Notable Iowa Deaths and Local Misfortunes Reported
The piece notes the death of Gilter Franklin at Dakota City aged 49, a native of Illinois when it was a territory, and mentions a long-lived marriage of 71 years. It also reports Mrs. Moses Pearlstein's fatal runaway near West Branch, injuring both her and her husband, with the horse killed by a barbed fence spear. Additionally, Charles Holada writes from Fort Madison expressing weariness of prison life after involvement in a murder plot. Frederick Derming Tucker is announced as incoming president of Mason City Memorial University, with background on his education and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilter Franklin
Dakota City
Mr. Franklin
Ilinois
Tie
Jefferson
Adams
Lafayette
King George III
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moses Pearlstein
West Branch
Iowa City
Holada
Otto
Lothario
Frederick Derming Tucker
Agricultural Department
Minnesota State University
Mason City Memorial University
Massachusetts
Yale
Washington University
St. Louis
State University
Minneapolis
Northrup
Minnesota University
Notable Iowa items from Hutchins to Cedar Rapids
Fireman Elmer Leach of Milwaukee loses both legs at Hutchins and may die. Colonel Richard Root, Keokuk figure in politics, dies at Camden Maine on the 28th. Clarke trophy worth 75 dollars goes to Waterloo Company B, Fifty-third regiment, for rifle ranges at Cedar Rapids. Merritt Greene, bankruptcy trustee for Rhodes Carmean Buggy Co of Marshalltown, sells $32,000 notes for 2600 to attorney J M Parker. Sioux City seaman George Watkinson seeks divorce, claiming desertion and remarriage. Allen Andrews, 19, and Homer Clark swim from Reed's Lake near Hampton. Andrews last seen tired, later found. Maher and Allen, Atlantic shooting victims, improving. Sines of Adair released on bond. Acktes and wife detained for attempted murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Leach
Milwaukee
Hutchins
Richard Root
Keokuk
Camden
Maine
Cedar Rapids
Clarke
Waterloo
Merritt Greene
Rhodes-Carmean Buggy Company
Marshalltown
J. M. Parker
George Watkinson
Sioux City
Sait
Allen Andrews
Reed’s Lake
Hampton
Homer Clark
Allen
Maher
Atlantic
Sines
Adair
S. C. Sines
Acktes
Hidden Puzzle and Crime Tales Across Iowa
A column details a mix of cases including a hidden picture puzzle about a watchman and a alleged fraudster in Iowa City, with victims indemnified by unnamed relatives. It also reports a cow raid leading to a $35 fine, a damage suit over malicious articles, a fatal assault case with bond set at 16000, a seed company salesman’s suicide in Humboldt, a Burlington worker killed near Pacific Junction, and a tallest boy in Monona county at age 25 measured six feet five and three quarters inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Burke
Reel Simmitt
Council Bluffs
Summitt
Paul
Onilio
Humboldt
Russell House
Cuto
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ray Lilley
Burlington
Pacific Junction
Peter Christiansen
Soldier
Monona County
Peter
Electric Road for Greenfield Reach Des Moines Area
Des Moines dispatch reports Chicago capital backing a plan to use Cherry’s Des Moines Southern survey for an electric line from Winterset to Greenfield via the western route. The Rock Island contends it will build a Greenfield link south of its Omaha main line, while the Des Moines Southern passes through multiple townships before current ownership shifts to the Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Grand River
Lee
Cherry
Greenfield
Douglas
Jackson, Harrison
Grove
Rock Island
Omaha
Winterset
Southern
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western
F W. Cherry
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Bullet Wound Leaves Dike Youth Critical
Theodore Koch a 23 or 24 year old living with his brother four miles east of Dike is in critical condition after a bullet wound to the forehead. Uncertain whether self inflicted or accidental, local belief favors self harm. He was at his brother's farm at 6 o clock when a neighbor passing saw him, later found unconscious with a gunshot wound to the nose and forehead. he was brought to town for medical aid as doctors strive to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Theodore Koch
Young Koch
Widow Receives Long-Age Civil War Pension Check
A Des Moines pension office sent Jane T. Cameron of Davenport a check for 4717.80 for a civil war pension granted after decades. James Cameron of Company B Forty-ninth New York infantry died over a year and a half ago after a lengthy wait. pension spans 4 monthly rates from 1862 to 1899. Colfax Bottling Works advert promotes Colfax Mineral Water for liver kidney and bowel disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jane
