Rural Iowa notes on crime signs and a snake year
A 1923 Iowa roundup reports Ralph Saxton believed dead then found alive after a circus trip, a Buena Vista vigilante sign plan, anthrax deaths among cattle at Gov. Jackson’s farm, and dust control tests near Spencer using calcium chloride. It also covers a wave of snakes, a Decatur county water moccasin incident, English professors praising Iowa, and state statistics on land, divorces, prisons, and autos per capita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Ralph Saxton
State Industrial School
Eldora
Northwestern Railway
Buchanan County
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Ralph
William Kiddle
Saxton
State Center
Buchman County
Kiddles
Ida County
F. D. Jackson
Gov. Jackson
BE. L. C. White
Spencer
Clay
County
Decatur County
W. EF. Lindsey
Leon
Mabel Chew
Irene Harris
Chew
Chew Home
Mabel
Carl K. Stuart
Shelby County
Cedar County
Sac County
United States
Notice in District Court of Marion County Iowa
The plaintiff B Ver Meer claims full ownership of real estate in Marion County Iowa and seeks filing of a petition by September 1 1928 asserting absolute fee simple title to the north 104 feet of Lot 4 in Block 28 23 with defendants named including Scholte and various spouses heirs and unknown claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrik Peter Scholte
Teunis van de Gove
G. G. V. D. West
W. V. D. Weit
G. G. V. D. Wilt
W. V. D. Wilt
Jan Blom
G. G. van der Weit
W. van der Weit
J. J. Sprado
Wilhelmina Sprado
Jacob Kuiken
District Court
Marion County
Iowa
Quiet Title Suit Overland Property in Marion County Iowa
Plaintiff claims twenty years of open adverse possession under color of title for land in Marion County Iowa. Defendants alleged to hold some adverse claim due to errors in deeds and names. The suit seeks quieting of title and estoppel against any defendant, with defense due by noon October 2, 1928 in Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Petion
Attorney for Plaintiff Signed in Pella Iowa 1928
Legal notice fragment from a court filing dated August 11 1928 at Pella Iowa naming GEO G GRASS as attorney for the plaintiff. The readable text shows a formal signing and execution of the document in a civil action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Iowa
Geo. G. Grass
Anger is the most impotent passion says Clarendon
A reflective quote notes anger as a useless force that harms the enraged more than its target, asserting that it accomplishes nothing and merely torments the one who harbors it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
No sooner is a temple built to God but the devil builds a chapel
A concise reflective line attributed to Herbert noting that pious ventures can be mirrored by opposing temptations nearby, suggesting caution about sanctimony and its counterforces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
For Sale Cole's Hot Blast Heating Stove Ad
Mrs. Jacob Veenstra of 503 S Main St Pella Iowa offers a Cole s Hot Blast heating stove for sale. Also item lost an automobile jack on Howell Road between Pella and Knoxville last Friday night August 24 left at White Way Auto Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Jacob Veenstra
S. Main St
Pella
Iowa
Howell Road
Knoxville
White Way Auto Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Jarnag
Buena Vista County Bankers Association
Buena Vista County
Viligantes
England
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Middle West
A. K E. Morgan
University College, Exter
A. W. Reed
King’s College London
Morgan
Hardin Craig
J. H. Scott
Columbia University
New York
Reed
Polk County
State Board of Control
Rockwell City
Anamosa
Cherokee State Hospital
Cherokee
Clarinda State Hospital
Clarinda
Glenwood
Training School
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Independence State Hospital
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Mitchellville
Mt. Pleasant State Sanatorium
Oakdale
The
Women’s Reformatory
Toledo
State Hospital & Colony
Woodward
Clive Farm
United States Veterans Hospital
H. A. Godwin
Town Falls
State Board of Health
Izaak Walton League
Fortieth General Assembly
Belmond Beet
Iowa River
Alex Fitzhugh
Greater
Fitzhugh
Will Beels
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Frank Turnis
J. W. Murray
C. J. Murray
James Kenney
Will Kenney
Kenney
Idr
James V. Lankelma
Ideal Pharmacy
Honey Creek Coal CO
Phil Bishop
Mer
W. C. Verploeg
Ames
Farmer’s Produce Building
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
DR. C. 1. Fox
Main and
Liberty Sta
J. J. Sybenga
Puritan Drug Store
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
H. O. Wormhoudt
Jaarsma Bakery
Pella, Iowa
A. P. Fankhauser
P. S.C
P. G
T. G. Fultz
Olea
Vander Zyl Bros
F. F. Carpenter
Glasges
Wagner
Stora
State of
B. Ver Meer
Inoxville
Typewriter
Corona Typewriter
Jindar
Montrose
Farm Bureau
the “Chronicle
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chronicle
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