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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1903
Page
2
A montage of cheeky items from The Philadelphia Ledger and other sources notes political bravado in boxing circles, European rulers, and social foibles. It touches on Jim Scanlon challenging Jim Jeffries, cod liver price spikes, radium markdowns, and a satirical look at reflects on society, science, and travel. It pokes fun at editors, actors, and royalty with quick wry lines and pithy observations.
The Japanese consider several routes to bring their yacht into U S waters with the fastest option being to have it built in the United States. The St Louis Globe Democrat reports thirty six robberies by revolver in St Louis since July 4. This raises concern for next year’s exposition attendance.
Fragmented OCR includes a stray line about well shaped stocks at 25 cents each from the New York Times and mentions girls and rocks with unclear context. The readable portion suggests a cheap sale or ad, but details are garbled and no clear event or entities can be confirmed.
Des Moines September 10. Fred Virden is bound over to the grand jury on larceny charges for stealing a harness from 1121 West Locust street. His 72 year old mother Mrs Susan Virden collapses in court and dies soon after. She had insisted on attending the hearing despite feebleness.
Ella Foster a prisoner in Sioux City Nebraska attempted suicide to fool a visiting friend. The friend, sent on a trivial errand, found Foster lifeless hanging from a sheet tied to her cell door. She was revived promptly and recovered.
Des Moines report says taxpayers argued in Heath v. Albrook and Hardin County. The Hardin County case centers on a secretly arranged contract with an attorney to collect taxes found by tax ferrets. Courts ordered refund of contract funds to the county.
Webster City extends its library plans after Kendall Young’s death at Battle Creek. His will leaves $200,000 to the city in trust for a fireproof library building costing $25,000, with income from the remaining principal to support library purposes. The fund was to become available when Mrs. Kendall Young died, seven years after the initial arrangement.
The daughter of Fred Richards was severely scalded when a chair pulled into a boiling coffee pot. The family had just sat down to dinner when the accident occurred. The child may not survive.
Cedar Rapids reports twenty-one damages totaling over 300000 filed after the Clifton hotel fire. Defense attorneys moved to strike the Iowa fire escape law as unconstitutional, arguing the measure was never properly enacted. The law reportedly passed without an enacting clause and later amended in the senate, with no vote taken on the amended version.
A brother claims his sister identified Frank Baird, linked to the Hamilton robbery last January, as the man who bound and gagged her during a nighttime house robbery. She saw him in Knoxville jail and identified him after ripping off a false beard, while Baird lies gravely ill in a hospital ward with a facial wound.
In Des Moines a landmark injunction suit over Clarke law raises whether consent from all property owners within fifty feet of a building is required or only from owners of the room used for saloon purposes. If the broader reading stands, over half the city’s saloons and many statewide could shut. The case hinges on legislative intent versus literal wording of the term property.
Bernard Sittig, father of Richard Sittig who died from a gunshot on Sand Hill lake road, arrives in Sioux City and pledges to pursue his son's death investigation. He threatens a damage suit against Maurice Venmarter and Johnson Williamson or their parents, tied to the rifle incident. Also reports of clothing combustion on a Cedar Rapids streetcar, twelve horses burned at Ft. Dodge, and fire losses in nearby stables.
Des Moines report details fees totaling about 22 500 collected from 1899 to 1902 by Beehler Merriam and others for inspections of insurance companies in Iowa and across states. Audits found high charges and questioned examiner time, with limited statutory power to recover funds. records to be kept, but recovery unclear.
Willie Hennessy a 14 year old Cripple Creek shoeman's son slept through a moving train and walked from a car. He woke, returned to Iowa City, and despite a near fatal fall with no broken bones, he proceeded to Notre Dame University on the next train.
In Ottumwa on September 10 Jesse Cavines shot neighbor C F Dowe two miles west of Chariton. Both men are wealthy farmers and longtime rivals. Dowe lay very low Thursday afternoon while Cavines posted bond for a thousand dollars claiming self defense. City marshal Bound Over Avoca report notes Oakland marshal George McCormack accused of assault in a melee after arresting Vallison for drunkenness. Vallison acquitted and later filed charges.
Notes from Des Moines report fruit crop outlook across the Mississippi valley with Iowa's share and frost damage. Michigan New York Pennsylvania and Virginia lead the national harvest while winter apples may rise in price. Treasury figures project about 1 million balance with growth from unexpected revenue. Geological survey work expands across Iowa counties. Robert Fullerton appointed for World’s Fair funds disbursement. A Sheldon firm investigated for unincorporated banking activity and cleared.
Russian and Austrian proposals for coercive action against Bulgaria falter as several powers object. Insurgents in Macedonia grow to about 26,000 able fighters. Sofia and Constantinople warn of war while authorities ready troops and resources for a major move within days. Christian populations fear indiscriminate violence if operations intensify.
A Fort Worth informant, newly returned from Beaumont, claims Standard Oil engineered a sweeping fraud against Independent Beaumont oil firms. He says railroads, pipelines, and salt water damage devastated wells, with misused assets bought by a trust as companies failed. The tale includes dramatic alleged conspiracies and a stockpile of funds raised to probe the losses.
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