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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
5
This weekly issue strings a collage of humorous quips and social observations from Freeman-Tribune sources. It highlights sensational snippets on postmen, drownings, tornados, jokes about public figures, and fleeting notes on money, marriage, and fashion, with satirical asides and clipped headlines.
A Connecticut man who broke both legs after a stair fall finds his twenty year rheumatism has left him as he improves. The new cure sounds too violent for his continued use, though he remains generally popular.
Across Iowa incidents include the death of Lew Bentley near Fort Dodge after a possible attempt to board a fast westbound train. Ditch system talks for Garrison and Pottawattamie counties advance to June 15 with heavy opposition from property owners. Northwestern railroad protests damage claims. Nellie Fulmer of Des Moines dies from a Charleston alcohol lamp explosion. Mason City lodge fined $300 for keeping a nuisance. Anonymous threats target Denison trial backers, believed from civic federation. Davenport Can plant strike halts 500 workers. glucose plant impacted. Storm Lake bank case shows large discrepancies in Brown’s figures and officers’ liabilities. Melborn farmer Charles Noyotne killed in runaway. National Guard muster moves from Osceola to Creston.
The Campbell Bros circus faced a near disruption when a small fiste dog charged the lead elephant causing the line to misalign. Trainers restored order as the procession continued amid evident animal unease.
The Red Oak coverage chronicles Daniel Dennison case developments from May 24 to May 28. Shercliffe testifies that Dennison planned the Pollock robbery and sought parole for money, with figures rising from 1 000 to 2 000 and then 500 additional dollars.
Waterloo city council moves to impose a yearly dog tax of five dollars for males and nineteen dollars for females. The ordinance has cleared its first reading. Mayor Rector calls dogs a nuisance due to nightly howling and safety concerns from parents.
Deputy Sheriff O A Land of Blackwell arrives with a warrant for Shercliffe after the Dennison trial. Oklahoma seeks him for a 1901 burglary at Mayor Prettyman’s Blackwell home. requisition papers are sent to Des Moines for proof of guilt. Sheriff Lund vows to pursue and arrest Shercliffe, who taunts the Oklahoma officer.
William Conrad Brandt, twelve, adopted son of the late William Zeigler, inherits about 25 million dollars from the Zeigler estate. Born in Muscatine July 28, 1892, he has lived with Zeigler since age three and was legally adopted last summer. His mother is from Muscatine and his father is a Chicago baking powder manufacturer.
W E Brown, a former Storm Lake banker, testified that he urged cashier Alexander to alter books to cover a 10000 certificate sent to Des Moines National Bank. Cross examination followed as government and defense prepared for closing arguments in federal court.
In steady rain Des Moines hosts the sixteenth annual intercollegiate track meet. Iowa topped the field with a uniform showing across events, Town leads with 88.5 points, Grinnell 33.5, Drake 28, Normal 26, Ames 17, Coe 1, while Grinnell pressed for second and Ames slipped to fifth.
The next general assembly of the Presbyterian church will be held at Des Moines, Winona Lake, Ind, on May 26. This item notes dates and locations for the forthcoming church gathering.
The text notes Mexico's thick walls meant to resist quakes and describes Japanese firefly catchers. Fireflies serve as festive ornaments, kept in cages or released among guests. A hunter uses a bamboo pole and netting at sunset to jar insects from willows for collection.
Notes from the Capital report that the Iowa State Bar law reform committee favors a constitutional amendment abolishing the grand jury and trying crimes on information. The Des Moines meeting will hear the committee’s report with several members listed and potential topics for consideration.
In Baltimore an arc light costs 67.49 a year, New Orleans 69, and New York City 146. Fashionable Londoners enjoy a new fortune telling teacup. The cup is inscribed with symbols like a bell and a heart, and tea leaves at the bottom whirl to reveal one's fate.
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