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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
6
The Iowa legislature advances compulsory education for children seven to fourteen. Guardians failing to ensure 12 weeks of schooling face fines. Truant schools may be established, with possible transfer to industrial schools for persistently insubordinate children. The act shapes two years of upcoming educational policy and funding debates.
F J Weigert of Henry County near Lowell reports a rich copper ore lead on his farm after years of farming. He sent samples to the Denver School of Mines whose assayer says a very large fortune may lie in manipulation. The ore is valued at 12 cents per pound and could mark a grand future for him.
United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver will attend the opening of the new athletic park at Morningside college in Sioux City on September 25. He is planned to kick off the football game between Morningside and Cornell colleges and to deliver an address.
Vernon residents report a clash between Ed Mariott and John Leggett stemming from a school election dispute. Axes and clubs were used with serious injuries, Mariott suffering the worst. Assistance arrived in time to prevent a fatal outcome. his condition is described as doubtful.
Ellen Osmonde notes spring and summer fashions from Mme. Fashion, praising daring improvisations like jerseys and Russian blouses. Describes gowns in pink mousseline and white tulle with gold sequins, velvet, and lattice sleeves, plus colors Reseda green, porcelain blue, and heliotrope. Cautions on costs of delicate fabrics and laundry care in new lace, embroidery, and frills.
Des Moines reports through April reveal Iowa Senate actions including bills to appoint county attorneys' assistants, fund institutions, and regulate child welfare, plus tax and railroad measures. Adjournment sine die followed a flurry of appropriations and reorganizations, with cabinet and court reforms and a pending railroad merger theme affecting future vetoes.
Col John Scott former lieutenant governor of Town a Des Moines resident and longtime Mason leads an account of Iowa’s oldest Masons. The piece traces Scott’s 1848 Kentucky initiation and 1857 Nevada lodge mastership plus other early members such as James Hawthorne and George Beeson, listing many 50 year plus members and noting scarce living peers from earlier southern jurisdiction.
A Manchester Guardian anecdote tells of a tartan dealer nicknamed the Highland robber in a Scotch town. A girl misaddressed an order to Mr Campbell, Perth, and apologized publicly, noting she knew him only as the Highland robber and claiming no insult was intended.
A convalescent man tells a misquoted doctor he owes his life. The doctor coolly offers to settle the matter for $30 for ten visits, suggesting the debt is finally squared in a terse Chicago Daily News item.
Gasoline hand cars drive antic factory service on western rails. U S rail miles grew from 23 in 1830 to nearly 200000 today. Tacoma plans a large freight car factory for American and Japanese markets. Before Siberian railway, London to Shanghai cost 325 to 475 dollars. Now it costs 65 to 100 dollars for third to first class.
August Ballawanz, a Green Bay Lumber helper in Schleswig Crawford County, presented an heirloom violin of unknown identity to violinist Jan Kubelik in Omaha. Kubelik declared it a genuine Stradivarius from the late 1600s worth about 4000 dollars, but Ballawanz refused to sell, keeping the instrument. Edwin Mead, Overland Limited engineer on the Northern Pacific, praised for saving a train, is visiting Sioux City with both legs crippled and one arm missing, reflecting on duty and old Milwaukee connections.
An elderly man named Godfrey, about 65, was found dead in his cottage east of El Dora by a girl who saw the body through the window. Neighbors said he had been dead for several days. Osteopathic doctors failed to secure a separate state board for licensing. a state oculist commission also failed.
President A M Linn of the state board of health led replacement of Indian Tama reservation supplies with Iowa state purchases to burn them to prevent smallpox exposure. Indians refused vaccination but endured quarantine, and nonimmune members contracted the disease as tents became infected. Legislature was asked for seven thousand dollars to acquire new supplies, which were bought, and the Indians eventually acquiesced to the plan.
Polk county District Judge A H McVey held that state law preserves full popular control over street railway franchises. The ruling rejects the idea that city councils alone can set franchise terms after voters grant street use. The people may decide which companies operate and fix franchise length, compensation, routes, car numbers, running times, fares, and other previously.city council powers.
The state board of control hires Dr. M. C. Macklin of Ossian to semiannually visit county insane hospitals and poor farms. The examination, crucial for potential orders, could influence transferring many county patients to the state hospital at Cherokee opening July 1.
Ex representative John Gibson of Creston travels to Manila to assume management of the Philippine Lumber & Investment Company properties. The firm backs a $15 million capital, with Gibson as driving promoter, under President J A T Hull. He previously surveyed Philippine holdings and plans permanent residence there. Heirs Are Encouraged. Mrs Martha Schuler of Des Moines seeks to overturn Patrick conviction and Rice will if invalidated, hoping estate valued at $7 million is divided among kin. Order Restrained. Judge Kelly blocks Red Cross officers from transferring assets to Bankers' Union amid absorption talks.
Joseph Ginter and Luvinda Rousch from Grant County sought a marriage license in Dubuque. The bridegroom’s family rushed to oppose, causing a tense scene before the elder Rousch relented and the marriage proceeded.
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