The Fort Dodge Messenger: Aug. 9, 1906
The Cigar Band Craze.
Bids Fair to Equal the Post Card Collection.
The craze for collecting cigar bands is at its heighth (sic). Where many people used to collect postage stamps, and later picture postals now they are after new kinds of cigar bands. They use them to paste on glass ash trays and other unique means of decorating as well as to paste them in a book in the effort to make a large collection of strange and unique designs. A Fort Dodge cigar clerk says crowds of boys haunt the cigar stores and every band that is dropped on the floor is eagerly picked up. The craze is equal to that of collecting tobacco rags or other things on which premiums were formerly paid.
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Street Cars Not ‘Till Jan. 1.
New Cars Will not be Put on Streets Here Until Then.
There has been much comment and speculation in the city regarding the time at which the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern would put new cars on the city street railway system. H.S. Holm the representative of the interurban road in Fort Dodge stated yesterday that new cars would not be put on the street system until the entire line was similarly equipped and in working order, which will be Jan. 1, 1907. This will be a long wait but there is consolation in the knowledge that the system will be well equipped when the change is finally made.
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Gilmore City Carnival.
Band Carnival and Street Fair There On August 15.
Gilmore City, Ia., Aug. 9 – (Special to the Messenger- Gilmore City will hold a special band carnival and street fair August 15th. The committee in charge of the affair have made extensive preparations and large crowds are expected. The amusements of the day will consist of two ball games, horse races, athletic contests, music, a bowery dance and other entertainments. A low excursion rate will be given on the M. & St. L. from all points between Fort Dodge and Ruthven.
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Is Seriously Ill.
L.D. Senf Dangerously Sick at His Home in the City.
L.D. Senf the well known harness maker and proprietor of a shop on the north side of the public square is dangerously ill at his home at 1408 4th Avenue South. It is reported that there are but slight hopes for his recovery. The nature of his ailment has not been reported.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Aug. 9, 1906
Boy Injured by a Dynamite Cap
Clarence Gilbert of West Fort Dodge Almost Killed by Explosion
Was Rendered Unconscious
Was Taken to Hospital Where an Operation was Performed – is Still in a Precarious Condition – Piece of Cap Blown Into Body.
Clarence Gilbert, the 10-year-old son of Nels P. Gilbert, a miner, residing at 235 South Thirteenth street, West Fort Dodge, received what may prove to be a fatal injury by the explosion of a dynamite cap late yesterday afternoon.
The little lad, together with another boy, was playing with the cap. they had found it and did not know what it was, and with boyish curiosity young Gilbert resolved to split it open. He laid it on a stone and struck it with another, with the natural disastrous result. A piece of the cap was blown into his side directly below the heart and the lad was knocked unconscious by the force of the explosion.
He was hastily taken to the hospital, where an operation was performed and the piece of shall (sic) removed. He is resting as easily as possible under the circumstances today, but it (sic) still in a precarious condition.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Aug. 1, 1906
Snakes are Scarce
They Are Few Along the Des Moines This Season
It is reported that snakes are scarce along the Des Moines this season. But no reason is given for this except that so many of them have been killed within a few years. But few of them are seen this summer along the stream and they are being gradually wiped out of existence.
The time was when a snake could be seen dangling from almost every bush which overhung the water and the head of one could be seen here and there sticking from beneath a stone. But they have gone, hundreds have been killed every season and it is no wonder the species is being wiped out.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Aug. 1, 1906
Mock Wedding Occurs
Excursionist Enjoy Mock Ceremony on Train Returning From Clear Lake Monday Night.
A prominent salesman for one of the leading business houses of this city, who has been termed William R. and a well known young lady, Miss Lizzie J. were united in marriage by Rev. C.E.W. between Thornton and Swaledale, on the return trip from Clear Lake Monday evening. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a number of their friends who enjoyed the affair to the full extent of a joke.
After the ceremony the tables were spread with delicious refreshments, consisting of picnic cake and Clarion rice. Friends of the young couple served the supper after which toasts were offered. Among those who spoke were some of the best speakers in Fort Dodge, who luckily happened to be on the train. Following are two of the toasts:
“Mr. Wm. R. – As you have entered upon the state of wedlock and are no longer a merry bachelor, formally, the butt of my crude jest, I must address you in a tone of greater gravity than has been my custom, but Mr. Wm. R I do wish to congratulate you upon this desirable change that you have made and it gives evidence that you have good judgment and much good taste. Mrs. Wm. R., I hope you will find Mr. Wm. R. as loyal a husband as you have a true friend.”
“To one piece of dark piazza add a little moonlight. Take for granted two people. Press in two strong ones a small soft hand. Sift lightly two ounces of attraction, one of romance; add a large measure of jolly; stir in a floating ruffle, and one or two whispers , dissolve half a dozen glances in a well of silence. Dust in a small quantity of hesitation, one ounce of resistance and two of yielding. Place the kisses on a blushing cheek or two lips; flavor with a slight scream and set aside to cool. This will succeed in any climate if directions are carefully followed.”
