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Subject: [Palo Alto] !! Emmetsburg Democrat; Palo Alto Co, IA; Dec 21, 1904
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:31:28 -0500


Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday, December 21, 1904



HAPPENINGS



-- Wesley Hooper of Jefferson City, Missouri, is now day clerk in the
Waverley.

-- Albert Schaffer, of near Depew, went to Sheldon Wednesday for a visit
with relatives.

-- Mrs. Anna Baird, of Minneapolis, is visiting the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Kipf.

-- a wildcat weighing 30 pounds was killed in Clay County a few days ago.
There are very few of them in the country.

-- the Joynt orchestra, of Emmetsburg Township, finished the music for the
dance at Cylinder Friday evening.

-- Mrs. Acers left for Parker, South Dakota, Monday morning where she will
visit for some time with her daughter, Mrs. Knapp.

-- Mrs. P. H. Sherlock, of Emmetsburg Township, has been at Fort Dodge
during the past week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch.

-- Edward Finnigan, of Harpers Ferry, Allamakee County, who had been
visiting for several days with his brother-in-law, J. P. Downs, returned
home yesterday. He reported corn good in his section of the state.



NEARBY NEWS



Killed 500 Muskrats

John Harker went out Tuesday afternoon to secure a few muskrat
pelts, and up to Friday evening he together with his brothers, Frank and
Alvin, succeeded in killing and skinning about five hundred rats. The pelts
are worth about ten cents each, which will net them a goodly profit for
three days work. -- Milford Times



Good Marksman Near Superior

Wednesday afternoon F. Benson and Elwood Anderson, two farmers
living north of Superior, got into an altercation which resulted in the use
of a gun. Benson took up Anderson's hogs. Anderson demanded the animals
and attempted to take them by force. In a scuffle which followed, Benson
drew a revolver and fired twice. One bullet took effect in the muscle of
Anderson's arm. Both parties to the trouble came to town and employed
counsel. Dr. Stoddard dressed the wound, which is not serious. --
Estherville Vindicator -- Republican.



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A Change That Many Regret

The removal of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Appelman to Idaho will be
regretted by their numerous friends. They have been prominent in Palo Alto
for many years and have formed social and business ties that are not easily
broken. Mr. Appelman was the B.C.R. & N. Agent at West Bend for a
considerable length of time and later held the same position at Emmetsburg
for a number of years. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster, serving for
four years with satisfaction to the many patrons of the office. Mr. and
Mrs. Appelman have been active in social and other affairs and they have a
large circle of friends. The Democrat hopes that they will prosper in Idaho
and that they will enjoy their new home.



A Mysterious Note

-- A promissory note that has been recently found by Mrs. Harry Dalziel
among old papers in the Tellier house, where the family have lived since the
departure of her mother, Mrs. Tellier, for Seattle, presents a conundrum.
The note bears date of March 1, 1901, and is made payable March 1, 1902. It
is worth $289.30 and bears interest after maturity of eight percent. It is
signed by Herman H. Jansen and is payable to the Algona State Bank. That a
note belonging to a bank could get astray like that was hard to explain, and
Mr. Landry, the bank's cashier, says he cannot give any help. -- Algona
Upper Des Moines -- Republican



TOWN TOPICS OF A WEEK

-- W. H. Phelps has purchased the Joseph Wallner residence near the Lutheran
Church.

-- Henry Selle, Sr., has purchased the Nels Simonson residence and quarter
block in the fourth ward, for $1750. It is nicely located. Mr. Selle
intends moving to town soon.

-- Dan Kelly has a dandy electric automobile. If he were inclined to be
proud, he would be the most lordly man in town, but there isn't a bit of
vanity in his makeup.

-- Mrs. W. R. Sweeney, of West Bend, died Thursday. She had been suffering
from cancer. The funeral took place Saturday. The services were held at
the Presbyterian Church.

-- J. P. Jones returned from Des Moines if you days ago where he had been
for some time assisting his brother, R. E. Jones. The latter is in the
employ of a publishing company.

-- Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Letson have been enjoying a visit from their daughter
and her husband Mr. and Mrs. Whitson, of Ocoama, South Dakota. The latter
will go to Greene county before returning home

-- Miss Alice Nolan went to Graettinger Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Laughlin

-- Ike Knowles, of Rodman, got one of his hands crushed in a hay press at
Cylinder one day last week

-- Howard Mayne, of Ledyard, arrived in the city Wednesday to spend the few
days with his uncle, L. H. Mayne.

-- F. Freeman is called to Whitewater, Wisconsin, Thursday, to see his
mother, who has been dangerously ill.

