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News Articles 1913 - 1929 |
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The following are articles used in the Ida County Genie Newsletters
June 11,1913, page 1 KILLED BY TRAIN Northwestern Train Struck Two Little Children Boy Was Killed Instantly Tuesday afternoon the west bound Northwestern passenger train running over and hour late, ran down two little children at the second crossing east of Battle Creek, the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stolley. The boy, Bernard, was 6 years of age, and the girl Lucille, was 13. The boy was instantly killed, and the girl terribly injured, but yesterday afternoon they did not know whether she would live. As near as could be learned the youngsters were out picking flowers and had walked down a little way to the second crossing at the east end of town. This is one of the worst accidents of the kind that ever happened in this county, and the blow seems more than the grief stricken parents can bear. This is the fourth bad crossing accident in the county in the past year or so, the killing of the Johnson family at the Galva crossing, the killing of Elsie Lamp at the Holstein crossing on August 14th of last year, the running down of the little Damerow boy at Ida Grove this spring, and now this awful thing at Battle Creek. The father, F.J. Stolley, used to run a blacksmith shop in
March 10,1926 NEW BUILDINGS ON MRS. MARGARET HALL’S FARM These useful up-to-date buildings were erected last fall on
the Mrs. Margaret Hall farm in The Ben S. Noble firm furnished all the material for the new improvements on the Hall farm. The carpenter work was performed by the local firm of Elser and Son. Ida Mrs. Carl Raabe Died of Internal Hemorrhage The neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Raabe on Maggie C. Rohwer was born in Holstein The funeral services will be held Thursday, prayer being held
at the family residence at 1 p.m. and from the home the body will be taken to the The bereaved husband has the sympathy of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
VETERAN CARRIER GETS EXTENSION Harry Conard, carrier on Ida Grove Route 5, this week was notified that the government had given him another extension of the age limit for retirement, granting him two more years of time. Mr. Conard will be 71 years old on the eighteenth of April. Mr. Conard was supposed to retire at the statutory limit of 65 years, but was granted a one year extension and then two more years apiece. The latest extension is thus his fourth. Mr. Conard has been carrying mail since January 1,1912 and still boasts of good health, although subjected to all kinds of weather in his line of service.
IDA Elbert Stone, Victim of Submarine’s Torpedo The first star in Elbert Stone was born in No details other than that contained in the message from the
war department have been received; a simple statement of death was due to injuries
received when the torpedo struck the ship. The message also stated that the burial
would take place in the ***Another article said the following additional information*** Prior to leaving Camp Green for Long Island the family
received a letter from him in which he stated that he was enjoying the best of health, and
that they expected to moved in a short time, and hoped that it would be their last
transfer until they reached France, for he was anxious to get into actual service.
At that time, Harry Stainbrook, another While at They sympathy of the entire community goes out to the mother, brothers and sisters in their sacrifice but their grief is softened by the realization that this boy has offered up his life that the world may be better and safe from the encroachment of the detested Huns.
Ida BOY ACCIDENTLY KILLED News reached Ida Grove a few days ago of a tragic accident
which happened just before Christmas in a distant corner of Ralph Kuehl was born in He leaves to mourn his untimely death, his mother, two sisters, Henrietta and Evelyn, and a brother, Merle.
VOTES 50 YEARS AT SAME Christie Bleakley, a resident of
Ida Alex Hartley sold a three year old steer last Monday that weighed 1,575 pounds, also a pair of twin 2 year old steers that weighed 220 pounds.
Ida We are pained to announce that old gentleman, D.P. Sacquety died this morning at his home in the old town at half past nine o’clock.
