Woman Confesses to Killing Husband and Burning Body
In Monticello New York on January 25 Mrs. Jeanette Excelor formerly of Pella Iowa confessed to killing her husband LaFayette Taylor and burning the body after a struggle over a revolver. A 14 year old daughter aided in cutting up the body and burning it while hogs were fed the ground bones. The daughter has not been arrested. Also noted is the death of Sophia Van Vark at 24, with funeral held in Pella.
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Monticello
N. Y
Jeanette Excelor
Centerville
Sullivan County
Pella
Iowa
LaFayette Taylor
Taylor
Insurance payout after accidental death noted
Friday a $1000 check was issued to Mrs. van Wyngaarden as a life settlement for her son William, killed January 13. P H Stubenrauch, agent for Equitable Insurance Co., states the company settled the loss quickly after the son had paid only $29.84.
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P. H. Stubenrauch
Equitable Insurance Co
United States
van Wyngaarden
William
The Irish Aristocracy at the Opera House Review
The Irish Aristocracy company performed at the opera house last Monday to a small audience. Some cast members were strong while others were tame. The rope act impressed, but other specialties were weak. The next attraction is A Breezy Time, with shows slated for Saturday evening.
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Opera House
Miner Nathan Hollingsworth Killed at Local Mine
Report notes the fatal accident near Otley on January 29. Nathan Hollingsworth, a Colyn mine worker, was crushed when slate collapsed while pushing a car. he died within seconds. The piece also recounts a loud incident by inebriated locals in South Pella and advertises Great Western Railway homeseekers tickets and through-tourist sleeping cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hollingsworth
Isaac Colyn
Otley
I. Colyn
Hollingsworth
Colyn
Red Rock Township
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
Ill
Dissolution of Roorda and Dykstra Partnership
Notice declares the firm Roorda and Dykstra dissolved by mutual consent Dykstra retires and E R Roorda assumes all debts and receives all bills dues The dated February 4 1903 indicates the dissolution with Roorda and Dykstra signing as parties and Roorda to settle accounts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roorda & Dykstra
Dykstra
E. R. Roorda
P. B. Dykstra
New Subscribers List Grows for Curotoxie Cironicur
The Cironicur reports rapid growth in circulation and invites readers to enroll their names for the coming year. Listed are subscribers from various towns including Mrs M A Parker of Pella and J H Thomassen of Prairie City, among others, highlighting the paper’s liberal stance on public matters.
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M. A. Parker
Pella
Austin Yarham
J. M. Kempkes
R. Hulleman
Otley
H. K. Boer
Wm. Sheesley
Peoria
Runaway Heroic Escape? Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Cures Ulcer
A runaway near Franklin Grove, Illinois, endured a four year leg ulcer resisted by doctors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed the wound quickly, ending the man’s suffering and restoring health.
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J.B. Orner
Franklin'Grove
Bucklen
Extraordinary Creck Highlights Railroad Oddities
William Clapper, chief clerk at the Wabash city ticket office in Des Moines, paid five dollars for expenses after a strikingly odd wreck. A train on the Empire mine line broke a coupler on a steep grade near Tracy, the corn car leaping the track and scattering its load. The caboose was damaged, the corn car vanished, and the missing car later found at the bottom of a gulley. Similar accidents occurred on the Great Western, with disputes over where the cargo ended up. No one was fired, though the conductor received a reprimand.
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William Clapper
Wabash City
Des Moines
Tracy
Empire Mine
Caboose
Empire
Great Western
Brainerd
Minn
West Union
Free Cure for Sick Headache Promo
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Pills offered as a cure for sick headache. If taken at first indication, they will prevent the attack. Free sample available at Allen and Stukenrauch's drug store for trial.
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Chamberlain
Allen & Stukenrauch
Marriage Licences Issued Since Last Report
The following licenses have been issued by the clerk since the last report: Maggie Van Steenis Elton A Lyons Gracie Hays Walter D. Feight Carile Olive.
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Maggie van Steenis
Elton A Lyons Gracie Hays
Walter D. Feight
Carile Olive
Two Hollanders Die After Train Collision Near Fifield
Two young Hollanders Dirk Brandenhorst and Cornelius Rounbos were killed when their sled with a loaded team was struck by an eastbound Wabash train near the home of S. van Hemert. The crash crushed skulls and the bodies lay exposed for hours before a coroner arrived, with services held at Whitebreast church and interment thereafter.
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Wabash Road
S. van Hemert
Dirk Brandenhorst
Cornelius Rounbos
Des Moines
Fifield
Death of Douglas A Weigand 1860 1903 Local notices
Douglas A Weigand born April 24 1860 in Marion county Iowa died February 5 1903 at Mt Pleasant aged 42 years 9 months 11 days. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1885 after reading with Gamble Ayers, practiced in Ogden Utah as deputy county attorney, and later moved west. He married Clara Fenleigh in 1885 and had two children one living. He joined the Baptist church in Knoxville in 1883. Survived by wife mother one brother six sisters. Funeral at Durham M E church February 7 and interment in Eureka cemetery.
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Douglas A. Weigand
Marion County
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant
Clara Fenleighson
Gamble & Ayers
Pratt Ease
Baptist Church
Knoxville
Durham M. E
Eureka
Preventive Medicine and Pneumonia Warnings
The piece argues that medicine trends favor prevention and cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia tied to colds or grip. It stresses early use once a cold is contracted and notes sales through Allen's & Stubenrauch Drugists. Also mentions two young Halanders seeking farm work via Peo Me Bank.
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Allen’ & Stubenrauch Druggists
Peo Me Bank
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A.J. Nossaman
People's Savings Bank
M. Kramer
Pelowa
Geo. J. Thomassen
Vander ZylBros
Pella Drain Tile and Brick Co
Pella, Iowa
John Visser Auctioneer
Chronicle Office
Abet
California
Best
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Great Rock Island
Southern
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Teeniaaiagattg
Sophia van Vark
la Grippe
First Reformed Church
van Westenberg
A. H. Weber
Ocalist
Aurist
Keables Drug Store
N. Hollingsworth
South
Wabash
Dr. Kramer
Whitebreast Church
Rev's
de Haas
Timmerman
Gilbert Satern
Humboldt
Joe Harrington
Keokuk
McBride
Gate City
Joseph Baluf
Town City
Mary Querl
Lucy Battenfelt
Cedar Falls
Sanborn
William Crary
Neb
Young Baily
Board of Supervisors
Matt
Walston Station
Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Walston
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