-- Dr. W. T. Jackson was that Algona Sunday where he conducted the funeral
of I. W. Beers, one of the prominent citizens of that place, died Friday.

-- Mr. Baldwin moved to the city from his farm near Osgood a few days ago.
He is now comfortably located in the Lane residence which he recently
purchased. He will leave most of his choice cattle on his old farm during
the winter.

-- C. M. Henry, of Redfield, South Dakota, is here visiting his father and
sister.

-- John McNally, has been assisting Mr. Beck, the express man, during the
holiday rush.



TWO GO TO PENITENTIARY



Last week was more interesting in the courtroom than the
previous week. The outcome of the Spooner trial was briefly mentioned in
our last issue. A conviction was from the first anticipated, as the
circumstances against the accused were anything but satisfactory to those
who are interested in striving to bring about a higher standard of morality.
He was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. Had he not been a good
prisoner he would probably have been given the full limit under the statute,
which is ten years. Most of his witnesses, several of whom are from
Pocahontas County, were anything but a help to him. Their actions in the
court room during the trial were certainly of no benefit to him. Spooner
formerly resided in Pocahontas, though he lived north of Ruthven for some
time. His wife died from confinement shortly before he was arrested for
incest, and his treatment of her was such as to arouse much feeling against
him in the neighborhood in which he lived.

Harry Salisbury, of West Bend, pled guilty to the charge of
housebreaking and was sentenced to two and one half years in the
penitentiary. He claims that he was drunk when he committed the act, but
there was no evidence to corroborate his statement. He and Spooner were
taken to Anamosa by Sheriff Coakley and Deputy Clerk Johnson Monday morning.

The Crouch case has been set for Saturday morning, but when it
was called defendant's attorney, Mr. Cohoon, presented an affidavit from Dr.
J. L. VanGorden stating that the accused was physically unable to undergo a
trial during the present term of court. The judge granted a continuance
until the next term. Mr. Crouch is indicted for a most serious offense --
that of raping a girl of unsound mind. Mr. Morling and the county attorney,
Mr. Davidson, will prosecute. Mr. Crouch is out on bail, having given a
cash bond for $1000. He has been engaged in business in this city for about
twenty years

Judge Bailie has decided that Mr. Titterington was a resident of
Illinois. This gives all his property to one relative -- Mr. Brathwaite.



A Business Change

The Emmetsburg Hardware company has been organized with the
capital stock of $10,000 and will take charge of the Engler & Dudgeon and
stock of goods January 2. James Dunigan is to be president of the company
and O.L. Beck secretary and treasurer. Mr. Engler will, we understand
remain with the firm but Mr. Dudgeon will retire. P. V. Nolan will be among
the stockholders, but will not be actively associated with the management of
the company. Mr. Beck was the Rock Island agent at this place for several
years. He has resigned the agency at Randolph, Minnesota, and will move his
family to this city at once. He and Mrs. Beck, who have been here for some
time, left for Randolph Monday to pack up their household goods. The
Democrat wishes the new firm success.



Today Mr. and Mrs. John Ketchen, of this city, will celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary. They are among the most worthy and
respected old people of Emmetsburg. The Democrat extends hearty
congratulations and hopes they may enjoy many more anniversaries of their
marriage.



Dollard Is a Crook

R. S. Dollard, who is now in jail at Spencer for forging a check
on the First National Bank of that place about two years ago, has a rather
checkered career. It seems that he committed a similar offense at Sheldon
sometime during the past year and now comes word from Minot, North Dakota,
that he did up people of that placed to the tune of $500. He is in a fair
way to get his dues.



Wants $5,000 Damages

John Callaghan, a wealthy farmer living near Royal, Clay county,
is defendant in a $5,000 damage suit, which will soon be tried at Spencer.
He is charged with having circulated report that H. F. Bone, a Royal
butcher, killed lump jawed cattle and sold the beef. Attorney Guy Martin
will prosecute the case. West Bend has a similar case, which is soon to be
tried in Emmetsburg.



A Lawyer Invents a Manure Spreader

L. E. Francis, of Spirit Lake, one of northwest Iowa's prominent
attorney, has invented a manure spreader. It can be attached to the end of
an ordinary lumber wagon and can be sold for about one third the price of
the average spreader. Mr. Francis owns a farm and has mechanical genius as
well as a keen legal mind



Murdered a Man in a Box Car

J. J. Losee, a prominent farmer of Calhoun County, was called to
Minneapolis a few days ago by a telegram announcing that his son had
murdered a man in a boxcar at Elk River. The old gentleman says he will
spend the last dollar in his possession to clear the son.