As the groom failed to have in his possession the much needed license, the marriage was declared null and void. The wedding proved a pleasant diversion to what might have been a tedious ride.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: July 14, 1906
Crazy Man Had a Gun
Pete Anderson Taken in by Police – Evidently Too Much Booze
Aroused by the news that a crazy man was trying the old practice; usually confined to the west of shooting up the town in the vicinity of Bobtown, two officers made a hurry-up visit to that district this morning. One Pete Anderson was found with a gun in his hand shooting it in the air and ground and wildly yelling, while the people near the vicinity hid in their houses. Anderson was taken to town and placed in jail. It is thought that is it only a case of too much booze and that a couple of day’s (sic) confinement in jail will make him as sane as ever again.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: July 13, 1906
City Sued for Loss of Pup
William Ault, Wants $250 For Pup Taken by the Dog Catcher.
Suit Filed in Court Today
Dog Was Without tag and was Taken on 27th of June – Suit an Unusual one – Will Come up for Trial at the Next Term of court.
| State of Iowa, Webster County, ss.
William Ault vs. S.J. Bennett, M. Tullar and Ed. Smith.
The plaintiff for a cause of action against the defendants and each of htem states that on or about the 27th day of June, 1906, the defendant took and converted of the property of this plaintiff one certain Llewelyyn (sic) setter pup, named Outenie of the value of $250 (two hundred and fifty dollars to the plaintiff’s damage in said sum, wherefore plaintiff prays judgment against the defendants and each of them in the sum of $250 and costs. |
The above petition was filed at noon today in the office of the clerk of courts. The plaintiff, Ault, is a laborer residing at 806, 12th avenue south. It appears that the dog in question was picked up by the city dog catcher, Ed. Smith at the time named while without a tag and was promptly shot as is customary with all canines not bearing the stamp and seal that shows dog tax to have been paid. The suit is a very unusual one and no doubt much interest will be evinced in it through the city when it comes up for trail at the August term of court.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: July 7, 1906
Mayor ‘Gainst Swimmin’
Posts Sign at the River Which Warns the Small Boys to Keep Away From the Stream.
Notice
All persons are warned not to go in swimming within five miles above the city waterworks as the city’s jurisdiction extends that far.
S.J. Benett [sic]
Mayor |
The above notice posted at the river bank near the city waterworks has struck terror into the hearts of the small boys of the city who have been in the habit of taking an occasional plunge at any point along the river that their desire suggests. Complaints from residents living near the river has been the cause of the posting of the sign, and on this occasion the mayor, though his jurisdiction usually extends only to the city limits has moved his authority line up the stream and barred the bathers entirely. The order will be strictly enforced too. The police have orders to arrest all violators.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: July 3, 1906
In Effect To-Morrow
Important Laws go into Effect July 4th – Pure Food and Anti-Pass Most Important
Laws in effect tomorrow:
Pure food.
Anti-pass.
Child labor.
Taking party circle off the ballot.
Against Hallowe’en destruction of property.
Requiring uniformity of municipal accounts in Iowa cities.
State examination and certification of teachers.
By constitutional provision a number of laws passed by the last legislature will go into effect on the fourth of July, which comes next Wednesday.
This year the great bulk of the Iowa laws will go into force without the public having had a chance to read them in any official publication. This is due to the fact that the state document known as the “Session Laws,” has not been completed.
(Editor’s note: I could guess at most of these laws, but the anti-pass law puzzled me. I did a search and found this article on Google Books. The section on Iowa was found under Railroads and states:
Iowa enacted an anti-pass law, in the form of a prohibition upon the giving of passes to persons holding public office, candidates therefor, delegates to conventions and jurors. The law excepts, however, notaries, offices paying no fees or salary, professors and officers of educational institutions, members of the National Guard, and of the fire departments of cities, and of the State Board of Agriculture.)
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: July 2, 1906
An Impromptu Bull Fight
Residents of the River Flats Frightened by Enraged Animal – Fortunately no one Injured.
A call for police to care for a maddened bull was sent into the city hall on Saturday afternoon by people residing along the river flats near the lower bridge over the Des Moines river. The call was responded to at once and for more than (an) hour two policemen and a half dozen men struggled with the enraged animal, in forcing it along the distance of a block to some stock sheds in the Illinois Central yards.
The bull was the property of C.O. Humbert, a stock buyer residing in the city. It, together with a large herd of animals, was being driven into the city from the west, when on reaching the rver (sic) flats it became maddened by the heat and exertion of the long trip and became unmanageable. Fear that it would riot the whole herd was entertained, at first, but it was finally separated from thema nd left in charge of one of the drivers, whom it attacked.
He was given assistance by several men working in the neighborhood, who managed to keep the animal from injuring or killing anyone, by long ropes fastened about its neck and held tight in several directions.
Finally when the poice (sic) arrived an effort was made to take it to the Illinois Central stock yards, where the remainder of the herd had been safely quartered, was made. The bull became more and more vicious, and only after an hour’s hard work was the trip across the tracks to the stockyards accomplished.
The bull was one of a large number which Mr. Humbert purchased several days ago from a farmer residing near Clare by the name of Schultz.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: June 26, 1906
Make Strenuous Move
Police Begin to Collect all Untagged Dogs and Shoot Them at Once – Slaughter this Morning
The police started out this morning with a wagon to collect all dogs which were to be found running at large through the city without tags, and as soon as a load was caught they were taken to the pound where they were shot without giving their owners an opportunity to redeem them by paying the price of a tax tag. The slow manner in which owners of dogs have complied with the city ordinance pertaining to the purchase of tags, has necessitated this step, and hereafter any dog found in any part of the city untagged, will be taken in and shot at once.
Only 171 dog tags have ben (sic) sold so far, which is a comparatively small per cent of the number of dogs in the city.
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