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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
3
A fragmentary page cites a colorful preacher, nicknamed Camp Meeting John, who quips the devil’s grandmother and recounts a Lewiston meeting incident. It also surveys 1907 Latin America trade totals, Mexican imports, and Chinese Japanese student tensions in Tokyo, alongside marvels in phonograph cinema and Alaska gold prospects with modern mills.
Des Moines reports Judge Church of Greene County District Court ruled Goose lake beds belong to Iowa, affecting ownership of non navigable waters. The decision favors the state, with possible appeals to higher courts. The state has sold land believed to be lake bed and may face refunds if proven wrong. The Marshall Dental Manufacturing firm argued the beds were swamp land and not state property.
Des Moines Iowa Sept 80 The state railroad commission will hold a hearing on rate reclassification October 17 at the state house. More than thirty five commodities will be reviewed including Corn Belt Meat Producers livestock rates and items such as corn shelters waste paper brick molasses feed and various farm implements and goods.
Dea Maines Sept 20 five Drake University students are suspended for hazing freshman Bryce Carpenter. He was taken to Beaver Creek bridge stripped and had his feet soaked in molasses before being hung from rafters. Carpenter remains in a nervous state. Suspects include sophomores Ruel McCash Collins Denny Nt el Van Meter Rueben Place. Denny and Van Meter are football candidates. Denny a quarterback and Van Meter the drop kicker who recently helped the reserves beat the regulars.
In Des Moines Iowa on September 30, Dr. Georgia Stewart a well known woman physician sues former lover Harry Gray an undertaker for the return of gifts given during their courtship including woolen blankets and her love letters. She previously sued Gray for breach of promise and they settled for 1800 dollars.
Des Moines September 14 40 Superintendent Riddell of the public schools urged public baths for school children. He appealed for aid from women’s clubs to secure paraphernalia and assistance for the project.
Burlington Iowa September 30 fire gutted the basement and lower story of the Tamia building housing the P F B Ringold Clothing Co and several other firms. Estimated damage about 75000 dollars largely covered by insurance Ringold's loss total about 345000 with roughly 30000 lysiprs anca.
In Des Moines Iowa on September 28 Alfrea Trotter 21 and Pearla Moulds 18 secretly wed with their minister Rev J D McCord present to perform the ceremony. The couple traveled from Lake City to wed while trying to keep the license from newspapers to spare their parents. Both families are described as prominent in Lake City.
Des Moines Sept 28 Federal ruling says benzoate of soda is harmful but allowed up to one tenth of 1 percent in foods this year 1907 pack. after year end it will be taboo. Board decision ends the dispute between food commissions and manufacturers. Resulting catsup will use better tomatoes and be bottled in small lots due to preservative restrictions.
Town City Illinois September 28 The university senate will vote on social function rules recommended by the board of deans. All non-class evening parties must end at midnight while junior sophomore and freshman events end by 2 a.m. Women may not attend mixed parties without a dean of women approved chaperon. The act covers excursions out of state. Debate centers on what counts as a party and how many attendees qualify.
Estherville Iowa Sept 48 Marghal White arrested Lizulae Conlon and Mary Miller both 14 from Emmereburg at sheriff request after they ran away from school to board an evening train for a negro minstrel show at the fair. They were found before joining the show. The girls had met the colored troop at Palo Alto county fair last week. Arrival of body first news of death Clear Lake Iowa Sept 28 Purdy Tompkins brother of Col Win Tompkins G R R member and Shiloh monument commission died near Lawler. His wife and family learned of the death belatedly due to telegraph strike and undelivered messages to Colorado relatives. Interment was at Ellington.
Dr H L Getz returned to Marshalltown IA from Iona City where he had been hospitalized since his suicide attempt at West Liberty last Friday morning. He was taken to St Thomas hospital for extended care and was met at the station by Mayor Ingledue at a telephone request. He remains weak from his wounds and blood loss and fears efforts to return him to the asylum.
Washington reports the battleship to bear the name North Dakota with Delaware as its mate. Des Moines notes Mrs Amelia Granga, grieving her husband, attempted self harm when gas was turned on, but was found by authorities, with death expected in the incident.
