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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
6
The Iowa State extension department seeks 40 000 bugs by the first freeze for science education. Collectors gather all bugs to mount in sets for short courses and rural schools to teach which bugs are beneficial or harmful.
Logan Iowa July 25. After a meeting with more than 600 landowners along the Soldier river valley the Harrison county board of supervisors approved the drainage plan for a great ditch. The engineer estimates a cost of 100000 dollars or more and says about 39000 acres will be reclaimed. Four hundred landowners arrived by special train from the north and pressed for action.
Westfield Indiana July 25 Rev Eli Haskell Hurlbut aged 76 father of W D Hurlbut of the Soo Valley Enterprise died at his son's home and was buried at Riverside Akron. He was the first American Baptist missionary to pastor in Dakota first at Vermillion in 1871 later at Centerville and Akron with 59 years in ministry. Death caused by stomach cancer. his wife died about six years earlier.
Miss Minna Varner, a school teacher and daughter of T. J. Varner, was thrown from a horse while riding from a field. Dragged and kicked over the left eye, she was unconscious but showed a fair chance of recovery after prompt medical aid.
News from Carroll Iowa records the drowning deaths of Helen three years three months and Harriet twenty months daughters of Mr and Mrs Ellis Heath on a farm near North Coon river. The mother slept after tending the younger child then awoke to missing children. A search led to the river where both bodies were recovered by six o clock. Footprints indicated the current swept them away. The couple and neighbors grieved seeing their children vanish in a river accident.
Ira Danger of Owasa Harum county appeared before United States Commissioner John Stone in Fort Dodge Iowa charged with blackmail. He was bound over to the Cedar Rapids grand jury in September in $500 bond. Danger admitted writing letters to Thomas Barry of Hampton to extract 250 dollars to keep silent about Barry's father in law, 80, whom Danger claimed had alienated his wife.
Guardsmen from across Iowa vie for ten spots on the state rifle team for Camp Perry near Lake Erie, August 4 to 7. Last year’s five top shooters return, led by Captains Elwood Hird Glest and Lt Carlson, with 23 more contenders and detailed eligibility rules.
Weather during the past week was favorable for farm work and crop growth. Temperature was about normal in the west and slightly above in the east with abundant sunshine and below normal rainfall overall, though heavy locally in eastern and northern districts. Haying and harvesting progressed rapidly, with much hay secured in good condition. barley and early oats harvests completed in the south and advancing north. Threshing began in southeastern counties with light yields of wheat rye and oats. Severe local rain and wind storms damaged unharvested grain in the northeast and east central areas, risking late oats from rust. Corn advanced rapidly and is up to normal on uplands though overall crop condition is uneven. drought remains a concern in the southwest.
The Democratic state central committee nominated W. H. C. Jacques of Ottumwa for supreme judge to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge Charles A. Bishop in Waterloo during the state bar association convention after the nominating session. Des Moines, Iowa.
Frank Tamisea, an attorney from Missouri Valley, was nominated today as the Democratic candidate for judge of the district court in the Fifteenth Iowa judicial district.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on July 24 George Stanley aged eight fell through a skylight striking his head on a sink. A piece of skull about an inch long was removed and his brains replaced. He may live.
Des Moines July 24. Public Safety Superintendent J L Hamery, posing in disguise with goggles, cap, long coat and shaved moustache, inspected the jail and police station. Several employees were found inattentive and may lose their jobs.
Des Moines July 22 Attorney General Byers presses Carroll County Attorney Wissler to enforce the saloon laws taking injunction actions to close offending establishments. Wissler says two saloons shut last year and invites complaints, while Byers urges immediate injunctions under Section 2406 to curb law violations and prosecute open saloons on July 4 and Sundays.
Washington July 22 President Gompers Secretary Morrison and John Mitchell of the AFL executive council were cited to answer September 8 on contempt charges for violating a court injunction by continuing the boycott against Buck Stove and Range Company.
Fort Dodge Iowa July 22 L F Contell a Great Western station agent at Minden is named beneficiary of more than $10 000 from his uncle Louis Contell who died in Texas The estate includes railway order insurance land in Old Mexico and a reported gold mine in the west The uncle and nephew had searched for each other for years and the death was announced in the railway order journal.
