Amusing Iowa legal oddities in early 1900s cases
Sioux county farmer wins pig case after poetry dispute with Chicago and North Western. Will of T M Zink seeks a genderless library with a hostile clause but is invalidated. Effie Cherry case involves Des Moines Leader libel claim over Cherry Sisters depiction. Iowa Supreme Court upholds free press in critical privilege ruling.
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Des Moines
State Law Library
Sioux County
Jacob DeVries
Chicago & North Western Railroad
DeVries
LeMars
T. M. Zink
Plymouth County District Court
Sherry Sisters
Effie Cherry
Des Moines Leader
The
Leader
Odebolt Chronicle
Cherry Sisters
Effie
Jessie
Addie
Anon
Iowa Supreme Court
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Market Report From Chicago
Markets show hogs nominally steady with limited good stock and high weekend prices. Cattle demand mixed with yearlings steady to strong and cows weak. Sheep week sees spring lambs and natives mostly steady to lower with best values near 12 dollars.
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Chicago
Charivaris Bring Crowd to Xenia District Events
In Xenia on Aug 29 30 a series of charivaris delighted locals as groups gathered at the George Lord home and others to greet newly wedded couples. The piece notes social visits, car accidents near Centerville, and local farm news including a shorthorn calf earning a second prize at a state fair. Community members from Armstrong Iowa Pekin Indiana and Ohio are mentioned along with local schools and church groups.
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Correne Edmondson
Duncan
Palmer Miller
Norma Clegg
Larry
Jimmie
Georgia Reany
James Clegg
Tri-Cities
Charles Dennison
Armstrong
Iowa
Florence Baird
Waterloo
Gene Stephens
C. W. Hendrickson
Bellevue Hospital
Muscating
George Baird
Florence
Stanley
Wallace Bean
J. M. Lord
John Witters
Rock Island
Indiana
Ohio
Origins of the term cynosure and its celestial link
The article explains cynosure as a center of attention with roots in Greek meaning dog’s tail. It notes the term was once applied to Ursa Minor, guiding mariners and travelers toward the North Star.
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Ursa Minor
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Reported for Corn and Oats
Chicago market update lists mixed yellow and white corn grades with moisture ranges from 72% to 76% and oats showing mixed and white samples ranging from 39% to 45% moisture. The report reflects supplier quality notes and grade distinctions for August 30.
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Chicago
Chicago grain prices and lodge notice summary
Market data for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with Sept Oct May futures listed. Also a notice for Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M announcing a regular meeting on the first Friday monthly with Lee Holland W M and A W Yard secretary.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Lee Holland
W. M
A. W. Yard
Train Schedule Fragments for California Limited and Local Routes
Arrives No 23 Mixed Train 10 45 a m Leaves No 22 Mixed Train 11 30 a m all trains daily except Sunday Eastbound No 2 Local 7 50 a m No 44 Californian 2 20 a m includes Washington stop for passenger changes No 4 Golden State Limited 8 08 a m California passengers discharged No 429 daily except Baveee Washington stop noted for pickups and discharges.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
California
L. Goodlander
Co. F
Anderson
Local Railway Schedules Davenport to Kansas City
West Bound No 3 Davenport KC local departs 9 58 a m No 25 Southwest Limited departs 1 45 a m East Bound No 8 KC Davenport local departs 6 14 p m No 26 Southwest Limited departs 1 19 a m Nos 3 and 8 run daily except Sunday W C Bell Agent
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OC. M
Davenport
Kansas City
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
W. C. Bell
Burlington Trailways Westbound Schedule Overview
Burlington Trailways lists westbound buses with numbers 3 9 7 from West Street and 2 6 10 from Washington. Eastbound trips go to Chicago. Tickets available at Bus Depot and Candy Kitchen North Side Square. agency Al Gantoni.