Atlantic City reports 3,000 delegates at the American Bankers association convention hear H. H. Scott of Cedar Rapids discuss Iowa’s progress. He notes the state’s 1,600 banks control $400 million deposits, wealth up $50 million in a year, and citizens average $200 per capita. Iowa is described as Garden Spot of Country with banks expanding beyond agriculture into manufacturing and wider credit.
In Grant City area near the Coon river, residents search banks for pearls after a string of finds. Frank Scott of Lake City sold a pearl for 680 dollars, sparking ongoing excitement. An Illinois Central Railroad employee, M J O'Brien, found a steel gray pearl as large as a buckshot but its value is undetermined. Agents sometimes buy pearls from locals.
Lawrence Lew is a 23 year old farmer from six miles north of LeMars Indiana who shot himself last night over rent troubles. He was to be married soon to a LeMars young woman and is in a precarious condition at the city hospital. A younger brother tried to intervene but Lew fired a revolver and the bullet lodged under his heart. Both parents were sent to inebriate asylum. In Alton Indiana a week later Mrs Nieuwenhof was sent to an inebriated women hospital at Mt. Pleasant. the Nieuwenhof family has nine children, eight taken to Joan Dykstra’s home.
Uniontown editor John O'Donnell denounces council member S Ray Shelby over a newspaper quote about a woman’s stockings during a council session. Shelby warns of resignation threats as editors defend reporting rights and probe decorum in the governing body.
In Oskaloosa on September 1, a 13 year old boy jumped from an Iowa Central train going about forty miles an hour while en route to the reform school. A traveling man saw him fall as the train was stopped. the boy sustained fatal injuries. Sheriff Williamson of Bloomfield reports the incident near the city.
Cedar Rapids reports a dramatic midnight elopement as Jack Walster, an Ann Arbor electrical engineer, and Jeasla Dari flee with the bride from Clarence Winnie, a wealthy coal dealer. The couple wed in a clergyman’s parlor then fled by train toward Ann Arbor, pursued by the groom and minister. The scene included a dinner and theater party in the bride’s honor and a hurried ceremony at midnight. The bride’s parents reportedly favored Winnie, amplifying the social uproar of the Iowa incident.
In Des Moines and Centerville, Iowa, a surge of companies rush to file certified copies of articles of incorporation as the attorney general widens enforcement. Violations carry fines of 100 dollars per day, potentially totaling millions if suits succeed, with no agreed immunity yet. A second story reports Mrs. Peter Thibault, aged and poor, robbed by a man named Bob Pantz who posed as her husband after renting hotel rooms, selling her furniture, and leaving her destitute.
A syndicate has been formed in Des Moines to prospect for oil near Hernandon with several borings planned. Key participants include Professor Kinney of Drake University CH Baker G B Pray Sidney Foster Frederick Field and William Harbach.
Des Moines Iowa September 97 Officials of the Board of Control today promulgated a rule barring the use of the term Coffin Nail in parole papers and related notices. The measure aims to curb unsafe language in official documents and ensure clearer communication for convicts and staff.
Waterloo Sept. 16 cashier Stréd Ballou of Cascadeh Vraugh Maris Ufacturing was fatally shot in a payroll hold up on pay day. He saved about $1,000 from the robbers after firing his whip to warn them and rode one mile before falling. A posse of company workers pursued two masked men, description limited to faces, as squads combriver bottoms and fields toward Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
Des Moines Illinois reports a warm week with high temperatures five days and a colder finish. Ample rainfall and drying winds accelerated corn maturity with about 70 percent of the crop ripe enough to be cut and shocked. The remaining 30 percent varies in ear hardness and needs 10 to 15 days of favorable weather to be safe. Pastures are unusually good for late September.
Des Moines Iowa September 2 Lieutenant Downs in charge of the local recruiting station accused Judge Hugh Brennan of insulting the United States Navy after the judge suggested enlisting two boys up for sentence for stealing. Downs demanded an apology and warned of possible treason charges if not forthcoming. Brennan offered to apologize and urged no further punishment.
Roy Lorraine, a Dubuque high school student, endured a brutal initiation. He was gagged bound blindfolded and lowered into a cellar with candles and wall niches. He remained, under a glass face covering, overnight with just enough air to survive until morning.
Roy George TE. Bhear resigns as business manager of the Ceder Pails Sem Weekly Gagebo after two months in the role. He returns to his Toledo home to prepare for future ventures and possible reentry into the field.
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