised for printing ballots for the school board. The bid winner learned there were no candidates, and the clerk said the post was unpaid. The editor had supplied the bond and estimate, then announced his candidacy in his paper and retained the printing job before withdrawing the election bid.
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