Iowa
Old Press
Correctionville News
Correctionville, Woodbury co., Iowa
May 15, 1913
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF
IDA GROVE - Mrs. J.R. Barrett fell part way down the stair steps
in her home here and broke her collar bone and was terribly
bruised. The Barretts are remodeling their home and the
carpenters had put in some temporary stairs. A board came loose
when Mrs. Barrett was about down halfway and she fell to the
bottom among boards and planks.
DAVENPORT - The Iowa State Dental society elected the following
officers: President J.A. Hallett, of Des Moines; vice president
E. F. Redman of Oskaloosa, treasurer, Frank Fourt of Fairfield.
The secretary will be elected by the executive council tomorrow.
Des Moines was chosen for the 1914 convention to be held the
first week in May.
CORNING - Curtis Devise, a former policeman, was found dead
yesterday. Heart failure was the cause. His wife, who is a Free
Methodist preacher, was at Carbon, north of Corning. She preached
Sunday morning and evening, returning home Monday morning to find
her husband lying on the bed dead.
ANTHON - W.H. Miller, of Quimby, Ia., is building a modern and up
to date drug store here.
DUBUQUE - Dr. T.H. Hefferon, aged 45, a native of Hazel Green and
a prominent physician, passed away yesterday after a year's
illness with diabetes.
MUSCATINE - The mystery surrounding the discovery of the lifeless
body of a woman in the Mississippi river was cleared today when
the clothing was identified as that worn by Miss Marie Bolger,
aged 29 years, of Davenport. Her sister positively identified the
dead girl who lived in Muscatine until a year ago. She
disappeared from her home in Davenport on April 19 after
threatening to take her own life.
OTTUMWA - Two sisters, aged 7 and 12 years, died within an hour
of pneumonia, and four other children of the same parents are
stricken with the disease. The children are Clara and May Adler,
whose parents are in destitute circumstances. Exposure through
insufficient clothing is believed to have been responsible for
the disease.
ROCK RAPIDS - Rev. Harry Evans, pastor of the Congregational
church, has been granted a vacation, and on May 12, accompanied
by his wife, will start for England for a three months' visit to
his old home. During his absence improvements will be made to the
church, both inside and out. Services at the church will be in
charge of Rev. Mr. Blanchard, a former pastor, who has retired,
but resides here.
COUNCIL BLUFFS - Mrs. Richard Frost, of Miles, Ia., is here to
take charge of the body of her brother, James Oltman, who was
found dead in the street late last night with one hand clutching
a live electric wire. The wire had been torn down by lightning,
which split the pole upon which it was fastened.
IDA GROVE - R.E. Bennett, who, for the last five years has been
in the grocery business here, sold his stock to the Bloomgreen
Bros., of Odebolt, and the boys have taken possession. Mr.
Bennett still retains his store at Battle Creek, but will soon go
to Tacoma, where if the climate agrees with him he will remain
permanently. If he doesn't like the west he will return and run
the Battle Creek store.
FORT DODGE - Leaving her 2-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son
behind a barricaded door, Mrs. Albin Schwendeman, a farmer's
wife, hurried into the yard on an errand and returned in a very
few moments to find the barricade tugged aside by the baby hands,
and the little son dead, his body headforemost in a pail of
water.
IDA GROVE - Amos Percival, 25 years old, a son of Mrs. S.V.
Percival, of this city, died at the hospital in Cherokee and the
remains were brought here for burial.
CHARTER OAK - William Mains, a young man of Ute, seven miles west
of here, was found dead in his bed. Mr. Mains was a former
resident of Charter Oak. He had been to Sioux City Sunday and was
working Monday, apparently in the best of health.
[transcribed by C.J.L., May 2007]
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Correctionville News
Correctionville, Woodbury, Iowa
May 29, 1913
MARSHALLTOWN Society circles of this city were shocked when it
became known that Mrs. Cora Hambel Wiley, prominent socially had
filed suit for divorce in the district court from her husband,
Charles R. Wiley, a traveling man of this city. Mrs. Wiley's suit
charged cruel and inhuman treatment.
SOLON - Rev. Father J.H. McCarville, pastor of the local Catholic
church, died Tuesday, aged 50 years. He was born at Clare, Ia.,
and a number of family relatives reside there. Funeral services
will be held at Clare today.
