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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
POISONED WHISkEY
May have CAUSED
HIRED MANS DEATH
Employer Owed Victim $1,000
Which Was Demanded Day
Before the Tragedy.

Ida Grove, Ia, Aug. 22.-Friends in
this city. received letter this week
giving q detailed account of the death
of A. l.. Dalgetty, son of Alex. Dali
getty, street commissioner OF this city,
which occurred about, 10 days ago at
Valley Ford. Wash, under very mystic
rious circumstances. This letter states
that there is no question but what Mr..
Dalgettys death was due directly to
poison. and that 1T was administered in
whiskey furnished by the man in
whose employ the young man had
been. Dalgetty went to Valleyford
about year ago and hired out to a
man by the name of Humber, who had
the contract for establishing a brick
and tile works in that place. His
wages had accumulated until Humber
was indebted to him in the sum of
$1,500. and according to the letter re-
ceived by Johnston Bros. from w. S..
McCloy, prominent citizen of VAL
leyford. Dalgetty had made demand
death and had been promised by Hum
Der that they would go to Seattle the
next day and get the money together
Late on the evening before the day
they We're to go to Seattle, Humber
and another party--who has GRIM
brick and tile works-are said to have
furnished Dalgetty with whiskey and
in short time after he drank it he
was taken violently sick and died in a
few hours. The two men were taken
into custody and are now being held
on the charge of murder.
The doctor who attended Mr.. Dali
getty had diagnosed his death as due
to acute alcoholism. but friends of
young Dalgetty took the matter up and
the body has been disinterred and
traces of poison have been found in
the stomach. No effort was made to
find tl.a whereabouts of Mr.. Dalgetty's
relatives until several days after his
death when the matter was taken up
by Mr.. McCloy and a number of other
citizens and a search of his personal
effects brought to light an old program
of Scotch festival held in this city
nine years ago and on which the dead
mans name appeared and also that of
his father.
Mr.. Dalgetty jr.. was an engineer by
occupation and had served an appren-
ticeship at his trade in Scotland He
was of a rowing disposition and had
visited many parts of the world dur
Ing his life time. The father, Mr.. Dali
getty, ST., OF this city, expects to leave
Friday Of this week for Valleyford and
Will be accompanied by an attorney
from this city and every step possible
will be taken to ferret out the true
cause of his sons death and he will
bring the remains here for final inter-
ment.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
4 skin Of Beauty 10 . low Forax...
~. =. FELlX o0URAU0s0 o,se.e.s
or0am Aao AGaRSaes 1as.s.e..
on Some Ministers.

The worst O. these here shepherds
is, my boy, that they reg'larly turns
the heads of all the young ladies
about here. Lord bless their little
hearts, they think it's all right, and
don't know no better; but they're the
victims O. CANNON, Samivel, they're
the victims o. CANNON. Nothin' else.
and wot aggregates me. Samivel, is
to- see 'em awastin' all their time and
labor IN making clothes for copper-col-
cred people as don't want 'em and TAX
ing no notice of flesh-colored Chris
tians as do. II I'd my way, Samivel.
I'd just stick some o. these here lazy
shepherds behind heavy wheel-bar-
row, and run 'em up and down a
14-inch plank all day. That 'ud shake
the nonsense out of 'em. II anythin'
vould.-Mr. Weller. Quoted by Charles
Dickens.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
NEVADA GOVERNOR IN
A FISTIC ENCOUNTER.
Chief Executive and Editor of /,
Newspaper Go to the Mat
Over an Article.

Reno. New. Aug. % Governor Dick
arson, enraged by story which APP
peared in a Reno paper on the selectio,
IF a new prison site. went into tn
office of the Carson News. which is ed
tied by George A. Montrose, and de
handed to know IL Montrose wrote tn
article.
Montrose said he did nc., but that !
ne had he would not be afraid to &c
knowledge It, Dickerson Is said u
have made a lunge at Montrose, hi
Asst grazing the EDITORS cheek. Mont
eose, catching the governor by thu
shroat, bore him backward, also de
livering a stiff body blow. A frien.
separated them. Dickerson refused t.
leave and Montrose started to call AZ
officer by telephone. Dickerson theI
departcd
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
HUNTERS PARADISE is
NOW A GRAIN FIELD

