Iowa
Old Press
Kellogg Enterprise
Kellogg, Jasper co. Iowa
February 4, 1916
Shoe Cobbler Leaves Fortune.
Clarence - Chris Peterson cobbled the shoes of local residents
more than fifty years. Chris was a good cobbler and he was
thrifty -- "Be frugal" was his motto -- and when he
died folks said, "Well, Old Chris must have left quite a
piece of money." He did. The estate of the late cobbler was
recently appraised at $260,000. It was found to consist of
several tracts of valuable farm land, bank stock, and outstanding
loans. He left no direct heirs. Peterson occupied the same small
storeroom and worked at the same cobbler's bench for more than
fifty years.
Test Bootlegging Law.
The new law by which bootleggers convicted of a second offense
receive a year in the state penitentiary will soon be attacked in
the Supreme court of Iowa upon the point of constitutionality.
James Mathews was convicted of bootlegging early in 1915 in Story
county and again at the January term. Upon conviction for the
second offense, the judge pronounced sentence of one year at Fort
Madison penitentiary, overruling a motion to arrest judgment and
grant a new trial. This motion contained attacks on the
constitutionality of the law and asserted Mathews did not come
under its provisions. The attorney for Mathews shaid he would
appeal the case.
Postmaster Held for Shortage.
Hamburg -- David D. Darby, postmaster, was arrested here by
deputy U.S. marshal and taken to Council Bluffs on a charge of
embezzling public funds. Darby furnished bond of $600 for his
appearance before the April grand jury and returned home. His
shortage, federal officers charge, is $381.
Father and Son in Jail
Keokuk -- Father and son met in a jail cell here when Johnny
Page; a lad of 17, was arrested on a charge of malicious mischief
and two days later the police took into custody the boy's father,
J.W. Page, on a charge of robbery. Both have confessed to
committing the offenses with which they were charged.
Former Iowan Dead.
Grinnell - Word has been received of the death at Los Angeles of
M.M. Crookshank, a banker at Santa Ana. He was 77 years of age.
Mr. Crookshank was in his earlier days a banker at Grinnell,
Ceentral City and cashier of the Valley National of Des Moines.
He left Iowa in 1895.
An Aged Iowa Resident.
Bloomfield -- There is ninety-seven years' difference between the
ages of Mrs. Cynthia A. Walton of Bloomfield and her youngest
great great grandchild, Miss Cynthia Waldron. Mrs. Walton is past
98 and little Miss Waldron is 18 months old. A reunion of a part
of Mrs. Walton's family, was held recently, five generations
being represented. Mrs. Walton is the second oldest person in
Bloomfield, Mrs. Lois Randall being the oldest.
Iowa's Oldest Methodist.
Ackley -- Miss Alzina Hanchett, who recently celebrated her
ninety-first birthday anniversary claims to be the oldest
Methodist in Iowa. She has been a member of the church
seventy-nine years. She is still hale and hearty, though blind.
QUIET
A motor car was one day standing in a street and the chauffeur
was having some little trouble with the starting crank. A small
crowd of idlers were watching operations, and when the motorist
had finished his struggles a man from the crowd advanced toward
him. Holding out a coin, he remarked: "Well done, my man;
here's a nickel for you. That's the quietest street organ I have
ever heard."
Special Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed to
settle the estate of Mrs. A.W. Brown, late of Jasper county,
Iowa, deceased. All persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate will make settlement at Burton & Co. State Bank and
those having claims against the estate will file same at said
bank. M.W. Brown
Probate Notice.
To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has this day been duly appointed and commissioned by
the District Court in and for Jasper County, Iowa, Administrator
of the estate of Ebenezer Wasson, late of said county, deceased.
THEREFORE, all persons knowing themselves to be indebted to said
Estate will settle with the undersigned without delay, and all
persons having claims against said estate will file the same in
the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the County and
State aforesaid. Claimants are required to file and PROVE claims
within twelve months from this date, or the same are barred by
Section 3349 of the Code. Dated at Newton this 20th day of
January, 1916. W.P. Coutts, Administrator.
[transcribed by S.F., February 2007]