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Newspaper
Inter County Journal
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
3
A sprawling collage of snatches notes and jokes touch on theater from Job to a stage adaptation, arts season heat and fashion. It mixes satirical quips about poets artists and society women with brief remarks on Holland China Wall Street and postal figures.
Edgar Bailey, who escaped the gallows for murder in Kansas City, is a former town resident. His father, living in LaPorte City, Iowa, pleaded for commutation as Bailey's life term was set by Governor Folk after supreme court affirmation.
Neil Matthews, accused of killing Roland Diggs and Walter Travis in Des Moines, was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury in Judge McVey's court with a recommendation for life imprisonment. He remains unmoved at sentencing and faces transfer to Fort Madison after final judgment. The case marks his second trial for the Diggs killings following a retrial granted on instructions error.
Cedar Rapids October 23. The Iowa Presbyterians adopted stringent resolutions prohibiting ministers from marrying divorced persons. The resolutions reiterate Buffalo action and urge adherence to standards on marriage and divorce, remarriage, and require a one year waiting period after a divorce decision.
Garfield Beuthien brother of Arnold Beuthein, once employed at New Liberty bank, was arrested in Davenport yesterday afternoon on a charge of uttering a forged instrument. A £70 check cashed locally bore Paul Berndt’s forged endorsement. Beuthien is accused of obtaining the money on the check.
Davenport report notes that illegal gambling dens, once shut during grand jury activity, have resumed operations. Owners, described as emboldened by a brief lull, are reportedly training new workers and evading authorities. No prosecutions soon expected, local observers say.
Centerville on Oct 24 saw two masked men hold up operator Steve Burberry at the Rock Island depot. They gagged and tied him, broke the depot safe taking $26 and papers, then fled as bloodhounds pursued them. The 3:98 through train was signaled to proceed after the operator freed himself.
Cedar Rapids Oct 21 The Odd Fellows grand lodge voted unanimously to rebuild the Ma son City Orphans Home and appropriated 46000 for the project The trustees report 28000 insurance and salvage of several thousands The new fireproof structure will include plans for a separate home for the aged and a committee was appointed to study plans and offers south of the Northwestern railway line The decision came after nine years of deliberation and a nine minute vote to authorize rebuilding
Cedar Rapids October 22 two indictments against the Hook Island railway were returned by the Lynn county grand jury arising from discounted competition with Interurban between here and Town City. One charge says the company received greater aggregate compensation for shorter passenger trips than longer ones. It sold Iowa City round trips thirty two miles for one dollar while Elmira and back twenty three miles cost one dollar thirty two cents. The road is also charged with failing to prepare maintain and fix passenger rates.
In Cedar Rapids on December 24 Constable Pete Martin of Marion was shot dead in a home while serving a writ of execution and removing furniture. Mrs Zetta Eekles fired once into the ceiling then again as the officer persisted, killing him. Martin, a 15 year veteran and Civil War veteran, leaves an invalid wife and six grown children.
Anamosa reports ex-banker Brown convicted of fraudulent banking at Storm Lake and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary here He will have a snap during confinement as his commitment papers read without labor The warden seeks guidance since state law mandates hard labor while federal conviction raises jurisdiction questions.
A tana describes a tense moment turning the world around her into a sharp, vivid landscape. She notes that fear sharpens perception and makes ordinary details feel charged with meaning, revealing how vigilance colors daily life.
A Minneapolis machinist Robert Hanson, working at C. M. and St. P. shops, died after attempting to crawl under a string of box cars in the Mineapolis yards. The accident occurred yesterday, with reports noting prior service in Lathorn and other towns.
Bridgeport Conn Oct 20 Hundreds of thousands of dollars in currency were recovered from an old suitcase at the Bristol home of Joseph W Boardman Cunliffe the Adams Express man who vanished from Pittsburg with 101000 in cash was arrested here yesterday He claimed the money was intact and would be restored but refused to say where until returning to Pittsburg Officers recovered 79969 55 at Boardmans house including 15 bundles of 100 bills and numerous 50 notes The episode follows Cunliffe s Oct 9 robbery and related testimony from New York detective David Thornton Boardman admitted the case was unsigned and unopened until police opened it with a sign of safekeeping by the express company
Des Moines notes discuss Polk County appealing a contempt judgment against Michael Drady over trying to influence a juror in a telephone damage case. The Iowa Supreme Court partly reversed the judgment, and discusses admissibility of leading questions. The column ponders voting Samuel J. Kirkwood into the National Hall of Fame, with debate over a second slot. It also covers pension office routines, a drowning death in Sonata Park, and a census showing manufacturing profits in Iowa cities.
Fragmentary note from Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 100 discusses fashion tailors and a cure for consumption named Pino's Cure. It jests that love may be blind yet not deaf or dumb with casual references to illness and commerce.
Senator John W. Daniels of Virginia returns to Washington after a prolonged trip gathering material for his memoir of Confederate general Jubal A. Early. Chicago marks progress in typhoid control, reporting a steep drop in death rate since 1891.
President Louhet says he may quit politics when his present term ends. He could seek reelection but will not. He adds he could serve in the Senate, yet believes his district would not elect him deputy to the department, as he is deemed too conservative and not sufficiently republican.
Special from Bradford Tennessee reports early scientific findings and a local testimonial claiming Dodd's Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble. J A Doyle endorses the remedy, noting marked improvement after a few boxes and urging use at first signs of kidney issues.
Walter Vaughan Morgan is introduced as the new lord mayor of London, described as a Beptuagen arian, banker, and bachelor. He was educated at Cluecont school and is noted as a prominent Free Mason.
In a 1863 Raabe story a character predicts an eventual “England of the Pacific Ocean” that will be animated by a rising power, later identified as Japan, described as a “dark rude flood” before it. The remark links German fiction to a future East away from Europe.
A Boston England tailor paints his name on the backs of ten tortoises and places them in his shop window. He offers a $10 prize to the first person who spots the animals arranged so the letters spell his name in order.
Readers are invited to seek youth through diet and the Grape-Note food line. A testimonial from a patient describes chronic digestion relief after two years on pure grape-based nutrition, claiming restored bowel regularity and renewed vitality. The piece reflects early 20th century patent food rhetoric and health claims.
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