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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
2
The notice states first class matter at Boyden post office and offers one year subscription terms if paid in advance. It notes display advertising rates to be announced upon application.
Nov 30 1901 Des Moines letter notes requests to Gov Shaw and Gov Elect Cummins for speeches amid unsettled senatorial prospects. Thanksgiving football between Drake and Iowa College ends 5–0 in favor of Iowa College with ~3000 attendance. Warnings about declining male teachers and low wages in public schools. Balliett case deferred after juror death. mining frauds prompt concern over mail fraud and wildcat schemes. Agar Packing Co complaints against railroads over car supply. Bradstreet notes improved retail trade with weather shifts and signaling broader speculative activity.
Public notice warns against catarrh treatments containing mercury and urges prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. H. Cheney & Co. Toledo is claimed mercury free and for internal use, with testimonials and 75 cents per bottle.
The Des Moines Daily Capital offers a full year of 1902 by mail for 2.00 on December 28, marking the fourth annual Bargain Day. Subscribers may renew or gift subscriptions, with Fasent readers urged to remit and mail by December 28. The paper boasts extensive leased wire reports from the Associated Press and is printed in two colors with strong Iowa and world news coverage. Remember December 28.
In Storm Lake Iowa this afternoon the jury convicted Albert G Phillips and Lewis Brooks of first degree murder in the death of John Sundblad during an attempted arrest at Albert City after a Greenville bank robbery suspicion. The verdict fixed the punishment at death with the foreman announcing the jurors’ unanimous decision amid a hushed courtroom.
The courtroom held a restrained calm as the sentence was handed down. Prisoners exchanged faint smiles while a white man continued chewing gum. The audience remained subdued, marking the county’s first use of such punishment and the day’s quiet mood.
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