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Newspaper
Enterprise
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1893
Page
3
Reports show a varied week with tributes to Rev. B. F. Snook now stationed in Town Falls and the Des Moines duties ending. A derailment delayed No. 21 until the wrecking crew cleared the tracks. Postmaster Buttolph plans to maintain current offices while local officials address tax and civic matters.
May Clancy starts school in Schmedeke District next Monday. Retta Smith stays with J A Bales at Eldora. She visited Hubbard over Sunday. T C Sime reports success selling his patent wall dril with six orders in six weeks. Mable Strothers arrives from Iowa Falls to lead Dean district school this week. Frank E Ormsby and Jennie Breed wed at Martella Iowa on Thursday Nov 6. They plan to live over Swallums Drug Store. Haven Stillwell returns from Spirit Lake and notes incendiary fires harming threshing machines, with eleven burned that season.
The Union community held a successful Sunday School Convention at the M E church with Prof Woodward of Eldora delivering the evening address. News arrived Monday of Mrs Ernest Parka nee Cundiff death formerly of Union now Kansas, funeral held Wednesday at the M E church. Mrs Rachel Rash, wife of Louis Rash, died Monday at age fifty eight leaving twelve children and a large family.
A survey of Alden and Hardin County events reports indictments for liquor sales, a criminal case involving a girl, and a deputy sheriff’s tally. It notes anniversaries, church ceremonies, revival meetings led by Evangelist W Merrill, and mutual assault case resolutions. Also mentioned are local hospitality efforts, hotel dining, and residents hunting polecats and muskrats.
Hawkins Taylor, a key early Iowa figure and former Keokuk mayor, dies in Washington D C after a life that shaped the state from frontier town to civilizing influence. Born in Kentucky, he helped drive the Mormons from Nauvoo, served in the 1836 territorial legislature, and was active in national politics and journalism. He watched Iowa grow from prairie to a developed state, leaving a legacy of integrity and public service.
Wm Stacy was arrested in Fort Dodge on a larceny complaint after selling a ditcher with a battle mortgage and taking possession to bring it to Iowa Falls. The ropes tied to the machine, not covered by the mortgage, were found by Mr Brucy and prepared for shipment to rightful owners. A Webster county deputy arrested Stacy, but he was quickly discharged after examination.
A garbled local note discusses liquor application blanks and printing methods, urging full itemization of drink types while criticizing a school campaign and a clergyman collecting a debt. The remainder resembles a rambling allegorical card game with references to luck, suits, and eventual death, ending with a biblical angelic summons.
A Sunday evening fight two miles south of Ackley involving Aaron Peterson Sam Martin John Trumbauer the Marshall boys and Gus Stettin left Stettin with a severe head wound and neck artery injury. Stettin was treated by Dr O'Brien with stitches from a knife and beer-bottle fragments. Peterson, the alleged principal assailant, was bound over to answer by the grand jury. other arrests expected.
The article recounts the 1877 murder of Anna Weise in Grundy County I Iowa, parallels to German girl Wepka Martin, near Viernd Township. Wilber Glynden, accused after evidence including bloodstains and flesh under nails, was tried across Grundy Hardin Story counties, found guilty, and sentenced to life at Ft Madison, with appeals failing. H L Huff assisted prosecution.
Nov 10. A southbound passenger train collided with a northbound freight on the Hocking Valley line, one and a half miles north of Rising Run. The crash killed four men outright and injured several passengers. crews responded rapidly. The wreck disrupted service and prompted a heavy police and railway response. The reports mention engineer L. Jones and fireman A. Mercer among those involved, with officials at headquarters coordinating recovery and investigation. The incident follows another tragedy in Katens, Kansas, where Barnard, age 8, his daughter 38, and a third person were killed in a separate event. Thanksgiving services scheduled at Universalist church in Beusitor, with Rev. Washburn delivering the sermon.
Hood s Sarsapayilla boasts a peculiar blend of sarsaparilla dock juniper berries and other remedies. The advertisement claims remarkable cures where other preparations fail, presenting Hood s Sarsa Parris Curative powers as superior to competing products.
Hoon s Pines cure biliousness Dr Wm J Whitney nephew of 8 E Whitney resigns the superintendency of the Soldier s orphans home at Davenport J H Lukens of Muscatine is appointed in his place Whitney may move to Chicago to complete medical studies or to Oregon where he has landed interest
Notices invite all to hear Evangelists Buchanan and wife of Moody Institute Chicago at the Sidora Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning and evening. Also promoted are De Witt’s Little Early Risers for health and digestion, with local endorsements and jokes about news reports and Alden Times court news praises.
The Iowa Falls Citizen details a Wright County rally boosting local democracy led by Gus Luettswager of Buckeye Township. It features medical ads for Witts Witch Hazel Salve and Leggs Cherry Cough Syrup, plus notes on jail candidates, attendance figures, and community happenings in Ellsworth Drug Co.
The Congregations church in Buckeye township was dedicated on Sunday with Rev. T. C. Douglass of Grinnell delivering the delicatory sermon. Local items note illness and deaths, burglaries, dental products, Australian ballot voting results, and community business including a planned cemetery near Elders.
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