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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
2
In IRETON IOWA D Maynard is listed as Publisher behind the local paper. The brief entry names Hiclon Beckly Tedger and notes the position within the publication.
The American steamship Feconic, bound from Philadelphia to New Orleans, foundered off the Florida coast during a fierce storm. Twenty crewmen perished, with only two survivors, who were aboard a lifeboat after the vessel capsized as cargo shifted. The disaster occurred about twenty miles northeast of Fernandina as the ship battled high seas and a shifting deck.
In Willetts California four men died and several were injured when a locomotive slid on a steep grade. The engineer and crew could not control the engine as it derailed and overturned. Names given include Engineer Lucts and crew members Quegins, PBtatai, and Lengite, with injuries from broken pipes and the crash.
In Denville Newfoundland two workers died and three more were gravely injured when a 2 inch steam pipe burst at the Tranville factory Monday afternoon. The blast caused a plant blackout, halted streetcars, and damaged machinery, though repairs were expected within hours. The victims were underground pit workers repairing the pipe when the explosion occurred.
Two farmers were killed when a swarm of bees attacked while driving east of Dubiscirr on Monday. Local authorities investigated the fatal incident as a bee sting accident.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a police or court note naming Lieut G S Richa and an arrest warrant or wanted list. Mentions Washington, Panama, and a city or marker. Details are incomplete, but indicate a formal action and a named official.
Ainsviews report the death of Joho Rasbet in UValewie with details of the burial and public notice. The funeral arrangements and obituary wording appear in the local column, listing a date and family references.
Three robbers entered the GL Woda store at 270 Wells Street and seized a tray of diamonds valued in the thousands before fleeing in a buggy. Lindahl and the clerk resisted. shots were fired, a patrol wagon joined the chase, and two suspects were captured while the third remains at large with most of the loot.
Chicago printers in thirty shops controlled by the Typothetae plan a strike by midweek and expand to midwest cities within a week. The move follows a raised strike assessment from 2 to 10 percent after a Sunday meeting of Local No. 16 in Brands’ hall.
Three suits, involving about 3850,000, were filed in the district court by Attorney General C C Celeman on behalf of the state against the bondsmen of State Treasurer T F Kelly. The state seeks recovery of funds held in the First National Bank of Topeka at its failure, totaling 517,746 dollars.
Japanese officials including Admiral Aseo commend the restored cruiser Va Ting raised after eighteen months under the Pacific. They credit American builders for the vessel’s fine construction and materials, noting the difficulties of piercing the hull and removing coal and cans during salvage.
In Ardmore a 20 year old man Clarence Brown of Stonewall Indian Territory faces federal jail time over the fatal attack on his father Tudthar and brother. He allegedly confessed striking his relatives while they slept, claiming motive to seize the entire Tariiy estate.
A report notes two men losing their lives in separate incidents near railroad tracks and a river. One man walked along the tracks to join others but froze as a train stopped on a parallel track and was struck. Another man, Karl Johnson, drowned after being swept into a river.
Unable to extract coherent facts from the provided text fragment. no clear persons, organizations, or events are identifiable for a factual summary.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a person named Yar and a reference to We or Mora. Details are unclear, obscure names repeated. No clear event, date, or organization established in readable text.
A moving train incident results in a fatality reported by authorities. Details are limited in the readable text but indicate a person named Watke was involved as a victim amid a moving train context. The report notes a serious accident without confirming exact location or time.
A Friday statement lists deceased and missing workers from the Colorado Fur and Southern Broadway lines amid shutdowns tied to a company tragedy. Names include Mrs Joseph Veitri e and small child Pasquil Canute among others. officials note a distinction between dead and missing remains unclear as crews work at the scene.
President Roosevelt made a descent in the submarine torpedo boat Plunger off Oyster Bay on Friday. He remained aboard about three hours, with a fifty minute submerged phase, expressing delight at the experience and praising the boat and crew led by Lieut. Charles Nelson.
New York doctors and the Post-Graduate Hospital issue a circular on a vegetable juice cure for consumption. The remedy uses potatoes beets carrots onions celery and ice ground and squeezed. A two ounce dose after meals reportedly cured eleven patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and left fifty under treatment progressing well.