Tt. Cameron
Davenport
James Cameron
Forty-ninth New York Infantry
Sam
Cameron
Relatives Pay Losses After Bank Fraud Victim Case
A Johnson county sheriff receives a check to reimburse thirteen banks and merchants in loa City for losses caused by a young woman who forged repeatedly ended. The woman's name is withheld for family reasons and unnamed relatives indemnified all losers. A Missouri woman delayed returning home after waiting for her husband until 1 a m then awoke to find him asleep in bed. Her anger stems from missing the Mrs Caudle lecture she had planned to deliver and a man’s intoxication is noted as a cause for later mischance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Hoffer
Johnson County
Iowa City
Samuel Clough
Saw Creek Township
Union County
Clough
Creston
J. N. Cozadys
Bertha Horssley
District Court
Monona County
Iowa
Cozad
Sioux Township
Bertha Whorsley
Onawa
Girt
Towa City
A. C. Hoffer
Loa City
Missouri
Mrs. Caudle
Gratitude of Indians in Early Iowa Settlement
Professor F Parker recounted an unrecorded Iowa history at Brooklyn Teachers Institute. The tale centers on General J M Street, Indian agent at Agency City, who befriended the Osage and Sac leaders and sought to civilize. After Street’s death, Indians offered land to bury him on Indian soil. During 1842 negotiations Governor Chambers faced demands to reserve Street’s square mile. Keokuk insisted on the land, offering to deduct the $2,500 already spent on agency buildings. The episode ends with Street’s family relinquishing land in exchange for the grave site and Indian gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Pratt
F. Parker
Teachers’ Institute
Iowa
Parker
Grinnell College
State University
Hardin, Marshall
Tama
Poweshiek
Jasper
Mahaska
Eokuk
Wapelio
Appanoose
Davis
Institute
J. M. Street
Agency City
Ottumwa
General Street
Street
Gore
Wapello
Keokuk
Powoshiek
Chambers
Sons of
Mrs. Street
Wimally
United States
Indian Territory
Governor Mickey to Attend Des Moines Fair Visit
Governor John H. Mickey of Nebraska plans to attend the Des Moines exposition after receiving an invitation from John Simpson, secretary of the State Agricultural Society. He replied he hopes to be present July 28 and to join the reunion of his old regiment, the Eighth Iowa Cavalry, at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey
Des Moines
John H. Mickey
Nebraska
John Simpson
State Agricultural Society
Tam
Eighth Iowa Cavalry
Pisgah Bank Will Pay. Trustee Finds Assets Sufficient
W B Reed appointed trustee of Pisgah Town bank reports assets about 26000 and sufficient to cover liabilities. Creditors likely to be paid in full with delay due to cashing real estate. death ends a honeymoon. Mrs Miles killed by accidental pistol discharge after February marriage in Caldwell, Washington. Colfax Bot Wing Works ad seeks inquiries on mineral water. Fly reproduction facts and a humorous dialogue end this snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
W. B. Reed
Cource
Pisgah, Town, Bank
Macedonia
James Miles
Key
Caldwell
Wash
Miles
Durial
Ilingis
Colfax
Iowa
Waterloo exhibit at Iowa State Fair aims to lure factory growth
Des Moines notes spotlight Waterloo manufacturing display at the State Fair August 21 to 22. A 30 by 260 foot tent west of the amphitheater will showcase farm implements and other goods from Waterloo firms. The exhibit, backed by the Commercial Exchange and Board of Trade, includes trains of Waterloo goods, music by Chicago ensembles, and plans for automobile races. Officials expect the exhibit to attract new manufactories to Waterloo and note the Twentieth Century manure spreader recently moved there. Also covered are pension figures for the Iowa Nebraska district, migration of Iowa soldiers to western states and Canada, calls for legislative visitation of institutions, and Republican party planning in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Waterloo
Board of Trade
Simpson
Chicago
Watertoo
United States Pension Office
Iowa-Nebraska
R. P. Clarison
Iowa
Nebraska
Union
California
Colorado
Ilinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oregond
South Dakota
Canada
Washington
Insurance Firms Must Divide Profits in Five Year Span
Madison Aug 3 Insurance Commissioner Zeno Hosthag ruled that mutual life insurers in Wisconsin must distribute their surplus to policy holders at least once every five years. The ruling, affecting many firms and about 300 600 000 held in suspense, is expected to face court challenges and could trigger widespread litigation over withheld surpluses and compound interest. Some mutuals with shorter or longer distribution schedules are unaffected or partially affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Zeno M. Hosthag
