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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1903
Page
4
An Official County Paper notes opinions on education and politics, cites the need for a primary election law to protect voters and candidates, mentions Iowa counties and party dynamics, and references a town sewer issue and a physician paste claim. It also covers a tax and postal matter, internal revenue charges, and a Massachusetts ruling on drunkenness as a crime with warrants.
The Herald weighs in on who may vote in upcoming Republican primaries and the oath required for uncertain voters. It cites Rule 3, discusses the reclamation fund and arid lands, and notes Iowa railroad commissioners preparing to press for explanations after a year of serious accidents.
Des Moines hosts a three day State Farmers Institute and agricultural convention December 7 to 9 with reduced railroad rates. A corn exhibit and prizes are planned along with sessions on the good roads movement and industrial education. Notable speakers include Gov. Cummins Ames College president A B Storms and National Good Roads Association head W H Moore.
In Hardin county Iowa district court a petition by A Piewgill seeks sole ownership and quiet title to extensive real estate in section 20 township 89 north range 20 west, including the northeast quarter and multiple surrounding parcels totaling about 184 acres. Defendants Fanny W. Crockett Lois J Wisner Gilman H Wisner and heirs of Sarah Townsend Nathan Townsend and others are notified to appear by January term 1904. failure means default and decree.
Albert A. Levirtton files in Hardin County district court a petition to quiet title to extensive farm lands in township eighty-eight range nineteen west. The suit claims twenty years of open possession, seeks removal of prior misdescriptions, cancellation of certain mortgages, and official action to correct records. hearings set for January 1904 in Eldora with service by public notice.
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