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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
2
A collage of terse reminiscences and wry observations from public figures and events. Mentions range from royal progress and Spain's cabinet to golf, crime, and weather, with asides on Italian politics, fruit crops, and a Paris antiquity purchase.
A reformers shift to celestial newspaper writing limits comments to weather and verses praising the empress dowager. The remark signals a change in tone and content for public commentary.
Two drivers finished the first automobile trip across the continent. They noted familiar tombstones to help find their way back along the same route. A California woman fell downstairs and recovered use of her limbs and voice, a remedy suggested in homeopathic doses.
Manhattan has installed nine thousand street signs within a year at a cost of forty thousand dollars. An additional forty thousand dollars is needed to complete the project. When the signs arrive, every unbeliever seeking a sign will find it at the nearest corner.
Eastern oil man S A Scott and Judge 8 M Elwood of Sac City tour Omaha and Iowa oil fields. They are invested in Sac Oil and Gas Co to prospect near Sac City and expand to high grade fields. They describe indications running from Allamakee county southeast to near Omaha, calling it the best sign of future flow. They expect large crude finds and prompt development.
At McConey bridge in Villisca on August 21 a traction engine caused the bridge to collapse twelve feet, pinning Frank Kenworthy and Bert Sadler beneath. Both suffered severe injuries including the loss of limbs with possible loss of lives. amputation was deemed necessary. Local residents aided the injured as doctors prepared for emergency procedures.
A large factory of Parsons Rich & Company, makers of gasoline engines and self feeders, burned down last evening in Newton. The blaze swept the block housing the shops, narrowly spared the office and adjacent property due to heroic firefighting. Loss is about 360000 with 17000 to 18000 insured. Seventy five workers employed year round will be temporarily out of work.
Ida M Ilings worth of Cambridge sues M D Ilingsworth of the same village for 5000 damages alleging false and malicious language damaged her peace of mind and reputation. Ilingsworth is her former father in law and the couple recently divorced. The suit claims harm to her standing before the world.
Eldora August 22 Mrs Joseph Stage nearly 100, in central Iowa, suffered a serious head wound after a doorway fall. The gash measured three inches long skull was exposed but she regained consciousness quickly and shows vitality to recover. She previously endured a three week bout of whooping cough last winter.
John J. Johnson a laborer who had worked at the Morrell packing house was found dead in the city park yesterday afternoon. The coroner cites heart failure from overwork as the cause of death in this Ottumwa tragedy.
Toledo report states E Manfield’s stock and feed barn containing about a hundred tons of hay burned to total loss when a snake chase led children to drive the reptile under the hay. In Chicago, Dr. Francis Marion Powell, former superintendent at Glenwood Iowa, died at Mercy Hospital after gallstone complications and surgery.
R J Mc Andrews grows three and one half acres of corn in La Porte City and expects a record yield of 260 bushels. Stalks stand twelve feet high and ears are proportionate in size this season.
Three youths fled the Town Industrial school and stole Major Stephen Vainen’s bicycle. He crossed a long railroad bridge over the Iowa River near Eldora, spotted an approaching train, and leaped into the water to avoid being hit. He swam to shore, wet and cold, then continued the search for the runaway boy and caught a late train back.
The Des Moines Iowa Falls & Northern opened service with a morning run from East Des Moines led by locomotive No 201, carrying seventy passengers and seven freight cars, while a second regular passenger train from Iowa Falls to Des Moines carried three coaches and the presidential car of E S Ellsworth. Ellsworth’s party visited Des Moines and returned to Iowa Falls Saturday evening, greeted by W E Pickney and local crowds.
Clinton police report Newton Hellyer of Clinton was found murdered in Winona with head crushed and partly severed from the body, robbery suspected but no valuables found. Hellyer had left home two weeks earlier and was later revealed as a defendant in a divorce suit and a $5,000 damage suit filed by his wife against him and his relatives.
