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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
2
A garbled OCR batch from Buffalo Center Tribune covers varied topics including naval battles, royal visits, Africa, American heroes, and social questions. It mixes speculative lines with disjointed notes on markets, politics, literature, and a stray reference to a Vienna jail sentence, offering a patchwork of early 20th century public discourse.
A chaotic Iowa wire reports Harry Gilbert escaping Pocalhan jail through the roof amid grand jury actions. Other items describe gambling crackdowns, saloon keeper tensions, a cat wedged in a wall, a Sioux City hold up, a bromide overdose death in Bloomfield, a crop dispute turning violent, and a Maquoketa fishing dynamite accident with fatalities.
A turbulent set of court actions and violent incidents marks a day in local news. Bert Branniek faces rape charges after alleged assault on an elderly woman. In a separate case Wr Pressherry is acquitted of murder, while a jealous fire leads to injuries at a coal mining camp. A man named Coleman commits suicide after drafting a farewell letter. Coal findings emerge in Monona county as a new company forms to explore prospects. Clinton witnesses the sale of a large packing house while poisoning scares threaten families in the county. Threshing cooperatives organize pricing first in the field as farmers coordinate to standardize wages and shares. An array of court notices, local crimes, and industrial news fills a volatile scene.
A head on collision east of Rhodes between a freight train and a work train kills eleven and injures thirty nine, with many laborers on board. The crash prompts doctors from nearby towns and descriptions call it the worst wreck in the division. Authorities report multiple fatalities and critical injuries, including crew members and relief workers, with several transported to Des Moines for treatment.
Amos Beardshear longtime president of Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanial Arts died after a month long illness. A native of Ohio with Swiss and Welsh ancestry, he led Western College in Toledo and Western before shaping Iowa State College into a national leader in agricultural education. He served as superintendent in West Des Moines and held church and teaching roles earlier in life. Beardshear married Josephine Mindietk and is survived by his wife with the campus and state mourning his loss. He died yesterday morning after his illness followed a nervous collapse during the National Teachers Association meeting in Minneapolis.
The Iowa State Fair features record cattle, horse, swine and sheep displays with a Hereford herd including a bull valued at 24,000 dollars entered for exhibition. Officials promise the largest live stock show yet with premium performances like Pompeii and notable drafts driving interest and attendance.
Notes from the capital reports Iowa veterans plan a national parade feature with corn from the state and a call for a large corn ear on each veteran’s shoulder. Governor Cummins attends cruiser Des Moines christening preparations at Quincy shipyards with influential city officials. Attorney General Mullan holds that Town banks and loan companies cannot lawfully establish branches. state and savings banks lack power to transact branches beyond statutory allowances. Also: preparations for patient transfers from Independence to Chookee and a potential christening date for the cruiser Bes Moines with Miss Frances West as sponsor. a fire injures Carrie Budhi in what appears to be a separate incident.
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