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Omaha
Chicago
Washington — Ee
Washington Ee
Washington Oe
Candy Kitchen
North Side Square
AL Gantoni
Agen
Local Produce Prices From Powers Produce Washington IA
Monday price list from Powers Produce in Washington Iowa shows heavy breed hens at 24 cents per pound Leghorn hens at 11 cents per pound sweet cream butter two pounds at 37 cents per pound and old roosters at 10 cents per pound
Ed wards & Son Sell Yearling Heifers At Chicago Market
F H Ed wards and Son from Washington county sold a drove of 96 yearling heifers at the Chicago Stock Yards. They brought 11.75 dollars per cwt and averaged 833 pounds each. Hog prices rose to 12.15 dollars per cwt, up 15 cents from the prior day and the highest since October 1937.
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Chicago
F. H. Edwards & Son
Washington County
Ainsworth
Merrimac Death and Weekend Socials
A obituary note follows the community gatherings in Merrimac as Rev J L Leitzinger dies after a stroke. The piece lists numerous dinner guests and visits across families including Amrines, Blicks, Schafers and Morgans, with several trips to Ottumwa Fort Madison and Iowa City. The tone records local mourning and sympathy.
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Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Owen Blick
Lulu Rose
Eugene
Emanuel Blick
Bessie
Rose
Harold
Donald
Mary Amrine
Joe Amrine
Elmer McCorkle
Brighton
Colo
Clarence Smith
John Amrine
Iowa City
Schafer
Joe Emerson
Near
Salina
Jay Schafers
A. J. Riley
Boyd Lantz
Donnie
Fort Madison
Waldo Crile
Earl Smith
Emma
Minnie Crile
Frank Smith
Kenneth Criles
Lester Kientz
Lloyd Leofflers
J. L. Leitzinger
Germanville Lutheran Church
Danish Brotherhood To Hold Seventeenth Iowa Convention
The Danish Brotherhood of Iowa with 36 lodges will convene Sunday at Hotel Kirkwood for its seventeenth annual convention. About 300 delegates are expected. Hans Pauli will give the welcoming address at 1 p.m. Ole Jorgensen will open the convention. A business meeting follows in the afternoon. The Danish Sisterhood will also meet Sunday afternoon during the sessions.
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Des Moines
Danish Brotherhood of Iowa
Local Notes Highlight Indianola Visitors and Club Elections
Mary Farley of Indianola on her way to Clinton where she will teach kindergarten this year. Ira Gastman of Kansas City elected president of the Coffee club this morning on a visit to the area. The group praises the Gastman leadership and enjoys a Kansas City toast. The Gastmans spent a week in Chicago on business and stayed with Mrs. J. Rothschild. Nancy Sue visited her grandparents for a pleasant week. Mrs. Robert Schreiver and son Michael of Falls Village Conn. visit local relatives in West Chester. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Finney of Des Moines stay two weeks with H. C. Finney and friends. Helen Finney, Cass and Audubon counties home demonstration agent, and Mabie Finney visit before returning to Des Moines.
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Mary Farley
Indianola
Lincoln School
Clinton
Ira Gastman
Kansas City
Gastman
Kansas
Chicago
J. Rothschild
Nancy Sue
Robert Schreiver
Michael
Falls Village
Conn
Henry Bailey
Frank Scranton
West Chester
J. D. Finney
Des Moines
H. C. Finney
Helen Finney
Cass
Audubon
Mabiel Finney
Business
Minnesota
S. J. Cocklin
St. Paul
Rosset
Laramie
Wyo
Frank Bentley
Waterloo
J. S. McCleary
Bentley
McCleary
Brown
Rosser
D. EB. Edwards Company
West Branch
Frank Taylor
Hayden Thomas
Floyd Hack
June
Henry Cheney
Hack
Cheney
Young People Plan To Enter College Teach Be Nurses
Mary Manners reports Crawfordsville Aug 29 as many local youths plan to pursue teaching or further schooling. Names listed include Veda Twinam Chicago Mary White Phoenix Lilian Holmes Sac City Marian Williams Columbus Junction Manda Davies Olds Oma Strain Norwood Verena Graber Havre and Marie Rose Lone Tree for teaching. Nurses training will be pursued by Mary Lillian Moorhead Jean Cherryholmes and Mildred Anderson. Additional students will attend college at various institutions including Monmouth College Coe College Parson's College and Iowa State University.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
Veda Twinam
Chicago
Ill
Mary White
Phoenix
Ariz
Lillian Holmes
Sac City
Iowa
Marian Williams
Columbus Junction
Manda Davies
Olds
Oma Strain
Norwood
Ohio
Verena Graber
Havre
Marie Rose
Lone Tree
Mary Lillian Moorhead
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Jean Cherryholmes
Burlington
Mildred Anderson
State University
Iowa City
Edna Rich
Goshen
Ind
Dorothy Huston
Council Bluffs
Maude Barnes
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Doreen Lease
Norma Davis
Parson's College
Fairfield
Robert Miller
Coe College
Duayne Henss
Mary Davis
Business College
Des Moines
Clyde Finke
Washington
Holmes and Children Attend Des Moines State Fair
Cleo, Dean and Margery Holmes and children traveled to Des Moines on Wednesday to visit the state fair.
