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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
5
A violent June storm drenched Prairie du Chien and McGregor Ia with 42 inches of rain in 27 minutes, hail nearly 14 inches, high winds, and floodwaters. Buildings collapsed, stores flooded, horses drowned, and railroad service disrupted for days.
A severe hail and rain storm swept southern and southwestern Minnesota causing about one million dollars in damage to crops and livestock. One death reported Carl Gramenza struck by lightning near Brown County. Towns hit include Canby Cottonwood and Waseca with widespread structural and utility damage across Brown Redwood Blue Earth and Mower counties.
Henry W. Fortwenger a coach repairer for the Omaha railway was killed when a storm drove him into an abandoned shanty at Shady Oak Lake. A heavy beam crushed him. he died within an hour. At Lake Minnetonka the Puritan steamer with twenty passengers went ashore but all escaped unharmed. Plate glass windows of many stores shattered.
Washington June 23 The Democratic congressional committee will publish July 1 a campaign book clustering entirely of extracts from Speeches made in congress. A book containing other campaign matter will be issued later. The committee will open headquarters in Chicago Aug. 1.
A big touring car carrying five people tried to pass during a race and struck a third auto near Hemstead Nassau County. J. X. Aroseming of New Rochelle died at Nassau hospital. two others were injured, including jockeys the Dugan brothers, with Eddie among the injured.
Paris reports Madame Anna Gould and Prince HelIe de Sagan left for England to wed there and not return to France until after the ceremony. George Gould remains in Paris with his family amid wedding preparations. A separate dispatch from Detroit notes a fierce Michigan storm caused widespread fruit tree and crop damage in Benton Harbor and surrounding areas.
Twelve deaths by drowning were recorded in New York and nearby areas in twenty four hours. The Brooklyn Hagel will halt the nomination of William J. Bryan for president, per an official announcement. Governor Swanson of Virginia has accepted Bryan’s invitation to second the nomination at the Denver convention, with Swanson as delegate at large. Frederick S. Immel, former Columbus Ohio city official, was sentenced to four years in prison and a 1000 dollar fine for bribery involving the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company.
Wheat and flax prices listed for June 22 across Minneapolis, Duluth, and St Paul markets. Includes bids for No. 1 hard and Northern wheat, July and Sept futures, and flax values, with cattle hog and sheep quotes from St Paul and Chicago markets.
Grain and provisions data from Chicago show June and July wheat and corn figures with mixed forward quotes and December contracts. Pork prices listed, plus dairy and poultry notes with sparse values and regional references.
Horace and Harvey Waters, twin sons of Mr and Mrs J M Waters of Clarinda Iowa, were murdered in Alaska about two months ago according to relatives They ran a store in British Columbia then prospected up Lyncite river They were seen by Indians and one body was found at Tongaislang while the other is missing but provisions remained untouched indicating further death suppositions
A severe electrical storm in Mason City struck four houses and a streetcar, injuring two men and stunning family members in two homes. W. J. Hudson and J. W. Maddy homes suffered heavy damage, along with George F. Van Note and the Marsh and Noble residences. A tree bolt knocked down Frank Craven and his wife as they walked. The streetcar involved carried passengers amid fire and a loud crash.
A cyclone struck the eastern outskirts of Sioux City causing extensive damage. Two houses were demolished and several barns destroyed. Mrs. Mattie B. Howe and two others were injured in Greenville near a ravine, while Fred Qemarenville’s home at Morningside was blown fifty feet. Three bridges were blown from their abutments and crops along the path were destroyed.
Orville Whitford, angered by Edith Matthews refusal to marry him, fired two shots at her on a Sioux City back patch and then killed himself at his Craig Wright residence. The two knew each other in Fremont Nebraska and had visited Riverside Park where he proposed before she declined.
Donnell of Des Moines a campaign emblem manufacturer was crushed between two Dearborn Street streetcars near Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. He suffered arm injuries and possible internal trauma. Fred Geinks aged 72 died by hanging at a Sioux City shop amid family troubles and work fatigue. Central Iowa farmers traveled to Ames to hear Iowa State College agriculture department explain corn experiments.
Montana man Nordahl was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Mrs. Bertha Schlouter and her four children at their Mussel Shell valley home on Jan 17. The fire that followed destroyed the house, and evidence tied Nordahl to the crime.
A woman refuses to pay a $50 dress bill claiming poor fit. The dressmaker explains two shops, Putney and Manchester Street, with pricing varying by location. Other items note a woman’s suicide, a father accused of shooting his son, a university anniversary, and Edna Batten’s burns from an alcohol lamp incident.
The Town Populists in Des Moines endorsed Governor A B Cummins. They praise his 2 cent fare reforms and call for statewide support. State ticket nominees include D Cowles Davis county as governor and Stephen Harvin Altoona as lieutenant governor plus J N Martin Griswold secretary of state among others.
Sheriff Hutson at Marshalltown stopped an attempted jail delivery involving T. M. Gerbrick of Michigan City Indiana and Fred Tupper of Hardland Wisconsin. Inspecting the corridor second floor window, they found the screen opened and a section of wooden casing cut away with crudely made saws fashioned from steel strips from cot frames.
Frank Parker of Denver formerly Grime failed kidnap attempt on his five year old daughter. George Young, former business partner, shot Parker at the scene near Kellogg Indiana. Parker died hours later. Young arrested and jailed in Newton.
A terse exchange unfolds as a guest questions the bed’s condition. The landlord defends the situation, noting the bed has clearly been slept in and implying standard use. The dialogue hints at a dispute over cleanliness and occupancy.
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