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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
5
Amid a riot at the Fort Madison Penitentiary guards used force during the disorder. A prisoner was killed after a deputy was assaulted and a guard fired. Witnesses describe a chaotic melee as inmates surged toward staff in the chapel area.
A farmer from the area died after a collision near Fair Charles Paeht. He was identified as a longtime resident and leaves a wife and child. The incident occurred on a farm road as witnesses reported the mishap.
A movement by merchants in Logan supports the soldiers at Missouri Valley with daily charitable collections of tobacco and other supplies. The campaign, named Smokes for Soldiers, meets broad public approval as local shops join the effort to boost the comfort and morale of the troops.
Fragmentary OCR reports an attempted crime and arrests involving individuals with unclear names. The text mentions locations near Nipperary and Ayelvir miles sorth of Mure and a droaker weapon but lacks coherent details. The account reads like garbled notes from a local crime blotter with no verifiable facts.
Miss Anim Makhan of Musestine established a charity fund to educate orphans and support Pend College. Her will leaves real estate valued at about $15,000 to the fund, including farm and residence properties in Haskins.
Grinnell College undergoes major changes led by the administration amid European war conditions. The standout move is appointing Professor Paul Pack as junior dean, succeeding B. E. Jaqua.
Soldiers of the Town National Guard begin a strict training cycle in Deming New Mexico. Major General Bloules notes the program will be tougher than the prior Brownsville border drill. Details on unit leadership and command structure are partially clarified amid ongoing reorganizations.
Members of Company A First Iowa Infantry Camp Dodge rushed to Johnston station after a fire in the coal basement threatened the Consolidated School building. They and Camp Dodge apparatus aided in extinguishing the blaze despite no water supply. Soldiers removed fifty tons of coal while teachers, directors, and boy scouts provided aid and refreshments.
Iowa official Guy E. Lohan along with a Cornell deputy marshal and a county sheriff dispersed a planned gathering to form a "people's council" led by Schuirmany, former Burlington mayoral candidate. About 200 people assembled an hour early as authorities halted the session with a show of force.
An Iowa State student, Angs McComis, a senior agricultural student, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and possible internal injuries during the annual purity ball contest between freshmen and sophomores on the state field. He was rushed to a local hospital after the accident.
Dubugne Frank Eberhardt age 41 was killed when the car driven by him struck a curbstone and overturned twice. Miss Verrrnde M. Lemper, 42, also died instantly. Mrs Anns J. Pilfiner and Mrs Helen M. Schmidt, widows, suffered broken bones and serious injuries.
A two and a half year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs George Scott of Stratford, drowned in a shallow sand pool along the Des Moines River. The father loaded grain while the mother watched. the child was later found lifeless. Attempts at revival failed. Libraries share recreation funds as Des Moines seeks 5 500 apportionment for military funds.
Police who tried to arrest Jerry Augustine were held at gunpoint when they tracked him to a hose on the west side. Augustine was wanted for assaulting Ben Moore, a former police chief.
Cedar Rapids leader Frank M. Darta is re elected president of the Western Bohemian fraternal association at its recent meeting in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Norwood Davenport Commercial Club secretary plans to recruit around 4000 Camp Dodge laborers for the Rock Island arsenal. He began an advertising drive here to move workers, while opinions differ on the best method and authority. Mayon of the Chamber of Commerce supports the idea.
Camp plans push 400 new buildings to raise capacity to about 70 000 soldiers delaying completion by at least one month. Barracks will be converted into dormitories to house 250 men per unit. space could support another division if the Second Army is raised.
A speeding Wabash train north of Des Moines carried a bootlegger who jumped from a coach to avoid capture by York county deputy sheriff John Grivin. The deputy nabbed a man later, found twenty five pints and five quarts of liquor in a suitcase, then returned to search the train and found the suspect had vanished. The liquor is held by the sheriff.
A rescue narrative details how more than 160 colonists left Clipperton Island in February 1914. Eleven Mexican women and children survived by sea, while scurvy and drownings felled many others. The governor's widow recounts attacks by a black lighthouse tender who murdered a woman before another woman killed him.
Des Moines reports that members of the U S Reserve Signal Corps, enlisted last May, have been notified the reserve signal battalions will be placed in service on or about February 5. Commanders will dispatch detachments for mobilization and training as directed by the central signal officer in Chicago.
Mrs. Evelyn Collins sues for separation from Archie Frederick Collins inventor of the Collins wireless telephone who returned from prison reportedly a blood cold misanthrope. She says he attacks the world and even his benefactors and plagues the household with long harangues after his release.
In Philadelphia a dispute over eight cents led to a fatal confrontation. William Wassabeck and Jerome Shark were killed by Frank Kattico after a quarrel about payment tickets and shoe sales in Lataria's Shop as prices for shines had recently dropped.
A Chicago woman describes two years of illness from a female trouble and how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound gave immediate relief restoring strength. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration and endorses its use by women with various female ailments.
A north side socialite rushing to host a last minute reception for a city clubwoman fails as three house servants are out. Her five year old daughter ushers guests, and the note pinned to Ethel's dress reads Dere Ladies cum on In mam is up stares dresing tele and sir downe.
An old advertisement urges using Cuticura Soap with hot water for eczema and skin issues, followed by Cuticura Ointment. It claims a natural tendency to rashes and pimples can be prevented by daily use, offers a free sample by mail with a book, and notes availability everywhere.
A five year old questions the five senses and wonders if talking would count as a sense if not for the many nonsensical speech around it. The mother explains the five are usually enough.
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