The Fort Dodge Chronicle: July 1, 1907
Historical Society to Hold Annual Meeting
Annual Reports Will be Made by Officers and Paper on Pioneer Life Read by Mrs. J.F. Duncombe
The Webster County Historical Society will hold their annual meeting at the Library association rooms at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening, July 9. Annual reports will be heard from the President, Mrs. J.P. Dolliver; from the secretary and treasurer, Mrs. C.B. Hepler, and curator, H.M. Pratt. The rest of the program will consist of a report of the state historical meeting at Iowa City in April to which Curator H.M. Pratt was a delegate.
Mrs. John F. Duncombe will give a paper on early reminiscences of Fort Dodge and several historical documents will be read.
Election of officers will take place at this meeting. It is also planned to have a few musical numbers.
The members of the society and all others interested in the work are cordially invited to be present.
Tags: 1907, Dolliver, Duncombe, Hepler, Pratt
The Fort Dodge Chronicle: July 1, 1907
Automobile Driver is Assessed Second Fine
I.R. Campbell, Fined for Exceeding Speed Limit, Will Carry Case to District Court
I.R. Campbell, of the Campbell Automobile Co., was fined $25 (about $577 today) this morning by Mayor Duncombe on charges of exceeding the city speed limit on Saturday and Sunday evenings. He was also unfortunate enough to run over another dog, as on the former time he was fined for driving his puff wagon too fast.
Mr. Campbell refused to plead to the charge and the fine was assessed upon the complaint of the officers and without the taking of further evidence, although Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fisher were present in the court room to testify against him. He maintained he was not running at 25 to 30 miles an hour as reported by the officers, and not even going faster than the city ordinance allows, and for this reason will carry the case to the district court.
Tags: 1907, Campbell, Duncombe, Fisher