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Holmes
Cleo
Dean
Margery
Des Moines
CIO Offers To Halt Driver Interference In Ottumwa
The CIO policy committee led by C. N. Nilson proposes that Ottumwa based truck drivers be left alone if the AF of L truckers refrain from meddling with CIO drivers in other cities. The offer aims to ease a broader CIO AF of L dispute affecting truck unions and deliveries.
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CIO
Ottumwa
A. F. of L
C.I.0
C. N. Nilson
Carl Keul
A. F. of
C.1.o
Cleaning patent leather for fashion accessories care
To clean patent leather wipe spots with a soft cloth then polish with a cloth that has a few drops of glycerin sprinkled on it for shine and protection.
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Mangold
George Young
E. L. Stewart
Mary Chapman
W. J. Katzman
Lorden’s
Dorothy Turnipseed
J. D. Rabe
Lyle Brinton
Mose Levy
Iowa Ave
Iowa Avenue
Kalona
F. L. Stewart Hardware
KBIZ
Goodwin
M. W. Wells
Journal
Midway Sale Co
Columbus
City Feed Yard
Floyd Knepp
W. D. Booth
Madison
Mac Beenblossom
Penningroth Brothers
Wellman
Poland
China
North Marion
Lawrence Mottet
T. A. Journal
Piper Grain and Milling Co
Riverside
P. A. McLamore
Piper Co
Evening Journal
Journal Office
Gold Seal
C. G. Anderson
Bud
Johns Manville
Eclipse Lumber Co
Phillips & Hebner
1621Geod
Montgomery Ward and Co
Radio Manufacturers Service
Gamble
Foster Radio Service
A. W. McConnell, Ainsworth
Haskins
Wayne I. Q
Wayne
Humble
Nelson Well Co
Goodrich and Goodyear Sales & Service
Washington Oil Company
New Hampshire
Red Bullets
Sam Baker
Tucker Chevrolet
Ramseyer
W. V. Durst
Thompsed
White Rock Cloyce Horsey
Ion
D. F. Sayre Truck Farm
George J. Breitenbach
South Side Square
W. Monroe
Auburn
Carson Plumbing & Heating
United Mattress and Upholstering Co
Pioneer Drug Store
Scott's Furniture Co
Chicago Livestock
Evening Journal Classified
Xenia
Mrs. Chatfield
Lords and Duncans
George Lord
Elmer Barrsdale
Pekin, Ind
Edgar Blick
Brickville
Walter Burming
Kemmener
Bob Smahr
Oxford
G. F. Baird
Paul Campbell
Jess Pearson
Vern Hickenbopton
Centerville
Hickenbopton
D. D. Stephens
Carl Dunbar
Fred Hawkins
Frank Hawkins
Guinn
Oregon No. 3
Floyd Edmondson
Preston
Finney Feed Stores
Barclays
Washington Ainsworth
FEED
Tankagh
Morning Sun Rendering Works License
Geo. J. Breitenbach
L. H. Orr Land CO
Court House
Goar
Knoxville
Washington, Iowa
Farmers’ Rendering Works
Willits
Hudson & Oldsmobile Sales & Service
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