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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1904
Page
6
Des Moines May 19 1904 the federal court fines Rock Island $100 for not using patent couplers on all cars to improve railway safety. Indictment cited many cars operating without couplers endangering workers.
A Fairfield boy dies after a wager to eat a quart of salted peanuts. Sioux City ministers seek public stance on gambling. A struck freight victim near Boone is buried. his relatives remain unknown. Fraud cases lead to Cedar Rapids arrest warrants. Iowa State Fair marks golden anniversary with Farmers Day and other events. Reports detail child care institutions, railway talks, and Ample local misadventures across the state.
Des Moines reports a surge in demand for the new drainage law as 5,000 copies are distributed statewide. The automo bile law, taking effect July 4, restricts speeds, imposes vehicle tags, and enforces fines up to 80 dollars or 30 days in jail for repeat offenses.
Des Moines reports a settlement ending the building trades strike. About 700 carpenters will return to work at prior wages and hours. Lumberyards reopen as the Lumbermen's association meets. Oil prospects near airfield prompt 8000 acres leased by Jefferson County Oil Company. A Fort Dodge woman lies dying after kerosene stove explosion. husband severely burned.
Thieves blew open the Weston post office on Tuesday night and took $46 in coins and currency. Deputy Woolman and Constable Alberti traced a burglar’s path for a mile and a half but halted without arrests. The postmaster Williams had just received over $700 in money orders the day before. the money was taken home.
Des Moines reports the state board of control will acquire about sixty-six acres in Marion county next year for the new state hospital for inebriates near Knoxville. The land, originally a race course, includes valuable lumber and was bought for around 150 dollars per acre, totaling about ten thousand dollars. Several options remain on other lands as purchases continue.
Two Chariton youths Henry Schotte and Harley Waynick, about twenty, confessed to setting fires that destroyed several buildings. Bond set at 2500 dollars each. they remain jailed after being unable to post. A separate Mississippi River body find near Davenport helps resolve John Rehder’s disappearance. Anamosa unearthed part of a skeleton at a historic church site, sparking speculation about the tomb’s owner. The era notes Serbia’s turbulence and odd fashion with a stiletto hatpin.
Tacoma May 19 Fireman Downey pinned beneath the engine during the Great Northern flyer wreck at Monroe composed a letter to his wife and child and drafted a will. Surrounded by steam and mangled steel he handed the notes to rescuers before dying after a four hour struggle.
Jackson Michigan May 19 old Fremont voters from nearly every Michigan county gathered in a state convention to arrange representation for the fifty first anniversary of the Republican party birth under the oaks at Jackson July 6 and to compile a roster of living Fremont voters for filing with the state historical society. About 200 veterans attended.
John Sabolick fell into a 160 foot deep cave near Stockton during a fishing trip. Trapped eight hours, he cut steps with a sharp stone as the cave sides slanted at about 80 degrees and narrowly escaped drowning when an old prop kept him from falling further. He finally crawled to the surface after the lengthy ordeal.
A demented woman from St. Paul threw her 3-year-old daughter from the Walnut street bridge into the Des Moines river. She leaped after the child as a riverman rescued both. The infant’s life hangs in the balance amid the harrowing incident reported from Des Moines.
Waterloo woman Florence Dunkelberg of Waterloo Iowa is named as one of three heirs to the $1,125,000 estate of her uncle Dr. G E Robinson of Boston Massachusetts. Her share includes Ocean Bay a fashionable Maine coast summer resort.
Ottawa May 19 Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated the government intends to amend the railway act to compel all railway companies to have a majority of British subjects as directors.
Miss Lucy Brennan of Rock Island won first place in the four state interscholastic oratorical contest featuring Rock Island Grinnell Ta Wisconsin West Superior and Minneapolis.
Nyack May 19 Mrs Nancy Rose aged 80 has died at the Stony Point lighthouse where she served as keeper for forty eight years. She was the oldest lighthouse keeper in the United States and spent nearly half a century guarding the beacon.
W E Mason former Illinois senator arrived in Havana for a visit to President Palma. He will attend the reception and anniversary celebration in Cuba on Friday.
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