Winterset August 21 work ordered on the Winterset Green field extension of the Rock Island with grade stakes to be set at once. Property changes hands in Winterset as the Rock Island through BE & McCall buys all property south of North or Railway street at the prices asked. Surveyors have completed work to Green field and return to the city ordered to set grade stakes immediately. Right of way outside town 1908 has all been purchased and grading will start soon.
Ottumwa Aug 22 F A Houk a farmer with wife and three children met a horrible death shortly after midnight when struck on the Wabash freight train as he crossed the Wabreh bridge. He was 49 years old and reportedly drunk at the time. his mangled body was beyond recognition.
Luella Anderson aged 6 died from burns received during a gasoline blaze. She tried to rescue a smaller girl whose clothing had caught fire and bravely sacrificed her life in August in Sioux City.
A wry remark notes that a person hides flaws by clever means while experience demands high costs. It quips that learning comes from tough lessons, comparing caution in concealment with relentless teaching by life.
Roy Lambert a boy of about 13, son of Dana Lambert, was severely bitten by a vicious dog on Richings street. The dog bit to the bone in the left arm and was ordered shot by Dr. Seymour. Dodge Arrested: Sidney Dodge was arrested at Wilton Junction after fleeing with cash from the Postal Telegraph company.
Constantinople reports Tewfik Pasha told the Russian ambassador that Turkey accepts all Russian demands and asks the Russian squadron depart Turkish waters. Insurgents' strongest positions are Krushevo Merzovo and Florina with Krushevo still occupied. Revolt headquarters are near Monastir with reports of sects attacking spies. Women and children are spared while fortified Turkish dwellings are destroyed.
Sofia reports indicate expansion of the Macedonian uprising with insurgents capturing Vasiliko in the Adrianople vilayet. Turkish officials were taken prisoner and then released at the Bulgarian frontier. Villages including Vasiliko were burned while a Turkish post at Liljah monastery was attacked. Bulgaria plans troop strengthens along the frontier as anxiety rises.
A massive Grand Army of the Republic parade in San Francisco drew thousands along the line of march. Police led the veterans, with a drum corps and top officers including Commander in Chief Stewart, Barrows, Beers, Schall, Shelly, and Walsh present. Notables General MacArthur, Cobb, and Yon rode in civilian dress at the Wisconsin division head. The event featured departments from Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, California, and Nevada, under Major General W. R. Shafter.
New York Aug 21 Crowds line Sandy Hook as Reliance defeats Lipton's Shamrock II in a 15 mile windward beat amid light rain. Reliance tops Shamrock II by over a mile at the outer mark with experts predicting a Triumph for the defender in the 13th America's Cup series.
In United States circuit court yesterday George W Pepper receiver of Bay State Gas of Delaware filed a bill against J Edward Addicks U S Senator J Frank Alee and others alleging a fraudulent stock transaction valued at 76 million dollars. Directors except Addicks named as defendants for unlawfully agreeing to issue 100000 Bay State Gas shares without consideration. Dan Patch Breaks Pacing Record at Brighton Beach.
Berlin officials plan to light tunnels with separate wires and install stoppage apparatus to cut traffic current near accident scenes. The ministry of public works orders aim to prevent overcrowding and improve train hand signaling, following lessons from the Paris disaster.
Boston chosen to host the 1904 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with John C Black of Illinois named Commander in Chief. Other officers selected include Ma gon Keene of California as senior vice commander and Winfield Scott of Arizona as chaplain in chief after a two ballot contest. Boston and Denver were the only meeting sites named. Denver was withdrawn.
Sir Lien Chen Tung informed Acting Secretary Atlee that a dispatch confirms Prince Ching told Minister Conger that the October 8 treaty would provide for opening two ports in Manchuria. The Chinese minister said the United States would insist on open ports and advised yielding gracefully to American demands.
Dispatches from Zungeru dated August 17 report a British force of thirty whites and five hundred natives destroying Burma town in Nigeria. The enemy's losses totaled 700 killed, including the former Sultan of Sokoto and many chiefs, while British casualties were eleven killed and sixty-two wounded. The attack featured intense house to house resistance before defeat.
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