Court confession and convicting verdict in Fort Dodge
A Fort Dodge court this week swiftly convicted Wubben of incest after a trial where his daughter testified as the first witness. The jury found him guilty within minutes and he was sentenced to twenty five years in the Fort Madison penitentiary. Additional court actions included fines for Archie Dodds and Frank Arnold, and numerous judgments and property transfers involving local firms and land sales around Fort Dodge and Webster City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wubben
Illinois
van Ness
Quarton
L. J. Dickinson
Coyle
Wabben
Fort Madison
Archie Dodds
Coats
Frank Arnold
W. E. Kain
Will Benson
T. H. Robertson
Nielson Bras
E. Frick Et al
Weiebrod Implement Co
Geo
Hensfeld
Sears-Roebuck
C. C. Fuller
Spurbeck-Lambert
Frank Flaig
Hooven Allison
Geo, Simmons
Frank
Buffalo Blaugas Co
Sigsbée Bros
B. Reynolds
Hite
J. H. Long
J. Lenander
Eddie Henshaw
Davis
H.T. Gillespie
L. T. Griffin
A. G. Valentine
John Nordstrom
Peter Kuper
Abel Linberg
Farmers & Drovers
Joseph Wadsworth
Chicago
Union Grove
Wis
J.J. Ryan
South Dakota
Mr. Patch
Hartley
Tennant
Mcsurvey
Vincent
Ringland
Fort Dodge
Weat Bend
Sayers
Charley Hayne
Buffalo County
J. A. Kennedy
Pierce Farm
Mr. Kennedy
Gib Dutton
Minnesota
Mankato
Gib
Lu B. Cade
Ella June Meade
Algona
J. J. Wilson
Ed Mantor
Irvington
Fort Dodge large land sales drive Webster County deals
Fort Dodge real estate and farm land deals total 333500 and cover 2240 acres in Webster and neighboring counties. Healy and Neill closed several Fort Dodge properties. Four Illinois farmers take options on 788 acres. Webster County land praised for soil and drainage with projections of $300 per acre soon. Clarke estate in Boston involved in a 1280 acre transaction.
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Wright County
Iowa Land & Live Stock Company
J.J. Ryan
Louis W. Scheidemann
Kossuth
Anna Heileman
Fort Dodge
Clarion
Blankenbaler
Webster City
Robert Healy
Ed Cavanaugh
W. 8. Kenyon
Elkhorn Township
Ed Spirek
Round Prairie
Fort Dodge Messenger
Webster
Healy & Neill
Illinois
Webster County
Wright
Ilinois
Olinda
Clarke Estate
Boston
A Quarter Century Ago in the Courier May 6 1892
A LaGuayra dispatch reports United States consul Phillip C. Hanna fired on by a policeman in the streets of LaGuayra. It was mistaken identity, and the next day officials pressed to apologize at the American consulate. Various local notes follow, including movements, marriages, business plans, and travel of residents. editor and new entertainments are mentioned along with routine civic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Phil Hanna
LaGuayra
Phillip C. Hanna
United States
Patterson Brothers
Local Happenings and Visits Across Algona
The Courier notes Mrs. J W Sullivan's return from San Antonio and jokes about future visits. Fort Snelling offers an officers training camp with local youths applying. Hann Jubilee Singers plan concerts in Algona with a 25 to 35 cent admission. A wedding in Fenton is anticipated, and local men consider naval service. The paper reports courthouse drama, moves of residents, and various social and civic events around Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
J. W. Sullivan
San Antonio
Mrs. Sullivan
Mrs. Galbraith
Ralph Peterson
A. L. Peterson
Prof. McCormick
Tom Waud
Rame Johnson
Robert Haglund
W. R B. Sheridan
Hann Jubilee Singers
Algona
Methodist
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Methodist Brotherhood
Frank Gamel
Vinton
Fenton
Arthur Julian Krause
Mabel Dorothy Dreyer
Herman Krause
W. H. Dreyer
Colburn
N. W. Road
Chicago
John D. Shoup
Anton Didriksen
John Guderian
Howard Gillespie
Kelly
Fort Dodge
Navy
Gillespie
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Madson & Hanson
A. D. Clarke
Harvey Ingham
California
Sacramento
Harvey
Steve Pettebone
Sam
Boney Fisher
Mia
L. A. Sheetz
Mrs. Watson
Waterloo
B. Quarton
Missouri
Frank Nicoulin
A. F. Call
Sioux City
Britt Methodist Church
E. B. Schwietert
Burt
Des Moines
Misa Helen Quarton
Opera House
James de Land
Storm Lake
Harrington
Stevens
Hamburg
Deemer
Martin Brandt
Caroline Alvina Rode
Selmer Noren
Beasie Mae Johnson
Joseph Hofman
Margaret Amanda Bonow
Clell Bolen Miller
Eda Lucille Graham
Arthur Julius Krause
Edward William McAdams
Sarah Louise Beevers
Helsell
O'Donnell
Board of Supervisors
Hugh Bronson
Manny Simpson
Charley Lange
M. J. Mann
Filo Poarch
St. Louis
H. Dr. McChesney
M. Sparks
Sparkes
Plum Creek
Abe Connolly
Cliff Thompson
Wagner
8. D
Union Township
Minneapolis
Kohlhaas
Sherman Township
J. W. Sheridan
W. A. Murray
Sandy Welp
Bancroft
Trane Clark
A. E. Clayton
Ames
P. H. Donlon
Emmetsburg
C. E. Lampright
Jack Deim
Kathryn
J. Beiser
Mary
Lizzie Beiser
Kansas City
Kansas
Sheridan
Ed Clark
Emmetaburg
Big
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