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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
7
Suggested hostesses entertain with a croquet luncheon after a morning match. Wickets on the table form a centerpiece, decorated with green crepe, wire, and sweet peas. Tiny mallets, name cards, fruit juice candies, iced bouillon, cold tongue, jellied chicken, rolls, potatoes, asparagus, barley soup, cheese, chocolate ice cream, sponge drops, and coconut shavings complete the menu.
Black hats gain popularity with velvet ribbons and long upright feathers. Smart men wear colored collars in the morning. Embroidered patches appear at random on spring gowns, signaling a fresh fashion fad.
Designs for parasols feature varied shapes and materials with a strong Japanese flat style and many ribs. The No 8 curved parasol contrasts the flat form, with gold ferrule and long slender handle in lightwood, shown in green taffeta with tuck work and hematitching. A full illustrated panel showcases a flowered ribbon center and teak wood handle with inlays, priced at $8.50.
Denison Iowa June 22 Clark and Chesley Hubbard two colored men from Omaha are jailed in this county charged with killing Northwestern brakemen Lee C Warner and Alva Bechtel near Vail Iowa. Hubbard remains in Denison jail and Clark is in Carroll. They allegedly confessed to Sheriff Cummings and County Attorney Kiniker stating the brakemen tried to eject them from the car while stealing a ride. Warner died instantly Bechtel later died in Carroll hospital. They said they bought the revolver at a pawnshop in Omaha. Three other hoboes detained here identified Clark and Hubbard as the shooters.
In Algona on June 22 Sarah Larson an unmarried woman about 37 was arrested by A B Bernard of the Bernard Secret Service agency Des Moines charged with authorship of the black hand letters received by Mrs Charles Stewart widow of Algona during the past six months The latest letter mailed June 2 from Algona demanded 2000 to be left at 10 pm on the steps of the Central school building or Mrs Stewart and her attorney J L Bonar would be killed The letters bore the signature By order of black hand society.
Des Moines reports Captain John C. Raymond wounded at Fort Des Moines last Sunday is weakening rapidly and unlikely to survive the day. Corporal Crabtree, who shot him, has made threats of further attempts, and is guarded at the fort to prevent another incident.
Iowa dispatch notes Hillsdale post office in Mills County will close and be replaced June 30 by Glenwood rural delivery. A star route from Asterdock to Colesburg, 8 miles each way, six days weekly begins. William H. Gifford of Colesburg wins the contract for 1909 1910 at 400 dollars. Also reports Maj James M Hadley father of Gov. Herbert S Wadley of Missouri died after a stroke at a Kansas City baseball game. Donald H Ray drowns in the Raccoon River near a sand house by the F M Hubbell Land Co above the C B and Q bridge.
A head on collision west of Mount Carmel between two Southern Railway passenger trains killed Mall Clerk Jackson and injured both engineers. The accident, attributed to an error in train orders, disrupted service as investigators review the downed steamer and hydra related signals.
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