Dead defendant wins eight year land case in Grundy county
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled yesterday for Falka Frerichs, deceased mother, in a long legal battle over 240 acres of Grundy county land and about $12,086. The will provided that if Kennungunda P. Arends lost, she and her children would receive nothing. otherwise they would share one fourth of the estate after debts. The estate is valued around £75,000 with history dating to 1870s. The case began in 1915 in Grundy Center and has wound through several trials and appeals.
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Grundy County
Supreme Court
C. E. Ransier
Eadwards
Longley, Ransier & Harris
Kenmungunda P. Arends
Ransier
G. W. Dunham
Grundy Center
Dunham
Ransiey
Arends
Guthrie
Des Moines
Frerichs
Heirs Win Estate Battle After Court Reversal
The high court reversed Judge Guthrie, granting victory to the heirs of Mrs. Frerichs. Mrs. Arends, though loser in the case at law, will still participate in the estate as an heir with an equal share among Frerichs children.
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Guthrie
Mrs. Frerichs
Arends
Armistice Day Plans to Be Perfected at Waterloo Meet
Final arrangements for Armistice Day include a grand parade and a mass meeting on disarmament. The general program committee led by T E Dolan seeks representation from civic bodies churches and fraternities tonight at the Greater Waterloo association clubrooms. A half holiday is expected for business and industrial establishments to observe the event.
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Greater Waterloo Association
T. E. Dolan
Plans for broadened Sunday school work at Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights community church discussed broadened Sunday school plans at a Monday evening gathering hosted by Fr J Burdick. Officers and teachers along with adult members attended. Classes will be held in the school room.
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Cedar Heights
Cedar Heights Community Church
Fr.j. Burdick
Dawn pageant shows Jesus as foundation of progress for women
The First Baptist church of east high auditorium hosts the pageant Dawn on Monday night October 24. Waterloo-born Hazel Bond Witt directs a cast of about 175, including children, to raise funds for the church building. The show contrasts women before and after Christ with scenes across Asia and highlights temperance, liberty, and brotherhood as a new era for women.
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First Baptist Church
East High Auditorium
Jesus
Waterloo
Hazel Bond Witt
Pat
Japan
Buddha
India
Emergence of a New Womanhood Heralds Dawn
A fragment describes three heralds of a new womanhood including temperance represented by Firancea EL Wil ard, a tableau on civil liberty for women, and a pantomime. It mentions a mission tableau, work with children, the Christian college, medical missions and references to a recession.
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Firancea EL Wilard
Hed Croes
The
Christian College
Hounds Trail Fugitive From Preston to Bristol
Escaped prisoner from Preston Minnesota jail was tracked by F M Shores bloodhounds to Bristol 17 miles away. The hunt began at 10 05 p m and wrapped up by 11 30 p m with capture Monday night. G M Jenkins drove the dogs to the scene in an auto.
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Preston
Minn
Bristol
Mion
F. M. Shores
G. M. Jenkins
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