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Newspaper
Hedrick Journal
Location
Hedrick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1913
Page
7
The town celebrated restored lighting after missing transformers arrived Friday and Saturday night. President Bray allowed immediate hookups for homes and businesses. A potential waterworks project could modernize Hedrick. R S Martin’s 77th birthday was honored with a surprise gathering hosted by his daughter A A Buck and others.
Mrs Laura Caldwell Gobble died December 24 1912 at her daughter's home in Guthrie Oklahoma aged 54 years 4 months and 3 days. She was born August 21 1858 in Jefferson Iowa and married to M Gobble on October 30 1879. they had four children of whom three survive with her husband and one grandchild. Interment was in Guthrie. She joined the Christian faith in 1882 and lived as a devoted Christian mother leaving a lasting example. The notice also lists surviving siblings and other relatives, plus local society items about visits and upcoming events.
Sunday school at 10 a m. preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting tomorrow night at the home of Mr and Mrs R B Jackson topic Mountain Scenes of the Bible Special offering next Sunday morning for the college board All are invited Teachers meeting Friday evening at the home of the pastor
Joe Kitterman defeated Grover Titus of Des Moines in Tracy on Saturday night. Kitterman won the first fall in 40 36, the third in 10 minutes, while Titus took the second in 12 minutes. Titus wrestled here July 4. Kitterman heads to Burlington for a finish match with Erickson and then to La Porte City February 22 to meet J. W. Rosauer, with whom he has drawn several times.
A public meeting was held at Utterback and Cecil Bros. to discuss installing a water system for Hedrick and to form an association of farmers and citizens. The previous committee will report after further investigations, with a five member group drafting by laws, and a meeting scheduled for tomorrow evening. Velda Wilson from Sigourney visited Nella Henry over Sunday.
W H Cooper's annual sale of Big Type Poland China hogs at Eastside Farm drew a large crowd of breeders and farmers. Average price 66.00 per head. top bid 150.00 for No. 1 in the catalogue by B E Kreischer of Mt. Vernon. Sale conducted by W B Duncan with C C Evans and Theodore Martin assisting. long list of various buyers and hogs with prices ranging from 40.00 to 150.00 across numerous lots.
Reports describe Chicago police station cells as the most horrible in a civilized country. Wyoming Senate passes a direct election amendment ratification measure. U S warship moves to Central America trigger flutter at Washington legations and ministerial assurances of calm. Taft warns Americans against dangerous government trends amid progressive agitation. Case against Wisner and Meyers for mail fraud tied to oil and mining props ends without verdict after 46 hours. Governor Lister urged by Knox to delay alien ownership bill pending treaty review.
Sheriff Grimes captured burglars who robbed W B Allen and McMains Shoe Co in Hedrick about ten days earlier. Identified by Allen and McMains in Oskaloosa. suspects B Young and John Fuqua jailed in Sigourney. Accomplice Howard Carlile hid stolen goods and supplied lantern. he claimed they planned a haul and briefly freed after questioning. Young previously jailed for forged check while running a bowling alley with E I Gorham.
The Journal finishes Keziah Coffin and starts John Rawn, Emerson Hough second serial. The paper touts the novels as best sellers with editions in the hundreds of thousands and urges readers to enjoy the new serial at no extra charge.
The morning sermons through April 1 focus on the life of Christ and the subject next Sunday morning. The Sunday morning topic will be The Baptism of Jesus and the evening topic The Man Who Toils. The quartet will provide music Sunday night. A large number of visitors attended last Sunday evening from other churches, a fact appreciated by the pastor.
Evansville Indiana February 10 Allen Von Behren assistant superintendent of a woodworking plant owned by his father shot and killed three black laborers. The dead are Walter Washington John Gordon and Henry Gordon. Von Behren was arrested.
An advertiser touts a man with unruly hair who cannot manage it before using Hall's Hair Renewer. After use, the hair is described as well kept and in place with a clean scalp, faster growth, no dandruff, no hair loss, and no risk of coloring.
Elkhart Indiana resident Mrs Sapig Williams reports fourteen years of organic inflammation female weakness and pain eased after four months using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She credits the remedies with drastic improvement and offers permission to publish her testimonial.
Houston Mississippi February 10 Diver Rucker a negro thirty years old was lynched before about 1000-person crowd after confessing to murdering a white woman. He was chained to an iron pump in the court house yard oil-soaked wood piled about him and set on fire four bullets from a mob member ended his life. This was the second lynching tied to the Williams murder. In Chillicothe Missouri February 10 Lee Hoyt twenty one admitted murdering his father Edward Hoyt a wealthy cattleman. After bloody fingerprints identified as his were found on a barn tank detectives traced the crime to the son claiming his father was abusive.
A brief quotation attributed to the Boston Transcript notes humor about gendered folly. The exchange hints at wit over human error and social dynamics without additional context or attribution beyond the single line.
Hand and power washers hailed as the quicker option with versatile cleaning power. Advertisers claim broad applicability and efficiency for homes and workspaces, promising rapid results and reliable performance across tasks.
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