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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
10
In Dubuque on June 17 a mob of about 2000 attacked the street railway power plant and car barn after a five week shutdown due to a strike. Militia and police dispersed the rioters after threats of firing were made and troops arrived.
Chicago June 17 indications are the hotel and restaurant strike will be settled by arbitration tomorrow morning after outside labor pressure on the joint board of striking unions. The hotel keepers association will meet to consider the proposal and the strikers ask arbitration for a peaceful adjustment. The restaurant keepers will follow the hotel’s lead.
Chauncey Dewey W J McBride and Clyde Wilson face a preliminary hearing with armed guards at Justice Hall in St Francis Kaw. They stand charged with the murder of Daniel Berry and three sons after a range fight two weeks earlier near the Berry ranch. Witnesses describe the firing order with Chauncey Dewey accused of the first shot and Roy Berry shot in the face. The court enforces weapon searches and attention remains on all present.
County board continues session listing payrolls for park laborers and bridge work in Glenwood and Rawls townships plus various board member mileage and committee fees. The body adjourns to June 18 1903 with Attest B T Agan Auditor and Chairman G H Bates approving.
Baptist Church reports all services as usual with morning and evening subjects Christian Education and Thou Shalt Not. Christian Church notes next Sunday themes A Power Worth Having and Is a Moral Life Sufficient. Presbyterian Church records 106 attendance at Sunday school last Sabbath. Children's Day praised. young people's choir performed well. May celebration noted. Church officers postponed evangelistic meeting planned for next month. Funeral held for Mr Z Perkins infant daughter.
A crowd witnesses a balloonist collapse and a sick room death struggle. The text pivots to a moral plea about the daily fight against consumption and extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for coughs, lung disease, and emaciation with testimonial support from Rev. Joseph H. Fespersman. The advertisement urges against substitutes and promotes related Pleasant Pellets.
The Commissioner for Mills County Iowa reports vacation of a highway in section 23 township 72 range 43. A 66 foot wide strip will replace the current path from the northeast quarter of section 23 to the northwest quarter of section 24 with 20 foot railroad right of way carveouts. Objections or damages must be filed by August 13, 1903.
The Glenwood event includes the Silver City Band, Emersonian Quartet, and multiple recitations by Miss Croak, May Crawford, Tedith Evans, Margaret Cunningham, and others. Performances span Glenwood, Tabor, Malvern, Randolph, Sidney, and Hastings with talks by Dr E Harris and Rev W J Watson.
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