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22 Aug 1902
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Webster City Tribune in Webster City, Iowa
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
1
Riddles and verses on beauty and nature
A collection of light verse riddles and rhymes about women flowers weather and the sun. It includes puns on thyme grass mice roses pistils and May sun with jokes about widows gardeners and the life of a young lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Conundrums and Wordplay From American Boy
A collection of light riddles and punny questions from American Boy. Jokes cover feet in stockings bees honey echoes birds and nests and clocks on stairs with playful twists and wordplay aimed at a young audience.
Condensed Thoughts on Money, Genius, and Preaching
A collection of pithy maxims on friendship and wealth. It contrasts loyalty with money loss, notes the thin line between genius and madness, and comments on ambition, class, and a preacher gathering material from wicked places for sermons.
Iowa News Echoes From Frugal Times And Sudden Tragedies
Local pieces report a Cherokee grocer’s witty remark on high butter prices, vandalism and burglary in Moscow Muscatine county, a fatal shooting by a son in Bussey, and a Rock Island train hold up thwarted near Waterloo. Storms kill cattle in Polk county. Guttenberg votes to abandon a special charter. public notices, education law rulings, and a string of accidents, suicides, and odd anecdotes fill the page.
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W. H. Berry
Indianola
Conservatory of Music
Simpson College
Berry
Rock Island
Waterloo
Samuel Henderson
Franklin Township
Polk County
Henderson
Reed Henderson
F. W. Cherry
Lyda
Great Western
Winterset
Greenfield
Chicago Great Western
Cyrenng Cole
Cedar Raapids Republican
Benjamin Andrews
Cyrenus
St. Paul
Ft. Benjamin
Christan
Martin Luther
Shakespeare
Odon
Mary
Strafford
Des Moines Shooting Ties to Fatal Enmity Between Black Residents
Rev. F Lomack was shot twice by Al McKinney at Fifth and Crocker streets while walking with J C Taylor. McKinney fled but later captured. Lomack hospitalized and Mrs Taylor uninjured. Earlier, Bob Turner fired at Johnson on Third street. Turner and Johnson quarreled after a gambling house raid. Police detained Turner. both men appeared intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IF. Lomack
al McKinney
Fifth and Crocker Streets
McKinney
Lomack
J. C. Taylor
Crocker Street
Fifth Street
Crocker
W. P. Lewis
Reod
Mrs. Tyler
Bob Turner
Johnson
Third Street
Tarner
Third and
Walnut
Mattern
Turner
Harbach
Court Avenue
Polce
Bob Johnson
Battle on a Mountain Ends in Death and Haze
A Knoxville based Times Star report states an armed posse surrounds two murder suspects atop Bay Mountain in Jefferson County Tennessee. Firing has begun as sheriffs converge to capture the pair. Newman was burned to death after being bound to a bed post during the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Times Star
Knoxville
Tenn
Watking Newman
Jefferson County
Bay Mountain
Hamblin
Jefferson Counties
Newman
Wedded at the bedside in Manila tragedy
Rudolph Zumstein of Treynor Iowa died five hours after marrying Miss Janette Williams of Colorado at his Manila bedside. He had fallen ill while employed with the U S government in the new public school system there. His body was buried in the National Cemetery at Manila. Relatives in Laporte receive the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Rudolph Zumstein
Treynor
Iowa
Manila
United States
Jannette Williams
Colorado
Prof. Zumstein
National
Tragedy at Shrine Ends in Double Death
Charles Rubsam shot his wife Elsie dead at the Shrine after religious disputes and then killed himself. Their 14 year old daughter witnessed the scene. A $145 check was found on Rubsam, and the couple’s quarrels centered on religion as he sought to raise the children in his faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Rubsam
Elsie
Tony
Rubsam
Lost Cabin gold mine rediscovered near Buffalo Wyoming
In Buffalo Wyoming on August 17 a rediscovery of the Lost Cabin gold mine on Otter Creek in the Big Horn mountains drew over 1000 hopeful prospectors within forty eight hours. They carried location papers and tools to file mining claims after learning of the bonanza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Cabin
Wyoming
Buffalo, Wyo
Otter Creek
Big Horn Mountains
Koskuba Arrested After Shot at Farmer
William Brand, a farmer east of Ferguson, avoided injury when Koskuba fired at him with an old shotgun during a dispute over searching for Koskuba’s missing son. Koskuba was arraigned before Justice Burritt on assault with intent to murder charges, pleaded not guilty, with bonds set at 3060 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
William Brand
Ferguson
Joseph Koskuba
Koskuba
Rand
Brand
B. J. Burritt
Kogskuba
Ice in coffin stuns town as Morris case puzzles cops
In Guthrie Oklahoma the Orlando cemetery coffin was opened before 500 people and found empty containing two pounds of ice. Morris of Madison Kansas vanished with a man calling himself Cox after a supposed runaway accident. Police report no clues while telegrams seek Morris's wife and life insurance contacts. An arrest in Chandler involved a man named John Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
Morris
Madison
Kansas
Orlando
Madson
Cox
John Cox
Chandler
Notes From the Capital August 20 1902 Des Moines Iowa
Private Secretary John Briar returns from Okoboji. Articles filed for Reiner Bros Keokuk with 10000 capital. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance authorized to write health insurance in Iowa. Adjutant General Byers plans early guard pay upon governor’s return. Greene travels to Asheville and St. Louis as state horticultural delegate. James Horrabin deputy revenue collector to replace sewer inspector. several candidates named. Judge salary rise issue discussed by Attorney General Mullan. Old soldiers reunion in Lovilla with speakers including Nu Gent Father and others. Tornado hits Lost Springs Kansas damaging grain elevator church and homes injuring several. Historical note on Benjamin Franklin trust case with Philadelphia and Boston heirs pursuing funds.
Say Jinks and the Plain Watch Change
A witty exchange notes that Say Jinks now wears a plain nickel plated watch instead of his prior fine gold timepiece. The remark hints at altered fortunes or circumstances affecting appearances.
Cheering Him Up and Old World Sayings Mixed
A fragment presents quips about mood and manners with mentions of apologies and mustaches. It contrasts patience with rebuke and hints at moral contrasts in character. The tone blends folklore style with light social commentary.
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