Fonda, la. Aug. 24.-Cora. Ia. Il sta
ton two miles west OF Fonda, has had
more drain tile shipped in for local use
than amy other town In northwest IONA
There has been Approximately l,ooo.oou
feet OF tile laid during the last year ana
a half. which drains thousands OF acres
of land which never before raised
crop of any nature. Besides all the tile
laid there have been dozen open
drainage bitches dug by the county at
q cost of nearly sl,oO0,o00. which is
taxed up to the farmers adjoining &C
cording to the number of acres bene-
fited.
The country drained is where once the
wild geese. the long necked cranes. the
mallard ducks and the blue bills nestled
and reared their young and, in season,
where the hunter bagged his game.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
MAN STEALS A HORSE
AND CONGRESSES cPIME


Mason city. IL. AGg %. l.a p.
Roberts is horse thief, according to
his own admission. The chief of po-
lice of Grinnell, Mi. Siahan. in COM
pany with George III. Norris arrived
in the city Yesterday and going to the
stable Mr.. Morris at once rccog-
nized the horse as his. AT the jail he
needed no introduction to Roberts for
he had worked for him eight days pre-
vious to stealing the horse To the po-
lice here, when he was arrested Rob
erts positively denied that the horse
was stolen but when Morris recognized
him he broke down and confessed all
1t was supposed by the express re-
cept that he had i'll his pocket that he
had shipped the saddle he stole to La
Plata. Mo. but he finally admitted that
he had sold the saddle to Marshall
town people and it was his grip tHat
he sent to the Missouri town. He was
taken in custody and is now in the iail
AT MonteZulna,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25


The pure food law of Germany has
many coninendable features. as shown
IN the report of Carl Bailey Hurst the
American consul at Plauen. Saxony
There is a public laboratory in Plauen,
not only making speciality of examine
Ing foodstuffs. but also all kinds of
utensils. The German federal law au-
thoriZe the police to obtain by payment
all kinds of food products. toys, car
pets, paints. eating, drinking and cook
Ing utensils. and Kerosene, and dealers
and producers found guilty of violating
the provisions OF the pure food law.
not only suffer penalties. but their
premises afterward are supervised as
frequently as the police may determine
Gross offenders against the law can be
punished by life long imprisonment at
hard labor The laboratory is required
annually to analyze 30 miscellaneous
samples purchased of different deal
ers; this to be done for every 1000 in
habitants Last year 1906 samples
Were analyzed, taken from ,463 places
of sale
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

Linnossler has recently reported to
the Academic dc Medicine de Paris
some interesting experiments with re-
gard to the nephro-toxic action of va
rlons meats. by subcutaneous injcc-
flon of an aqueous extract of hashed
meat he has been able to produce al
burnnura in rabbits and guinea pigs
"he minimum dose necessary to cause
this condition is variable, even when
the same kind of meat Is used to pre-
pare the extract, a fact which must be
attributed as much to a difference in
the renal resistance of various animals
ms to variations in the toxicity of the
meat. Albuminuria appears very
quickly after the injection and only
lasts a few hours.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
Selfish Youth.

Youth is apt to be SELFISH said
Mrs. Mary e. Wilkins Freeman, the
distinguished novelist. at Matuchen
picnic.
Woman in her youth she went on,
is especially apt to be selfish. I'll
never forget the story of the young
man from Boston who stood in the
center of Boston common in a down
pour of torrential rain.
AS he stood there, soaked to the
skin, a little boy in macintosh ac-
costed him.
Excuse me, SIR said the boy, but
are you the gentleman who is waiting
for Miss Endicott?'
YES the young man answered.
Well, said the boy, she asked me
to tell you she'd be here just as soon
as 1t clears up"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
DUBUQUE CITIZEN
TAKES OWN LIFE

Dubuque. Ia, Aug. 90 Joseph Cell
ing, Il veteran piano tuner, was found
dead in the kitchen of his home las
night by neighbors who forced en-
trance into the house. Mrs. Ceiling
had gone to Denver three weeks age
to bring back son who was in H.,
health. Another son died in April. II
is believed the death of one boy and
the illness of the other caused the mar
to commit suicide. The gas stow,
valves were turned on full force and
the man had fallen from chair t.
the floor and was dead "a hours before
he was found. Mrs. Ceiling and the
sick son returned home here las
night and forcing their way into tn
house found the father dead upon TIN
floor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
srArE,s ATTORNEY DIES.

