The Fort Dodge Republican: March 16, 1864

Married:

On Monday, the 16th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, in this place, by the Rev. S.W. Ingham, Captain Cyrus C. Carpenter, of Gen. Dodge’s Staff, to Miss Susan C. Burkholder, all of Fort Dodge.

The newly married pair will please accept our thanks for the token of good will to the printer which accompanied the foregoing notice. We wish them all the pleasure that a long life of happiness can afford.

(Editor’s note: Cyrus C. Carpenter was Webster County surveyor in 1856. He accompanied the relief expedition to Spirit Lake to aid the settlers after the Spirit Lake Massacre. He was a representative in the Iowa Legislature from 1858 to 1860. During the Civil War, he was on the staff of generals William Rosecrans, Grenville M. Dodge and John A. Logan. He later became governor of Iowa. He died May 29, 1898. There is more information in the Wikipedia article.)

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 15, 1907

Of Interest to Women

Th (sic) old time lisle and cotton gloves will be worn this summer. they will be made up into four, twelve or sixteen button lengths, though the long ones will undoubtedly be the best sellers.

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Buttons will be used more than ever as trimming for the spring gowns, especially the big velvet covered ones. For outside coats, bone ones will be used entirely.

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All the mustard shades will be seen this spring, onion tones will again have a run of popularity and the soft yellows will be decidedly the newest of the lighter pastel shades.

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Shepherd plaids an inch or three-quarters in size in shades of brown and tan, or several of the new hydranega (sic) blues blended into each other will be worn for the most fashionable shirt waist suits.

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Some of the new parasols are finished  wtih (sic) wide edge of fringe either the knotted silk strands or the single threads. Of course must (sic) of these fringes are of the same color as the parasol itself.

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Quaint leghorn hats of coarse weave with drooping brims, flower crowns and ribbons bows falling over the hair are very good this season. They take one back to old time gardens, sun dials and soft summer afternoons of which we love to read.

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All shades of pink are to be very popular this year, but the soft delicate shades will be the favorites. Most of them are made up with quantities of handsome white lace.

Tags: colors, gloves, hats, parasols, women's fashion

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 15, 1907

Cars by the Carload

Local Garages are Making Extensive Preparations for the Automobile Season.

With a continuance of the present springy weather the automobile season in the city will open up within a very few weeks. Already preparations on an extensive scale have been made by local garages. Three carloads of touring cars were received Wednesday by the Fort Dodge Automobile company, and two more are now on the road from the factories, and are expected in the city in a day or tow. They are Pope-Hartfords, Buicks and Cadallacs (sic). Two of these cars were already sold, one of them going to W.L. Meagher at Moose Jaw, Sask., Canada, the other to Benjamin Feltz of Wesley, Iowa.

In one of the carloads received on Wednesday was  a 40 horse power Pop-hartford touring car for Mr. Chas. Heath. It was a 1907 modela nd was selected by Mr. heath while in Chicago during the automobile show a few weeks ago. It weighs twenty-three hundred pounds, is painted a French gray wtih black trimmings, and is equipped with the newest improvements over last year’s cars.

Among other things it is fitted with a spedometer (sic) by which the season, up to ten thousand miles, as well as the trip mileage, is recorded. The spedometer also records the speed of the machine when on a run.

On the rear of the car is a steel platform, fitted up with adjustable straps, that hold a water proof leather trunk to be used for personal effects on tours.

The car is by far the finest owned in the city, and, perhaps, in northern Iowa.

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 14, 1904

Money Goes a Long Way

Lesson in Economy Recited in Police Court.

Charles Rheinhart Has Seventy-five Cents, Which he Makes go an Unusually Long Way.

A lesson in economy was received in police court this morning, which if possible to put into practice on a larger scale would deserve strict observance. Charles Rheinhart came to town Saturday afternoon with seventy-five cents in his pocket. He spend fifty cents for chickens and with the remainder purchased a lunch, a half pint of whiskey and enough beer to make him fall asleep in the Illinois Central depot, and incidentally led to his arrest. he insisted that he had not had enough beer to be drunk, only sleepy. He was taken to jail, however, and wehn arraigned this morning was sent back in default of payment on a fine of $1 and costs.

A second prisoner, who gave his name at Vermont Dobson, was arraigned on the charge of intoxication and vagrancy. He pleaded guilty to the last named charge and was fined $1 and costs, which was suspended on his promise to get out of town. Dobson, when arrested, was asleep in the factory of the Iowa Paint company.

The Iowa North West: March 14, 1865

For Sale. – A pair of good young horses, wagon and harness. Inquire at Mr. Kent’s. J.H. Gue.

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Died, In Fort Dodge, March 7th, 1865, Sallie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Humphreys, aged fifteen months.

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Sickness. -There is an uncommon amount of sickness amoung (sic) the chidren in this vicinity. The prevailing complaints are scarlet rash, fevers and mumps.

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Mr. Baum, who has just returned from the East, informs us that the passenger train on the Cedar Rapids road ran off the track near Bertram on Saturday, causing a bad smash up, but that no one was injured.

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Weather. – March has “come in like a lion,” with roaring, howling storms, and biting frotsts. The mercury has been below zero oftener for the first ten days of the month than in any period of the same length, during the Winter.

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New Doctor. – Dr. Wm. Allen, late of Des Moines, has taken up his residence in our town and entered upon the practice of medicine, as will be seen by his card in another column. He is an experienced physician, and is getting a large practice for the short time he has been here.

