Ireton Weekly Leader Introduces Publisher Lee D Maynald
Ireton Iowa announces Lee D Maynald as publisher of the Ireton Weekly Leader. Maynald takes the helm to guide local news coverage and community reporting in Ireton and surrounding area.
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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1904
Page
2
Wabash Train Wreck Near Pendleton Missouri Kills Seven
A southbound Wabash passenger train from Des Moines to St Louis derailed near Pendleton Missouri. Seven people died and more than thirty were injured as the engine baggage car and smoking car plunged down an embankment. The dining car atop the coach caused many fatalities among passengers. A relief train carried the dead and injured to Moherry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moiines
St. Louis
Pendieron
kHling
J. E. Nichols
Macon
Buna Psizerson
la Plats
Henderson
la Fieta
Anns Grenner
Hebler
A. EF. Hebler
Meacon
Boenl
Tein
Tech
Bagysee
Tess
Mystery with double murder in East St Louis
Coroner Me racken investigates after a white man Robert Bernohis of Cedar Rapids Iowa and a Black man George Green are found shot near the Black bridges on the East St. Louis outskirts. A caller provided details before fleeing, leaving investigators to piece together the motive and timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
East St
Waite
Robert Bernohis
Cedar Rapids
George Green
Elsom Morris Packing Company
Wes
Templars Parade Draws Ten Thousand Spectators in San Francisco
Ten thousand spectators lined the streets of San Francisco to watch a grand parade of Templars. Knights in ceremonial formation passed along decorated streets from the city heart to a distant grand stand where Eminent Grand Master Srmidard and senior officers reviewed the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Thorse
Mies
Fortres
Drowned Pair in White River Near Clarendon
John H. Digsie and Miss Mamie Jonn son of Blattgart and Airs Vastein of Idaho drowned in White River near Clarendon during a boating mishap. Two others were rescued as bystanders assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Digsie
Mamie Jonnson
Blattgart
Lets Vastein
White River
Pear Clarendon
Are
Casoline Iain
Arkansas Returns Sypecia and Election Recap
Fragmented OCR notes reference Arkansas and an election context with unclear names and dates. The readable parts mention a Littl Book and figures like 487, suggesting historical election material or clerical entries without complete clarity. The item reads as a damaged archival snippet rather than a coherent event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sypecia
Fair Records Are Broken Amid Snowy Deer Attendance
Unclear text recounts official attendances and market notes amid snowy conditions. Mentions Deer and Stock Market terms, but details are fragmented and names or places are not fully readable.
Fragmented OCR Note Hints at Missing Names and Events
Incomplete readable lines reference a named figure and events but lack coherent details. The text mentions a person and a possible sequence of actions, with several garbled words implying a historical setting or report without clear dates or places.
Fourteen Die in East Side Fire at Attorney Street Tenement
A deadly five story Attorney Street fire in New York killed fourteen people, including four women, one man, and nine children aged 3 months to 12 years. Fire started around 3 am, likely from a lamp explosion, with many victims trapped on upper floors. Morris Levine and Henry Breiman were arrested for criminal negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aser Beleaony
Eas Midraing
Ap Sista
Cha District
New York
Bezan Xmfost
Bremen
Morris
Levine
Henry Breiman
Strike likely to end soon at Chicago stock yards
Indications point to a rapid end to the two month old Chicago stock yards strike as talks via a middleman are opened with packing firms to secure a basis for abandoning the walkout. Secretary Treey of the Allied Trades council confirms messages delivering negotiation openings through W. E. Skinner, agent for the Union Stock Yards Transit Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suike
Chicago
Treey
Allied Trades Council
W. E. Skinner
Union Stock Yards Transit Company
Family Migrates on Foot to Minneapolis
Cheseman and his three motherless boys arrived in Minneapolis after walking from Topeka. The youngest was carried most of the way and did not speak a word during the journey. They hoped to reach a better home in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alber
Cheseman
Minneapolis
Topexa
Raw
Kansas
Labor Leader Resigns in New York
A prominent labor leader in New York steps down from his post amid shifting union dynamics. The departure follows growing tensions over strategy and member demands, with no immediate successor named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fishermen Report Russian Cruisers Near Cape Juby
Advices from Las Palmas state fishermen report Russian cruisers coving from the German steamer Valesie off Cape Juby on the Moroeco coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Palmes
Canary 'Shands
Valesie
Cape Juby
Moroeco
Cripple Creek man declines militia aid in letter
Eneri Eaward Bell of Cripple Creek Colorado formally declines militia aid in a letter to Governor Pestedy. The communication appears in a period press snippet with uncertain spelling and garbled phrasing but indicates a personal refusal of military assistance.