Forest City. Ia, Aug. %. G. H.
3elsheim. county attorney of Winnie
bago county, died yesterday morn
ing of appendicitis. He was taken
sick in Chicago last Thursday and
was sick but five days. He was a grad
uate of the state university, 1899, and
was 46 years old. Mr.. Belsheim was
nominated at the June primaries for u
second term. He was brother of
Rev. O. G. Belsheim, OF Bismarck, N.
D., and Rev. G. G. Belshein, of Mason
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
He Had No Eye for Color

There came to the home OF Negro
in Tennessee an addition to the fam
lily in the shape of triplets. The proud
father hailed the first man who came
along the road and asked him in to
see them. The man, who was an Irish
man. seemed greatly interested in the
infants as he looked them over, lying
in row before him.
What does yo' think?' asked the
parent
"Waul" pointing to the one in the
middle-"I think I'd save that one."-
Everybodg's Magazine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
GAR PACKING PLANT
WILL CONTINUE ACTIVE

Red Oak la. Aug. 23.---United States
District Judge Smith Mcpherson, in
hearings in chambers here yesterday,
made a supplementary order govern
ng the conduct of Receiver Simon Cas-
tidy, of the Der Moines plant of the
agar Packing company, of Chicago and
oes Moines. The court authorizes the
'eceiver to continue the plant in opera
don, to borrow not to exceed $25,OOO for
he purpose of paying operating ex-
lenses and for live stock. at an interest
ate not to exceed per cent A sup
Elementary order was also made re-
'erring the case to H. e. French, ref
sree in bankruptcy, with instructions
o examine into the financial condi-
ion of the Agar company.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
RockefeIlor,s Hard Shot

John D. Rockefeller tried a game of
golf on the links near Augusta. On a
rather difficult shot Mr. Rockefeller
struck too low. with his iron, and as
the dust few up he asked his caddy:
What have l hit?'
The boy laughed and answered:
"JawJah, boss"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY FRAcTiouS HORSE

jefferson. Ia Aug. 24.-J. d. Gates,
aged So local implement dealer, was
crushed to death by a fractions horse
in barn at his home here Saturday.
He had entered the barn. leading the
animal. and upon going into the stall
the horse made leap. crushing Gates
against the manager. His neck and right
shoulder were broken and his chest
crushed.
The unfortunate man, who died soon
after the attack, leaves a wife, three
sons and daughter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
INEBRIATE HOSPITAL
HAS NEW MANAGER

Bes Mo.nes, Ia, Aug. %. The Iowa
board of control today named DR. Geo.
Donahoc, of Boston, as superintendent
OF the state inebriate hospital at
Knoxville. succeeding DR. H. S. Miner,
resigned For five years DIR. Donahoe
has been assistant physician in the In
dependence insane hospital
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
Real Modestx.

AN actor should be modest, and
most aoters.aFe," said James K. Hack
EFT at luncheon in Pittsburg. But
| know young actor who. at the be-
ginning of his career, carried modesty
almost too far.
This young man inserted in all the
dramatic papers q want advertise
ment that said:
Engagement wanted-small part.
such as dead body or outside shouts
preferred"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

Divorces are becoming more frequent
in France, an increase of so per cent
being reported during the last eight
years. There were 12,S47 divorces dur
Ing 1909, as compared with 1857 in 1900.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

COLUMBUS. OHIO-At meeting
of the executive committee of the Ohio
Federation of Labor resolutions We're
adopted calling upon the governor to
eral assembly to enact a law permit
ting municipalities to own street car
lines. The Columbus Railway and
Light company was denounced for inn
porting men of alleged bad character
to handle street cars during the present
strike. Steps We're taken for the re-
union of the parent organization and
the Ohio state federation. an offsiloot
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
It4AWkEYE HIGHWAY is
SELECTED FOR riTLs