Marriage licenses have been issued to Walter Andress and Ida
Heathman, L. L. Duhn and Anna Marie Simonson, William Truesdale and Myrtle
Stamp



OVER THE COUNTY



CURLEW

-- Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Will Fausberg, Friday, December 16, a girl.



HAPPENINGS IN IOWA



Delilah Fales Arrested

Delilah Fales,sent up from Bremer County seven years ago on
charge of murder, and recently paroled by Governor Cummins on condition that
she would make her home in the family of a Cedar Rapids banker, was found
one night tied and gagged in the bathroom. She claimed a large man had
burglarized the house and bound her. Later, however, she made a confession
that she did the job herself, and took the officers to the basement where
several hundred dollars worth of silverware, cut glass, jewelry and $15 was
carefully concealed. She then left the house, and was soon found in company
with Frank Bunn, an ex-convict, and both were arrested. They admitted they
were married on November 24, although it was a condition of parole that the
woman was to have nothing to do with Bunn, who made her acquaintance in
prison. Delilah Fales was infatuated with a 16-year-old boy, William Kern.
His father objected. The woman made an appointment with him, shot him down,
and burned his body. Both were convicted, the boy being sent up for eight
years and the woman for twenty.



Found Guilty of Assault

After being out for two hours the jury in the case of the State
vs. Hugh Wheeler, the sensational lye throwing case, which has been on trial
in Allison for the past few days, returned a verdict of guilty. From the
first the vote of the jury stood 11 to 1 for conviction, so convincing was a
chain of circumstantial evidence which had been built up about Wheeler by
the state. Wheeler was tried on an indictment charging him with an assault
with intent to maim and disfigure Mrs. Parnie Ramsey. A sensation was
caused in the courtroom when on motion of the attorneys for the defense, the
indictment charging Jerome V. Brown, Wheeler's alleged accomplice in the lye
throwing, with a similar offense, on the grounds that Grant Baldwin, not a
member of the grand jury, was in the room when the indictment was returned.
The grand jury was summoned for a special session immediately and returned
another indictment against Brown, on which he will be tried. After the
conclusion of this trial, both men are to be tried on a charge of conspiring
with intent to maim and disfigure.



Iowa Girl Dies on Transport

Miss Nellie O'Hare, a schoolteacher whose home was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
and who had been in the Philippines a year, died on the transport Sheridan
en route for San Francisco on November 19 of beri--beri. She boarded the
Sheridan at Manila in ill health.



Blacksmith Frozen to Death

H. N. McCauley, a blacksmith at the Fraser mine, was found
frozen to death under a bridge near Fraser. He had been intoxicated.



Sight of Blind Girl Restored

Blind from birth, and for twenty-two long years without the use
of her eyes, Miss Bertha R. Whitmur of Mingo, Iowa, whose sight was restored
by the aid of an operation by Dr. Lee Wallace Dean, professor of
ophthalmology of the state university of Iowa and surgeon for the state
school for the blind, is being made the subject of experimental research in
the laboratory of the department of psychology of the state university.
Those who have been studying her case believe they have succeeded for the
first time in teaching binocular vision to an adult. The current opinion of
the medical world is that the ability to see an object single while using
both eyes must be obtained early in life or not at all, and Miss Whitmur,
who first saw everything double, is now able to see things single while
using both eyes.



Five Years for Stealing Steer

Judge Fellows, at the recent term of the district court at West
Union, sentenced Ed Travis of Clermont to five years at hard labor in the
penitentiary, and expressed regret that the law would not permit of a longer
term for the offense of which Travis was convicted. Travis, in company with
a man named Johnson, who was sentenced to serve one year, went to the George
Wanzer place, near Postville, one night last summer and stole a steer,
butchering the animal prior to removing it from the premises. He had a bad
record.



Campaign Button Kills Boy

a campaign button bearing the likeness of President Roosevelt
caused the death of four-year-old Eugene Farmer at Keokuk. Just prior to
election the boy was playing with the button and swallowed it. He told his
parents, but did not complain of suffering. Recently he commenced to grow
worse and death followed. The button had lodged in his throat and an
abscess forming about it caused death



Prominent Man a Suicide

W. H. Thompson, one of the most prominent and well-known
citizens of Hopkinton, committed suicide at his residence west of that city
by shooting himself with a shotgun. He was the owner of a large farming and
business interests and was considered worth about $75,000. Temporary
insanity is supposed to have been the cause.



Farmer Kills Himself

Immediately after a quarrel with his brother, Wilbur Lawson, a
prosperous farmer, threw himself in front of the Milwaukee flyer at
Boubleday and was ground into pieces.





Cathy Joynt Labath
Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm

Iowa Old Press

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