Godfrey case arguments heard on mortgage assumption
Judge Hamilton ruled in favor of Sidney Smith and associates ordering Godfrey and Eldridge to assume the mortgage on the property tied to the Smith deal. The $25,000 matter hinges on whether a substituted land contract was new or a modification. Oral arguments by Eicher Keeley for Godfrey Eldridge and Wilson Morrison for Smith and partners were presented as the court awaited final decision.
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Hamilton
Sidney Smith and
Boyer
Dayton and
Craig
Godfrey & Eldridge
West Chester
Heevner Faces Life Term For Fatal Taxi Driver Killing
William Heevner, who confessed to killing Mite Shannon, a Fort Madison taxi driver, was deemed sane after a hearing and will receive a life sentence at Iowa State Penitentiary. Judge John E. F. Craig set the date for Friday January 25 with no death penalty sought by the state.
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Keokuk
William Heevner
Mite Shannon
Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
John EF. Craig
Hoevner
Craig
Presbyterians Attend Rotary Meeting Highlight Education Talk
Presbyterians led by Marsh W Bailey visited the Rotary Club with Revs F A Clark A W Boyd Mr W S Dubose Rev Eastwood and others. Clark gave an address promoting Christian colleges and education while Boyd Dubose and Eastwood spoke of community benefits and friendly competition. Rotarians are to be hosted by Lytton tonight at 7 30 in the Commercial Club gym.
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Rotary
Marsh W. Bailey
F. A. Clark
A. W. Boyd
W. 8. Dubose
Presbyterian Board of Education
Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Clarke
Rotarians
Clarke
Boyd
Mr. Dubose
Rev. Eastwood
Kurtz
Rf. ¥. Brown
Lyon
Commercial Club
Cornice Falls From Bank Building This Morning
A small piece of the cornice on the Farmers and Merchants bank building roof broke off and fell five stories to the sidewalk. No injuries occurred as the fragment landed away from people. It had loosened during a thunder storm years ago, was repaired, and was secured again this morning after the second break.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Weather brings warmer spell to Washington
Washington residents enjoy a warmer day after a stretch of subzero conditions. The respite is brief as a new cold wave is forecast for tomorrow, though not as severe as the last outbreak.
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Washington
Wedding Stock Featured by The Journal
A notice from The Journal announces new paneled wedding stock available printed or engraved to order, highlighting custom options for couples seeking themed invitations and keepsakes.
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the Journal
Washington to Host Sectional Basketball Tournament
Harding reports the sectional high school basketball tournament will be held in Washington in early March despite local objections. The event involves multiple regional schools from north of Fairfield to east of Oskaloosa with rounds from March 7 to March 22 culminating in a four-team round robin at Boone.
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Harding
Washington
Fannon
Centerville
Will
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Washington County
Olds
Wayand
Willamsburg
Parnell
Watch Richmond Epidemic Contained by Health Officials
Dr. C W Stewart county health director and assistants monitor scarlet fever in Richmond where over twenty cases were found last week. Officials believe the outbreak will not spread much further. The parochial school at Richmond has shut temporarily, with school and church authorities cooperating with health leaders and physicians to control the disease.
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Richmond
C. W. Stewart
Sinclair Oil Stock Hit By Speculators In Early Trading
New York January 22 The Sinclair Oil Company stock opened with heavy selling as speculators hammered the price down two points to 24. The move reflected broad market pressure and sudden trading interest in early exchange activity.
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New York
Sinclair Ol Company
Lenine the Bolshevik Leader and World Figure
A biographical sketch tracing Nikolai Lenine from student protests in Kazan to exile in Siberia, leadership of the Bolshevik movement, and his rise to power in Russia. It covers his revolutionary activity across Europe, the 1917 seizure of Petrograd, the Brest-Litovsk peace, the 1921 strategic retreat, and later years of health decline, governance, and personal life with Krupskaya.
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University of Kazan
Petrograd
Iatel
Siberia
Minusinsk
Siberian
Nikolai Lenine
Lena
Lenine
Switzerland
Russia
Goes Beck
Finland
Paris
Galicia
Duma
Cracow
Zimmerwald
Lening
Germany
Frome
Kerensky
Congress of Soviets
Leon Trotsky
Smolny Institute
Trotzky
Brest-L'tovak
Poland
Baltic
Flativy
Common
Lennes
Rome
Communist Congress
Fils
Moscow
Kremlin
Tarasovka
Jim Lenine
Communist Party
Altho
Huma
Baldy
M’ K. Oullaneva
Krupskaya
Poli Ticvel Education Commission
Hig
Fne
Hungary
Council of Commissars
Courageous Lenine Faces Repeated Assassination Plots
Lenin endured multiple assassination attempts during the revolution and civil war. Despite surviving a bullet lodged in his neck from Dora Kaplan in 1918 he remained bold and defiant. Foreign visitors noted his rare humor amid the red terror as he kept his plans for the Bolshevik cause intact.
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Lenine
Dora Kaplan
Kaplan
Lannine
Russia
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Garding Land Deals
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Royal Worcester
Bon Ton
Rothschild’s
Sand Road
Journal Office
Kather
Moscow Villa
Mary G. Mineart
East Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Inquire Journal Office
Harry Rittenhouse
Mutual
Zsatf
Harve Humston
Anderson
Graham Stove
Richards
Sherman Bros., Drug Co
Inquire Journal
White Yard
Fiules
C. R
Chas. Vincent
Co. E. Plumly
Todd Protectograph
Washington National Bank
Frank Kuhn
Crawfordsville
Stanley Miller
Mutual Life Ins. Co
N. Y. Tel
Black
Geste
Warner Finance Corporation
F. & M. Bank
DR Watts
Globe Barber Shop
Watts
Rockfall
Concord Bradles
Eam
Wittrig’s Harness Shop
Evening Journal
Louisa County
Jones Auto Co
China
H. P. Wilson
Walter Goode
Tts
Mies
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