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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
7
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Iowa breeders gaining a new class at the Des Moines state fair opening August 19. The beef breeds class is Iowa owned, prizes six per class, with wider competition allowed and a brick pavilion and improved facilities enhancing the exhibition.
Hampton ends beer selling by blind pigs after licenses held by about 20 parties. For years 3 to 10 feet joints operated openly. arrests and fines occurred in the last six months and the mayor warned repeated violators. A building owner evicted a tenant he believed sold liquor rather than risk rent.
Martha E. Evans sues Mr. and Mrs. F. Watts alleging defrauding her of 1000 dollars in a Eureka bakery sale at 922 Center Street. She says she purchased at 1100 dollars based on their false value and was blocked from a third party survey before paying and receiving a receipt.
Severe wind and rain collapsed a large tent on the Chau tauqua grounds in Iowa Falls. The audience was buried under canvas but all escaped unharmed though soaked. Rev. Frank G. Smith of Chicago was speaking when the gust hit and helped rescue those trapped as parasols and pockets were lost. The tent sustained damage but will reopen for Woman's Day.
A ten year lease is signed with J M Harlan president of the First National Bank of Indianola for a new post office building at the southeast square corner. The two story 48 by 100 foot structure will cost 20000 dollars with upper offices and new fixtures. Main floor space for general delivery will occupy 40 feet square. site clearing has begun and the building should be completed by December 12.
Leslie M. Shaw secretary of the treasury on a Iowa farm tour encounters a trench digger wearing worn clothes. Shaw offers an old suit of clothes at noon to improve the man’s appearance, but the digger jokes that Shaw’s clothes are worse and better fit for the rag bag.
Farmers in Hampton face a seasonal shortage of labor during haying and grain harvest. They actively seek extra workers, offering high wages, while professional men receive frequent calls to supply one to five men. Unemployed laborers are scarce, leaving farmers to rely on their current crews.
David Losh of the Des Moines Fire Department sues the city for 1667.50 in back pay alleging employment since September 1902 with a supposed $72 monthly wage. He seeks recovery through a district court trial for unpaid wages.
John Harms once jailed for forgery traveled Northwestern Iowa as a German preacher after his release. He issued bogus checks across Franklin Hancock counties, fled from officers, was captured in Hampton, and now remains imprisoned awaiting his next term. He plans to pursue ministry post release.
A heavy rain and wind storm across Franklin and Butler counties laid oats flat and ruined most ripe crops. A large oat field was written off as worth less than five cents per acre, with less damaged crops further from Hampton. Hay supplies will also be spoiled by the rainfall.
The Atlantic Express bound for Chicago on the Chicago & Northwestern struck an open switch near Stanwood. Engine and four cars left the track. Engineer Jerome A. Wells and fireman E. H. Carter were killed. Injured include Thomas King of Chicago fatally, Alice Fager of Wauseon, W. E. Baird of Dewitt seriously, and W. W. McAllister of Clinton seriously. The power house was wrecked and the operator slightly injured.
R E Mosley of Lake City a prominent banker land owner and Democratic politician was committed to a Cherokee hospital for insanity after attending the St Louis convention. He lost a place on the Iowa delegation due to his ardent Parker support and went to the convention to aid Parker’s New York candidacy.
Sam Baldwin of Cedar Rapids, enraged after a quarrel with his wife over a picture of a dead daughter, attacked with fists and a razor, slitting her throat from ear to ear. He then cut his own throat and died on the lawn before hospital arrival.
Walter Bloom, a 17 year old Muscatine boy, confessed to writing blackmail letters to P. M. Musser, a wealthy lumberman, demanding $1,000. The letters threatened to kill Musser, a threat Bloom said he planned to execute. This marks a second similar attempt on Musser.
Reports from Iowa detail a violent scene of calamities and legal actions. Land swindle claims seek 6000 in damages in Hampton. Conrad Schmall killed by lightning near Hartley. Lars Severide crushed by a binder near Story City. Henry C Spencer and Clarke H Spencer drown in Arbor Lake. Toliff Anderson shoots wife then himself in Linn Grove. Crawford county institute opens August 8 at Denison with a strong teaching corps. Shooting galleries declared a nuisance by Lake City officials. Fred C. Robinson elected Elks grand exalted secretary by a slim margin. Buffalo named next reunion site. Ellingston plans to move family to Zion but keeps Iowa property.
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