Ida AUTO UPSETS-HOUSER KILLER DISTRESSING ACCIDENT BEFALS IDA GROVE PEOPLE THURSDAY ON HIGHWAY EAST OF MOVILLE
The pleasure of the crowds returning from the The accident took place on the Hawkeye highway about six miles
east of Moville at about seven o’clock in the evening, when there was considerable
traffic of cars returning from the fair. In the Witte car, which was a late model DESCRIBES THE ACCIDENT “We saw the Witte car pass a Ford car and just then it seemed to lean over the edge of the road and it appeared to right itself and ran on the four or five rods and then it commenced to lean again, suddenly rolled down the bank, turned over with the wheels sticking in the air and the rear wheel came over against a wire fence. Almost immediately a fire broke out and I got ready and jumped from our car as we approached. My son ran our car to a safe distance from the wreck, stopped it and came over where I was. By this time I was helping out the women and the men, but have no distinct recollection of just how I did it or how many I assisted. I remember pulling one of lady between the broken bows of the top. We heard a man groaning under the car yet and by this time the flames were leaping up two or three feet above the engine. My son stopped the engine and went around to the gas tank and tuned all the gasoline out upon the ground, so that the cur burned, there would not be an explosion. However, this gas did not catch fire. My son and myself, and the three men who were in the Witte car beside Houser, lifted up the car and pulled him from under it, then letting the machine down again. Three of us carried him across the road and laid him down in a nice grassy place one of the men in the crowd went for a doctor.” SCENE OF THE FATALITY The place where the accident occurred is a fairly level stretch of road, graded not long ago with a good sized crown in the middle, where most automobiles drove their cars when the road was clear. Where the Witte car took the fatal plunge, there is a bank about three feet high at the north side of the road, which is on the drivers left as he comes east. The Witte car came to rest with the back end against the wire fence, which had to be cut before the car could be turned over. The ground where the car came to rest was slightly sloping in a direction away from the highway, a direction away from the highway, so the car lay with the greater part of its weight on its right side, the same side on which Houser rode, as he was in the front seat with the driver. SKULL WAS FRACTURED The weight of the car was sufficient to crush the top of the windshield, but the high back of the rear seat protected the inmates of the rear seat. Mr. Houser was pinned down under the machine and a considerable part of the weight must have struck him, a blow to the left side of his head being sufficient to fracture his skull and to tear the ear almost off. Both he and Mr. Witte were cut by glass and Mrs. Houser was probably injured internally, as he had several hemorrhages. Mr. Witte was cut on the right wrist and several stitches being necessary to close the wound and his shoulder was bruised. He probably received only a glancing blow when the car turned turtle. Mr. Witte, the driver of the machine, was nearly crazed with grief over the misfortune and his nerves are still badly shattered from the shock. Mrs. Houser was rendered almost frantic by the accident to her husband and required attention for several hours. The other inmates of the car escaped without hurt and were brought back to Ida Grove the same night. According o Mr. Crawford, the Witte car was traveling between
25-30 miles per hour at the time of the accident, as the Crawford machine had trailed them
the whole way from WILL WUNSCHELL’S VERSION Will Wunschell, one of the inmates of the Witte car said that they had been following a Ford machine for a few miles, which would not let them past. They did not know who were in the Ford car, but he has the impression that they stopped and came back after the accident happened. He says that he thinks the Witte car was going about 25 miles an hour, when it struck some soft dirt at the left side of the road, which would not hold up the heavy car and it went down. He is certain that Mr. Witte had tooted the horn before attempting to pass the Ford which was in the center of the highway. DIED ON WAY HOME IDA GROVE PEOPLE HELPED The Houser family, from the minute the accident took place had the care and attention of numerous friends from Ida Grove, as there were many persons from this county, who had gone to the fair that day in automobiles. One of the cars contained Mr. and Mrs. Will Forney Jr., and Mrs. Forney proved to be a most excellent impromptu nurse, assisting in the care of Mr. Houser and helped to comfort and sustain Mrs. Houser in her awful strain. John Schultz and wife, Ferd Brechwald and wife were in another car and stopped all night at the Chase house and helped in any way that presented itself. Mr. and Mrs. Ab Eisenhower of Ida Grove came along in time to help out the burning car, this being accomplished by means of throwing dirt and several buckets of water on it. SKETCH OF MR. HOUSER The death of Mr. Houser has cast gloom over this community as
he was a popular, industrious and very worthy farmer who has resided in the vicinity of
Ida Grove about seventeen years. He was 47 years old, having being born at Mr. Houser if survived by his wife and six children, the
oldest of whom is nineteen; Arthur, Ben, Russell, Lloyd, Leola and Burdette. Mr. Houser
was the eldest of six brothers and sisters, the others being: Mrs. Lela Dodd of The funeral will be held at his lat home southeast of Ida Grove on
Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. J.T. Pierce, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and under the auspices of the Modern Woodmen. Interment followed in the Ida AUCTION Owing to the recent death of my son, I have decided to discontinue farming operations and will hold a public sale at the Ivan Hess property, at the southwest corner of the Ida Grove Corporation on Thursday, March 1, with sale commencing at 1 p.m. Items on sale will be; eight head of horses, pair of blacks, a mare and gelding, 4 and 8 years, weight 1400: black mare 8 years old, wt. 1400: pair of jack mules, 6 years old, wt. 2800: black mare 4 years old, green broke: black mare 3 years old, wt. 1150, not broke: blind horse 12 years, a good work horse. Twelve head of cattle, four good milk cows, all to freshen soon: 2 good heifers: 4 last spring calves; 2 small calves. Two head of hogs. Machinery; 2 wagons, one wide and one narrow tire; 9 ft. disc; riding cultivator; Emerson gang plow; John Deere seeder; Janesville corn planter; 3 sec. drag; 4 section drag; bobsled; 3 set of harness, 4 sets of fly nets, good stock saddle, chicken coops, feed troughs, stable blankets, haying forks, shovels, and numerous other articles. Terms; sums of 10 and under, cash; over that amount 8 months time will be given on bankable notes bearing 8 per cent interest from date of sale. Mrs. J. Wilkinson Todd & McIntosh, Auctioneers Anderson, Lipton & Co. Clerk
THREE YEAR OLD BERNICE HINES MEETS DEATH MONDAY AFTERNOON, NEAR
Bernice, the little three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hines, who live on his father‘s farm, five and a half miles southeast of Holstein, was drowned Monday afternoon, December 24. The little one had wandered away from the house to the banks of a small stream that passes through the farm. At one place, the shores were muddy from the going and comings of the cattle and the little girl slipped and fell into the water. The stream was about three feet deep at this point and she must have quickly drowned. When the mother missed the child, she began a frantic search and called the neighbors. The body was finally found a short distance down the stream under the ice, where it had drifted. It was impossible to revive the child, as she must have been dead about two hours. Bernice is survived by her parents and a small brother and
sister. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at the
Ida SHE SUES FOR $8,000 LUCILLE STOLLERY ASKS DAMAGES OF RAILROAD Victim of Crossing Accident Among the new petitions that have been filed in Clerk Snell’s
office during the past week is that of Lucille Stolley, by her next best friend, H.F.
Stolley, against the Chicago & Northwestern RR Co., in which damage is claimed
amounting to $8,000. The plaintiff in this action is Lucille, the 13 year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Stolley, residing at The plaintiff claims that the injuries received were of a permanent character, and they also assert in their petition that the engineer did not sound the whistle nor was the bell rung for the crossing where the accident occurred. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was given great praise for the heroism that she displayed, as her little brother had become fastened in a cattle-guard near the crossing, one of the little feet being caught between the guards, and although the train was nearly upon them this little 13 year old girl never ceased in her effort to get her brother out of danger until she was struck and hurled from the track. It is hardly thought that the case will get to trial at this term of courts as the docket is heavy and the McHugh will contest will take up to a week or ten days should it get to trial. M.M. White is attorney for the plaintiff.
Ida WAR VETERAN DIES AS FIRE WRECKS HOME Tempest Meyers Loses Life in Flames
Tempest Meyers, a pioneer resident of Ida Grove, was burned to death
early this morning in a fire that destroyed his home. Mr. Meyers settled in He leaves no relatives in
Ida SECOND WEDDING IS A LEGAL ONE Garnett Brown and Floyd Waits Allege They Were Victims of Bogus Ceremony
Floyd J. Waite of Woodbury County and Miss Garnet Brown of
this city, were married Monday afternoon by Justice Geo. C. Hubbard in the office of Clerk
Scott. Miss Brown, the bride, who is still under sixteen years of age, and a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brown, left Ida Grove just before Christmas. It is claimed
she met Waite at
Bernard John Clausen of
SOLDIERS BODY BROUGHT HOME
The remains of the first The body arrived in The members of the After 10 o’clock a.m. the flag was dropped at half mast on the city flag pole, and raised at full mast at 12 o’clock. The legion marched at attention with colors furled to the home and escorted the body to the Presbyterian Church where funeral services were conducted by Rev. Koyker. He paid a glowing tribute to the men of the service and especially the one in whose honor he spoke. At the conclusion of the service the Legion again took charge of the remains and the march was taken up to the final resting place of the brave young man who gave his life in defense of his country’s honor. The service at the grave by Rev. Koyker was short but impressive. He uttered a short prayer and Bugler Stone blew “taps”. The return from the cemetery was made by the Legion at quick time with the colors flying at the head of the column. As a mark of respect to the dead soldier all of the business houses closed during the services at the church and cemetery.
