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Newspaper
Des Moines Daily Leader
Location
Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1902
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered words about tin, iron, car, and quotes, with no coherent report or named entities to anchor a full news item. No identifiable people, places, dates, or organizations emerge from the legible content.
A garbled report describes a man linked to Mrs Nichels in a murder plot involving morphine and a knife, with references to a fifteen year penalty and a related embezzlement case. The piece also mentions other legal notices and officials across multiple locations.
A readability of a vintage ad advises a light summer diet to feel cooler and healthier. It promotes Grane-Nuts and cream with fruit and soft boiled eggs as breakfast, noting Grape-Nuts is a pre-digested, digestible option that reduces cooking heat. The copy claims ten days of this regimen will boost energy and tame summer fatigue.
An aged Bible lost at Fredericksburg in December 1862 surfaces in a modern chain of custody linking Charles Watson of the 118th Pennsylvania to a Ridge Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, a gift from a pastor, and a return by D. M. Birdseye of Aberdeen after a long war journey to Appomattox. The tale intertwines with Chancellorsville, a hospital stay, and a reunion of memories.
Berlin reports King Albert of Saxony remains gravely ill as weeks pass, with cabinet members in Dresden expressing no hope for recovery while his condition grows weaker. Rev John Spurgeon Rondon dies at South Norwood aged 103, father of famed preacher family. Transport Meade accident in San Francisco injures five, including oiler George Lebrow likely fatally.
The city notes a morning sermon by Rev. Otis D. Crawford at Pilgrim Congregational Church and rain storms with high winds forecast for Des Moines. Local construction includes a 2 story frame house on Arlington Avenue and a $15,000 project by C. E. Eastman. bankruptcy hearings, fire code checks, and upcoming Fourth of July plans at Chautauqua Park feature in civic life.
A promotional notice from National Life Insurance Co of Vermont invites Des Moines residents to buy insurance and annuities. It emphasizes safety and profitability, lists PB. P. Dart as state agent in Crocker Building, Des Moines, and urges obtaining annuity rates before purchasing.
Governor Francis, president of the Oumiana Purchase exposition, will be secured as the commencement day orator. An early idea of Mark Twain delivering the address faded when he went east, and Governor Van Sant of Minnesota could not come. The list of local events includes dances, church programs, meetings, and a call for gifts to a pioneer Oklahoma minister, with eight family members and a plea for clothing and shoes.
During the just-ended school year Mr. Van Ginkel at the academy received the highest honors in a majority of his course studies and will return in the fall to complete his work. Miss Smythe of Younker Bros is ready with skilled seamstresses to make summer dresses shirt waists and shirt waist suits at moderate prices and invites orders.
The twenty fifth anniversary of the First Unitarian church includes burning the church mortgage. The final $32,000 debt is raised. Monday evening June 16 features a program with history of the church, greetings from former ministers and messages from Rev Ida C Hutin Rev Leon a Safford and others. Performances include solos by Florence Kidd J De Witt Murphy Grace Jones and Rose Reichard with greetings from Sioux City Perry and other churches.
The body of Clarence Foster missing since Monday night was found in Shinnecock Bay with signs of violence suggesting murder. Miss Sarah Lawrence, last seen with Foster, was later found nearby. Coroner takes charge and investigates. Foster and Lawrence had been staying with relatives at Good Ground, with a third young man seen with them before he vanished.
In Eldorado Kansas on June 14 Judge Aikman presiding over the Jessie Morrison murder trial issued a contempt of court warrant for W H Cady editor of a local newspaper. Cady had criticized the judge overruling a motion for change of venue.
E. E. Gilbert of St. Louis committed suicide on a Chicago and Alton passenger train near Spragfeld Alabama on June 14. He had traveled to Chicago for physical culture instruction and was returning to St. Louis when he killed himself. The train was just pasting
In Thayer Gilbert dies almost instantly when a shooting occurs in a crowded coach near Virder. An inquest will determine the cause as health signs point to self-inflicted harm. Former Congressman General John T. Rinacker from Carlinville sat nearby as the shock rattled the travelers.
Ingersoll Park faces pressure from downtown bowling alleys threatening Sunday openings. The ministerial association plans continued investigation with Chief Brackett and City Solicitor Bremner to inspect the park. Proponents urge equal closing across venues, while vaudeville acts and جذب other shows are advertised for the coming week.
Berlin reports Felix Baumann’s pamphlet In Darkest United States circulating broadly. It portrays New York Chicago New Orleans and San Francisco as morally corrupt with lynchings police bribery and biased justice. The work warns Germans especially women against emigration to the United States. The black cover and Stars and Stripes image stand out on newsstands.
Police arrested two African American men on South Fourth Street and the East Side, aided by Clay Lewis in plain clothes. Afterward a man, unnamed by officers, was robbed at Twelfth and High by two Black men, losing $4, a gold watch, and a ring.
The Women's Exchange run by Miss Barrowman at Durand grocery 412 Seventh street will relocate to Green Candy store 516 Walamt street. It will operate on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays and will offer both telephones at the new location.
Detective Norman W. King was arraigned on an indictment charging theft of a diamond obtained from a thief and not returned to the rightful owners. The indictment also alleges he shielded the thief from prosecution and he posted a $5,000 bond. The grand jury continues its inquiry into police corruption.
Born to Daniel Ernst and wife at 118 Seventh street a son. Mecaniff to Mr and Mrs at 19 Cottage Grove avenue a nine pound girl. Died at 35 East Second street after illness Mrs Sina Deliwen aged 29, survived by husband and two children, funeral later. Strickland aged 74 at 532 Des Marines street. Funeral 2:30 pm from Castle Memorial Brethren church with Rev. J Nine officiating.
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