Pella editorial warns on judges and liquor influence
A 1914 editorial from Pella emphasizes welcoming teachers and condemns liquor interests in Iowa politics. It debates Judge Prouty’s stance on the saloon, notes Des Moines vice concerns, and urges candidates to disclose personal views while upholding law impartially. It includes a legal notice from Roy H. Bolton in Marion County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Pella
Ralph Bolton
Greater
Bolton
Rum Power
Prouty
Iowa
Judge Prouty
Judge Prouty Rejects Anti Saloon League Backing
Hon S F Prouty a non partisan candidate for Town Supreme Court denounces groups like the Anti Saloon League seeking candidate views on liquor. He calls such bloc backing biased and asks for no implied obligation to any single organization while remaining open to support from its members on merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Prouty
Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Judge
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
An 19th century style advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh via Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others claim Cheney’s trustworthiness and capability to fulfill obligations. The copy promotes internal use of the cure, testimonies, and a 75 cent bottle price, plus a prompt for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Local Testimony
A Grinnell Indiana resident, JM DeLay, reports that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved severe loins and backache, improved kidney function, and they come with price 60 cents at all dealers. The ad urges buyers to ask for the same remedy Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
JM. DeLay
West St. Grinnell
Doan
DeLay
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Seaman v. Unknown Claimants in Marion County Real Estate
Marion County October Term 1914 case where Matilda Seaman sues to quiet title to the south half of the southwest quarter of section 14 township 74 range 18 west of the Fifth Principal Meridian. The petition asserts ownership in fee simple and seeks to bar all claims of numerous named defendants including Tohee Shaw Littler McClure Bussey Littler and others, with chain of title from Caroline Gault to John Hamaker and Thomas Littler to conveyances extending back to 1867. The petition details prior entries, patents, and conveyances affecting the described parcel and asks the court to estop any adverse claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Leonard
Leonard
Robert Loughrey
S. K. Bellamy
Acassina Bellamy
Marion County
Towa
District Court
Knoxville
Iowa
Roy H, Bolton
District Court of
Matilda Seaman
South
South West
Adaline Tohee
Susan BE
Tohee
Adaline Shaw
G. W. Shaw
Susan E. McClure
Thos. McClure
Thomas Littler
Harriet Littler
United States
Caroline Gault
John Hamaker
Susan M
Descendants Claim Land Through Intermarriages and Conduct of Deeds
Plaintiff Adaline Tohée and Susan E Tohee allege a chain of conveyances from Adaline Shaw and Susan McClure led to Leonard Wolf owning the real estate described as part of section 14, township 74, range 18. The suit traces errors in description, transfers to Clinton Fergus and Lucy E Wolf, and ultimately to Frank Seaman and heiress Matilda Seaman. The case seeks judgment and decree after the October 1914 terms in Knoxville Iowa. notice warns appearance required or default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaline’ Tohée
Susan E. Tohee
Adaline To‘hee
G. W. Shaw
Susan H. Tohee
Thos. McClure
Adaline Shaw
Susan H. McClure
Leonard Wolf
John N. Littler
Mary A
Thomas Littler
Clinton Fergus
John N. Litler
Lucy E. Wolf
Frank Seaman
Marion County
Iowa
Matilda Seaman
Elizabeth F. Redrick
Robert A. Wilson
Knoxville
A. D
L. B, Leonard
Complex land title dispute in Marion County Iowa
In Marion County District Court at Knoxville the 1914 October term deals with plaintiffs led by L. Hardman seeking fee simple ownership of described East Knoxville lots 14 15 16 and adjacent parcels. The petition traces a lengthy chain of title through Conrey Diehl Henderson McPheters Ayres Brinkhoff Johnston Hertzog Hartman Fisher Crouch and McDonald lines, noting erroneous descriptions and unrecorded transfers, and urges court action to quiet title against numerous heirs and unknown claimants with a judgment and decree after the October 6, 1914 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Marion County
L. Hardman and
J. ©. Collins
Levi Tucker
Wiliam McPheter
Mary McPheter
Ed. C. Ayres
Ada Ayres
Helen Miles
Carrol C. Miles
Augusta Hill
J. D. Hill
Orlando B. Ayres
Helen C. Ayers
George Ayres
Georgia Ayres
Ransom Ayres
Rhoda Ayres
Arthur Ayres
Louise B. Ayres
Sheldon A
George F. Hertzog
Thomas Hartman
Hartman
M. E. Fisher
Sara C. Fisher
W. F. Crouch
Crouch
Flora B. McDonald
East Knoxville
Knoxville
District Court
United States
Luther C. Conrey
James Brown
Luther C. Con
Henry P. Diehl
Browns “Addition
Henry Diehl
John Henderson
Catharine
William McPheters
Wiliam McPheters
O. B. Ayres
Browns
Anna L
Walter S. Brinkhoff
C. H. Robinson
S. C. Johnston
S. C.johnston
M. A
Stella Hertzog
Florence E. McDonald
Towa
East
David Hamaker
M. B. Fisher
Sara C
S.C. Johnston
Johnston
Flora E. McDonald
Charles F. McDonald
Brown Addition
A. D
L. B. Leonard
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Supreme Bench
Roy H. Bolton
THE
Antisaloon League
Shackamaxon
B. H. Sack
Sandstor
Cisten
H. Jaarsma
Lyman Brown
Murray St
New York
N.Y
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