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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
5
Activities and visits across Homer, Stratford, Marion, and nearby towns. Social events include a birthday celebration for Clit Ristrim, a social dance by Mr and Mrs Al Adams, church ice cream social at United Brethren, and multiple visits between local households. Aug 19 to Aug 20 entries mention travel to Minneapolis, Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Boone along with various relatives and neighbors.
Mrs Arbergast and Miss Webb spent the season with the Swiney family and returned to Farmer City Illinois. Dr Berg and family and Miss Anna Johnson of Webster City visited the Schropfer home. Mrs Whiteman Bristow and Miss Mattie Simon Fort Dodge visited uncle J Simons. Mr and Mrs B J Stark were Williams visitors. Miss Kate Dundon visited Eagle Grove. Leo Stark made a business trip to Fort Dodge. A large portion of Fremonts residents attended the Worlds Fair at Duncombe.
The article notes high grain prices and rising farm rents due to expected good crops. It mentions Ed Madison selling grain, Frank Hollis installing a wind mill, Prairie Kay selling on board track, and Martin Whipple with threshing gear dominating work locally. It also covers hunting, haying nearing finish, oats better than expected, corn forecast a short crop, plus Miss Mary Christianson ill and Acel Allen injured after a fall.
Mrs. Stella Hinnery of Iowa Falls visits cousin Mrs. Ben Hunter and attends a Wednesday gathering with Mrs. Sarah Garth. Delegates attend county convention at Jewell. U B church quarterly meeting with service and sacrament planned. Several relatives visit Hunter home and others travel from Kamrar and Webster City. Aug. 10.
Miss Mayme Thomas of Fort Dodge visited relatives in town last week. Mrs Albert Cutler of Waterloo arrived for a visit with Theo Cutler and family. Local couples attended the Eagle Grove carnival Thursday. A youth gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs C H Swiney Tuesday evening. Peter Morrow of Sac City visited parents before leaving Thursday for Colorado. Mr H S Nye and wife left Friday for Primghar due to a telegram about a ill relative. Mrs Haire of Evanston visiting daughter Mrs Phelps Isaac Godsey went to Omaha on business. Mrs Thos Keelin and Maude Keelin and Miss Katie Yungelas traveled to Jewell for Sunday school convention. Quarterly meeting set for next Sunday with Rev Johnson of Webster City to preach at 3 PM. Advertising note: Chamberlains Stomach and Iver Tablets recommended for mild stomach relief. For sale by all druggists.
Wm. Gerber sold his restaurant stock to Willis Walton and plans a new residence on Spruce Street. Visitors include Mrs. Caldwell of Santa Barbara and Rev. A L Berry of Chicago. A child adopted by the Wyland family drowned in a tub. other items note travels, business, births, and a recent dance at the opera house.
The Atlantic Refining works at Point Breeze Philadelphia continue to burn after explosions destroyed pumping equipment. Five firemen and a worker died with around 100 injured or treated. Loss estimated between $500000 and $1000000 as Standard Oil insurer bears cost.
Sparks from a switch engine ignited sheds beside the Union Pacific Transfer depot in Council Bluffs destroying 25 freight cars loaded with merchandise and partially consuming 60 more. Loss estimated at 100000. The transfer depot was saved after frantic effort. Nordstrom Must Hang in Seattle murder case as judge declines stay. execution likely next Friday.
Survivors of the Islander disaster reach Victoria. Quartermasters at the wheel corroborate Pilot Leblanc's account and the harsh weather conditions as rescuers risked their lives to save passengers. Counterfeiters Arrested in San Francisco. Secret Service nab three men for passing bogus State Bank of New Brunswick notes. plates untouched allow over 1,000,000 counterfeit notes in various denominations.
John Engine and Adam Kest, rescued after nearly six days trapped in a waterworks tunnel without food, are in a precarious hospital condition. They are in a stupor and delirious most of the time, but physicians believe recovery is possible.
Delegates gather in Des Moines Auditorium for nomination of governor and other state offices. Temporary chairman named B M Sharon of Scott county. Pre convention highlight is the withdrawal of Cato Sells and W W Dodge from the governorship race.
Walter B Adams of Gloucester mass a seaman who served at the Brooklyn wheel in the Santiago battle offers a new explanation of the famous loop. He says navigator Hodgins ordered hard down to ram the Viscaya but he steered hard up accidentally causing the loop to form.
