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14
Sep

Webster City Man’s Furniture

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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Sept. 14, 1903

Webster City Man’s Furniture

Attached by Officers for Debts Owed.

George Mackown, Manager of Northwestern Felt Shoe Company, Has Disappeared.

Webster City, Sept. 14 – The household goods of George Mackown, the ex-manager of the old Northwestern Felt Shoe Company, were taken in possession Friday by the sheriff on an attachment to secure payment of a $1,000 note held by the Hamilton County State Bank. All the property in the house was removed, including furniture, carpets, bedding, cooking utensils and bric-a-brac. This was probably the finest and most luxuriously furnished house in the city.

Included in the seizure were the piano and angelus valued at $700 ($16,764 today) and two leather chairs that cost $150 ($3,592 today). Everything went to satisfy the claims against the missing felt shoe factory manager. The horse and carriages had already been taken by the authorities to satisfy other claims and nothing now remains in the residence on Willson avenue.

Meanwhile, Mackown continues to flit from corner to corner of the continent. Recent information just received here says that he is at present in British Columbia, attempting to start a shoe factory in that locality. Reliable information has been received in this city to the effect that Mackown was not in SEattle at the time of the mailing of the letter which came to his attorney in this city some time ago. The letter was sent from New York to the Pacific coast city and there remailed by a friend.

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14
Sep

R.M. M’Cabe to Marry

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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Sept. 14, 1906

R.M. M’Cabe to Marry

Former City Editor of the Chronicle Will Wed in Logan.

On Tuesday September the 18th, Mr. R.M. McCabe, former city editor of the Chronicle, and Miss Loenteen Arthur of Logan, Iowa, will be wed. This announcement comes as a surprise to a great many of Mr. McCabe’s friends in Fort Dodge. He was at one time engaged in the newspaper business in this city, but during the past year has been editing, together with his father, the Logan Observer.

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14
Sep

Plans for Dam in the River

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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Sept. 14, 1906

Plans for Dam in the River

Light and Power Co’s. Project is Certainty – Engineer Preparing Plans

City engineer Charles Reynolds is engaged at present in drawing a set of plans for the construction of a dam in the Des Moines river near the upper river bridge at the direction of the Fort Dodge Light and (P)ower Co., who plan to erect the same as soon as possible.

This announcement will be received gladly all through the city. the project has been held in mind by the Light and Power Co., for some time but has only recently been definitely decided upon. This means that this company will be enabled to furnish the cheapest power in the state and that it will almost force big manufacturing firms to come here.

It is a step of great importance for the city and means more than the acquisition of any railroad line of factory such as Fort Dodge has worked for in the past. It is expected that work will commence next spring. An eighteen foot dam is planned.

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14
Sep

Fort Dodge Man Ends Own Life

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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Sept. 14, 1906

Fort Dodge Man Ends Own Life

Jack Foster Formerly of Here Throws Himself Under Train at Mallette, S.D.

Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 14 – (Special to The Messenger) – Jack Foster, a harvest hand, aged 47 years, formerly of Fort Dodge, committed suicide by throwing himself under a train at Malette, S.D., last night. Foster and wife separated three months ago and failure to affect a reconciliation last night prompted the deed.

(Editor’s note: There is a Mellette, South Dakota.)

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14
Sep

Auto Scares Horse A Woman Hurt

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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Sept. 14, 1906

Auto Scares Horse A Woman Hurt

Unfortunate Accident at Hart’s Grove – Mrs. William Hayes Injured.

A horse driven by Mr. and Mrs. William Hayes of Otho was scared by the automobile of Ed Rank at the republican rally at Hart’s grove today and Mrs. Hayes was thrown from the rig and severely injured.

Mrs. Rank was driving the machine. She met the other vehicle on a hill near the grove. The horse became frightened and began to rear and plunge. Mrs. Rank ran the auto clear out into the ditch to give more room and stopped the machine. Still the animal did not stop and Mr. Hayes, who was driving, being many nearly seventy years of age was unable to control it. A sudden jolt threw his wife out and she was picked up from the road in an almost unconscious condition. She was taken to the residence of George Lingerts near the grove and a physician was called. Her condition is serious but the nature of her injuries are not yet known. The accident happened shortly before noon.

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