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Newspaper
Kellogg Weekly Enterprise
Location
Kellogg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
6
A fragmentary satirical survey of public life and trends, noting a string of state conventions, political candi dacy shifts, and cultural oddities. The piece lampoons reformers, seaside jokes, and headlines about tourism, marriage licenses, and naval buildup. It ends with a quip about sea travel and remedies for seasickness.
The administrative and advisory boards of Columbia University have decided the Pulitzer School of Journalism will not admit women. The move, argued as the school not being coeducational, faces criticism that women are essential to daily journalism and should be allowed to study there.
Iowa former governor Shaw reports via London cable that enough Iowa & Omaha bonds were sold to raise 402000 to purchase the Atlantic North and South line. The option expired, an order extends to May 16, and Shaw's syndicate plans a 5 million bond issue to extend from Council Bluffs east to Treynor.
A fire at a rural property destroyed numerous livestock including horses and calves, and consumed hay and farm machinery. Investigators classify the incident as an incendiary blaze while authorities determine the exact loss and responsible party.
Famine in Clear Lake noted with 10000 tons of ice melting after an earlier ice house destruction last week. Reports include a boy Davenport Frederick Dunn age 13 losing a foot to a Rock Island switch engine and another boy in Clear Lake killed by a car. Henry Hilmer, a Waterloo oil salesman, hanged himself in a box car at Sumner. he is brother to August Hilmer of the Iowa Free Press.
Three boys Gordon Shaffer Harold Carpenter Vernon Linderman from Gray School opened fire at a rural New Hampton school. They fired multiple shots breaking windows and damaging the organ lamp and clock in sight. No injuries reported as teachers reacted quickly.
A well to do retired resident of the city hanged himself in the hayloft of his barn this afternoon while temporarily insane. The death ends a long life of local ties and reflects a sudden tragedy in the community.
The Fifty-sixth regiment of Iowa was mustered out April 30 at Sioux City. Captain Herbert W. Bradsney led the company with First Lieutenant Elmer P. Seney and Lieutenant Max P. Schatter Beck. The unit was one of the companies stationed at Sioux City.
The Des Moines State Board of Mine Examiners will hold an examination for mine foremen and hoisting engineers at the state house on May 7 and 8.
Between forty and fifty of the chief business firms in the city have had property valuations increased from assessor figures by the board of review. The raises range from 500 to 7,000 dollars and affect all lines of business.
Ottumwa youth Bert Carroll who kicked in a hardware store display window and stole firearms was sentenced to an indefinite term in Anamosa.
Word from the central division of the United States Army in Chicago states the 54th Iowa National Guard based in Des Moines will depart August 14 for Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The unit under Col. E. Ry Bennett will join the Fifty Fourth under Col. Ry P. Howell for annual campaign with regulars and guard troops.
Judge F C Platt of Black Hawk district court upholds the conviction of McCaskill, a sensing machine agent, for the fatal shooting of Henry Phillips, a wealthy farmer, last November. McCaskill’s motion for a new trial is overruled and an appeal bond of six thousand dollars is filed by her brothers.
From Jowan Monticello relatives report John Fleming of Castle Grove disappeared after intending to cross the ocean. He was last seen aboard the Titanig ceived on a first trip and has not been heard from since. Relatives fear he carried out his plan.
An aged farmer and early Ulis County resident Tallman Crest on died at home. The Creston event notes a large gathering of girls imitating scouts for a tournament with Chief George Kellogg involved. A fire incident occurred amid preparations for the big tournament set for July 16 to 19 with an estimated value of 3350 dollars.
The Knights of Pythias nineteenth district convention in Montezuma drew many delegates and visitors. Mayor G W Hawkins delivered the welcome address and received the city keys in a festive ceremony.
Iowa City doctors and the state university medical college report removing a pin from Miss Mabel Tubbs of Lake City. The pin, believed in the appendix for about three years, was recalled by Miss Tubbs as present in 1909 when she was two years old.
Ottumwa prepares for the PE.O. Convention with 256 delegates from Iown chapters. The sisterhood’s Brand chapter senators of the organization will attend, with hotel and private home reservations arranged for the event this week.
