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Newspaper
Tri City Star
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1904
Page
6
Apples arrive from recent winds and new picks are large and good in quality. Michigan peaches have largely disappeared as Colorado peaches fill the gap, trading at higher prices. Wholesale and retail listings cover a wide range of produce and live stock with varied prices and stock numbers.
In October Mrs Karl Karrer of Treynor admitted her husband Karl Karrer confessed the Treynor Savings Bank robbery last Thursday. She turned over 1015 dollars of the plunder and said another 100 could be recovered. The bank shows 1522 dollars lost. She says she did not know of the plan until after his confession and that she drove to Treynor to obtain a livery tent used in the crime.
Educators in Butler County gathered at Allison Saturday for a lively teachers meeting. Mrs McCraig of Algon led a paper on reforms in public schools, prompting a sharp reply from Superintendent Goormeyer of Greene. New officers include Ida Laydigs, J J Sharpe, FE White, O B Dixon, and Miss Myrtle Lyonety.
Detective Richard Reed and partner pursue suspect Charles Lee in Cincinnati. A bystander, Robot Sailles, 37, is wounded in the wrist as Lee is captured after a clash on West Sixth Street. Reed, injured in the exchange, says the shooting of the bystander was accidental during the fight.
London court hears Mercedes Snyder Davis recount how her Kansas City husband George Alexander Davis, 28, addicted to morphia for years, severed an artery at the Metropole after she left to view art. Coroner notes a non witnessed will and letters reveal his plan to end suffering. Jury returns verdict of death by suicide.
Des Moines reports a domestic dispute in which Mary Elliott, a boarding house operator, faced William Francis with a double barreled shotgun after he demanded ten cents for bus fare. Her 17 year old son Raymond intervened, wresting the gun away before violence ensued. Elliott pressed charges of assault with intent to murder.
The body of Sarah Blue Everett, 26, daughter of farmer Robert H Everett near Little Sion, was found on Orville Hiverett’s porch after a gasoline fire. She had been cleaning ribbons with gasoline when fumes ignited from a nearby stove. The blaze burned through the clothing, leaving a hole in the floor as the family was away.
Rasmus, a prosperous farmer living near El Horn, was attacked by a bull while in a field Friday. He died Saturday morning after being found unconscious with a crushed chest. The funeral was held Sunday by the Modern Woodmen and burial occurred in the Gak Mill cemetery near his home.
Anoka Minnesota report notes the death of 17 year old Agnes Deering Klingker after being struck by a Northern Pacific freight train while crossing tracks with other girls on an errand to a railway depot. Remains were taken to an undertaker for inquest to be held that morning.
G. Rot & P. plans low fare period from September to October with double daily tourist service from Davenport to San Francisco and Los Angeles. One car departs Davenport at 10:35 pm via Kansas City and El Paso, the other at 3:15 am via Omaha Denver and Salt Lake City. Reserve at Depot Ticket Office or City Office Brady Street.
Very low one way ticket offer to Oklahoma Indian Territory Kansas Texas New Mexico for ten dollars. Tickets are limited and may be on sale on the 4th and 18th. Inquiries to ticket agent or mail contact P A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago P L Hinrichs Commercial Agent Davenport Iowa.
A steam vessel named Coast ing Steamer sank between Rawal Island and Betwee today after collision or mishap. The crew of nine were aboard with one reported missing and others rescued by nearby craft and shore stations.
Des Moines reports a street evangelist, William Porter, attracting coachmen around the First M.B. church on Sunday with bold sermons criticizing clergy and remarks about the rich and poor. A driver warned him off, threatening police intervention amid a growing scene. In nearby Leesville a sensational tale arose about a life saved by Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung diseases. Trial bottles offered.
A report from Dunfar Scotland via Ové dated 22 states Captain Amundsen's Arctic expedition, which left Christiana June 17 1903, is safe. The mission aims to magnetism research and seeks to reach King William Land then Behring Strait, potentially crossing the North Pole and Davis Strait toward Greenland.
Senator William J. Stone spoke before a packed courthouse audience in Springfield on October 12, outlining national issues to widespread applause and strong engagement from attendees.
The Great Falls Tribune of Montana reports it has been sold by Senator W A Clark to W C Conrad of Butte Mont. The former owner Senator Clark formerly owned the paper and the sale marks a change in ownership in the local press scene.
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