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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1924
Page
7
Scientific observations from Berne indicate Swiss glaciers are receding again after a decade of advance. Of 100 glaciers checked last year, 5 were retreating and 25 advancing, versus 63 forward in 1916. The prior major retrogression occurred 1856 to 1908.
In Juneau Alaska July 23 a copper tablet commemorating President Harding's Juneau visit was unveiled by Shirley Anne Starr granddaughter of Scott C Bone governor of Alaska. The ceremony highlighted local historic ties and honors the suspected lasting impact of that visit.
A scanned page shows radio program listings with station notes for Chicago New York and west coast outlets, followed by an Original Notice from the District Court of Washington County Iowa. Mary Wilson sues J F Oloughlin Nora Oloughlin W S Eldridge and others over promissory notes and a mortgage on land in sections 23 and 14 with a receivership clause. The petition seeks judgment for 26240 dollars plus costs and foreclosure of the mortgage with priority over defendants’ claims. The term begins September 2 1924 and notices require appearance by that date.
In New York Democratic chairman Clem L. Shaver reports the west lost to Coolidge after a tour of the midwest. In Fratta Italy Giacomo Matteotti is funeralized as a former socialist deputy believed murdered. Washington warns of action to nab kidnapers of American R G Barrineau. Berlin Reichstag approves Dawes plan legislation.
In Nuremberg Germany Aug 3 women voters mirror men closely with 49 percent voting for the Socialist ticket compared to 34.9 percent of men. The Stresemann party shows 5 percent male support and about 4 percent among women in the Reichstag district study.
In the District Court of Iowa in Washington County William Roscoe Kolosiek and Melack Kolosiek sue Ephraim N Adams and numerous defendants to quiet and confirm title to Tract One and Tract Two in Washington County Iowa. The suit seeks fee simple ownership for Tract One held with a life estate of Verona Kolosiek and fee simple ownership for Tract Two with Verona’s life estate. It cites errors in record title and unknown claimants but argues those claims are invalid. The petition asks for a decree in favor of plaintiffs, barring all defendants from any right or interest, with no personal judgment against defendants, and notices next term beginning September 2, 1924, at the Washington County Court House.
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