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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1905
Page
2
The readable text references the state line and an election fair, noting unease at a meeting. It mentions Governor Jesse and Attorney Henry with a constitutional context and a cited end result seeking necessary papers.
A story outlines Alice J. Webb later Mrs. Duke and her business ties with partners including Charles L. Taylor and the Webb Coc firm in Louisville and Chicago. It notes Webb's wealth, a son Laurence Duke pursuing annulment steps, and a police inquiry linked to her potential marriage, with remarks from business associate Mr. Taylor. Also mentioned is Dr. Jefferson Gaddant's ten-year sentence for murder in Kansas City and related health notes.
Heavy blizzard across East Prussia provinces claims many lives with hundreds frozen. In the Alps, 24 ships lost their crews and cargo as blizzard winds strike the Montains. The British Channel reports ongoing storms and multiple vessel wrecks including the steamship Dispatch towed ashore with ten crew saved. several ships driven ashore with crews rescued with difficulty.
Kaiser Wilhelm era dentist Dr. Sylvester of Berlin, recently in Berlin two years, suffered influenza and a decline leading to self harm. Reports say he collapsed after a severe illness and had been wandering. The unnamed obituary notes a dramatic personal crisis and references his work as an American dentist in Berlin.
George Henrici of Chicago faces a clash with his wealthy father over marriage amid threats of annulment or independent support. In despair the 18 year old attempted self harm at his father’s California winter home before being sent to his brother Philip Heuriel Jr. in Chicago for care and reflection.
Disjointed fragmentary report notes multiple nighttime burglaries and a shooting involving individuals named Rosbess and Campbell. Details are unclear but suggest fear of recurring break ins and a security response.
In Ashland Wisconsin a dynamite explosion ripped through a burning barn injuring resident Your Renia and two onlookers. Firemen including Forestal and Cobh fought the blaze as houses shook and Silver Noir, a valuable trotter, was killed.
The Pittsburg and Buffalo Flier northbound crashed into a stationary freight near Riverside Junction Sunday. The passenger locomotive derailed and overturned. the caboose and six freight cars wrecked. One passenger Fred Lorde of Punxsutawney Pa was injured. Three trainmen were seriously hurt.
A powerful nor easter struck New England Saturday night triggering rapid snow melt and high seas. The schooner Jazzie of New York lost first mate Frank Been overboard and drowned near Concord Point Rye Beach while the crew were rescued. the Emerson went ashore near Bennett's Point and remained safely stuck without damage.
The piece notes New York saloons and hotels operated on a Sunday despite Batundary’s police warnings to enforce Sunday closing. Side entrances were doubled to admit customers, police made few extra arrests for violations, and many arrestees appeared in police courts.
Partial OCR reads of a chaotic item note multiple deaths and travel by Mrs Joseph Medill Patterson and others en route to Vienna. It mentions yellow fever outbreak at Panama and hospital advisories, plus a criminal sentence for embezzlement and a wrecked memorial.
A man named Thomas Reed was killed by a bullet during a home invasion. Detectives traced bloodhounds for hours in trying to locate the shooters while suspicion focused on two unknown assailants. The victim’s son, present with his deaf wife, was cleared by coroners jurors as investigators sought a motive and any missing money.
Fort Dodge report details a sow and six piglets surviving seven days trapped inside a straw stack on Nets Jagglean's farm. The sow, nearly skeletal, regained strength after careful feeding and is now out of danger.
Gov. AL Bellogg, head of the Sioux City fire department, plans two steamers for the business district and an extra night crew. He estimates the cost near 11,000 per unit and notes the machines would yield a quick return on investment.
The Des Moines valley mining firms are accused of violating state coal rights. Inspector Joe Baker reports around 50,000 tons of state coal removed near Des Moines, with damages sought in thousands. The state will pursue charges for trespass and recover losses.
Beverly Walker was arraigned on a first degree charge for the alleged murder of Thomas Bradler following a fight at Marquisville. Bond set at 2800, but he could not pay and was taken to the county jail.
State Auditor Garratt says A. J. Aycurt of Dedham will likely be appointed receiver for the Dedbent State Bank which failed. He believes depositors may be paid in full though the bank is insolvent, and notes the president has disappeared, with business reportedly run on credit and no property remaining.
In Almachester district court Judge A B Blair presides over the state of Java versus Lester Clark a northern county farmer charged with man slaughter for alleged brutal abuse of his mentally unwell 12 year old son. More than one hundred witnesses have been summoned amid strong local comment.
Arnold Danse the 12 year old son of P F Daane of Tint was shot Friday afternoon while hunting with a companion. The bullet entered below the navel and eight holes were sewn in the intestines during surgery by Drs Cade Hull Crane Scholton. The bullet was not found and the boy remained in stable condition with hope of recovery.
L T DeLong, a Clarke County farmer, died four months ago after a whisky and quinine mix. His two sons obtained a court order for tests and say a chemical analysis of the stomach proves foul play and spurred the governor to offer a murder reward. The sons report findings support their suspicions tied to their father’s will.
Word came from Treynor to Council Bluffs that the savings bank was dynamited Friday night and the building wrecked. Two men, aged accomplices, were arrested five miles south of Council Bluffs on Saturday. They gave names Israel Bernstein and James Author. Both were armed and an empty nitro-glycerin can was found on one. Neither man would speak.
A freight engine derailment near Dubuque injured and killed several people on a Saturday night. Five persons named as victims include G. Rernolis Horace Wilmers Ive Collinsen Grace Sechwind Middred Fredden. One horse broke its leg and the engine overturned. A wedding crowd in Bristolph served ham and many guests fell ill with cramps and vomiting.
The fragment describes a Marsha le board reviewing a tag named Pease-noner and mentions Carl Frickel of Davenport a long-time business figure. It also notes a death of a married woman, Mrs McFariann Readhen McBarvnn, a pioneer resident, in Stroibie, plus references to insanity in a family and an incident at a store.
Congress and the Senate reconvened after a holiday recess with remarks on the death of Rep. William Mahoney of Illinois. The Senate approved several measures including statehood for Oklahoma and New Mexico, while debates covered cotton statistics and the omnibus claims bill. Adjournments occurred for Mahoney’s memory and stadium discussions, with further notices on customs, corporations, and military ordnance reforms.
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