Polk County, Iowa
News
After the Liquor Dealers Des Moines, Ia., March 5, - special County Attorney Sparrier this afternoon began proceedings against some twenty-five liquor sellers and the owners of buildings in which the liquor is handled. The cases are set for hearing March 14, when an effort will be made to have the defendants enjoined temporarily until the suits for permanent injunctions can be heard at the April term. [Morning World Herald, March 6, 1891, Submitted by Frances Cooley]
HAD A GET-RICH SCHEME Des Moines, Iowa, July 8 -- W. H. Miller and R. Gibson were brought back from New Hampton by Deputy Sheriff Johnson on the charge of sending in fake insurance applications and securing the agents' commissions on them. Miller and Gibson were employed by a Des Moines insurance company to solicit insurance from farmers on their crops, the farmers to give notes to be payable in the fall. The two men, it is claimed, went to New Hampton and wrote a large number of applications without ever leaving their hotel. Fictitious names, it is alleged, were signed and the applications sent in to the Des Moines office. The agents' commissions were promptly paid on receipt of the notes. When the postmaster of New Hampton sent back all the policies for the reason that there were no such persons, there the office at once investigated and Miller and Gibson were arrested. [The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Friday, July 8, 1904 - Submitted by Karen Hammer]
Hull Will Have a Fight Des Moines, Iowa, May 7. --(Special.) --J. A. T. Hull, wife and daughter, arrived in Des Moines from Washington today. Captain Hull is a candidate for renomination to congress and has a hard job on his hands, as the candidacy of J. H. Berryhill, a leading Republican, has just been announced. [Omaha World Herald - Published May 8, 1894, submitted by Frances=FOFG]
Samuel L. McConkey Iowa--Aged Man Fought Desperately
Pioneer of Des Moines Beaten Into Insensibility by Burglars. Des Moines, Iowa - Samuel L. McConkey. an aged pioneer, was beaten into insensibility by burglars who entered his South Side home. McConkey, tho almost 80 years of age, made a desperate fight. The police arrived after the burglars had escaped and found the walls covered with blood and McConkey lying in a pool of blood on his bed. His clothing was torn to shreds. The police arrested ''Buckwheat" Harmon and a pal named Hoffman, who have been making the western race circuit this season. McConkey indentifies Harmon as one assailant but is uncertain as to Hoffman. [The Minneapolis Journal, Published August 24, 1903, submitted by Dawn Minard]
Moses Jacobs Special to The Journal. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 16. - "Mose" Jacobs, the "king of newsboys," is heartbroken and all but penniless. After accumulating a fortune of $62,000 by the sale of papers on the street and placing it all in the hands of his mother, like a dutiful son. he watched her life ebb away ten short weeks ago, learned two weeks later that his father had induced her to transfer to him. all her property, the accumulations of Mose's lifetime, saw his father reward this devotion and trust his mother by the marrying of another woman seven weeks later and refusing to make any division of the estate with him; and now he has resorted to the district court in the hope of having his wrongs righted. If ever public sentiment was arrayed on one side of a case, it is in this instance. All Des Moines is ready to assert that Mose has been the sole support of his mother and has at the same time provided a comfortable home for his father In his petition Mose charges his father with being shiftless and a non-bread earner. The public believes Mose. Mose says that in event he wins the suit he will give his father $10,000 on the theory that it is his duty as a son [The Minneapolis Journal, Published November 16 1901]
