Perjury Trial Venue Change Sought in Villisca Ax Murders
The Montgom ery case center on Bert McCaul and Wilkerson trials with a pleaded change of venue to Pottawattamie county. Beeson alleges courtroom demonstrations biased jurors and a county division over the murders, aided by Wilkerson’s speeches. Local officials, business leaders, and a nurse program noted. fire laws and a jail escape in LeMaes prompted large rewards and a lengthy settlement. Anamosa and Jones county discuss a new county seat and courthouse.
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Montgomery
Bert McCaul
Villisea
Pottawattamie County
Jones- Wilkerson
L. G. J. Kelly
Wilkerson
R. W. Beeson
McCaull
Jones County
Anamosa
Col. Shaw
Ananiosa
Park dedication near Keosauqua marks preservation effort
The second state park under the 3kth general assembly law is to be dedicated Wednesday October 27 near Keosauqua. Governor Harding and Dr. L. H. Pammett will speak. A fox hunt and debates on wildlife protection accompany the event in a river bend setting famed for bluffs and ravines. Citizens funded the tract at about 50 per acre.
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General Assembly
Keanauqua
W. L. Harding
L. H. Pammett
Ames
State Board of Conservation
Des Moines River
Keosauqua
Bremer county home agent salaries and court suit noted
A Bremer county effort to hire a home demonstration agent offered two salary options with mileage pay, the higher accepting a position in Jones county, while the committee holds out. Separately L A Witter seeks $800 damages plus $500 exemplary damages from Harmony Light and Power and Electrical Supply for cutting trees on the Lehman farm during line construction near Gilletrove. The claim states a hackberry tree was split and limbs endangered a fence.
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Farm Bureau
Bremer County
Jones County
Clay County
L. A. Witter
Spencer
Louis Lehman
Harmony Light and Power Company
Electrical Supply and Construction Company of
Lehman Farm
Gillettrove
Electrical Supply and Construction Company
Witter
Estherville Hardwood Milling Company Advertisement
Farmers and teamsters offered wagon tongues eveners reaches and other dimension stock in oak hickory and red elm. Saw timbers and lumber to order with direct mill discounts. Estherville Hardwood Milling Company Mill on Forrest St Office and Factory left EF Lincoln St 43th.
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Estherville Hardwood Milling Company
Forrest St
Lincoln St
Counterfeit Twenty and Ten Warned by Federal Reserve Banks
The Federal Reserve warns of counterfeit twenty dollar notes issued abroad. Philadelphia FRB plate 54 portrait Cleveland and check F are suspected. A counterfeit ten dollar note from New York FRB with check B features a portrait of Franklin and plate under 10 is noted.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Franklin
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Craven
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Decatur County
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Des Moines
Will Convey
Lee Barrington
WL Cullen
Harry Smith
James O'Keefe
LeMaes
William Maxwell
Whale County
Urey
Morini
Sone
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Convey
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Columbia University
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Fort Des Moines
University Avenue
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Chicago
State Teachers Association
Hotel Savery
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Yorktown
Page County
Bert York
Clarinda
Towa
Fourteenth Cavalry
Mary Hickey
Cedar Rapids
Sherman Freeman
Ted
Avery
Lady Gold Bag
Middle West
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Adelaide Nichols
Estherville, Iowa
Fatherville
Estherville State Bank Bank
Kuppenheimer
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