Boys Die After Train Accident Near Portington
Two boys, Claude and Henry Care, were killed in a train-related incident near Portington on Thursday. Police said the derailed car and injuries caused by the wreck led to their deaths. a third person may have been involved, with authorities reviewing the scene and transport links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Henry Care
Derekester
Portington
Linceis
Focal Bere 2 Accident at Beeston Report
Ambiguous OCR fragment notes an accident near Beeston with variant wording. Readable terms mention a focal point and location Beeston, suggesting a local traffic incident under initial reporting. Further details are unreadable.
Aged Man Murders Wife in Vermilion Race Tragedy
Fragmentary report describes an elderly man killing his wife with a wire during a boat trip from Cleveland to Vermilion Ohio to attend a yacht race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fire Rages Through Memphis Wholesale District Blazing Losses
A major blaze on Front Street in Memphis Tennessee devastates the Oliver Kinne Growers Company stock and building. Total losses exceed 750000 with estimates of 8000 to 500000 for Oliver Finbie. Firemen struggle through heat with six overcome and Frank Guffenhaugh badly hurt after a fall from a ladder. others expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Memphis Tenn
Oliver Kinne Growers Company
Lerseat
Oliver-Finbie
Frank Guffenhaugh
Sreman
Mystery surrounds death of young woman on Woodmont shores
New Haven dispatch reports a beautiful 18 year old girl found dead on Woodmont shores. Authorities know little about her. the case echoes the Jennie Cramer murder. The body wore well made clothing with local dealer marks, suggesting she may have lived in New Haven previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cann
Woodmont
Meader
Jennie Cramer
Cramer
Walter
Edward Malfey
Carefer Mix
New Haven
Trade council considers demand to load cattle amid strike
Chicago dispatch reports no livestock moved from stock yards since the loading ban began. A committee of owners and commission men asked Donnelly for permission to ship cattle to the east, but the request was sent to the trades council. Independent packers urged ending the strike, but the plea went to the council's conference board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donnelly
Yains
Wos
Alled Trades Council
Sled Trades Council
Labor official arrested for assault during Santa Fe strike
A. E. Ireland, an American Federation of Labor official aiding the Santa Fe machinists, was arrested in Topeka on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He allegedly struck Wesler Feannsen, a non union Santa Fe worker, with a concealed missile in a handkerchief, causing a dangerous wound. Ireland was taken into custody and departed for Port Madison in charge of an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Ireland
American Federation of Labor
Santa Fe
Topeka
Naa
Sherif Lightfoot
Madison
Wesler E. Feannsen
Ireland
Port Madison
Fires Drive 300 Families Homeless in Little Bar Area
Forest fires have destroyed the hantlet at Little Bar, N. F., leaving hundreds of families homeless. Town men battle flames to stop spread as the steamer Prospero evacuates women and children. Government orders food, shelter, and aid for the destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Bar
N. F
Rough On Fats Ends in Tragic See-Through
Rudolph Schneider a Lincoln sewer department employee was found dead Thursday from ravish on rats after doses and despondency following his 203 death in Omaha. He left a wife and five children. Julia Lehmann wife of an alderman attempted suicide from a window amid two weeks of extreme melancholy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Schneider
Sewer Department
Lincoln
Omaha
Rudolph
Sirs
Lehmann
Julia Lehman
Avdn Ig
Handy
St. Louis
Five Die in Threshing Engine Boiler Explosion
Five men were killed when the boiler of a threshing engine exploded on a farm near Bricelyn Minnesota Monday. Victims named are Peter Daley Chris Sunde James Seymour Abe Foster and W Wand Geallyon. George Malyerson was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricelyn
Minn
Peter Daley
Chris Sunde
James Seymour
Abe Foster
W Wand Geallyon
George Malyerson
Sugar Prices Rise Across Grading Sectors
A New York dispatch reports all grades of sugar gained five cents per hundred pounds on Thursday reflecting broader market uptick amid weather and supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Dispatch
Sagar
Lemtian Murderer Canghi Escapes Then Is Captured
A man who fled New Newark after killing his brother in law Nunzio Monane and wounding Mrs Monane was found by police near the Salt Meadow swamp after days of hunger and dandelion sustenance. Giuseppi Flermaune ssko is in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canghi
Humger
Giuseppi Flermaunessko
Newark
Nunzio Monane
Gray Named Arbiter for Weighing Dispute at Wilmleden
Jedze Goorce Gray Fiear announced he would arbitrate the check weighing system dispute on request of the United Mine Workers and Father Kilis Son. In related crime, Frank Trieborg, a German resident of Heidelberg, killed his son with a Datcher Knife in a Pittsburgh area mining town during a drunken spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Wilmleden