About five to six hundred laborers at nine brick and tile plants walk out in Mason City. They demand a twenty five percent pay raise and currently earn $1.75 for ten hours of work.
At McMinnville Venia will display three of the largest portraits ever taken as part of the annual Town Photographers Association convention. An estimated 9 300 delegates are anticipated to attend. In Benton County Mrs C Halway, 45, wife of a prominent farmer near Garrigan, was found dead by hanging in her home.
In Cedar Rapids four firefighters were overcome by smoke when a fire broke out at the Stauffacher Clothing Company's store. Damages to this store and other units in the same building are reported to run into thousands of dollars.
Rev. Thomas McElroy pastor of the Baptist church at Riceville has been named by the prohibitionists of the Fourth district as candidate for congress.
In Iowa City Mrs Maude Driver widow of Oliver Driver recovers 1351.50 in a civil action against Guy Baker the man convicted in the murder and serving a twenty two year sentence.
A district court in Ottumwa presided by Judge McPherson returned a verdict for Allen H. Walker of New Sharon against Iowa Central and the court, totaling $8000 in personal injury damages awarded.
The school committee of the Women’s club advises stringent reforms for the high school. They urge better sanitation and the creation of a mitron to supervise adolescent girls and curb petty theft.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Cleveland observed their fifty seventh wedding anniversary here this week. Many friends of the aged couple spent the day with them.
President Taft transmitted to Congress the second installment of consular reports on co operation and cost of living. France Belgium Netherlands and Denmark are covered. Growth in co operatives aims at groceries bakeries and manufacturing cities with relief funds insurance and services arranged by members. Industrial co operation includes worker owned plants in France.
About 5000 visitors attend the Mystic Shrine annual convention in Los Angeles, opening Saturday and drawing maximum city accommodations. The event will adjourn May 11 with automobile trips and entertainments planned during the interim.
The Marion Daily Mirror was purchased by Brooks Fletcher and L I Lamborn of Clave, with plans to focus Snyder, the turf owner, on his Gary Indiana paper.
A romance begun fifty years ago in Buffalo culminates in a marriage between Charles Stillman aged sixty nine and Kate Marie Nobie aged sixty three of Huntspoint Road. The couple, tied in matrimony, mark a long shared journey from courtship to ceremony.
Detroit May 4 the body of Leslie Putterfield a Belfaat student who escaped from University hospital while delirious from typhoid pneumonia was found in the Huron River Thursday in two feet of water.
Police Chief Herman Koeppe was removed from office on Thursday amid an uproar over police conditions in Decatur Illinois. FE. G. Allen was named successor after a brief interim period under the previous administration.
The body of an unknown man was found half submerged in a creek near Ontonagan on Thursday. Three bullets were found in the head. Authorities believe he was murdered during the winter.
Five armed bandits robbed a street car on Floridan avenue in Memphis Tennessee Thursday. They held up the motorman and conductor and compelled twenty or more passengers to surrender money. Police search for suspects.
A fragmented courtroom scene outlines the Allen family involvement in the Nancy killed case with Floyd Allen’s defense attorney claiming gross exaggerations. The judge and witnesses describe tense moments at the courthouse as Claude Allen allegedly fired the first shot. Foster warned of imminent conviction before sunset and Weddell affirmed long friendship with the prisoner.
Archbishop Giovanni Ponzano, apostolic delegate to the United States, landed in New York from Naples aboard the Koenig Albert liner and was greeted by clergy and officials representing Cardinal Farley and Brooklyn’s Coadjutor Bishop Mundelin. The arrival marks a notable ecclesiastical visit amid quarantine ceremonies as church leaders from multiple dioceses participate in the welcome. In Poughkeepsie, Eleanor K Frazzier seeks annulment of her marriage to Marriet F Rasher, stating she cannot remember the wedding four years ago.
May 8 Mount Vernon UL reports a dog owned by Asabel Free was stung to death after approaching a beehive in a playful mood. The bees’ attack caused lasting agony before the animal died.
