Iowa Old Press

Davenport Daily Leader
Davenport , Scott , Iowa
May 23, 1902

Where Iowa Soldiers Fought  

Battle of Wilson ’s Creek – August 10, 1861

Battle of Blue Mills – September 27, 1861

Battle of Belmont (Grant’s first battle) – November 7, 1861

Charge of Fort Donelson – February 16, 1862

Battle of Pea Ridge – March 7 and 8 1862

Battle of Shiloh – April 6 and 7, 1862.

Battle of Iuka – September 19, 1862

Battle of Corinth and the Hatchie – October 3 and 4, 1862

Battle of Hartville – December 11, 1862

Defense of Springfield – January 8, 1863

Battle of Champion Hills – May 16, 1863

Battle of Black River Bridge – May 17, 1863

Fall of Vicksburg – May 22, 1863

Battle of Milliken’s Bend – June 5, 1863

Battle of Helena – July 4, 1863

Storming of Missionary Ridge – November 24 and 25, 1863

Red River Campaign – Spring of 1864

Steele’s March on Camden – Spring of 1864

Battles for Atlanta – Summer of 1864

Battle of Tupelo – July 14, 1864

Sherman ’s March to the Sea – December, 1864

Battle of Allatoona – October 5, 1864

Battle of Franklin – November 30, 1864

Battle of Nashville – December 15 and 16, 1864

In the Shenandoah Valley – Summer and autumn of 1864

Sherman in the Carolinas – January and April, 1865

Battle for Mobile (which closed the war) – April, 1865

Iowa News for Iowans  

Livery Barn of William Benson and Contents Destroyed
            Morning Sun, May 23 – Fire last night destroyed William Benson’s livery stable. The loss is $4500, insurance $2500.  

Indian Charged with Murder
Killed Squaw, It is Alleged – Caught After Long Chase.
            Sioux City, May 23 – Walking Shield, a Sioux brave, charged with the brutal murder of a squaw named Ghost Face Bear, has been captured by the Indian police on the Rosebud reservation. United States marshals had chased him for over 150 miles.  

Thrown Twenty Feet by a Horse
            Marshalltown , May 23 – An accident that may result in his death occurred to Chester Dawson at Albion , this county, yesterday. Dawson, who is about 18 years of age, was assisting in corralling some horses, when one of them ran over him while going at a terrific pace. Dawson was thrown twenty feet and when picked up was unconscious. Three physicians were summoned and an examination showed the skull had been badly fractured and his left ear was almost torn off, while he was otherwise bruised. The skull was trephined and several small particles of bone were removed. The doctors think he can not recover.  

“Mother of Mt Ayr” Celebrates
            Mt. Ayr , May 23 – Mrs. Laura Lucina Stiles Dunning celebrated her 87^th birthday here yesterday. She has been a resident of Mt. Ayr since 1855. Her husband died in 1877. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dunning Walter Dunning is a capitalist of Denver, Colo; Frank Dunning is president of the Citizens’ bank of Bedford; Day Dunning is president of the Citizens’ bank of Mt. Ayr. These three came here with their parents in 1855. Charles B. Dunning, born here in December, 1855, died in 1880. Mr.s Dunning may fittingly be called “the mother of Mt. Ayr .”  

Brief Iowa News

- Benjamin Thomas, aged 94, has just died at Floris of smallpox.
- Thomas L. Green has been appointed postmaster at West Union .
- C.P. Thompson of Union , took morphine with suicidal intent. He may not recover.
- Pat Mullan, a Cedar Falls teamster, was seriously injured in a collision with an electric car.
- Fred Blockley of Glidden was struck by lightning. He was unconscious for some time but will recover.
- George H. Woodson, a colored lawyer, presided over the deliberations of the Mahaska county republicans convention.
- The body of John Halliman of Mt. Pleasant was found in the road near that town. Heart failure was the cause of death.
- The dead body of John McCullough was found in a room in a Sioux City hotel. He had been dead some time when discovered.
- Tim Donahue, an old citizen and well known character of Eldora, died at the Hardin county poor farm at the age of 100 years.
- Paul Syverson wandered away from his father’s home in Inwood Thursday and is still missing. It is feared he is not in his right mind.
- Mrs. D.J. Patton of Hampton, wife of Representative Patton of Franklin county, died suddenly. Heart trouble was the cause of her death.
- George Murray, a traveling smoke-stack painter, fell from a smoke stack at Ottumwa and was probably fatally injured. He fell about forty feet.
- John Seymour, a member of a Milwaukee train crew, was killed by the cars at Rockwell City . His body was taken to Indianola, his late home, for interment.
- Dr. J. B. Masterson, a well known druggist of Albion has been arrested on a charge of insanity. It is said his condition is due to the excessive use of morphine.
- O.P. Beebe, who once was president of the Sioux City Trades and Labor assembly and a leader in organized labor circles in the state died at Albuquerque , N.M. of consumption.
- A tree under which B.E. Thompson of Wapello took refuge with his team during a thunder storm was struck by lightning. Mr. Thompson was rendered unconscious and his team ran away.
- Charles Peterson, the farmer who disappeared from near Boone several days ago, has returned home. His mind appears to be affected and he can give no lucid account of his wanderings. He will probably recover his mental equilibrium.

Submitted by C.J.L., May 2007