Iowa
Old Press
Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
October 5, 1893
BALDWIN
Married, by Justice Rayburn, Saturday evening, September 30th,
Mr. Ingham Hoagland and Miss Maud Carr. Mr. Hoagland is a young
man and a good carpenter. He will build a house for James Skinner
and then move to Mechanicsville, where work in his line is more
plentiful. The Baldwin News wishes them much happiness.
Dr. A. B. Dobson
In a recent business letter (Sept. 30) from Dr. Dobson, of San
Jose, California, that gentleman, among other things, says:
“I am buying lots in different parts of the beautiful city
of San Jose and expect soon to build a brick block on one of them
and in this prettiest town in the United States. I am now just in
San Francisco; have been here a week; will cross over to Oakland
today to attend a Spiritualist camp-meeting. I have good health,
much better than in Iowa. I have not been home-sick one minute
since I have been here. My mail is nearly twice as large as it
was in Maquoketa. Last Monday I received 91 letters.”
Collision of Buggies
Harry Organ, with Mrs. Organ and Mrs. McKee in the buggy, was
driving downtown Saturday eve to attend church, when they were
met by some drunken rowdies driving at a breakneck speed. The
rowdies came in collision with them, doing more or less damage to
the buggy, throwing the ladies out and giving them a great shock,
but fortunately escaping any fatality. Such conduct ought to be
punished.
Attack With Hatchet
DUBUQUE, IOWA, Sept. 28 - Two sisters, Mrs. Collinson
and Miss Reynolds, were assaulted on the street by Mrs. John
Linehan and Mrs. Kate Doherty. The weapon used was a hatchet.
Mrs. Collinson was terribly injured by blows on the head. Miss
Reynolds was badly injured with the same weapon.
[transcribed by K.W., August & September 2009]
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
October 12, 1893
WORLD’S FAIR
The rush to the World’s Fair Saturday and Sunday was immense
and Maquoketa and near by stations contributed their full share.
The Milwaukee Company ran an extra to Delmar Saturday evening and
the Maquoketa branch coaches were pressed into service on the
main line being returned from Chicago Monday morning. The extra
train of three coaches on the Midland were jammed full both
Saturday and Sunday nights. Some Maquoketa people gave up going
when they got to the Midland depot Saturday night and saw the
overcrowded cars.
[transcribed by K.W., September 2009]
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa
October 21, 1893
A SICKENING HORROR
Tuesday evening the 3rd, about 8 o’clock, Patrick Cunningham
went to the outhouse in the rear of J. J. Kennedy’s saloon
in Clinton in a state of intoxication and had the misfortune to
fall into the vault. Fortunately he alighted on his feet in the
slime, but owing to the seclusion of the place and his condition
he hallooed vainly for help and consequently was compelled to
pass the night in this foul place. Sometime during the night his
feet came in contact with something that felt like a man’s
coat and pulling it up to the surface he struck a match and in an
uncertain light a grinning skull looked up at him in the face.
Upon the discovery he called louder than ever before and about 4
o’clock Wednesday morning as officer Sanke Petersen was
patrolling his beat past the place he heard his cries for help
and soon rescued him from his horrible quarters. Cunningham
insisted that there was another person in the vault and called on
the officer to assist him in removing his “partner,” as
he called him. The officer thinking that his talk was the result
of a brain crazed by liquor paid little attention to his talk,
but bade him go home. This Cunningham did, but in the afternoon
he again sought the police, telling them the same story. As he
had sobered off, the fact dawned upon them that it might be true
and an investigation was at once begun. A scavenger was sent for
and late last night the body was brought to light. Upon
investigation it was discovered that the body was that of Michael
J. Doran, who disappeared on the afternoon of June 2. Doran left
a divorced wife and two children. He was insured in the Catholic
Mutual for $2,000, the premiums for the past two years being paid
by his divorced wife.
[transcribed by K.W., July 2009]