Notice of Probate Hearing for Pauline Smith Pearson Will
In District Court Washington County Iowa notice is given that Pauline Smith Pearson died leaving a will dated August 29 1939. The instrument was filed opened and read and a hearing is fixed for 9 00 AM at the Court House in Washington before the District Court or the Clerk to prove the will.
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Washington County
Pauline Smith Pearson
Washington
Iowa
District Court
Said County
R. R. Noonan
Rumors of George Washington Dictator Circulated 160 Years Ago
The piece recalls old fears of a military dictatorship claimed for General Washington. John Adams denied such reports stating Congress never intended to grant sovereignty and only authorized raising battalions and cavalry with officers and supplies. British propagandists spread the dangerous rumor during the Revolution.
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America
Congress
George Washington
John Adams
Baltimore
Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Duel of Two Frontiersmen Ends With Melted Bullets
Os. Clark of Attica Indiana recalls meeting Clay Allison who tells of a bizarre duel between two men with long rifles facing back to back then stepping forward to fire at each other. Each pair of bullets melted in midair and prevented any hits finishing only when they met on the ground in a burnt patch.
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OS. Clark
Attica
Ind
Texas
Shere
Clay
French Clairvoyante Predicts French President Death
Madame Thebes a French clairvoyante predicted the death of the president of France on January 1 1899. He died the following month. Years later she predicted Belgium would set Europe aflame Germany would be at war the Kaiser would be dethroned and great changes would follow in Germany. The World war and years after fulfilled her predictions.
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Madame Thebes
France
Belgium
Europe
Germany
Butcher Bill: US meat consumption and industry scale
The bulle tin reports the average American consumes $15.38 of meat yearly. It notes 1,100 meat packing plants nationwide produce nearly $2 billion annually, indicating a substantial national meat industry footprint.
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United States
Grocers
Needle industry in Lowell sees revival in phonographs
Speaking of comebacks, the little known phonograph needle industry centered in Lowell Massachusetts is booming. Safety plate glass for autos gains an assist as the phono graph revival fuels demand for needles used by glass makers to cut the plastic filler that makes sandwich glass safe.
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Lowell
Mass
Estimated 7 Billion Paper Matches Sold in U S Each Year
About seven billion paper matches are sold annually in the United States, averaging roughly 52 matches for every person. Manufacturers supply these matches to meet ongoing demand across the country.
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United States
Scientist argues farming began in America not Egypt
A scientist contends that the origins of agriculture trace to America rather than Egypt, challenging established ancient Egyptian farming narratives and suggesting an indigenous development of early cultivation.
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America
Egypt
Indictment Led Bank Teller With Mental Illness
Adah L. Connelly a former Union Bank teller in Ottumwa was indicted by a federal grand jury on embezzlement and false entry charges totaling $188125. She is an inmate of the Iowa state hospital Mount Pleasant and the case moves toward a retainer order to the state institution. The bank says the deficit was paid back after discovery. Connelly served at the bank about 18 years.
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Adah L. Connelly
Union Bank & Trust Co
Miss Connelly
Iowa State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Miss Connelley
Judge Dewey Grants Parole to Miss Gingerich
DES MOINES Nora Gingerich formerly an assistant postmaster at Seymour Indiana was paroled from a six month sentence by Judge Dewey after pleading guilty to abstracting money from letters. Her attorney said she had obtained less than 25 dollars from the mail.
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Des Moines
Nora Gingerich
Seymour
Dewey
Miss Gingerich
Girl Embezzler Is Granted a Parole
Rosella Simeon 22 a stenographer was granted a six month suspended sentence by District Judge W R Haines after pleading guilty to embezzlement in Davenport.
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Davenport
Rosella Simeon
W. R. Haines
Peterson Co Embezzlement Case Involving Restitution Note
Scott County Attorney Clark Filseth described an embezzlement of 800 dollars from the Henry F. Peterson Investment Co. The suspect agreed to sign a note guaranteeing restitution upon securing another position, and Filseth did not oppose the parol agreement.
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Henry F. Peterson Investment Co
Scott County
Clark Filseth
Gipu
Filseth
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