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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
6
Charlies Ed. Chase sues A. I P. Condon F W Houghton and Hopkins in district court for 320,009 claiming an absorbent sponge was left in his abdomen after a June 1908 appendicitis operation. He seeks damages for time losses and medical care plus pain and mental distress. Houghton says he only gave anesthesia. Condon and Hopkins are Omaha surgeons.
Port Dodge Iowa October 10 Senator J P Dolliver received word from President Roosevelt that he is appointed a member of the waterways commission to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Allison's death. Oskaloosa La October 10 Herbert Chittenden a traveling medicine vendor has been indicted by the Mahaska county grand jury for selling drugs without a license and is out on $500 bond.
Des Moines Iowa October 10 Governor Cummins proclaims observance of the first Parents Day next Sunday. The event centers on addressing child temptations and laying a foundation for good citizenship. The Iowa Congress of Mothers meets October 11 with church groups urged to focus on childhood issues and parental duties.
Oskaloosa Iowa October 10 Fradwin Perry secretary and treasurer of the Iowa district announces his candidacy for secretary and treasurer of the international United Mine Workers of America.
Two Iowa school teachers Florence Warthen and Blanche Cottrell became the first women to register at ONeill Nebraska for the Rosebud land drawing. They paused their schools in Iowa to try for land and retirement from pedagogy, saying they faced a huge crowd with pushing and a line of men a mile long.
In Des Moines on October 16 the National League of Fourth Class Postmasters agreed to hold its next meeting in Syracuse. First Assistant Postmaster General Grandfield urged the adoption of postal savings banks and the parcels post.
John D. Rockefeller, returning to New York from a Cleveland summer stay, says he enjoyed the season and can do more work than 16 years ago. He declines to comment on the Archbold Foraker incident and says both Cleveland and New York are equally favorable for his personal and business ties.
Karl Nizert, a Negro, was convicted of attempted assault on Miss Lizzie Asen while she slept, after a tense struggle. The jury deliberated six minutes and the judge sentenced him to 20 years at Anamosa. Nize rt was linked to the Springfield riots.
In Des Moines a woman conceals her identity to avoid exposing a former life, yet she knows George Weems could be innocent of the Ridpath murder. She allegedly sheltered him in Davenport and aided a clandestine affair with a prominent local businessman, while Weems stood beside her during the fatal shooting.
Des Moines Oct meeting led by Charles C. Barry calls for removing politics from fourth class post offices and placing them under civil service rules to ensure impartial staffing.
Mrs. Hattie Bentley was struck by a freight engine two miles north of Plymouth while crossing the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul tracks in Mason City Iowa. The incident occurred in October and resulted in fatal injuries.
Sac City Iowa unites all churches for a major evangelistic revival led by M. H. Lyon. Meetings start Sunday October 11 and run in the Chau tauqua auditorium to awaken the community to the Christian cause.
John P. Kieffer longtime county surveyor and Waterloo postmaster under Cleveland died at age 60 in Waterloo Iowa. He was a Cornell graduate and well known in the community. His wife and two children survive him.
The Lagomar cino Grape Fruit company and other banana shippers sue Illinois Central and other railroads over August 27 1906 rate increases from Mobile and New Orleans to Iowa Missouri and Illinois points arguing long standing rates should be reinstated. They say Iowa rates rose while Illinois rates stayed, preventing higher banana prices despite dealer pressure from Kansas City.
Mabelle Gilman Corey and husband William Corey travel to their shooting lodge near Ironwood Michigan. In Chicago they stay in the Annex with William J. Bryan nearby. Mrs Corey dodges questions about a private theater and ownership of ties to Alice Longworth.
Sac City Iowa October term jurors drawn by Judge Z A Church for important cases including W H Pettis defaulting county treasurer and the Cress case. Eighty seven? eight jurors listed. most jurors are farmers.
Mrs Charlies Link and her mother Mrs Nettie Haley testified before the board of parole protesting Nate Rainsbarger’s pardon. Des Moines officials and relatives argued for and against the pardon with W W Willcox presenting the opposition and Senators Carney Morse representing the defense.
Waterloo Indiana reports teachers at Winthrop public schools halted work before last week over the reinstated upper grade recess. The board cites missing instructors and a lack of a principal while teachers blame room facilities. anticipated resignations were noted for October 2. Principal H K Lockwood from Cornell led the effort, with four grade teachers, two of whom live in Winthrop.
Marshalltown Iowa October 7 John D Perry of Newton secures a decree annulling his marriage to Caroline Perry after discovering she had six husbands. He says she used secret service worker roles to visit husbands claiming covert government duties. Perry traced her to Des Moines where he met a Canadian man also seeking Caroline.
Louis R. Hough, a Des Moines commission man, was discharged as a bankrupt by Judge McPherson absolving him of $108,000 owed to farmers from whom he bought hogs. Some farmers reportedly attempted to shoot him during the bankruptcy hearing.
Storm Lake Iowa October 7 Elizabeth Sohm Morcombe retiring publisher of the Buena Vista Vidette publishes her valedictory. She notes her new marriage and her affection for past newspaper battles while acknowledging regrets and saying life has drawbacks that sharpen character.
