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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
1
A collage of quips on debt, literature, protectionism, and social mores. The column riffs on Mark Twain, golf and hay fever, the New York World, and European ties, with jests about nobles, kisses, jail for debt, and the pace of progress. It surveys journalism, finance, and culture in a brisk, urban voice.
George William Catt, famed Ames College alumnus and engineer, leaves Ames over 175000 in his will. The bequest funds an alumni hall for Y M C A use and possibly completes the hall on the Ames campus. The will also requests his body be donated for scientific medical research, contingent on Mrs Carrie Chapman-Catt’s death.
Col. D. B. Henderson is resting easier but dread paresis tightens its grip the doctor warns another stroke could hasten death and he may die within two years. His wife and daughter stay by his bedside as his mind fades and he mutters about a host of unnamed visitors.
Knoxville October verdict finds James Blee guilty of manslaughter in the slaying of his half brother Isaac Failor after a disputed entry closure at Blee’s farm near Swan. Blee plans a new trial claiming Failor reached for a revolver and the shot at his home was in self defense.
Montezuma Oct 16 Janes Yope county bridge builder was stabbed near the heart while fleeing two fighting men Tom Mockridge and Violen Caldwell. Caldwell allegedly wielded the knife. Caldwell was arrested but Mockridge remains at large.
A brief quotation notes that knowledge reaches its end in virtuous action, attributed to Sir P. Sidney, reflecting a moral philosophy on conduct guiding intellect.
Mrs. Relywird H. Shursten, formerly Anis Crawford, released from Atiiposs penitentiary where she served four years for the murder of Duke Dillar. She is sent to Ladepen levee state hospital after a board found her hopelessly insane.
Sioux City reports W. B. Brown president of the defunct First National Bank of Storm Lake was found guilty of fraudulent banking by making false entries and false reports to the government. The trial covered two indictments and thirty-one counts with Brown likely to appeal. Sentence to be pronounced Friday.
Sioux City dispatch reports W B Brown, former president of the defunct National Bank of Storm Lake, sentenced by Judge Henry T Reed to five years in Anamosa state prison. Attorneys say no appeal. Good behavior could reduce term to three years and nine months.
Des Moines, Oct. 16. Frank Shergliffe is believed missing. An inquiry at the Des Moines Casket company plant shows he has not been seen for two or three days, following the Dennison case at Red Oak. His wife remains in Des Moines and plans to stay.
In Sioux City a 60 year old man F H Darrow shot and killed his daughter in law Lillian Darrow and then fatally shot himself in a hack en route to the Milwaukee station. The coroner found jealousy and possible adultery motives in a related case involving E M Darrow.
Sir Henry Irving died suddenly after a performance in Becket at a Bradford theatre. He returned to his hotel at 11:30 pm in apparent health, then suffered syncope and died within minutes in the presence of Bram Broker and friends. The English stage mourns a leading actor of contemporary times.
London papers praise Sir Henry Irving as the greatest stage figure of his era. The Morning Post lauds his unmatched energy and calls his death a national loss, noting he would likely have been a bishop or judge if he had chosen other paths.
Portland dispatch reports John Newton Williamson, Idaho Second Oregon district congressman, convicted in a federal land fraud suit. He receives ten months in county jail, a $500 fine, and public reprimand. Co-defendants Miltion Birgs and Dr. Van Cipaner face related penalties. bonds set at $4000 for two others. stay of execution possible as proceedings continue.
Hamburg reports a severe four day North Atlantic storm has wrecked or damaged many ships. Twenty five sailors are missing or lost with numerous vessels foundering near Chatayen harbor as authorities struggle to shelter crews and assess the many casualties.
A Peoria financier and ex school official, N C Dougherty, is charged with embezzlement. Forty three indictments against A D Dougherty are named by the grand jury. Bids concern overdue school funds with losses estimated around 280000. Bond set near 200000. bail likely not pursued. Phoenix sheriff seizes 100 acres of Dougherty farmland near Phoenix from Peoria National Bank president.
Grand Jury returns about thirty additional indictments against Dougherty in Peoria Illinois. Embezzlement totaling about $18,000 through A H Andrews Co of Chicago is charged, with overall estimates near $25,000. Bail remains at $200,000, mental bond to $249,500. Dougherty maintains calm. Trial set for next month.
Washington October 14 George W Leavers former chief of silArER and allowances division in the post office department seeks terms with the department of justice to face trial on one or two counts with others quashed. DOJ has rejected overtures and the president orders aim to bring the case to court. Beavers Greene Gaynor and Menson are named in the tangled western land grant matter.
In Wooster Ohio on October 14 Judge Hason granted Captain Elmer Taggart a divorce from his wife and awarded custody of their two children, Custer aged 11 and Charles. Mrs Taggart was denied custody but will have visiting rights. The court found adultery proven in four cases, while drunkenness by Captain Taggart was not sustained.
A 10 year old boy from Wyreat Wan ssl traveled with his father into St Louis. The child says he was punished and then left by his father who briefly took him away. Local authorities confirmed the boy’s welfare and are investigating the circumstances of the father’s actions.
Five prominent city figures face scrutiny as investigators examine a plan to modify hospital funding and the potential misdirection of public money. The inquiry centers on officials linked to price administration and a controversial hospital project amid concerns over governance and expenditure.
A garbled passage cites oversized raindrops measured in inches and compares them to dough pellets. It then shifts to a London man, Alexander Wilkinshaw, using his arm for genealogical ties, noting a tattoo with dates and a family record including births and marriage, though details are unclear.
A fragment discusses how the orange and peach show a sweeter side on one half. The stem half of an orange is typically less sweet and juicy, not due to less sun, but due to mineral deposition causing uneven sweetness.
An animal hospital has been established at Loespur near Catentin with about a thousand animals under treatment. Horses, oxen, mules, elephants, dogs and sheep are housed and cared for by eighty native nurses under the orders of a British veterinary surgeon.
A Mineral Town resident Mr. D. Colson testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved severe sciatic and rheumatic pains. He attributes relief to the pills curing uric acid buildup in blood, claiming health to kidneys and nerves, and asserts the medicine’s broad remedying effect.
Quality brings the business as seven million Levis binder cigars are produced in Peoria. The advert notes high quality fibrous material and the shift from older, single binder cigars to the enhanced Levis Binder.
Snippet from the Detroit Free Press features fragmented dialogue about blushes remedies, mosquitoes, and a neighbor described as nice and plump. The text includes garbled questions about abstention and a line about someone banging his head and asking to stop and think.
A fragmented OCR passage describes a Japanese-indie passenger in a railway car. She smokes a cigarette, slips into a seat, and uses a cigarette to produce smoke. The text is garbled and lacks clear facts or coherent narrative to identify persons, places, or event outcomes.
A fragment reports an iron cage found at a Sated and Pass site with a shriveled human body inside. The text claims the mummy was a prisoner left to die of thirst, described by English tourists. The account references a pole and a mysterious mummy in a steel cage.
A woman long dependent on coffee for daily relief describes nervous headache neuralgia and fatigue from drinks. After eight months of failed doctors, a friend suggested eliminating coffee. She reports improvement and regained energy, with fewer headaches and renewed work capacity.
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