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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
3
The Advance Reed and Clarke notes studies from Geneva showing snails perceive odors only near smelling substances. Snails respond to scent by retracting their tentacles and changing behavior. They also sense via their skin, with proximity enough to trigger reactions even without direct contact.
Algona May 24 A sensational district court case centers on Miss Mabel Ames whose mother Abbie Ames accuses her daughter of being influenced by Jeanhogus enunt a supposed Russian count husband who deceived Mabel and prompted a legal bid to oust the mother from their home. The dispute involves an estate worth about $12,000 and the wife’s efforts to secure her daughter’s education while the daughter allegedly deserted her mother after the elopement.
Willem G. Stewart passed away at GF after a long illness. The obituary notes his years of service and family survivors. In lighter news, a local girl wed an actor in a small ceremony, drawing attention from neighbors.
Mrs Mary Ann Perigo aged 102 and the oldest resident of Iowa died at her daughter's home near Leon from blood poisoning caused by a scratch from a cat. Born October 11 1802 in Zanesville Ohio she came from a long lived family and after her husband died in 1876 moved to Decatur County Iowa living with daughter S Elkley of High Point township. She spent her final years cherished by five generations.
Primghar Iowa reports the death of Jim Crow a famed talking parrot aged about years. The bird lived in Joseph Nye’s barn near the square and entertained visitors with swearing and play by shouting for the local team during games. He later attacked a poultry yard stealing spring chickens and was shot by the yard owner. The owner plans to mount Jim Crow in the store window as a Memorial.
Mrs Lot Thomas wife of the late Judge Lot Thomas congressman from the eleventh district has received 17 cents in a letter from Ashland Ohio. The sender says ten years earlier as a tenant on her father's farm he stole a bushel of wheat and each heir was entitled to a share. The 17 cents were sent as atonement with a note of conscience.
Osceola Iowa May 21 Osceola county shows net personal wealth of 177709 and total taxable valuation 294418 according to assessor reports slight declines from last year. Poll tax list notes 1050 subjects while 596 men are over 45. 982 dogs, 52 females, and cattle swine increases recorded with detailed stock values across horses, cows, steers, sheep and other holdings totaling merchandise valuation as Sunset.
Iowa Falls district and J. H. Wenlen of Cedar Rapids reach a potential compromise after a year lingering in court. The board may pay the balance about two thousand dollars deemed null by the court, settling the dispute over an old bill.
In Flemington Virginia May 21 striking miners allegedly tried to burn the Warclift coal mine at Cardiff Livingston county. Sheriff and deputies armed with rifles defend the shaft as tempers flare over operation with nonunion labor. Strikers described as largely Chinese and Tamil facing possible assault by locals.
A garbled May report notes the pope in a visit with unclear details. The fragment mentions the pontiff and attempts to confirm his progress, but the text remains uncertain and partially unreadable.
A severe storm in Owa Iowa killed William Van Houte and Ross Dettingill as lightning struck a barn shelter and a home. Three others were injured while minor property damage occurred. Rain expected will aid local crops. May 22 to 24 reports from Boyd Ta Ashton Iowa.
Official Iowa report notes above normal weekly temperatures with a frost scare averted by a shifting low from the northwest. Week saw variable rainfall, Northwood 4.24 inches and Mason City 4.10 inches. overall below normal. Three quarters of the state suited for field work, 85 to 95 percent of corn acreage planted by May 20, with seeding ripening and some cultivation underway. Grass and small grains fare well. fruit frost damage lighter than earlier estimates.
Davenport May 24 Rock Island seeks to uphold an Iowa supreme court ruling that an employee cannot sign away the right to sue for damages after an injury in railroad service. The case involves a $7,000 jury verdict for Mumford of Davenport who lost a foot while switching at Des Moines. The U S supreme court is now asked to hear the appeal.
Des Moines reports that Andy Chalmers of Des Moines is elected captain and president of the University of Iowa football squad for the 160s season under Big Nine rules. He is a sturdy halfback expected to lead the team despite seven or eight players leaving. Kent, Hawkeye pitcher and varsity quarterback, also noted as a key figure. J M M Andersen and Dwight Griffith, Iowa stars, have joined a Missouri boarding school as teachers and physical directors.
Iowa Falls announces dates for the Chautauqua from July 29 to August 6 with Booker T. Washington as the star attraction. The program includes Sunshine Willets Hon W S Nolan the dramatist Colonel H W Hum Nat Bingham and others. Also announced Iowa Woodmen picnic at Clarion on June 19 and the third annual convention of two Odd Fellows districts to be held at Hubbard Thursday.
Des Moines May 2 Superintendent Biggs and other educators plan to urge the next legislature to enact a law raising monthly wages for public school teachers. They argue districts lack funds and needs would require state assistance to sustain proper pay.
Des Moines May 1 248 Commission era and visiteurs to the 118th general assembly of the Presbyterians of America entertained at Fort Des Moines after a morning session with a regimental drill reviewed by Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. The assembly endorsed a $4,000,000 appropriation for minister relief funded by a churchwide 10 cent assessment. Leadership roles were set for standing committees including vice-moderator W R Richard and others across bills, judicial, missions, publication, theology, benevolence, temperance, and youth groups with George W. etc named among chairmen and officers.
In Des Moines Iowa May 22 about 500 delegates filled a temporary stand for a large group photograph when it collapsed. Five commissioners were injured none seriously. Names include The ins Lukins Roswell New Mexico C David Manongah W Way My bruised and rendered unconscious Rev J M McGaugher Chariton Iowa leg sprained W C Buell Taos New Mexico bruised. Nearly 600 commissioners were on the stand but most escaped unharmed.
New Hampton Iowa May 22 Judge L E Fellows sentenced Robert Roethler to one year in the penitentiary at Anamosa for breaking and entering a granary on March 29. He and his wife, seen by locals, unloaded a portion of the seed oats after their load proved too heavy. Keethler pleaded guilty. Mrs Keethler pleaded not guilty and her case was continued. Ames Graduate Goes to University of Maine. Percy A Campbell a post graduate animal husbandry student at the Town Agricultural College has been elected assistant professor of agriculture and animal husbandry at the University of Maine. Campbell a New Hampshire agricultural college graduate entered graduate work in 1905 at American. This marks another Iowa Agricultural College alumnus securing western positions in a year.
Louisville May 19 Rev Dr John T Tigert of Louisville elevated to bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church South by the Birmingham conference, the sole candidate elected on the first ballot. A former grocery wagon driver, Tigert rose through Broadway Street Church to Vanderbilt, taught there, and edited the Methodist Quarterly. He is a noted author and has a son at Cambridge with a Cecil Rhodes scholarship amidst other bishops named by the conference.
Across Philadelphia and Cleveland reports detail alleged bribery in car distribution and Standard Oil tactics. Witnesses describe payments to railroad officials and brokers, with officials claiming no grants but accepting money when offered. Probes also cover pipe-line rivalries and stock pressures amid antitrust scrutiny.
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