Special Session Considered for Code Revision in Iowa
Des Moines reports Senator H S Van Alstine of Humboldt says a special session of the Iowa legislature to approve code revision is likely, with Governor Harding expected to call it after the new year. Advance copies of the compiled code will show present versus proposed changes as printers near completion of the index at Iowa City.
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Des Moines
H. S. van Alstine
Humboldt County
Des Motnnes
Iowa
Harding
Code Commission
van Alstine
Trewin
Commission
Towa Cit
Getting Ready For General Conference Of Methodist Church
Des Moines on October 25 reports a committee from the Methodist general conference has surveyed the Coliseum and local churches to plan housing and meeting spaces for delegates next May. The group includes Ezra H. Tipple of Madison New Jersey chairman and members Wm F Conner Oscar P Miller Silas Pierce Joseph Bell and others across Pennsylvania Ohio Minnesota and Massachusetts.
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Des Moines
Methodist General Conference
Ezra
Tipple
Madison
N. J
Wm. F. Conner
Pittsburgh
Edard
Shinley
Cincinnati
Oscar P. Miller
Rack -Rapids
Silas Pierce
Moston
Mass
Joseph Bell
Minonk
I. Joseph
Westfield bank robbers bound over to grand jury
Five men charged with robbing the Westfield bank were brought from Sioux City and lodged in the county jail. At a preliminary hearing they waived the right to a hearing and were bound over to the grand jury. Bonds were set at 7000 each. Culver Kennedy was released on bond signed by his father and Harry Eells. The remaining four men remain jailed unable to meet bonds.
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LeMars
Westfield
Sioux City
Justice of the Peace
Grand
Culver Kennedy
C. R. Kennedy
Harry Eells
Last Breath Determines Fortune in Old Logan-Area Case
In Council Bluffs Iowa on October 23 1918 a fatal auto crash near St Joe killed John Brown of Logan his bride-to-be and two companions. The dispute over Brown’s fortune hinges on who died first with Zeléa Graybill claiming the Brown estate and asserting she is Brown’s heir from a former marriage. The case draws in Mrs Brown and others from Missouri and Iowa as they contest inheritances and rights to the fortune.
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Council Bluffs
John Brown
Logan
St. Joe
Zeléa Graybill
Brown
Cleim
SOG
Graybill
Missouri
Robbers sentenced after poker party hold up
Primghar Iowa October 25 two men were captured after holding up a poker party at gunpoint on July 20. I H Burg was sentenced to four years in Fort Madison prison for burglary and an earlier felony. Emmett, aged 23, received a similar sentence. They claimed Sioux City residence and admitted prior felonies. They seized $82 and some clothing and jewelry from the victims during the raid.
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Primghar
I. H. Burg
Fort Madison
Fo H. Emmett
Frank Hudson
Sheldon
Burg
Farmer’s lavish wife seeks 15000 alimony in divorce case
Des Moines coverage recounts Anita farmer David McDermott and Milderd Stevens as they wed after ad correspondence. She claims brutal treatment and lavish spending. he seeks annulment alleging fraud. Both filed suits, aiming to end marriage and financial disputes. McDermott, owner of a sizeable Anita farm, has four children.
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Des Moines
David McDermott
Anita Farmer
Mack Sennet
Long Beach
Secon
Piota
Mack Sennett
David MccDermott
Long
Beach
Cal
McDermott
Mildred Stevens
Davie
Omaha
Nes Moines
Sle
N. C. Berkey
Jong Beach
Jie
Anita
Promise 49 Years Old Not Binding
Fort Dodge Iowa October 25 Judge E B M Mc tall rules a forty year old promise to remember a person in a will is too vague to bind in a district court decision. Mrs Minnie Mandelko sued Herman Lempke claiming a share of Carl Ghurka’s 340000 estate which Lempke inherited. Ghurka died about a year ago. Lempke had worked on his farm.
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Fort Dodge
EB. M. McTall
Minnie Mandelko
Herman Lempke
Carl Ghurka
Lempka
Ghurka
Lempke
Advertising and the Consumer in Modern Trade
A columnist argues advertising lowers prices and benefits buyers by expanding choice and efficiency. It compares advertising to labor saving machinery, noting most ads lift profits while decreasing costs for sellers and buyers alike. The piece cites farming tools and consumer goods, asserting honest ads help informed purchases and exclude inferior messaging over time. In a separate item, Dubuque announces a new secretary for the local M C A association, as F L M Mahtke resigns and A Cohagan of Davenport steps in after leading Davenport’s chapter.
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Wausau Record-Herald
Dubuque
M. C. AL Association
FL M. Mahtke
A. Cohagen
Davenport
Cohagan
Davenport Assojelation
Russia
Cattle Sale Nets Grundy County Breeder 29000 Dollars
Aberdeen Angus sale on Adam Messer’s Dedmer farm drew 200 buyers with 43 head sold for a total of 29000 dollars. Two cows fetched 2000 dollars each. most buyers were local with some from Illinois and Missouri. The report notes Messer’s farm as modern and well kept. Also mentions business changes at City Bakery and local deaths and marriages in Grundy County.
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Adam Messer
Mr. Messer
Tilinois
Missouri
Dedmer
John Reyburn
Jake Stumberg
Frm
Murphy & Reyburn
Reyburn
Toorety
A. L. Rembald
Dubuque
Fayette
Donald Davidson
Heuves
Baptist Church
Reformed Parsonage
Parkersburg
Independence
Hawhkeyhow Co ground at Clarksville for filling station
Clarksville Ta Oct 25 The old K restaurant building damaged by fire a few weeks ago is being torn down by Levi Beebe who bought the material for building purposes of their Be Neal estate. The Hawhkeya Oil company has leased the ground for 30 years and will put in a filling station. Real estate transfers and advertisements follow.
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Clarksville, Ta
Levi Beebe
BE. Neal
Ynwkeya Oi Company
Chicago Saloons Being Converted to Good Purposes
Chicago converts saloons to community use as Prohibition shifts habits. Kilby runs a soft drink bar with club facilities and a hotel and bath amenities to draw patrons. A former saloon hosts the Red White and Blue club for children, funded by women’s groups. Other saloons become restaurants cafeterias or soda and chocolate houses.
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Chicago
George Kilby
Trona
Women’s Committee
Council of National Defense
Altho
Hubby Faces Divorce Suit Over Cash Accounting Claim
Des Moines Iowa October 25. Edward Thompson owner of an apartment house in Washington Heights is cited as the husband in a divorce suit brought by his wife Maggie last June alleging a need for a cash accounting and detailing financial disputes within their marriage.
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Bag
Ulnoig
Thompson
Des Moiner
Edward Thompson
Washington Heights
Maggie
Preacher Leaves Charge After 30 Years to Raise Flowers
Waukon Iowa Oct 25 Reverend H L Van Nice marked thirty years in the Presbyterian church delivering his farewell sermon as the town joined all churches to hear him. He retires from the ministry to operate five greenhouses in a new business venture.
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Waukon
H. L. van Nice
Hog cholera germ isolated by local serum expert
Dr. Fred Proescher announced at the Northwestern Jones Veterinary association meeting in Sioux City that he has isolated the hog cholera germ. He showed plates and said the germs are about one two hundred fiftieth of an inch long and require special coloring to be seen with strong lenses. Other veterinarians in attendance called the discovery important.
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Sioux City
Northwestern Jone Veterinary Association
Fred Proescher
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Ozark College
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Akron
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