27 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
1
The Great Western yards at Mason City reported water pipes bursting and submerging the depot and railroad tracks causing train delays. The item lists numerous incidents, including court decisions, crimes, legals, and local disasters, reflecting a broad Iowa news roundup from the era.
A Virginia couple used cushions filled with love letters during their marriage ceremony. The odd display aimed to rest on something soft rather than standard vows, contrasting typical breach of promise cases. In Lancashire England an Anti Baby League forms urging government to take action to curb birth rates with penalties for overburdening society.
Des Moines reports Edgar Bailey once editor of Towan and printer in several Iowa towns narrowly escaped the gallows for murder in Kansas City. After a murder conviction, his father urged Governor Folk to commute. The governor granted a life sentence in Missouri state prison.
Davenport October 2. Charged with forging two instruments Garfield Beuthten brother of Arnold Beuthem formerly employed in the New Liberty banks was arrested here yesterday afternoon. A $70 check was cashed at a local bank with Paul Berndt’s name written on the back. Berndt says the endorsement is a forgery and Beutkein is charged with obtaining the money on the check.
In Des Moines Oct 21 Neil Matthews slayer of Roland Diggs and Walter Travis was found guilty of first degree murder with a life imprisonment recommendation. He showed no emotion at sentencing and will go to Fort Madison once final. appeal unlikely. The trial followed the Diggs home killings at Ninth and Park.
Mason City records note Robert Hamilton, master mechanic for the C. M. & St. P., died after being injured while crawling under a box car string in Minneapolis yards. He survived four days, aged 65. He previously served as foreman in Mason City and Sanborn. His sons Thomas and Edward work as engineers on the Sioux City and Des Moines divisions of the same railroad.
First snow of the season reached western Iowa with Rock Rapids noting forenoon snow. Des Moines reports the storm largely confined to the northwest as Davenport notes reopening gambling houses after grand jury session and no prosecutions expected. The piece ends with a quip about a popular hot weather drink paid by someone else.
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins rejected Oklahoma Territory’s request to extradite Frank Shercliffe alias Norman W Morris Kid McCoy on burglary charges. Evidence shows Morris was in Marshall County in June 1901, via affidavits from local citizens, indicating mistaken identity or absence from the territory at the time. Governor notes he cannot deem Morris a fugitive.
The lone Des Moines Yeomen convention dissolved after a row at 7:30 PM. The Koch faction reassembled at the Wellington hotel and elected forty delegates to the November national conclave in Colorado Springs pledged to William Koch. The Paul faction denounced yesterday’s convention as illegal and asserted February delegates were the official ones. Paul offered harmony if Koch would reciprocate.
In Cedar Rapids on October 21 the Odd Fellows' grand lodge funded $45,000 to rebuild Mason City's Orphans' Home. The plan includes a fireproof new structure, plus future plans for a separate home for the aged. Trustees report $28,000 insurance salvage, and work to begin immediately under $43,000 direct trustees authorization. A committee was named to study offers for the aged home to be placed south of the Northwestern railway main line.
Cedar Rapids reports two indictments against Rock Island Railway by the Lynn county grand jury. The rail line is accused of preferential compensation for shorter hauls versus longer routes and of failing to set proper passenger rates. The case stems from cut rate competition between routes including Iowa City and Town City.
In Des Moines Judge Mer Pherson declared Ben Parker bankrupt in federal district court. Creditors hold claims totaling about 316,000 with only 20 left to pay. The Ford Helm Brewing Company of Kansas City tops the list with a 4,000 claim. The report ends with a reflective line on hardship.
Tres Mones 1907 notes that the Drady contempt case from Polk county has been appealed to the United States Supreme Court. The decision centers on a judge fining a defendant for contempt outside the courtroom as the accused denied it, raising a constitutional issue about due process and trial rights. The article also surveys Iowa politics with hopes to place Samuel T. Kirkwood in the National Hall of Fame and discusses pension office turnover, a suicide in Southpark, and Iowa manufacturing profits in 1904, highlighting state wealth and production efficiency.
A charming widow educated with four postgraduate courses is noted. In Naples many churches have four cats attached to catch mice infesting ancient buildings. Mrs Kendall, a stage favorite, states that to be a good actress one must have the fairest of an angel the figure of a Greek statue the face of a goddess and the skin of a rhinoceros.
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