Fred Russell chairman of the state pharmacy board writes from Billings Montana to his wife in Rockwell City saying he will never return. He hints he is with a woman linked to his Des Moines cafe affair. Carrie Fellinger, a former Savery employee and Russell associate, is also missing.
Oskaloosa Iowa October 7 Afraid of a bank failure W P Broderick of Eddyville hid his money at home. His fear cost him 892 dollars last night the thief made good his escape and there is no clue
Mrs Flora Avery of Spearfish South Dakota arrives in New York after 18 years seeking her daughter Myrtle now aged 15 in a Catholic home at West Chester. She learned of the daughter's location through her former husband who confessed in jail. The reunion follows a long separation caused by desertion and elopement.
Mrs. Chas. Lindsay, widowed after burying Charles Lindsay in Chicago, married A. D. Hampton five years ago. Lindsay returned last week, the Hampton marriage was annulled, a divorcee was granted, and the couple remarried today in Oskaloosa Iowa.
Fred Evans, a Bedford resident, was released under habeas corpus after Governor Cummins initially refused then granted Colorado’s requisition for extradition. Evans had been detained on the claim of fugitive status from Colorado, but a judge ruled the information insufficient to charge a Colorado crime. The Colorado sheriff returned home as Evans’ release followed. Ledford, Ia. Oct.
Ottumwa Iowa October 6 A man identified as Cr G Morgan traveling for a Chicago firm followed Mrs Frank G Clark wife of U S Marshal Clark on a downtown corner and flirted with her. Patrolman Levi Nash arrested him after she reported the incident.
Weather destroyed 200 bushels of ripe tomatoes at Muscatine on October 6, causing a $10,009 loss to the H. J. Henny Pur Food Product company. The tomatoes had been frozen and were being harvested when sun exposure collapsed the yield.
Fire swept the town of Webster City Iowa as the Northwestern depot and a nearby barn burned to the ground. A large amount of freight trunks and tickets were destroyed and the origin of the blaze was unknown. The department fought the flames amid a strong south wind with potential wider damage averted. Loss estimated at $5,000.
Police hunt a manacled prisoner believed to be Frank Shercliffe after he crawled from a Northwest box car into Illinois Central yards in Council Bluffs Iowa His escape from Canon City Colorado where he served a 26 year murder sentence is under investigation and authorities fear he may flee the area.
Alma Glazier aged 20 of Waverly died from burns received when her dress caught fire from burning rags in her house. She ran to the yard but neighbors could not extinguish the flames. She leaves a husband and a year old baby.
Des Moines is the scene as C O Holly a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Seventh district releases a letter from Samuel Gompers attacking Hull for anti labor stance and for use of military forces during the miners strike in Colorado.
Des Moines Iowa October 6 1910 B J Winburn and E A Small of the Outing Magazine staff were arrested with a crowd of vagrants suspected in the Slater post office robbery. They spent the night in custody before identifying themselves and were released. They are traveling from Wisconsin to Dallas collecting material for nine stars.
Isaac Kerkvik, 22, son of John Kerkvik of Rock Valley Iowa, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon on a farm near Perkins when he was caught in the feeder belt of his father’s threshing machine. It is believed he climbed onto the separator to remove bearings and was thrown to the ground, receiving fatal neck and skull injuries.
Samuel Bute of Stanhope, a former farm hand and rural mail carrier, wins a court decision sustaining his long claim against the Wells estate. The Wells holdings grew to nearly a million dollars, with Bute seeking the value of 40 years of supposed compensation under a contract, after Wells’ death revealed the dispute.
At Hampton Iowa a Republican convention nominated C E Allbrook of Eldora Hardin county to succeed Judge Evans. Other candidates were C F Peterson Clarion Wright county and A N Boeye Webster City Hamilton county. After 12 ballots Story county shifted to Allbrook and the nomination became unanimous.
Fort Dodge Iowa October 5 Mrs Martha G Haskell mails a ten thousand dollar check to Grinnell College for its endowment fund. She is a pioneer Congregationalist and mother of Mrs Oleson a noted charity worker in the city.
Iowa City Oct 6 Geo W Ulich 52 a Johnson county pioneer and prominent banker hanged himself in his Solon barn last night His son Joseph returning from a wedding trip found him dead Police indicate he was possibly insane.
Conductor Free L. Paine, a leading Northwestern railroad figure for decades, is pensioned today. Paine commanded the train Kate Shelly helped save during the 1883 Boone flood, marking a historic career milestone.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on October 6 George Atkins returned to his room at the New Sharon coal mine to investigate a fuse that failed to work. An explosion followed and he sustained nearly every bone in his body broken. He is alive but not expected to survive.
Des Moines officials report Fred Russell, Rockwell City, chair of the state board, was last seen in Sioux City two weeks ago by J A Sammis and Fred Watkins. Rumors at the state capitol link his disappearance to his wife’s visit and an alleged encounter with a Des Moines woman in an outlying cafe.
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