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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
1
The Iowa supreme court ruled that peace officers may arrest only when a public offense has occurred and the officer has reasonable ground. The Hubbard case concerned a town marshal who arrested Snyder for drunkenness without a charge or timely offense, and the court condemned arrests based on suspicion without warrants.
Three Ottumwa school children Willie Wilkinson John Cowan and Miss Bessie Elerick were rewarded for rescuing two boys William Woodrow and Walter Snodgrass from a deep pond on Benton street May 28. Wilkinson swam to the swimmers while Cowan guided them to shore and Miss Elerick tended them. The Woodrow parents hosted a gathering where jewelry awards were presented.
Senator J P Dolliver argued against socialists and anarchists at Morningside college in Sioux City Iowa on June 14 claiming the poor man has a better chance for fame and success than the rich and that social reformers threaten our institutions. He said anarchists should be left to the board of health and rejected the socialist view that government must own production tools.
Archbishop Keane suffered a severe heart attack while addressing a Catholic Total Abstinence meeting in Charles City. He later rallied, yet another seizure at dinner required assistance to his room. Doctors warned against public speaking. his condition worsened after returning to Dubuque.
The note mentions someone who will spend the summer at a renowned German spa town. It hints at travel plans and a public interest in where the person will reside during the season. The phrase implies a seasonal stay rather than a longterm move.
The State versus Elmer Pratt unfolds as his wife testifies that Pratt’s victim W. F. Connell was brutal and threatened Pratt. She recounts attacks near their home, barns opened to free horses, cattle harmed, and Pratt’s earlier threats. Police describe Connell as quarrelsome with prior arrests.
Earl Brown thirteen son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Brown of Rutledge Iowa was declared insane last Tuesday and sent to Mt Pleasant Hospital. He died Friday and his body returned to Ottumwa Saturday. A baseball bat blow in an amateur game led to worsening behavior last Monday ending in death. The family mourns what began as playful sport.
Emil Lunde nineteen year old main support of a widowed mother and eight siblings died when he fell into a rapid fly wheel at the Cudahy packing plant in Sioux City Iowa last Thursday night. He was an oiler inspecting the engine when the accident occurred. His father was killed previously in an accident near Hinton.
Seven year old Jack Taylor son of Mr and Mrs John Taylor of Burlington Iowa rolled a hoop to Fort Madison along the wagon road in eleven hours. He was found seated on a city park bench in Fort Madison at nine oclock p m with the hoop in his grimy hands after likely visiting his sister who was there. The feat earns him the title barefooted kid pedestrian of the middle west.
Private W H Johnson of the Eleventh Cavalry fatally stabbed Private James A Keeley near the post in Des Moines Iowa in a jealous quarrel over Bertha J Kail of Carlisle Keeley died soon after the assault leaving the two men rivaling for the same woman with the incident occurring last evening.
Erlan Larson, a Swedish tailor formerly of Burlington, who deserted his wife and two children and left them destitute, returned home last night in Ottumwa Iowa. He cites domestic troubles beyond his control as the cause of his absence. Since his departure the wife appealed to the public and received aid from friends and neighbors.
Conesville Iowa June 16 Mr Joe Guthrie of near Lone Tree was seriously kicked by a horse this week suffering several broken ribs and a torn loose kidney in the incident.
In Oakville Iowa on June 17 farmers report a green bug in wheat and oats fields. While wheat is expected to suffer little damage, one or two oats fields have been badly damaged prompting early concern.
The Express of Knoxville Iowa lauds Billy Sunday’s revival ending there noting 1007 converts and about 3200 dollars given in free will offerings at the last service. The piece says the revival fostered unity among Christian churches and boosted religious life, while Sunday is described as a warm, magnetic figure with cordial ties to the paper.
Miss Eleanor B. Hicks, Creston, Iowa, has won a major stage breakthrough. After a year with Daniel Frohman Lyceum, she will tour England with Miss Ellen Terry’s company next year. Daughter of Mrs. Ek. B. Hicks, she recently married Frank Powell, the leading man who will direct Miss Terry’s troupe.
George Lyle, a prosperous Newton resident, killed himself after making a will that left $100,000 to his wife and cut off his son in the U S army with $25. Last week he sold a 545 acre farm for $100 an acre, though the proceeds were not found.
Lyle reportedly refused to bank funds and left with his wife for a drink. He did not return and a search was launched. His body was discovered in a haymow with a gunshot wound to the head.
At the Iowa G A R encampment in Dubuque Governor Cummins faced sharp attacks from Senator Allison who called him a faddist and from Congressman Lacey who denounced him in strong terms. The veterans heard Cummins defend cautious leadership and warn against hobby driven politics while Lacey and Allison challenged his premature senate bid.
Ottumwa Iowa June 15 Autopsy held on the body of Mrs Emily Reed who died recently at Eddyville and was buried with ptomaine poison as cause of death per certificate issued by her son in law Dr F E Vance The body was exhumed by Coroner E O Neill and stomach portions sent to the state board for further study while Dr Vance departed for Chicago for advanced study.
Mrs. Henry S. Kieley of Dubuque and Michael McNally a Cobb Wisconsin farmer, reunited in Dubuque after a separation of over thirty years. The siblings, once in Pennsylvania as children, were separated by war and adoption, with Roxanna McNally already rejoining her brother.
In Boone Iowa on June 15 Mrs. Stolte was assaulted when two men broke into the Stolte residence. A revolver was wrested from her, and she was left unconscious as her brother slept nearby. Earlier the same pair tried entering, and a week earlier they cut the door screen. Police suspect local men, but the suspects escaped.
In Dubuque the first Sunday opening of a saloon will violate an injunction issued by Judge Benson. The decree ends a six month crusade led by Archbishop Keane and Dr. Cady of the First Congregational church, mandating saloons close Sundays election days and Christmas and close at 11 pm on weekdays with limits on gambling dancing music free lunches and wine rooms.
In Dubuque Iowa on June 15 the broncho buster known as Dutch Myers of Pawnee Bill's show had both feet cut off when caught under a sheep train entering the town. He was the top rider of the group.
Dr J H Mc Neill of the Iowa state agricultural college urged the state to address hog cholera by quarantine sanitation and paying owners for losses He argued that only state action can stamp out the disease noting Canada success and calling cholera cures bogus while stressing minimal cost and high benefit.
A former Iowans double tragedy occurred in Los Angeles when Frank T. Edson shot and killed his wife then committed suicide. Edson formerly lived in Oskaloosa and later served as traveling auditor for the Iowa Central Railroad. His wife Julia Baumgart was from Oskaloosa. Her father, a former councilman and hotel man, died by suicide in 1891. The couple reportedly quarreled before the fatal actions.
The Blakesburg and Excelsior papers discuss the phrase nothing in the paper meaning no misfortune or tragedy since the last issue. Readers are urged to consider what events would justify headlines and to think before grumbling at the lack of news.
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