Del
Jedze Goorce Gray
Kilis
Frank Trieborg
Sae
Heidelberg
Pitteberg
Moordensi
Held for Killing Book Agent Nathan Spencer Arrested
Nathan Spencer was arrested at Zaars vide GG charged with killing a book agent. He was found in a cornfield badly bruised. Tanner’s body was discovered. The case involves a damaged victim and an arrest following a brutal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Spencer
Zaarsvide
Rontiertaug Wilfan Ja
Tanners Beds
Iowa School Census Urged For Accurate Counts
State Superintendent F. Riggs of Des Moines issues final instructions for the annual school census. He urges local boards to ensure every child aged 5 to 21 is counted, noting past efforts were inaccurate and undervalued Iowa’s true school-age population. The census begins September 10 with local secretaries overseeing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A F. Riggs
Des Moines
Isanes
Lowa
Iowa
Higss
Iowa Corn Doing Well in Favorable Des Moines Weather
Des Moines weather and crop bureau reports six warm dry days with showers and ample moisture for immature crops. Mean temperature below normal with bright days and cooler nights, aiding threshing, wild hay, millet yields, and potato and apple harvests. Corn and hogs show good growth, with one third maturing by Sept 20 if warmth continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towna Weather and Crop Bureau
Des Moines
Bulleria
Dynamite Plot Foiled In Carnarvon Booze Joint
A group attempted to dynamite a tavern in Carnarvon near the Sac County line but fled before the blast. Swender’s bloodhounds tracked the scene after a telephone tip. pepper reportedly used to foil the scent. Authorities label the would‑be attackers as Terai talent and warn of further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swender
Luv Gynemiters
Seventh annual meeting of Iowa municipalities in Cedar Rapids
The seventh annual meeting of the League of Iowa Municipalities will be in Cedar Rapids on October 12 and 13. Plans to entertain delegates are being developed with committees for finance reception transport program printing refreshments and decorations. Mayor Huston announced the committee roster at a Friday night City Council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cf Amr
League
Huston
Man Fatally Wounds Son While Handling Shotgun
Aiarmer A Rosenfranz ten miles northwest of Mason City killed his two year old son during a loading of a shotgun. The gun fired as he prepared to shoot a hawk, the charge passing through the boy who stood nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiarmer
A. Rosenfranz
Mason City
Killal
Beco Emn
Ber
Death of Des Moines business leader J. P. Baker
J P Baker longtime Des Moines business figure and former secretary of Chncazco Life Insurance died at his home after a long illness. He had been a resident of Des Moines for about eighteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Baker
Chncazco Life Insurance Company
Death of TL Dean Prominent Tipton Savings Hank President
TL Dean aged 50 president of Tipton Savings Hank was found dead in his barn Monday. Authorities cite heart disease as the onus in the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. TL
Dean
Tipton Savings
Hank
Onise
Labor Day Observed Broadly Across Iowa Cities
Labor Day celebrations swept major Iowa cities with unions leading parades and picnics. Des Moines drew about 3 000 marchers, Davenport 6 600, Oskaloosa over 30 000, and Ottumwa about 2 000. festivities everywhere centered on festivity with few speeches west of the cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City
Grand Island Park
Madison
Neokuk
Oskaloosi
Fort Deige
Waterloo
Ottumwaterthad
Muscatine
Surprise sentence for Soule embezzler at Eldora
The town reacts to 18 month term for Soule the bank embezzler. E Pickett of Waterloo represents him as Judge Evans pronounces the sentence. Soule accepts the plea with a sad look, his father and relatives present in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Soule
Severe Iowa storms blow down tents and fatal strike
A wind and electric storm swept Iowa on Thursday damaging farm buildings near Meson City and Coon Rapids. Lightning killed farmer F G Minvich in the evening while a cyclone destroyed Lou Muinman’s barns. Bar num and Bailey’s tents fell at Town City with damage but no injuries. Sigourney faced a small cyclone at 6:20 PM toppling barns and windmills. No deaths reported beyond Minvich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
Iowa
F. G. Minvich
Coon Rapids
Lou Muiiman
Meson City
Marshalltown
Boone
Barnum & Bailey
Sigourney
Gasoline Explosions Burn Woman and Wreck Elevator
Two gasoline explosions kept the Missouri Valley fire department busy. Mrs. Clarence Stevens suffered facial and body burns while preparing breakfast on a gasoline stove. The James grain elevator engine tank blew up, partly wrecking the structure but no one was hurt in that blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley Fire Department
James
Clarence Stevens
Marvelous Escape After Train Collision Near Waterloo
