26 Jan 1905
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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
1
A sprawling Iowa wire service digest reports a rash of crimes and legal actions, including adultery charges, a mysterious murder inquiry in Leom, and a Cedar Rapids bank cashier’s confessions. It also notes an interurban railway franchise, multiple accidents near Manchester and Dubuque, and a planned wolf hunt near Nevada as communities confront violence, fire losses, and transportation disruptions.
The case Lobaugh vs Cook in Nevada tests the biennial state constitution amendment. Story county editor Will Payne backs the suit over a Richland township move to designate a new general election site and hold notices ten days before election. Des Moines reports politicians doubt it reaches district court soon.
Shenandoah reports that seven years of hog cholera investigations in Page and Fremont counties under Secretary Wilson have shifted. Biochemists find the causative agent is not the hog cholera bacillus but a finer unseen germ. Findings suggest a revolution in theory and control methods, with inspectors awaiting further developments.
W C Harvey and wife convicted in Carroll after a trial over the Glidden hotel fire that killed the Hobbs brothers. Jury verdict came after a defense motion for acquittal, with evidence showing removal of goods, travel to Dexter, and insurance on disputed claims amid public sympathy for the young couple. The Harveys, both under 23, had run the City hotel in Glidden prior to the blaze.
James Wheeler a farmer living three miles southeast of Indianola was found dead in his isolated home by neighbors after being missing for days. He was a Baptist church benefactor and had funded a scholarship to Des Moines College. Cause listed as heart disease. Other brief items report a fatal brewery roof fall in Dubuque and a jail arson arrest in Clinton with unclear details.
Official figures show 19 Iowa bank failures in 1904 with assets totaling 1,335,165 and liabilities of 1,936,814, a net loss near 690,000. The Des Moines Supreme Court granted rehearing in the manslaughter case of Albia marshal Thomas Smith, debated over sentencing and the status of the prisoner’s relative. The state prison census rose, with 7,990 inmates by early 1905, and the Marshalltown soldiers’ home added 43 members last month.
Mrs. P. Hackett of 400 Van Buren Street Brooklyn New York thanks Cuticura for curing her mother of a severe disfiguring ulcer once deemed incurable by physicians. She notes the skin is now smooth and clear after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills.
A London street scene shows a taxi driver in a rush to Washington and a hearse, with an odd quip about overtaking. Workmen uncover a vast nest of hundreds of hairpins on a Piccadilly bank front. A new eye theory links iris color to regional light exposure, noting blue eyes among Swedes Norwegians sailors and dark yellow hues among Kaffirs Malays Italians Spaniards.
Proved that rheumatism stems from kidney trouble as Dodd's Kidney Pills claim to cure the kidneys and thus the rheumatism. Maggie E. Deckert of Eagle River Wisconsin shares a detailed cure after nine boxes, saying all aches vanished and she now sleeps and eats well.
An unsigned testimonial from North Bend Nebraska reports strong emigration to Western Canada. It cites good crops in Edmonton District, high yields for oats and wheat, exceptional potatoes, mild autumn, upcoming early seeding, and announcements of transcontinental railway lines reaching Edmonton within five years.
At Perry on Sunday a defective flue caused a fire that razed the Wasson home, drawing villagers from churches to form a bucket line. Despite 1,000 feet of hose and brave effort, the loss climbs to about 7000 dollars as the fire spread before aid could reach the distant house. In Davenport, a report filed by Receiver H J McFarland details Dixon bank wrecking by Arnold Beuthien, with assets listed and several notes deemed doubtful. Des Moines offers a 200 dollar reward for information leading to the capture of L L DeLong, whose body was found and strychnine detected.
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