Harrisburg Pa May 7 Seventy five thousand young ducks were burned to death Sunday at the duck farm of G M Stauffer in Cumberland county Stauffer also lost other poultry and several duck houses
Two deaths reported in Benton involving William T. Smith a teamster and wife, gunfire during arrest Sunday. Policeman William Odom returned fire fatally wounding Smith before he fell.
An unknown man was found in the Wabash River at Peru Indiana after fishing on Friday. Earlier a one day old boy was found on the river bank last Monday. Authorities investigate the mystery surrounding both discoveries.
Priscililan Beaten at Pimlico in Maryland on Friday. The horse, a barn product of August Belmont’s stable and winner of fifteen straight starts since returning to England three years ago, was defeated at Pimlico.
Reports say a New Orleans bound train carrying veterans and families derailed on a trestle near Gunns La. Five bodies are thought to be beneath the wreckage. Survivors described cars slamming into telegraph poles and embankment slopes as wreckage spread across the line.
In Macon Georgia on May 8 the United Confederate Veterans opened at Camp John B Gordon. A large crowd of soldiers who fought for the South arrived with relatives and friends. The people of Macon are hosting them warmly with thousands of homes opened.
In Mason City on May 8 six hundred employees from nine brick and tile plants walked off the job demanding higher wages from 1.75 to 2.25 per day. Plants are shut down as a result.
Crawfordsville Ind May 7 A fire that swept Sunday destroyed the Ladogan veneering mills twelve miles from town causing property loss estimated at 40000 dollars leaving sixty men jobless.
May 6 announcements report the New York New Haven Hartford railroad has acquired the Dominion Atlantic Line of steamers operating between Boston and Yarmouth Nova Scotia. The move expands regional shipping and rail network integration.
May 26 report from St Petersburg states the czarina is gravely ill with acute melancholia. She reportedly requires constant surveillance as concerns over her condition heighten.
A War Department favorable report, via Major Keddy, endorses a Great Northern water power dam plan near Davenport and Keokuk, costing about 10 million dollars. The project, tied to Rock Island arsenal, is seen as valuable. Rep Pepper’s bill is expected to pass Congress. Papers from Nicaragua praise Thomas Co Dawson.
A fragment notes condemnation near the northwest city area amid tight deadlines around the Boone viaduct. The remark hints at high stakes and proximity to a famous local landmark, suggesting abrupt action or change on site.
Ottumwa will build a two story freight house extending a block for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. The project aims to accommodate growing railway commerce and support regional shipments.
A fire drill at Algona's central building evacuated over 400 children in under one minute after Fire Marshall Roe ordered the drill without prior notice. The drill proceeded rapidly with everyone leaving the premises as instructed.
Denison banker known as assistant cashier at Crawford County State Bank died in hospital following an appendicitis operation performed weeks earlier. Authorities did not release further details as the community mourns.
William Hovey, accused of forging a $300 check drawn on a Van Meter bank in Ta., is arrested in Mason City. The case, details pending, involves alleged bank fraud and awaits further legal action.
The Sioux City electricians union members who struck on May 1 for higher wages and a closed shop have returned to work. They will receive the same wages as when they walked out, and shops will reopen.
The aged weather observer Luke Roberts, known as the oldest Good Templar in the United States, died yesterday in Clinton at about thirty years past. The obituary notes his long life and membership in the Good Templar order.
A farmer from Highland township reports that a revolver mishap led to the instant death of his 13 year old son, during a reckless play with a revolver thought loaded. Authorities are investigating the incident and determine if negligence or accident caused the deadly mishap.
J. H. Carleton, a wealthy longtime resident of this city, killed himself at his Iowa home by cutting his throat after months of ill health that is believed to have caused derangement. Local authorities report the tragedy as a suicide attributed to poor health.
About fifty women physicians are in Burlington attending the fifteenth annual convention of the Town Medea women. Elaborate plans for their entertainment are being carried out by local women's clubs.
Ida Grove plans a new postoffice building of pressed brick. The contract calls for completion by July 1, with the project funded and managed locally.
A testimonial from Lynn Mass advises reading Mrs Wood's experience with backache described as an organic weakness. The letter claims permanent relief after using a medicine, noting the author now performs all chores without pain and invites confidential replies.
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