Samuel Srudsinski, a fur buyer and pawnbroker, was beaten to death Friday in his Warsaw shop. A cryptic card reading K. C. number 17.7 lay on his breast, another similar card appeared on a stove in the room. Srudsinski was 67. Soldiers guard trains. strikes end in Warsaw and Woda with arrests of socialist party members. Several convicts sent to Modlin fortress as political prison jail fills.
Benny Shafer of Eldora was struck by lightning for the second time, losing an eye, an arm, and three fingers on his other hand. yet he remains cheerful, supports a large family, and is described as having a charmed life. The event recalls prior shocks and odd proverbs about lightning.
Des Moines sees a state fair crowd well over prior records with about 30,000 entering gates. Monday marked the start of livestock judging, to run through the week. The highlight featured the $200 agriculture department scholarship judging for the top young livestock and grain judge, won this year by Ray Igo of Indianola.
Pauline and Ida Metzner were drowned in the Des Moines River at Humboldt last week. Their funeral drew the largest crowd in Humboldt County history with over 1,400 mourners passing the coffins and about 600 others unable to enter the Congregational church. The Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges played prominent roles in the services as their father, serving a twenty five year sentence for killing the city marshal in 1901, attended with Gov. Cummins granting permission.
Robert Bartholomew, shot firer at Baxgie mine, was blown to pieces while returning to check a delayed explosion at the Bingie mine in Des Moines. Coroner to hold inquest. He was an officer of the Lover Miners Union and related to victims of a recent West Riverside blast.
Painesville Ohio Coroner York returned Friday a finding of no criminal negligence in the June 21 wreck of the Century Limited on the Lake Shore line near Mentor. The testimony was deemed insufficient to hold anyone responsible.
A woman named Laura Ox jumped from a Burlington train on the Eads Bridge and drowned in the river. her body remains unrecovered. In Kilbourn Wisconsin and Glen resort Illinois two bathers drowned after stepping from a ledge into deep water and failing to swim.
An unknown man robbed a bank in Indian Territory, fleeing with an unspecified sum. Police pursued but details on suspects, location, and motive remain unclear.
A historic shipment of podwood moved by water routes sets a city record in New York. Treen and a group coordinated the operation, reflecting bold logistics for the era.
A would be thief linked to multiple Cedar Rapids robberies was tracked Sunday by Cant.musikyes, caught with stolen goods, and shot during a failed escape at the station. His condition not stated.
In Humboldt a dire Des Moines River accident claimed Pauline Metzner and Lola Metsuee as they tried to reach shore amid a storm. Charley Nelson survived after a perilous struggle with waves while Frank Hubbard and his wife Louise Metzner watched in horror as others perished.
David T. Stubbs of Council Bluffs, once popular and trusted, is in a Potawatomi County jail cell after being found short nearly 206 in his cashier duties. He was known as a generous, sociable man who supported family and friends, which led to his downfall and indebtedness.
A Monday night postoffice burglary in Owasa saw robbers force the safe, steal a small cash sum and a large stock of stamps of all denominations before fleeing. Sheriff Miter plans to curb village burglaries as authorities note similar activity in nearby towns. In New Providence the general store of L C Ross was rifled Friday night with goods taken.
George McHine a 45 year old Des Moines car vester sought whisky at midnight and drank from a carbolic acid bottle by mistake. He suffered a burning sensation and died before aid arrived. He leaves a wife and several children.
Randalls a political figure in Audubon County drank from a bottle in a drug store mistaking it for something else. A physician on the scene promptly treated him and saved his life. Thunder storms killed Mrs Helma Hausenclever near Burlington with a thunderbolt. Three Burlington houses were struck by lightning during the same tempest.
A farmer Joe Morin and his wife were milking when a lightning bolt hit the barn ten miles northeast of Cedar Falls. Morin was knocked unconscious but rescued by his wife, who pulled him from danger amid great difficulty.
A report outlines James B. Dill resigning as director amid heavy private practice, while William A. Day is named acting comptroller of the Equitable Life. Other notes mention deaths of General James Carnahan and Indiana Knights of Pythias figures, plus various diplomatic postings and older career highlights.
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