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Newspaper
Humboldt County Republican
Location
Humboldt, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
7
A Humboldt area local notes May baskets hung and social events. Residents like Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Basnett improve, while J Fred Anderson tours North Dakota. Church entertainments, lectures, and school activities are announced with mentions of urban visitors, local improvements, and upcoming fairs and religious programs.
A misfired attempt to access the building basement elevator ended with Manley C. Brown tumbling down the stairway. He escaped with injuries, bruised and torn, avoiding a worse fate during the fall.
A high school student at Humboldt, Sam Field, suffered severe eye damage from a laboratory hydrogen gas accident. Doctors performed a delicate operation removing the burst eye to prevent irritation to the remaining eye, with hopeful prospects for recovery. The report notes a prior national Supreme Court opinion on poultry trespass and other local incidents.
The article recounts the State of Iowa v H R Larimer with an eighteen month penitentiary sentence, an appeal bond filed, and Larimer out on bail for alleged seduction by a man named Myers. It notes juries and judges changing courts, and that a related Mechalek trial was thrown out for insufficient evidence. It references sensational local reporting about Michael Chesaback, then clarifies the post mortem showed he slept in a stable and had fits, with no proof of abuse, leading to the Mecialecke being released.
The Avery township district discusses nominating J W King for supervisor at the coming primaries. King is a wealthy farmer and early settler, president of Farmers Mortgage Insurance Co., with business training to aid the office. A Humboldt citizens meeting is set for Decoration Day observance planning, led by Mayor J W Foster.
Fragmentary text announces appointment of an administrator in Iowa and mentions a craft stash and related payments. The readable portions reference a break in and a weeklong process, with unclear details and names missing.
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