Amusement figures and public notices in Des Moines area
April 27 report recalls Al G Field and Ringling show links to Iowa pages with Miles Orton and Orton Brothers. Mentions of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wallace shows, plus a Des Moines hospital board hiring quip and a rabbit pest loss at Knoxville nursery. Includes Gov Kendall, McCollis, and a large county health tally with school visits and hot lunches scarce. Also notes Lusitania survivor Evan Jones will and common law marriage ruling in Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowe
al. G. Field
Iowa
Mr. Field
Miles Orton
Independence
Arcas
Orton Brothers
Lester Orton
Miles
Ortemville
Milwaukee Railway
Dallas County
Lee County
Yankee Robinson
Cel
F Buchanas
Hall
Paria
Missouri
Jefferson
Greene County
A. G. Field
Barnum
al . Field
Senate
Kendall
Board of Control
Hospital For
Clarinda
McCall
Serief P
Dea Moinex
McCollis
Iowa Court Rules Estate To Margaret Jones In Domicile Case
In a landmark Iowa decision the Supreme Court held the home county was Wapello despite ties to Wales. The suit began in Judge Vermillion's court with contestants seeking control of an estate left by an American father. Margaret Jones awarded the entire estate after lengthy doctrine on domicile and naturalization. Jones later sold farms near Wapello and left with $2,000 in funds against a $20,000 draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binning
Huntieh
C. W. Vermillion
Wapello County
Iowa
Margaret Jones
Wiapello Toungy
Jones
Delinquent Vehicle Fees and Prison Population Report
The article notes county treasurers compile lists of unpaid vehicle registrations with delinquencies and owner details, to be published in May then handed to sheriffs for collection. It also summarizes Iowa state inmate counts across multiple facilities, with new admissions and population totals for November through January, plus fish and game plans and early spring pike distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Gaheriff
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison
Oskdale
Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
Mitchellville
Anamosa
Cherokee
State Hospital
Clarinda
Davenport
Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Eldora
Glenwood
Children's Institution
Independence
Marshalltown
Soldiers’ Home
Mount Pleasant
Oakdale
Woodward
Toledo
Children’s Home
Towa
State Fish and Game Commission
Spirit Lake
Lowa
Iowa
Industrial and political moves shape Iowa farming and G A R plans
The Stantiont OW Ga offers 100000 for the prospect. Prices fall as corn canning industry suffers amid widespread farm downturn. About forty percent of normal corn acreage to be planted. Sweetcorn price to factories set at 8 per ton, down 4 from last year. Iowa weighs national G A R encampment with a proposed 20000 appropriation for preliminaries, likely in 1922. Edson bill funds 25000 yearly for vocational rehabilitation of workers, with federal-state cooperation and governance provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drimmers
Edson
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Congress of the
United States
State Board of Vocational Education
Federal Board For Vocational Education
State Commissioner of Labor
Apfcaasst
Advertised Letters and Local Ads in 1921 Dispatch
Post office week ending April 16 1921 lists seven uncalled letters including Mrs D E Walters Miss Pearl Kenmare Mable Ross and others. two weeks from date uncalled letters go to Dead Letter Office Chicago Illinois. Also ad copy for Ralphs Home Made Ice Cream and Cardison Hat Shop promoting discounts and new arrivals with colored hats at twenty percent off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Walters
Famous Dramatist for Our Chautauqua
Bertha Kunz Baker, American dramatic recitalist, to appear at the Chautauqua this summer. She interprets great dramas to foster social consciousness, clarity of vision, and gentler action. Critics praise her scholarly mind, sympathetic heart, glorious voice, and infectious spirit of comedy. The summer program will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Kunz Baker
D A R Convention Visitors and Farm Legislation Debates
Washington news notes a D A R convention with Mrs Strine Boone Mrs Mc Murray Webster City Mrs Webster Ft Dodge and Mrs Robert Johnson Humboldt touring the Capitol. Iowa delegates hostesses L J Dickinson Good Towner Ramseyer plus Col Brookhart lobbying on farm measures. H R 168 hearings start next week. Immigration bill passes House with swift Senate action anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
10Th
Strine
Boone
McMurray
Webster City
Webster
Ft. Dodge
Robert Johnson
Humboldt
Capitol City
L. J. Dickinson
Good
Towner
Ramseyer
Dickinson
Boards of Trade
House
Senate
United States
Appraisers Hear May 6 Collateral Tax Estate in Estherville
Notice to heirs at law of Mary Petersen deceased and other named heirs. Appraisers M H Schloeman Samuel Collins W A Ladd, appointed to value the estate for Collateral Inheritance Tax, at 2 pm May 6, 1921, at the office of W A Ladd over Iowa Savings Bank, Estherville Iowa. Dated April 26, 1921. Gardston Hat Shop advertises twenty percent reduction on colored hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
W. J. Burbank
Ne. Paulsen
Morse, Kennedy, & Merrick
Ludvig Peterson
Catherine Paulsen
Marie Rasmunsen
Caroline Paégisen
Helga Neilsen
Marie Johanne Christine Petersen
Hoberterke” Petersen
Anna Kattina Lykke
Julia Louise Petersen
Mary Petersen
W. A. Ladd
Iowa Savings Bank
Estherville
Iowa
M. H. Schloeman
Samuel Collins
Gardston Hat Shop
Raising Chickens and a Twister Tale
A fragment discusses the labor of raising chickens, including hatching, feeding, guarding against predators, and daily chores. It also includes a Western cyclone anecdote detailing a tornado’s fanciful effects across multiple states, ending with a critical jab at a prohibition orator.
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Ae Sof LE
Joe vEstra
A. W. Darung In
George Kirkwood
Knoxville
Marion County
Henry Kuhbnan
Savery
Hoperson
Nuuses
Evan Jones
Wales
Supreme Court
Lusitania
New York
Ianceiona
Rae
Oskelooes
Missouri River
Harrison County
Missouri Valley
H. Ru. Coulthard
W. A. Smith
Grand Army of the Republic
Commonwealth
General Assembly
V-R
Ralph
Ralphs
Cardison Hat Shop
Jay J. Johnston
Drlg CO
Eiden’s
Hereal
Ketiva
Seliees
Washington News
Geo. Call
Sioux City
Fred Larabee
Garner Cowles
Col. Brookhart
Bexinoviny
Cate
Lola Sullivan
Trimble
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ohio
Texas
Linda
Minnesota
Dakota
Maine
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Iowa
Lota
Emmet
Howard Espeset
Eagle Clothing Store
White Swan
Booth’s Grocery
Kuppenheimer
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