A day coach filled with passengers on a Wilneis Central eastbound train No 2 was struck by a Great Western freight at Waterloo early Sunday and plunged down a riverbank embankment near the Illinois Central crossing. All occupants escaped uninjured as the wrecked coach and locomotive stood dripping with remarkable calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilneis Central
Great Western
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Delaware and Plankeshaw Cede Lands at Vincennes
One hundred years ago by treaty at Vincennes the Delaware and Plankeshaw Indians ceded all lands between the Wabash and Ohio rivers and south of the Vincennes to the falls road. Mention notes Margaret Shippen the wife of Benedict Arnold died in London. England took possession of Cape Nicholas Mole and Port-au-Prince mounting guns on the fort and firing on American vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Wabash
Ohie
Oho
Margaret Shippen
Benedict Arpeld
London
England
Cape Nicholas Mole
Port-au-Prince
News Snapshots From Europe and Americas
The report covers monarchs and ministers moving between Portugal Spain and Madrid. It notes educators from all states meeting in Boston to discuss public school work nationwide. It also mentions a new asteroid Huphrosyne discovered at Washington Observatory and various political shifts in Buenos Aires and Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
England
Mexico
Boston
Huphrosyne
Washington Observatory
Buenos Ayres
Forty Years Ago Indian Attacks on Platte Valley and Upper Arkansas
The item reports six tribes massacring settlers and stealing cattle along the Platte valley and near Omaha and Council Bluffs. It notes the Democratic convention in Chicago nominating McClellan and Pendleton. It also mentions Farragut’s confirmation of Fort Morgen surrender and Stanton’s bulletin on Reams Station, with Grant estimating Confederate losses at 16 000 dead and captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Arkansas River
Platte Valley
Omaha
Connecti Bluffs
George B. McClellan
G. H. Pendleton
Chicago
Farragut
Fort Morgen
Mobile Bay
Stanton
Wer
Ream
Hancock
Grant
Arrest of J C Never At Fort Madison
J C Never president of the Machinists International Union was arrested in Dubuque and taken to Fort Madison by a railroad special officer who shot Never on a charge of assault with intent to kill following an alleged attack on strike breakers at Fort Madison about a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Machinists’ International Union
Fort Madison
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Never
Clarion Votes Bonds for Waterworks Project
Special election in Clarion approves issuing bonds of 15.9 thousand dollars for waterworks by 208 to 33. More than fifty women voters cast ballots in favor. AP reports Reed's livery stable and Barnes carriage and blacksmith shops burned. buildings burned rapidly after the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion Gets Waterworks
Clarion
Reed
Barnes
Tire
Freight wreck on Rock Island near Marcntine injures seven
On the Rock Island line near Marcntine freight car derailment wounded five others. William Noland of Chicago and Arthur Campbell of Ottawa were among those involved with Campbell fatally hurt. Train broke in two and most cars jumped the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Road
Tragic Burn Death of Waverly Student Miss Mary Cramer
Miss Mary Cramer 18 daughter of Superintendent W F Cramer of Waverly public school died from burns after a gasoline stove exploded. She suffered severe agony for several hours before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cramer
W. F. Cramer
Waverly Public School
Thirty Years Ago Russia Declines Spain Recognition
A circular note from Russia to major powers refuses to recognize the republic of Spain amid postwar reshaping. A mob in Tennessee frees alleged rioters from jail then lynches them in Pickettsville. In Mississippi Brookhaven, three Black men are lynched by a mob. A Plymouth church committee clears Henry Ward Beecher of Tilton charges. Custer's exploring party travels from the Black Hills to Lincoln with reports of new gold finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Republic of Spain
Pickettsville
Tenn
Trenton
Brookhaven
Misa
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Custer
Black Hills
Lincoln, Neb
Riots Suppressed in Ohio Coal Mines Response
Gov. Hoadly ordered troops into Hocking county to quell unrest at coal mines. A circus train fire at Greeley Colorado killed ten. The Belmont steamer accident near Henderson Kentucky drowned fifteen. England contracts Chicago firm for 300000 pounds of compressed beef for Gordon Reef expedition to Khartem. Rumor of Queen Victoria ill health caused London panic before being disproved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hoadly
Ohio
Hocking County
Greeley
Cola
Belmont
Ohio River
Henderson
England
Chicago
Gorden Reef
Khattem
Queen Victoria
London
Ten Years Ago Reckoning of Duties in Chicago System House
Duties totaling about 160000 pounds were collected at Chicago’s system house amid a drive to release bonded gods under the Brice Gorman act. The Brice Wiisen turnt bil became law without President Cleveland’s signature. A sea stone devastates Azov shore killing thousands and destroying much property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
System House
Chicago
Brice-Gorman
Cleveland
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