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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
4
Fort Dodge proclaims a new state leading flowing well tapping water from 1 830 feet depth at 272 gallons per minute. Charles Gustafson a Boone switchman was fatally crushed between two freight cars last Wednesday while attempting to pass between them.
Clinton reports 200 workers including five pile driving crews on the Chicago and Northwestern three track bridge over the Mississippi at this place. Webster City notes Lieut. Frank J. Lund of the I N G scored six bullseyes and four fours at 500 yards for a 46 of 50. At the fair Harve Basley and two fakirs clashed. mayor Hyatt fined gamblers 24.55 and Basley 4.85.
While placing corn cobs in a cook stove, Mrs. W. S. Keyser’s apron ignited. She rushed outside as wind fanned the flames and died a few hours later from severe burns before anyone could help.
While switching in the yards at West Liberty a brakeman Percy Howell from Newton Iowa slipped and fell beside the rails. An empty box car passed over his foot, injuring it badly. He was taken to the Iowa City hospital for treatment. doctors expect to save the foot. In Riceville Rev A K Lewis, Baptist minister and benefactor, laid cement walks around the meeting house and parsonage.
J. H. Wooley of Detroit Michigan was arrested in Iowa City after forging and cashing checks signed with contractor William Harrabin. The forged checks were passed at several groceries and saloons.
Neal McKean, aged citizen, walking with his wife after church, was hit by a freight engine cylinder in the railroad yards and suffered a fracture of the right leg above the knee.
A fire last Friday ruined the C. B. and Q. roundhouse in Oskaloosa. The building and two large freight engines inside were completely burned. Investigators suspect arson and estimate the total loss at about 25,000 dollars.
Sioux City reports the death of 36 year old Robert Hutchison nephew of Judge Hutchi son of the district court bench. Found in his room at 513 North Street from gas asphyxiation. Suicide theory not believed. gas likely turned on by accident.
Mrs H Irwin Barron files a damages suit against the Rock Island company for 30000 citing the loss of her husband in the Norris Siding wreck. Several other claims have been settled by the road's attorneys, but this case is expected to go to court.
John Foes a tank washer at the Northwestern roundhouse was killed when crushed by a grain car while reaching under to gather shelled corn for his chickens at noon. This marked the third fatal accident in the railroad yards that week.
Sylvester Petrie and Robert Yonker of Mountour died when their wagon was struck by a Chicago Great Western train about three miles east of the city. The curve was obstructed by trees and embankments, preventing sight of the train. both men died instantly. In Union, Mr and Mrs C S Carothers, preparing to move to Marshalltown, had their loaded chartered car broken into by about forty or fifty people who added a golden oak cabinet bookcase to the furniture load.
Van Chamberlain arrives home after an extended stay in Cat. He owns land to British possessions. Dr. L M Hurt leaves for Michigan to begin work in veterinary department. Mrs Hurt will not go for six weeks.
John Diepenbrock a German farmer living near Rockwell City was thrown from a wagon in a runaway last Friday and fatally injured. He is an old resident of the area. In Oskaloosa E Endahl tried to have a tailor arrested for assault with intent to kill after a chase around a shop sparked by slanderous remarks about Ruth’s wife. A hearing is set for next week.
Owen McGovern aged seventy died at his Boone home after forty years in coal mines with only twenty days missed. He worked under stipulated wages and endured a long life of underground labor.
North English reports Bob Markwell escaped serious injury when a .22 round from a hilltop struck his forehead in front of a gas plant. The hit caused a small scalp fracture, blamed on a careless shooter and a poor mark. In Scranton a buggy accident damaged a horse and wrecked a buggy near the west railroad crossing.
Washington reports a Rock Island rail worker Al Pennett with a crushed foot after riding bumpers. amputation likely. Clear Lake notes Charles Seegar lost a finger in threshing machine injury and hand infection threatens further loss. Dubuque reveals Dutch Myers, Pawnee Bill Wild West star who lost a foot after a train accident, is son of a wealthy New York banker who believed him dead until a recent letter.
Arthur Stenhagen brutalized John Bisdorf with a large club then hid in an open sewer in the town’s west part. Chief of Police Sweitzer tracked him down and arrested him. This marks Sweitzer’s second notable capture, previously using a shovel to free a prisoner hiding under a house.
William Parmalee, an elderly resident in Goldfield, was leading a calf to water when the animal began to run about. His rope entangled his legs and he fell, dislocating his hip. Given his age, doctors fear a very slow recovery.
The 18 month old son of William Curtis wandered to the Burlington crossing where he was struck and killed by a freight train. The brakeman found the body wrapped in a blanket as his mother searched for him.
In Fishville Harve England of Oska loa sa recovers his lost driving horse after Hayes rented it and vanished. John Lacey later claimed he traded a blind horse for the rig and paid a dollar, with England reclaiming the outfit and Lacey left without the boot or the horse. A separate note reports a painful accident when James Wallace and his sister Edith collided while playing, injuring a tooth needing surgical removal.
In Mason City two accidents this week caused serious injuries. Fred Walker, cement works employee, suffered a fractured skull when a bolt flew and struck him as he operated an air hammer. Frank Walsh, a prominent farmer, mangled his left hand in manure spreader gearing the same day.
In Oskaloosa Earl Hutton paid ten dollars plus costs in Justice Bac on's court for acting as peacemaker. He tried to reconcile two neighbor boys whose quarrel escalated when Sault hurled a brick at him. Hutton then struck Sault with a lump of coal and ended the incident.
Ross Hendricks of Webster City died after taking fifty grains of strychnine in a city meat market last Monday. He had met Miss Martha Quindal of Estherville, a twenty seven year old buxom blonde, four days earlier and sought marriage which she refused. Hendricks, a former circus man, had been married twice before.
State Center resident C. C. Carter was found dead on the right of way of the Chicago & Northwestern railway Thursday morning at three. Discovered by engine crew on number 1, he had been by the roadside for some time after a trip to Marshalltown the night before. Authorities suspect he alighted from a freight and was struck on the opposite track by number 6. the body was not mangled. He leaves a wife and one child.
In Dallas Center, Will Schroeder and his bride evaded a planned kidnapping prank by slipping upstairs during the celebration and leaving via a prearranged ladder to a waiting car. Days later they returned to surprise friends with the joke, calling it a successful turnabout.
Ames loses two leading musicians Prof Klima and Claudius Miller to open a new music studio in Boone above Elliot Pharmacy on Eighth St. Klima, formerly with Clark Conservatory, studied violin abroad in the same studio Kubelick trained in. Miller is a renowned voice and piano teacher who has spent years in advanced study. The project is expected to succeed.
The Western Passenger association may drop the Harvest Home Festival but will keep the winter short course during Christmas vacation. Prof M L Bowman of the farm crops department and Iowa Corn Growers Association secretary is collecting prizes daily for contest winners. Prizes include gasoline engines plows drills planters cultivators fanning mills and other common farm items, placed for display in the farm engineering department until the short course.
A restored doorway and transformed interior give the Campbell studio a new, restful look. Green autumn hues adorn walls hung with sepias while two fresh coats of paint refresh the operating room area, a surprise improvement by photographer Campbell for the public and his wife’s return.
A sale offers a few choice fancy rams from St. Louis prize winners. Seller George Copestatke lists R. R. 4 as contact, with a date range or listing code 20-31 for inquiries.
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