Prepared for use of Members of the Family CONTAINING THE INCIDENTS OF MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS' PRACTICE AT THE BAR IN THE STATE OF IOWA PRIVATELY PRINTED MCMXI Copyright 1911 BY CHARLES CLINTON NOURSE THE TORCH PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA CONTENTS   CHAPTER I Ancestry and Early Life Des Moines, Iowa, May, 1908 To Master Joseph Chamberlain, Dear Joe: I promised your father that I would write you a long letter containing in detail something of a biography of myself. He assures me it is not intended for