Mutual Life Insurance
Wisconsin
Host
Microscopists elect new officers at Winona Lake meeting
The American Microscopical Society completed a three day gathering at Winona Lake and elected officers for 1904. Prof. J. T. Burrill of Illinois was named President with H. A. Weber of Columbus and F. W. Kuhn of Fort Wayne as vice presidents. Profs. H. B. Ward and R. H. Walcott became secretaries, J. G. C. Smith of New Orleans treasurer, and Magnus Pflaum of Pittsburgh custodian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Burrill
Minois
Warsaw
Ind
American Microscopican Society
Winona Lake
St. Louis
T. J. Burrill
University of Inois
H. A. Weber
Columbus
F. W. Kuhn
Fort Warner
H. B. Ward
R. H. Walcott
University of Nebraska
J. GC
Smith
New Orleans
Magnus Pflaum
Pittsburg
Insanity in Wisconsin Rises to 5372 Inmates
Madison August 3 1903 the state board of control reports the fiscal year ending June 30 shows 5372 persons in the states public insane care an increase of 1872 over the prior year total 5372 up from 417? The record notes 187 more cases than last year with the June 30 figure for the year 1902 cited as 5170.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
State Board of Control
Fort Tie
Doctor Electrocuted in Staten Island Cellar Incident
Dr. Frances L. Morhard, a Manhattan dentist, was found dead in the cellar of his Giffords summer residence on Staten Island after grabbing a live wire while seeking a cut-off button. The accidental electrocution occurred as he groped for the switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Giffords
Staten Island
Frances L. Morhard
Manhattan
Deaths in Cape De Verdes Stir New Bedford Famine News
New Bedford residents react to reports from the Cape de Verde islands describing severe famine and related deaths. The message, dated August 3, details the distress affecting the Caps da Verdes peonie and local concern over the humanitarian crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape de Verdes
New Bedford
Mass
Caps da Verdes
Ue Islands
Morgan Pays Final Installment On Marine Syndicate
New York Aug 3 J P Morgan and Company have paid the final installment of 5 000 000 on the international mercantile marine underwriting syndicate totaling 50 000 000 supporting the insurance and finance of global freight activity documented in the inter company filing and market reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
International Mercantile Marine
Recaptured Escaped Convict Near Richmond Missouri
Aus 3 Ben Starnes a one armed train robber escaped from Leavenworth penitentiary was shot and captured near Richmond Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ben Starnes
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Richmond
Wage Advance Ends Lynn Strike at Nicholsons Factory
A strike by Nicholsons shoe factory rasters in Lynn Massachusetts ends with a settlement. The firm agrees to raise wages by nearly three dollars per man per week, easing the labor dispute and restoring production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Nicholson
Jealousy Triggers Fatal Shooting in McConnelleville
In McConnelleville on August 3, traveling salesman W G Wray of Pittsburg shot and killed William Farris amid jealousy over Miss Sacha Guilbert. The incident occurred during a confrontation with Farris. Police investigations are underway and Wray is in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnelleville
Sacha Guilbert
W. G. Wray
Pittsburg
William Farris
Negro Murderer Dies in Indiana Wound Case
Jeffersonville Indiana August 3 Lee Brown a Black man who killed Patra man Massey died from wounds inflicted by Massey. The fatal injuries ended a long standing case in which Brown was condemned for the Massey killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Lee Brown
Patraman Massey
Massey
Odd Marriage Decision in Vienna Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in Vienna rules that marriages between Christians and persons of no particular creed are invalid. This landmark decision highlights religious status factors in matrimonial validity within Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Supreme Court
Austria
Failure Ties Up Plant in Bennington
Aug 3 Bennington Vermont reports the Norcross Brothers failure caused temporary suspension at the South Dorset marble quarries. Also dated Aug 2 Denver notes exiled miners from Idaho Springs spark potential conflict. New York Aug 3 Mrs 4.1, wife of Li Hung Chang’s nephew, opposes American fashion.
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Bennington
Norcross Brothers
South Dorset
Denver
Colo
Idaho Springs
New York
Li Hung
Chang
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