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Polk County News, October 26, 1916 Mr. and Mrs. H R. Moore and daughter Hazel, of Des Moines were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McQuerry Sunday and Monday. Mr, and Mrs. N. B. Shaffer also Miss Freeda. Wilson and C. A. Smith were Sunday guests of Miss Mabel Weaver, near Rising Sun. Leo. Sweeney, taking a few days vacation visiting at Monroe and Sheffield. His father from Monroe is here looking after the restaurant. W. D. Hooker of West Point, Mississippi, who has been here visiting his daughter Mrs. J. O. Lee and other relatives left for home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Porter of Boulder Colorado who were here to attend the funeral of their nephew Dave Scholes returned home last Saturday. Mrs. Florence Reed, left Monday for Cedar Rapids, where she is attending the annual session of the Grand Chapter O. K S. of Iowa, this week Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eshelman, who have been visiting in Denver, Colorado and other western points since last winter returned home last Friday night. Mrs. Swearengen, of Madison Lake, Minnesota, who was called here by the illness and death of her brother in-law, Dave Scholes, returned home last Friday. E. A. Porter and family and J. O Porter and family with their mother Mrs. Sarah Porter motored to Woodward Sunday and visited Prof. E A, Woodrow and family. Mrs. Adell Champion enjoyed a visit last week with her brother Eugene Clayton from Woodbine, Iowa. Mrs. Champion has not seen her brother for over thirty-four years. Teddy Thornton was taken to Des Moines Monday, where, he underwent the operation of having his tonsils and adenoids removed. He has been quite sick, but is improving. Mrs. C. W. Riddle, and daughter Lillian, of Sioux City, who are visiting here also her mother Mrs. N. M. Combs were guests of her aunt Mrs. Mary Mason from Friday until yesterday. W. J. James, of Dent, Minnesota who came down last week to visit his mother, left for home Tuesday evening. His mother accompanied him home and will remain there for some time. Mrs. J. B. Bennington and daughter Miss Mildred also Dr. and Mrs. Brown of Perry were guests of the former's niece Mrs. A. A. Yount and family Sunday. Mrs. Bennington and daughter are spending the week here. Mrs. Ed Ames, of Chicago, Mrs. ?. D. Van Meter and Mrs. Nunamaker, of Des Moines, also Mrs. Chas. Bice, of Kansas and Mrs. Jorits, of Perry, Iowa and Mrs. McQuerry were guests of Mrs. M. F. Morgan last Thursday. Altoona Herald, The | Altoona, Iowa | Thursday, October 26, 1916 | Page 5
Submitted by Janice Rice
Railroad Accident Further Particulars of the Railroad Accident Near Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, August 29th. - The accident occurred several miles from a telegraph office. Arrangements will be immediately made for telegraphic communication direct from the scene of the accident. The following: Partial List of the Unhurt and Slightly Injured Passengers has been received from the wreck:
Mrs. Lou. Hershberg & for children, all safe;
H. H. Joles, of Keithsburg, Ill.;
J. S. Joles, of Whiteside County, Ill.;
A. L. Katz, of New York;
Dr. J. F. Frankenfeld, of Philadelphia;
O. C. Colvin, of Clyde, N. Y.;
Judge Dillon & daughter, of Iowa;
Herbert B. Turner, of New York;
H. Hursselmann, of Milwaukee;
Mrs. A. F. Wilkins & son, of Laramie, Wy.;
Mrs. Ellen & five children;
Mrs. R. M. Stone & child, of Des Moines;
J. H. Craiger & wife, of Brooklyn, Iowa;
L. Perkins, of Minnesota;
Carrie & Belle Adolph, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. D. D. Osborn, of Avoca, Iowa;
Eva E. Adams, of Chicago;
R. M. Cherrie, of Chicago;
Jennie A. Frost, of Council Bluffs;
Mrs. J. L. Graham, of Des Moines;
J. M. Adsley, of Davenport, was slightly hurt;
Mrs. E. W. Coon, of Woodland, California;
David Morgan, of New Sharon, Iowa; was slightly hurt;
C. C. Gilman, of El Dorado, Iowa, two ribs broken & otherwise slightly bruised. Bodies of the Victims A special to the State Register from the wreck says that there were sixteen killed so far as known. Twelve bodies are out on the bank, as follows:
Billy Bakesloan, engineer;
J. K. Bolt & daughter, of Boone, Iowa;
William Cummings, newboy;
Mrs. Emma Babcock, school teacher at Rock Island;
Six of Barnum's men, as follows:
F. Banter,
J. H. Bruze,
A. Mack,
G. Rockwell,
C. Thompson,
J. Purcell.
Four dead bodies are still seen in the wreck, but cannot be got out at present. Mrs. J. R. Bolt, whose husband and daughter are among the killed, is badly injured. The accident was occasioned by the washing out of a bridge, and occurred about 4 o'clock this morning. Additional Facts The Register has the following additional particulars: Wounded W. Y. Humes, of Des Moines, slightly on the head;
A. J. Patrick, conductor, dangerously;
Mrs. D. A. Stebbins, of Panther Creek, Iowa, bruised considerably;
S. S. Ferguson, of Audalusia, Ills., slightly;
J. L. Graham & wife, of Des Moines, both slightly;
J. S. Spencer, of Lathrop, Iowa, injured across the breast & both legs;
Jarles Browning, of St. Louis, severely bruised, burned & knee cut;
David Belt, wife & daughter, of Teskelwaco, Ill., all slightly bruised;
M. Harrington, of Washington, Iowa, slightly;
Dennis Shannon, of Iowa City, legs & breast severely bruised;
Mrs. Mary Hoff, of Norwalk, Iowa, in the back & head;
Mrs. C. Follett, of Moline, Ill., quite severely;
Ben. Truck, the fireman, made a miraculous escape.
Bodies Recovered - Several Floated Away The following special to the Register was received at 1:55 p.m.: One more body has been recovered - quite an old man, with the name of J. S. Ferguson in his hat. In the car not yet uncovered several more can be seen. It is believed there are a dozen more bodies in it. The car on top of this is now being lifted off with ropes and pulleys. The bodies so far recovered are now being loaded on cars, to be sent to Des Moines. It is thought that several have floated down the stream. The water in the channel was over twenty feet deep. The wounded survivors are all at Altoona, and no names can be had at the wreck. Still Further Particulars Des Moines, August 29th - The body last taken out was that of Mrs. Crow, the wife of a workman in a pork house here. Her head was caught and mashed between two cars. The top car is now pulled off. Later - Three more bodies have been taken out - all men. One is supposed, by the papers on him, to be Cogen, a commercial traveler from Peoria, Ills.; the other two are unidentified. The body of a lady is now in the wreck, making the eighteenth person known to be killed. The other cars are so firmly telescoped together that it is impossible so far to pry them apart, even with a block and tackle. The name of the last man taken out was Thos. Dunawa, of East Des Moines, who recently ran away from the Insane Asylum. More Bodies Recovered The Disaster Described - Incidents of the Wreck Des Moines, August 29th - At 6 o'clock seventeen bodies have been taken from the wreck. Two more bodies are known to be in the wreck. It is thought by some that there are still others either in the bottom of the car or floated down stream, but the best posted say the total deaths will not exceed twenty. The stream where the accident occurred was never before known to reach its present height. The channel was forty or fifty feet wide, the banks about twenty feet high. Description of the Disaster The locomotive in its wild dash landed at the foot of the western side, and had buried itself in the earth. Barnum's car was next and dropped into the channel. The baggage and mail cars passed over this, the occupants escaping unhurt. The first passenger car pitched headlong into the stream, where the water is fifteen feet deep. The next car plunged under this, telescoping with it, and the next telescoped half through both the preceding ones. The sleeping car did not go into the wreck, simply because there was not room for it. Its occupants were jarred, but none seriously injured. The scene at the time of the accident is described as terrific. The rain was falling in torrents, accompanied by wind and lightning. A violent thunder crash put out the lights. The Scene of Terror Ensuing may well be imagined. Among the incidents was one mother killed sitting between two children, who escaped uninjured. One little girl, who had been four hours in the water with a man lying dead beside her, was found and restored, and now shows no signs of injury. A train with the dead and wounded arrived here at 11 o'clock. [Sacramento Daily Union, Published 30 August 1877, submitted by Cathy D.]
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