In Des Moines Iowa on July 21 Mrs Whitcomb allegedly stole the key left by Mrs Kolski while entertained at the Whitcomb residence. She entered Kolski's home, took $145 the two year savings, locked the house, then returned and had tea with the guest.
Fort Dodge Iowa July 21 Father Coffin plans to repurpose Hope Hall from aiding ex convicts to aiding fallen women. He proposes to lease the property to the W C T U for exclusive use as a home for unfortunate women. The hall valued at fifteen thousand dollars remains under consideration by the union.
Agnes, 17 months old, child of Edward Boswell of St. Louis, died at a Waterloo Illinois camp today after eating match heads. The incident occurred while the family camped in the area.
Marshalltown Iowa July 21 Trustees elect F M Duckies of Pittsburg as new Y M C A secretary succeeding John A Goodell who becomes state financial secretary August 1.
The Rock Rapids Commercial club votes to let the city own a public park by purchasing a wooded island near downtown. About 75 members will guarantee the price and taxes will fund the rest to create a popular public meeting and recreation space.
The baby son of Mr and Mrs O B Weirson of Nevada Iowa climbed a 60 foot wind mill tower at play. His mother alerted his father who found him at the top but the child safely descended into his arms after a cautious approach.
The Onawa Iowa library project is let to W. J. Merton of Emerson Nebraska. The contract price is 15060 dollars excluding plumbing heating or decorations. Construction will begin this fall.
The Sac City Milling company in Sac City Iowa has shut down indefinitely after demands to lower the dam and cemetery association action. Built about 40 years ago and rebuilt 12 years ago the mill features the Barnard and Leas system. Machinery likely to be sold and the building may become a grain elevator.
Ida Grove July 21 Glenn Wallace is suffering severe blood poisoning in his left hand after scratching a small pimple three weeks ago. The infection has spread to his entire arm and becomes worse with time.
George Rehse, son of farmer Wm Rehse, was mowing near Ida Grove when a hedge branch struck his left eye. A fragment of hedge became lodged, inflaming the optic and causing the eye to be removed after he was taken to his brother's home for treatment.
Des Moines dispatch July 21 describes Miss Della Banton daughter of a Jersey City manufacturer dying at Creston after a tuberculosis cure venture. She raced with death on the trail and passed away with only her nurse in attendance while returning home.
Des Moines, July 20 R C Hall allegedly conspired with L W Akin to defraud Cecil Stewart of East Des Moines in a bogus land deal. Hall was arrested in Hot Springs S D and will be returned for trial alongside Akin and three others who opened a South Dakota land office last fall.
Eight cars of a Chicago Great Western freight train derailed while crossing a bridge over the North Skunk River between Melbourne and Baxter. The cars wrecked in the river bed and property loss is expected to be heavy. All trains are detoured via the Chicago & Northwestern line.
Sibley Iowa July 20 city authorities solved the future water supply by sinking a deep well to 300 feet. The source yields a bountiful supply in pure gravel and the water will be piped to all parts of the city.
In Hampton Iowa two 9 year old girls suffered serious injuries on farms eight and six miles from town Alma Pralle had both feet nearly cut off by a mower while Eleanor Carlson was caught by a spreader machine and injured her left arm hand and shoulder. Both children are recovering and no operations are planned.
Hopkinton Iowa July 206 Dr Reed announces a $10000 gift from C C Torrey Manchester Iowa to Lenox college endowment. The gift includes President Reed residence and 25 acres behind it plus a two story 11 room house near campus. Land fronts park area boosting endowment to about 756000.
St Louis July 20 Miss Lottie Mayer a determined swimmer completed a 26 mile crossing from Alton to St Louis in five hours and 18 minutes without rest or backstroke. The feat reportedly breaks the world record previously held by John C Meyers nine years earlier. Mayer swam with a current aided route while being followed by three club members in a skiff and repeatedly expressed she felt fine.
Des Moines July 20 Governor Cummins declines to name a supreme court judge to fill the Bishop's death vacancy. He says the fall election should decide and suggests reconvening the state convention to nominate. He would appoint a Republican nominee until the election.
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