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 21 Marshal Kozlovsky departed for Portland Oregon to fetch F C Kaufman sought here and in other Iowa cities on large scale swindling charges He posed as an agent for a major paper firm in St Louis claiming to buy scrap paper He bought a carload from J Wolf & Co paid with a bogus draft and later sold it for cash He also induced the firm to endorse a $50 check via a telegram said to be from a Des Moines accomplice claiming the company HQ were there
A Kansas City passenger train collided with a freight at Prentice on the Alton road near Jacksonville Illinois at midnight. Several trainmen were killed and others injured while passengers were believed unharmed. In Dubuque Iowa a cannon accident during Pawnee Bill's show injured John Miller of Pittsburg, leaving him blind in one eye and missing a hand.
The state department reports the death of Senor Don Carlos Maria Vicuna minister from Chile to the United States. He died yesterday morning in Buffalo. Vicuna was among the best known South American statesmen.
Wesley B. Holub aged 33 near Prairiesburg Iowa shot himself after drought ruined his crops and worsened debts. He left a wife and two children. Authorities reported the incident occurred yesterday as the man endured severe financial strain from the drought.
Attorney General Knox replies to the Anti-Trust League stating he knows nothing about the steel corporation agreement and rebukes them for publicly addressing him about it.
The Iowa battleship sailed for Panama on Tuesday. Colombia hires American seamen as navy officers. U S agents recruit Belgian glass blowers for service in America. Jim Jeffries and Gus Ruhlin sign to contest the heavyweight title. Eddie Smith of Salt Lake sets a new amateur one mile bicycle record at 1 57 3 5. Lawrence Auchtchlonie wins the Western Open at Midlothian Illinois.
Pittsburg August 21 The steel strike grows more determined with no side conceding defeat. Clark plant idle mills to reopen with Startin and Lind say McCutcheon mills to follow. Strikers report Mrs Baugh escorts strike breakers, sparking protests. Union claims skilled workers scarce, vows consultation before operations.
San Francisco August 21 project to bore the longest U S railroad tunnel through the Sierra Nevada under E H Harriman plans Chief Engineer Hood directs a six month survey. The 27000 foot tunnel would cost 3 to 5 million dollars shorten the route by seven miles and cut operating expenses.
About 400 members of the American Bar association gather in Denver for the 24th annual meeting at the Tabor Grand opera house extending three days. Evening sessions focus on law education, with the Association of American Law Schools meeting alongside. In Kingston Jamaica British and American locomotive trials favor American designs as a 126 ton load is hauled in seven minutes, underscoring superior merit.
Julian C. Belge, president of the St. Louis Shovel company, confirms the consolidation of five large shovel manufacturers into the Ames Tool and Shovel company with a capital stock of 5 million dollars. In New York a second navy submarine boat was launched at Elizabeth, New Jersey, named the Moccasin by Grace Day of Virginia.
In Whitsboro Texas August 21 a mob about 800 men captured Alf Wilder accused of murdering Mrs. Caldwell, wife of a Grayson County farmer. He was tied to a tree, burned with wood and fodder, then coal oil added to finish. Wilder had been tracked near Dexter. authorities moved in to prevent further violence.
Paducah Kentucky reports seven more bodies recovered from the Bunken steamer Golconda disaster near Cottonwood bar. Officials fear 22 may die as crews dismantle the wreck to reach victims while investigators probe deadly carelessness. Names of victims include Miss Trixie Grimes and Miss Lucy Barnett.
New York August 21 warrants issued for Wardman Glennon Wardman Dwyer and Sergeant Shields tied to the West Thirty third Tenderloin station. They were arraigned before Justice Jerome charged with neglecting duty regarding a disorderly house. bonds posted case continued to Thursday. Also St Louis August 21 Dr Laura Knapp age 40 quits family to nurse Dong Gong the Chinese leper isolating in a city quarantine house as his caregiver.
The 20th regu lar meeting of the Royal Clan of the Order of Scottish Clans opens in Pittsburg with about 6,000 Scots from the U S and Canada represented by delegates. A clash over the next royal chief pits W H McSteen of Braidwood Illinois against John McKnight of Chelsea Massachusetts. St Louis will host the 1903 gathering in August.
Senator and Mrs. Hanna with daughters Mabel and Ruth departed Cleveland for Hay Lake near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to spend a few days at the Hanna summer cottage. Mr Hanna will take part in the formal opening of the state Republican campaign likely at Delaware on September 21.
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