Waterloo, Ia, Aug. 23.-Hawkey,
highway was today chosen as the Of.
acial title of the Sioux City to Dubuque,
Toad. A committee of five had the mat,
Ter of the selection of names in theii
power and selected Hawkeye highway
rom the 68 submitted. All of the citiei
between Sioux City and Dubuque ar.
heartily in favor of the project ant
are united in their promises to sup.
port II
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
OFFICER FALLS
FROM AIRSHlP AND DIES

Rome. Aug. 23.--Lieutenant vivaldi,
Of the Italian army, was killed this
morning by fall from his aeroplane.
He had made a trip in the early morn
ing hours From, the military aviation
ield at C;lntoce!ie to Civitavecchia, OH
The Mediterranean sea. 80 miles from
Rome, and was returning to Rome,
when the accident happened. A few
miles outside OF Rome, for some unex-
planned reason. the machine dashed to
eorth,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
JUDGE DECLINES TO HIT
DOUBLE LIABILITY LAW

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Aug. ga de
cision in which he denies a motion
of the defendant company in the CASE
Of the United States against the Chi.
cago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad
company. to strike out of the complain
of the government certain paragraph
relating to the amount of damages
which the government is seeking t,
recover from the railway company. hal
been rendered by Judge Garland, d
the United States court, in this city
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
PARTIES in ALLEGED
ELOPEMEkT GO HOME
RAIL ROAD MECHANIC
SECURES PROMOTION

Gill for the two years past. assistant
master mechanic of the Iowa Central
here, has been appointed master me-
chanic to succeed G. F. Cossett, who
was recently appointed master mechan-
ic of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis, With
headquarters in Minneapolis.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

There are In the country in towns
having more than 5000 Inhabitants but
500 high schools. These schools aver
age II teachers each and have 36s. 600
pupils. In the smaller towns there are
$3.50 high schools having an average
of 81 teachers each and 4o5, 900 pupils
IN all. Therefore SO per cent of the
pupils attend small high schools which
have loss than six tnacners: eanh
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

Eggs with two yolks occur not I'M
COMMONLY. but eggs with three yolks
are exceptionally rare. Such an egg
was recently laid by barred Plymouth
Rock pullet at the Maine experiment
station, and is described in some detail
in a bulletin recently issued. The egg
was somewhat above the average size,
but no other abnormal feature was
noticed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
GIRL GIVES CUTICLE
TO SAVE HER SISTER

Des Mones. la. Aug. "a TO save the
life of her little sister who was burned
a month ago. Miss Edna Freeman to-
day gave six inches of skin from her
thighs, which was successfully grated
by phySicianS,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
Faults In American Character.

In an address on botanical educa-
ton in America, Prof w. F. Ganong
remarks that disregard of particulars
and tendency to easy generalities
are fundamental faults in American
character" and he insists upon the
necessity of laboratory and expert
mental work in all scientific study
Books ease the wits" but independ-
ent observation is the source Of sound
knowledge in science.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
PLYMOUTH INSTITUTE IN
SESSION At lE MARc

LeMars, Ia, Aug. 22.-The annual
institute of Plymouth county school
teachers is in progress this week at
the high school building with the
largest attendance in 10 years, 175
school ma'ams having registered. For
the first time since Institutes have
been held in this county there is not
a male teacher in attendance and
Superintendent Countryn1an says as
far as he knows there will not be a
male teacher in the country schools
This wear
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
NEMAHA 70 HOLD FESTIVAL.

Nemaha, Ia, Aug. 23.--The citizens Of
Nemaha held a meeting last night and
decided to have a harvest home fes-
:ival September 8. There will be an
exhibit of products in the morning and
GENE of baseball and other sports
n the afternoon. The officers are:
aobt McTigue, president; Z. c. Berger,
secretary; Perry Rutledge. treasurer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

The hope of Singapore is Tor a great
trunk line railway running from this
southern point OF the Malay peninsula
northward through Siam to Burma ana
on 10 India. and a branch line through
Cambodia into China. Some day that
hope viii be realized. Within a radius
of 1000 miles of the little island on
which Singapore is built there is a
population of 100000. 600
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

Ping said that thunder is rarely
heard in winter and that the great
fertility of the soil is due to the fire.
quency of thunder rain in spring.
Science has discovered the cause Of
the nourishment In rain water to be
the presence OF great quantities of MI
trogen and ammonia in the thunder
rain and In hail.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
MANAGEMENT CHANGES
IN ESTHERvILLE HOTEL