CEDAR RAPIDS - A.C. Taylor, one of the leading jewelers of the
city and for 40 years a local business man, died Wednesday night.
A daughter passed away just one hour before the father.
LAKE VIEW - The graduating class of the Lake View high school,
comprising Noma Therkelson, Frances McCarter, Paul Stevens and
Raymond Erickson, held class day exercises last night. On the
evening of May 30 the graduating exercises will take place,
Professor G.W. Walters, of the Iowa State Teacher's college,
delivering the address.
CEDAR FALLS. Missing from Cedar Falls for more than 23 years,
William E. Croak will be declared legally dead if he does not
appear on or before Sept. 15, 1913. His wife, Mary J. Croak,
today filed a petition for administration of his estate. Croak
left her for the west and has not since been heard from.
STRUBLE. The Struble public schools closed yesterday with
appropriate exercises. The graduates are Miss Nellie Nicholson,
John Ahlfs, Ben Nicholsen, and Henry Edwards. Miss Mayme Burns,
of LeMars, was re-elected as principal and Miss Mayme Gustafson,
of Sioux City, primary teacher.
FEMALE IMPERSONATOR ONCE LIVED AT HARLAN
Council Bluffs, Ia., May 26 - James Arthur Baker, arrested
Tuesday night in Kansas City, who later confessed to having
passed much of his life posing as a woman, for many years was a
resident of Harlan, Ia. He was a school teacher. He relates that
after teaching in this state for a few years he went to the
Pacific coast, where he found that male teachers were not in
demand. He then disguised himself as a woman and secured a
position in an Idaho school as Miss Alice Baker.In 1910, still
garbed as a woman he went to Los Angeles, where he met a young
attorney who became infatuated with the teacher and a few months
later "Baker" and the attorney went through the
ceremony of marriage.
BARRICADES IN HOME TO AVOID OFFICERS.
Marshalltown, Ia., May 26 - Because Charles R. Wiley, the
traveling man who yesterday was sued for divorce by his wife,
Mrs. Cora A. Wiley, is alleged to have created a disturbance in
violation of the mandates of the injunction and restraining
order, issued by the district court, the police visited the Wiley
home armed with a warrant for his arrest. The police were unable
to secure an entrance into the Wiley home without forcing one and
were advised not to attempt that. The police believe Wiley has
barricaded himself in his own home and is trying to defy arrest.
The house is being watched.
CARROLL COUNTY WOMAN IN FIGHT FOR ESTATE
Milwaukee, Wis., May 26. John A. Steele, who claims to be the son
of John Steele, a teamster, who died suddenly last March, has
arrived here to contest the will of Steele, who left an estate
valued at $15,000. Steele came to La Crosse 30 years ago and
married two years later. His wife died a year ago leaving two
children. The woman who alleges she was the first wife of Steele
married again and is now Mrs. Dan Wootan, Carroll county, Iowa.
The La Crosse children of Steele will fight the contest.
GLIDDEN- W.E. Potter, one of the few remaining pioneer merchants
of Glidden, died here Monday at 4 o'clock. His death was due to a
natural wearing out of the vital forces. Some three weeks ago he
was down to his place of business for the last time. Since then
he has remained at his home and in bed but suffered very little
pain. He was about 76 years of age.
LEMARS - Word has been received here that "Eddie"
Harding, a former well known resident of Plymouth county, was
accidentally shot and killed by his wife near Libby, Mont. Mr.
and Mrs. Harding were out shooting gophers when the tragic
accident occurred.
DUBUQUE - The jury in the case of Louis Christopher, colored,
aged 23, charged with contributing to the delinquency of several
young white girls, returned a verdict of guilty after being out
45 minutes. A life penalty is probable.
LAKE VIEW - Mrs. Margaret Paulus, aged 74 years, died Monday at
the home of her daughters, Mrs. W.D. Irwin, near Lake View. She
is survived by son and three daughters.
RELIANCE - Robert Muzzy, owner and publisher of the Lyman
County Record, died at the home of his sister in Chicago a
few days ago, having gone there from Reliance for medical
treatment. He was unmarried and 44 years old.
[transcribed by C.J.L., May 2007]