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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
2
The Herald notes a jumble of stray items from Herbert Spencer praise to artificial eyes for public notice. It mentions a bald head stopping a train, a Waldorf Astoria cat sale, a Constantinople debt rumor, a patent cactus, and mockingly unconnected musings on fashion and literature.
A Rock Island switch engine in Bucklin Kansas fatally struck John Geiger of Muscatine after he walked behind the engine with his wife. A Fort Dodge millinery store burned in a New Year blaze started by a lamp explosion, with $2000 stock and $1100 insurance. Reports on milk safety in Des Moines showed formaldehyde and boric acid in samples. An Illinois Central train derailment incident near Storm Lake ended with no serious injuries. A Vinton heating plant explosion damaged the building, injuring several workers. Burrier and Murphy fight at Anamosa penitentiary injures Burrier and sends Murphy to hospital. Patterson, nine miles east of Willerset, suffered a disastrous fire wiping out a grocery, butcher shop, barber, and Odd Fellows hall. Creston farmers lament hunter carelessness. Waterloo switchman Thomas Snowden crushed by a locomotive in the Great Western yard.
Charles Burns held to grand jury after arrest in Reinbeck for stealing a horse and buggy from CG. W. Smith in Waterloo. Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, famed trap shooter, honored with a $500 Swiss timepiece and a $150 chain from a powder firm. Batavia Mercantile and Nelson’s Opera House destroyed by fire with $41,000 loss, little insurance. Manchester trial underway in a manslaughter case involving abuse of a 12 year old. Waterloo thefts: Simmering and Caldwell chase and capture two men who stole a horse, buggy, and a Singer sewing machine, sold equipment along the route. Lehigh school teacher Carrie Pettibone braves a blizzard to open school five miles away. Great Northern Railway explores Sioux City facilities with plans for expanded yards, a new passenger station, and connections to Burlington, with no firm promises. Pat Post robs Jackson County saloon. Steve Sutton thwarts him with a revolver misfire, Post detained.
The elderly Reed was found shot dead in his Brooklyn home near Brook lyn two miles east of town. His son Tom found him in a pool of blood with a bullet wound and signs of a struggle. Neighboring tracks led to a schoolhouse where the trail continued into timber and back. Dogs followed the scent through woods until midnight with no arrests. A motive tied to rumored hidden money remains unproven.
Des Moines reports that the U S supreme court reversed the Iowa supreme court in two express company liquor cases. Adams and American Express challenged Iowa refusals to allow interstate shipments and deliveries of liquor. The ruling questions state control over interstate commerce and cites Hepburn-Deliver bill arguments. Justice White notes interstate commerce limits, warning that broad state authority could threaten nationwide business.
In Des Moines two small meat shops now supply most local butchers with beef and fresh meats, slaughtering in Des Moines and selling to townspeople more beef than all big western packers combined. The shift undermines the beef trust as local retailers quietly expand their share amid statewide concerns.
Sibley Jan 5 Mrs T C Alexander an elderly woman arose early and set herself ablaze in an outhouse. Her burned body was found minutes later by her husband as flames drew others from the burning building. Big burglary at Moorshead. Moorehead Jan 4 Joe Vance saloon robbed of two hundred seventy dollars in cash fifteen hundred Key West clothing cases of canned goods taken by burglars. No clue as to capture.
Lucas Jan 4. Thomas C. Monger a miner at the Skidemore cogl shaft was trapped under several tons of slate yesterday morning. He suffered severe injuries including broken ribs and doctors say he cannot live.
Eldora adopts plan to curb drinking by making it a misdemeanor to visit any drinking place or carry liquor bottles. Cot Grant Tyler presents ordinance to city council for enforcement by aldermen. The measure targets blind pigs while noting social change.
Notes from the Capital report four Iowa banks failed this year among 660 under state supervision. Total assets near $1,000,000 with about $300,000 liabilities. creditor losses around $100,000. The statewide banking system holds over $163,000,000 in assets, so the failures are under one percent of the total.
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