Knapp and Johnston, Of the orleans
hotel of this city. have sold the Ak
lures. furniture and lease of the hotel
to Messrs. Wray and Schneider, Of
Boone. Ia. Possession will be given
Immediately
The Rev. ]. H. Davis. rector Of Grace
Episcopal church Of this city, has ac-
copied call to assist in Trinity Cathe-
dral at Davenport. Ia. He will leave
this week for his new charge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

On Valley road in Montciair. there is
house which has cost about $4,000
to erect that is being furnished in the
handsomest style by one.of the big
New York stores. The structure viii
be model home in every respect, but
no person will have his ares and pen
ates there The house is for exhibi-
ton purposes only. 1t is constructed
of concrete throughout. and s said to
be the only one of its kind in the
world. Its builders assert that it Will
last for "a thousand wears
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
BOYS 30 BUSINESS
WITH COASTER WAGON

Wavcrly. Ia, Aug. 23-Two
lads in the city. Hulmuth Cross
man and Paul Bredow. wanted
to earn "a little money and they
went at it, They Bought coas-
ter wagon large enough to be
useful and started five cent
delivery wagon, ore boy acting
as solicitor and the other haul
ing the loads around. AS re-
suit they have accumulated
quite n little money and they
will NOW buy Il Shetland pony
and u little larger wagon and
continue the business ON little
larger scale 1t is o. real bust
ness With the boys and rot u
donation party
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
IOWA MAN is KILLED.

Denver junction. Ia. Aug. ga
man giving his na1nt az George Nc
Henry, who worked re,e at the camp
IF Farlnan e Maloncy. .ds been found
dead with his head severely bruised
1t is supposed that horse threw him.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
PASTOR LEAVES pAuLL,NA.

Paullina. Ia. Aug. 23.-The pastoral
citations existing between DR.. " s..
Thompson and the Presbyterian
church of this place was dissolved SUN
lay. August II. when DIR. Thompson
preached his farewell sermon to Il large
audience
DR.. Thompson and family left today
or Mount Vernon. la, where he takes
,harSe of the Presbyterian church. As
4 parting remembrance to DR. and Mrs
Thompson, the people OF the commu-
1ity, the members of the congregation.
presented thcm with q purse of Sl50.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

The American sturgeon is a distinct
species and is captured in Lake Miehi-
gan and Lake Erie, where it is land
locked. but below the fails of Niagara
the same species occurs and passes to
the sea. 1t is recorded with every
probability of truth. that a specimen
of this species vas captured some
Years ago in the firth of Tay, having
crossed the Atlantic
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

VERMILLIoN, S. D. - Large tracts
of land near Centerville will be safe.
Guarded by the building of ditch near
the Vermillion river to carry or the
surplus water.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

woman's inhumanity to man makes
countless divorce lawyers happy.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
FOUR DROWN WHILE
BOATING ON RIVER.
Craft Capsizes and Two Couples
Lose Their Lives-Bodies
Are Recovered.

Mason city. Ia. Aug. 24.-Frank
Vaughn. Calvin Shaffer. Mary Will
Jams and Pearl Mucher, all prominent
young people OF Charles City, were
drowned in the Cedar river some time
during last night.
AT 10 O'Clock last night they en-
barked in Il row boat for trip up
the river. and 1t is supposed the boat
capsized. The bodies We're recovered
this morning
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25
SIOUX CITY GETS
NEXT ELkS, CONVENTION

Marshalltown, Ia, Aug. 22.-Sioux
City was chosen as the meeting place
for the state lodge Of Elks in 1911 and
the following officers OF the associa-
ton were elected:
Maurice Connolly, OF Dubuque presi-
dent; first vice president, George T..
Keddick, of Iowa City; second vice
president, Bert F. Keltz. Of Webster
City; third vice president, w. H. Wal
lingford, Of Des Moines; secretary, j.
r. Frailey, of Fort Madison; treasurer.
lain. Rev. w. P. James, Of Marshaii-
town; doorkeeper, George Weiss, Of
Burlington: sergeant-at -arms, Thomas
Stodghill. of Ottumwa, and trustee. Z.
B. Whitney, Of DEBORAH.