Iowa News from across the Country
- 1901 -

 

Chicago Daily Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
April 26, 1901

Marriage Licenses. The County Clerk Issued Permits to wed to the following couples yesterday:
Arthur J. Carpenter, age 29, of Elkader, Ia. & Alice J. Patterson, age 24, of same

[transcribed by S.F., April 2007]

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Davis County Clipper
Bountiful, Davis County, Utah
June 14, 1901

Iowa Cyclone Plays Fatal Prank
A cyclone did considerable damage Tuesday morning six miles southwest of Larchwood, Ia. Edward Ugland's house was wrecked and he and his child were carried some distance and landed in a wheat field, bruised, but otherwise uninjured. The other members of his family were uninjured. Near Lester, some distance east, a 9-year-old boy was killed and several people were badly injured. Many buildings and much farm property was destroyed.

[transcribed by C.J.L., Oct. 2004]

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NOBLE COUNTY LEADER
Caldwell, Noble co., OH
Wednesday, July 10, 1901

Brief Mention.
-Mrs. C.F. TIPTON and son, Harold, left for Prescott, Iowa last Saturday morning where they will visit for some time.
-Mrs. Charles OKEY, of Corning, Iowa, was the guest of F.G. OKEY and family last Wednesday, having been called to Ohio by the death of her sister, Mrs. Robert POPE, who recently died at Woodsfield. She left for Columbus later, where she was joined by Mrs. C.F. TIPTON Saturday and together they left the Capitol City, Monday, for Prescott, Iowa, where Mrs. TIPTON will visit for some time.

[transcribed by J.F., Sept. 2003]

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Davis County Clipper
Bountiful, Davis County, Utah
July 26, 1901

Deed of Insane Man.
Coroner Whitnell impaneled a jury to investigate the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fuerhelm and their child at Glenwood, Iowa, Thursday, which has found that Fuerhelm, driven insane by heat, jealousy and quarrels with his wife's relatives, decapitated his wife and her son by a former husband, with an ax, cut the throats of his four horses with razors, burned his residence and barn and then shot himself, after hanging his marriage certificate on the fence.

[transcribed by C.J.L., Oct. 2004]

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The Herald
Iowa Park, Wichita, TX
(about) August 20, 1901

Mrs. M.S. Vanduson, the venerable mother of Mrs. A.H. Johnson, died in this city last Tuesday [20 Aug 1901] of Paralysis. She was in her 67th year at the time of her death. The deceased was opening a large gate on the Johnson farm near Iowa Park some six months ago, and the wind blew it violently against her arm, hurting it very badly. This hurt grew worse and the limb finally became paralyzed. The paralysis gradually extended over her left side, at last causing her death. The funeral took place from the Christian
Church yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. E.S. Bledsoe preaching the funeral sermon. The remains were interred in the city cemetery and were followed to their final resting place by many sorrowing and sympathizing friends. The deceased leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss. Of the latter, one of these, Mrs. Johnson, lives here, one in South Dakota, two in Iowa and two in Illinois. Mrs. Vanduson was a good woman. She was a true and loving wife, a devoted mother and a staunch and loyal friend and
neighbor. Years ago she made a profession of the Christian religion and united with the Christian church. She died in the faith she had espoused while living and has gone home to her reward. The HERALD extends to the bereaved husband and children the sympathy of our people in their sad time.

[transcribers note: Eliza Nears Van Dusen was visiting her daugher Luthera Van Dusen Johnson in Texas at the time of her death. Her home for many years was Aureola (Marble Rock) in Floyd Co. Iowa
-transcribed by B.L., August 2004]

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Stevens Point Journal
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
August 24, 1901

At the age of 86 Edwin Manning, the wealthiest man in the state of Iowa, died at his home in Keosauqua, Ia. His estate is valued at $3,000,000.

[transcribed by C.J.L., Sept. 2003]

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Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn, New York
November 5, 1901

Bequest for Old Soldier.
Marshalltown, Ia., November 9 -- Commandant Horton of the Soldiers' Home, has received a letter from Frederick Rosebrock, Osnabrueck, Prussia, inquiring for Detrick M. Miller, a former inmate of the home, who is the only direct heir to $25,000, left by his brother, recently deceased. Miller left the home in 1898 and it is not known where he is.

[transcribed by S.F., February 2005]

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New York Times
New York, New York
November 29, 1901

Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 28 - Charles Meinkey of Fontanelle, Iowa, a juror in the Balliett Mining case, now on trial in the United States District Court here, was found dead in his hotel to-day. it was evident that he blew out the gas before retiring and was asphyxiated. His death will not interfere with the trial, and the case will proceed with eleven jurors tomorrow. Meinkey was a farmer and was worth $50,000.

[transcribed by S.F., December 2007]

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New York Times
New York, New York
December 12, 1901

Oskaloosa, Iowa, Dec. 11. -- Miss Bernice Lacey, youngest daughter of Congressman John F. Lacey of Iowa, was married here this evening to Carroll E. Sawyer, a young business man of this city. The bride is a graduate of Wilson College, Chambersburg, Penn. She attracted much attention in Washington society last season.

[transcribed by S.F., January 2007]



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