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 13, 1903

Carried Away on a Cake of Ice

Eight Year Old Child of Nels Gilbert, of West Fort Dodge, Has Narrow Escape

Was in Imminent Danger

Was Rescued by Hendry Henderson (sic), Who Waded Up to Arm Pits in Icy Water

Whirled away on a cake of ice, snatched by the swift current of the river, the eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Gilbert, of West Fort dodge, was in imminent danger for a few moments on Wednesday afternoon. Altho he was rescued none the worse for his experience, the situation appeared serious to those on the bank, until he was safely brought to shore in the strong arms of Hendry Hendrickson.

The little fellow was playing on the river bank about noon on Wednesday. Thoughtless of danger he stepped out upon the rotten ice, and in a moment a great piece had broken off and borne by the current, was carrying him father and farther from the shore. There was great danger that the ice cake upon which the boy balanced himself would tip with his weight and precipitate him into the icy water and the spectators held their breaths.

The current bore the ice raft past a piece of wood projecting from the water and the boy, seeing his last chance for safety seized it and hung fast.

Hendry Hendrickson assumed the role of rescuer. It was necessary that some one should get to the boy, before his frail support was carried from under his feet, and let him down into the water, which was much over his head. Without further ado Mr. Hendriskon waded out into the icy stream until the water reached his arm pits and safely bore to the bank the little voyager, already fully satisfied with his experience as an Artic (sic) explorer.

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 13, 1905


Wallpaper is Now the Question

Two Cornered Paper for Parlors and Halls; Flowers, Fruit or Landscape For The Dining Room and Bright Warm Colors; Combined With Taste

Wall paper again becomes an imminent consideration in the minds of house owners and housewives, and although it is much dreaded when with its mention comes unbidden visions of paper shavings, ladders, and a pungent odor of seemingly everything.

This year and every succeeding year the task of selecting paper becomes less of a bore and mroe of a pleasure. It begins to take more thought and more of an artist’s eye to paper a house appropriately, not becasue the paper is not pretty, far from it, but because the tastes of the American are becoming more and more aesthetic.

The paper itself is showing every day how much more attention is being devoted to its designing and it will be a great relief to be able to get away from some of the hideous designs of the past. Among the newest styles of wall paper are the two tones and the duplex, says a Fort Dodge merchant adn these two designs are indeed the finest expression of wall paper art.

These two styles are designed especially for halls and parlors, and are more appropriate for this use than for any other because they are in the more delicate shades and contain only one color, with a pattern faintly suggested by a slightly different shade, or perhaps a different finish of the same shade which shows up delicately in certain lights.

The designs in this as well as in other styles are all large, sketchy, and usually  flowers, everything now being more or less in poster styles. Anything large and artistic is the proper thing, and takes the public fancy.

Fruit designs are very popular for dining rooms, as are also landscape designs in tapestry effects. these are generally used on but half or three quarters of the wall, with plain ingrain paper of the same shade on the remaining space. Ceiling (sic) are best when plain and the moire ceilings are as popular as ever. Outside of this use for ingrain paper, it is fast losing its former popularily.

Almost all the paper is hung clear from the ceiling in rooms with very high ceilings, and then a drop ceiling is better than a border. This is the American style, but it is said that the new imported papers have revived the old style of borders, and are displaying them in the samples.

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 13, 1907

Tailors Enjoying Big Business

The man who sells clothing to the men of Fort Dodge is one of the first to feel hard times or prosperity. At the present time he is having an immense amount of business and is not minding it at all. In fact he would just as soon have a little more for good measure.

The fact remains,  however, that Fort Dodge tailors at the present time are enjoying a large trade, larger than for several years past. One Central avenue tailor said today that never in the history of his business in Fort Dodge had he seen such a volume of trade as this spring. He said that he now had orders for more suits than in a long time. And the significant fact mentioned was that every suit is much higher in price than have been purchased in the past few years. This year the tailor in question has not sold a suit below twenty-five dollars in price. Last year and the year before last he sold very few suits above that figure. This is the result of prosperity. In bad times the old suits are taken from the closets, cleaned and repaired, and made to do duty in place of new raiment.

Brown and Grey Popular Colors.

The mandate has been prolonged by the tailors’ associations that brown and gray are to be the popular colors for this year. These were in great demand last year and seem to keep up in the front rank again this spring. Blacks and serges and the mixed goods in brown and grey are also in demand. They form the staple patterns of the tailors’ establishments.

The patterns this year, aside from the solid shades, run mostly to checks. Last year stripes held sway but this year the squares hold the boards. There are many pretty patterns to be seen in spring and summer suitings in the local tailor shops and Easter togs will be as natty as ever seen here. Fort Dodge men are coming to look upon Easter as being as great an occasion for dress as it is to the women of the city.

Tags: Fashion

The Fort Dodge Messenger: March 12, 1907

Police News

One lone unfortuunate (sic) who gave his name as Orin Carter was before the mayor this morning in police court.

Drunk and disorderly was the charge hurled against him. he entered a plea of guilty ard (sic) was given three days at hard labor.

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The officers have received word to be on the lookout for a consignment of stolen furs. On the night of February 28th the warehouse of C.A. Lind of Marathon (sic), Iowa, was broken into and $600 worth of valuable skunk, mink and weasel furs were stolen. A reward of $100 is offered for the capture of the thief and the return of the proparty (sic).

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Former Police Officer Peter Dittmer was a caller at the station renewing old acquaintances and chatting with the men one day last week. Peter, the veteran member of the force for six years, retired because of a desire to take some ease during the remaining years of his life. He cheerfully says he is doing nothing except to take a life of ease and finds the occupation a pleasant one at that.

Tags: 1907, Carter, Dittmer, Lind