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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1904
Page
9
Bloomfield March 19 Mrs J McClure seeks divorce on grounds of infidelity adding a further claim for the homestead and division of property. The couple married in 1881 and have three children two of whom are minors. McClure formerly left for Nebraska then Ottumwa and has since filed a pleading before the county court. the spring term will hear the case.
G W Gould of Memphis Missouri discovered his wife in Keokuk after traveling there following a tip about a Mrs Fry staying at Hotel Keokuk. A clothing store clerk, Guy Harle, was briefly jailed but released after Gould declined to press charges. The case portrays a reluctant pursuit ending with reconciliation possibilities.
Gould hired Marshal Heneman after a description of Fry who was seen with him led to a night visit. Fry tried to flee when a bell boy alerted him to police, but the marshal intercepted him. Fry’s wife, found as Mrs. Fry, was located, and Gould vowed to pursue divorce in Memphis.
Ottumwa report says 4 year old Densell Smith admitted striking a match to make a bonfire, starting a fire that destroyed the Hygienic Ice and Cold Storage barns. Five horses died in the blaze, with losses stated at 2000 dollars. Mrs. Smith describes ongoing efforts to keep matches away from her son.
Congress member Haugen secured a new signal station for Charles City as one of 75 nationwide and three in Iowa. A $10,000 building will be erected, with the office opening July 1 under a Chicago man’s supervision.
Bradstreet reports that 84 percent of merchants who failed last year did not advertise in newspapers. The remaining 16 percent probably did not advertise often enough, suggesting underinvestment in ads as a contributing factor.
Mrs William Greenfield of Des Moines 637 West Tenth Street killed her one year old daughter and took her own life by sealing the home and starving it of air. Her husband found them dead on his return from work. The plan followed a prior threat to be dead when he returned. The couple had three older daughters aged 9 7 and 5 who had been taken to a neighbor during the act.
At J. J. Ayres home near Wellman, Rowe a telephone line user barred from the line was assaulted by Chas. Shafer J. W. Hoeffert and Ora Gray who tried to cut his connection. Rowe defended himself with aid from his wife and their dog as hammers and axes reportedly flew during the melee.
Rowe suffered two broken ribs in a clash that left the other parties bruised and battered, with injuries described as minor overall.
Chas Stroupe, a Muscatine County farmer, died after fourteen days of lockjaw following a runaway last Monday. His mother in law Mrs Tice died two days later from injuries in the same accident, and Stroupe suffered a hand injury during the crash.
Des Moines March 19 The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling and released Ida Gallagher the Iowa City woman accused of murdering her husband. Gallagher had been acquitted at trial with evidence suggesting the crime was fastened on Charles Holada her accomplice now serving a life term. She was later convicted of perjury and given twenty years on appeal.
Burlington March 19. John Fitzpatrick an old resident of Burlington was killed last night at a crossing by the Burlington fast mail train No 8 east bound.
Residents report loud talking and odd noises from a local street as a group plays a game of pit. People urge calm, noting the activity is not a private asylum but a casual contest among neighbors.
New York reports Daniel J. Sully the cotton speculator refuses to elaborate after a late night meeting with officers. A dealer notes Sully does not hold 300000 bales. a cautious tally suggests about 225000 bales.
On March 19 New York cotton exchange opens amid the suspension of J H Garrison & Co Assigns. The share is deemed not materially outstanding. Daniel J Sully speaks of temporary embarrassment and hopes to resume soon. Cotton prices move irregularly with March at 13.40, May 13.60 to 13.35, July 13.60 to 13.70, August 13.00 to 13.12 cents.
Sioux City dispatch reports W. E. Brown president of the First National Bank of Storm Lake and owner of the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Lynn Grove has been held on eight counts in connection with an indictment. The case involves substantial financial charges and names Brown as a principal in the alleged offenses. Further details from the courtroom are pending.
W. E. Brown was indicted by the Buena Vista county grand jury on eight counts for receiving money after knowledge of bank insolvency. Seven counts involve the Sioux Rapids bank. the eighth stems from a $2,000 deposit by H. E. Barrick. Receiver A. J. Wilson put Brown's liabilities over $500,000. Brown left Storm Lake for the south on the Milwaukee. no warrant issued.
December 18 Cedar Falls reports a burglary at Harry N. Israel’s clothing store. About $500 worth of merchandise stolen including 150 pairs of trousers and several full suits and overcoats. Entry gained by prying a rear window. No clues found.
Judge McPherson of the federal court upholds the state habitual criminal law in the Gregory habeas corpus case. He holds the law constitutional and Gregory must serve the full term imposed by the district court.
A dam across the Skunk river east of Lockridge, built nearly fifty years ago for the Mills paugh mill, was partly swept away by ice breakup last night. The damage halted most mill operations.
An advertisement urges spring readers to use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to cleanse and rebuild nerve centers and energy. Sold by Shriner & Swayze for 35 cents in tea or tablet form. March.
Eugene F. Foss, Massachusetts millionaire and advocate of Canadian reciprocity, pledges $1 million to win congressional and national support for reciprocity and the Iowa tariff idea. He builds a $1 million Hyde Park plant, employs 25,000 across New England and Midwest, and campaigns for the Chicago convention delegate seat to advance the cause.
Most patents applied for are first rejected by the U S Patent Office but many are afterwards procured through the skillful prosecution of C A Snow & Co Patent Lawyers of Washington D C The average inventor or lawyer is better able to make his own hat than to procure a valid patent.
The post office department will prosecute offenses using rural mail boxes as advertising space or bill storage unless proper stamps are affixed. Farmers along rural routes are warned this practice violates postal laws and will be treated as a legal infraction.
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