BROKE INTO BARBER SHOP About ten o’clock Sunday night, Boslaugh barber shop was broken
in by having the screen cut and the glass smashed in the north window on the side of the
alley. The intruder removed $2.15 in nickels lying in a showcase. Suspician
was at once directed to two boys, Scotty Fobes, aged 12, and Walt Moore, aged 14.
They were round up by Sheriff McLeod and Fobes confessed that he broke into the
shop leaving
Ida LAD MEETS A SUDDEN DEATH Seven Year Old Cecil Pfleeger Thrown By Revolving Wheel and Skull
Crushed Cecil Ernest Pfleeger, the seven and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Pfleeger of a mile east of Ida Grove, met almost instantaneous death Monday afternoon at 4:15 in a mysterious accident on the Arthur road. The little fellow in company with his older brother Earl, and several other children, was returning from school, Blaine No. 6, taught by Miss Putzier. They were overtaken by two wagons loaded with shelled corn, being hauled by Joe Monroe and his son Randall, from the Leonard Smith farm to the Sykes farm. It is said that Mr. Monroe offered the children a rid, but they declined to get on the wagon. As the second vehicle passed them, it is said that little Cecil ran along beside it in the road. Exactly what happened will never be known. It is supposed that the little fellow stumbled and one foot slipped into the revolving wheel. He was carried with its revolution and as the wheel completed its circle, the little boy was lashed against the ground, the back of the head striking the hard gravel surfacing. The boy sustained a fracture at the base of the brain, producing a hemorrhage, that caused death in a very few minutes. Stricken with grief, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe rushed the little fellow into Ida Grove and to a doctor’s office, but it was seen that the child was already dead. The father of the lad was notified of the sad accident as he was picking corn on the Lipton Ranch. The accident happened near the residence of Mrs. Ed Bond, on
the old The Cecil was a bright little fellow and the idol of his family. The funeral will be held this afternoon at the home at 2:30 o’clock, in charge of Rev. Yates. The child was a grandson of George Allen, who recently moved to Indiana and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Julian COUNTY’S HEALTHIEST FARM GIRLS Some of Ida County Girls have reason to be proud of their
achievements in sewing, others have won some local farm at basketball or music, but for
five girls, they have the honor that is perhaps superior to any of these; for in the
health contest at the recent Achievement Days of the Farm Bureau they were declared the
healthiest of all girls in the contest. The girls are; Marjorie Kimball, Battle Creek;
Irene Lemberg, Holstein; Doris Bockwoldt, Galva; Kathleen Gallagher, Arthur; Leona
Stouffer, Ida Grove.
Ida DECLARES HER MARRIAGE FALSE 15 Year Old Companion of Convicted Store Robber Goes Home To Mother Miss Opal Cavert, who has been working in the home of Chris
Miller in the eastern part of the county, left Wednesday for the home of her grandparents
at
FIRST COLORED WEDDING The first marriage in Thursday, O.H. White, age 24 of Fort Scott, Kansas and Albert Nelson of Crowberg, Kansas, applied for a license, and asked that Clerk Scott find someone to perform the ceremony, he then sent for Judge Geo. C. Hubbard, who died the honors with due pomp. He omitted, however, the ring of the bride. The couple has been at
STOLE SEVERAL MONEY ORDERS Post Office and Barber Shop at Arthur Are Entered by Thief Last
Friday Night A tramp who blew into Arthur a few weeks ago, giving the name of Adrion McDermott, and his home as Nowhere, U.S.A., left town early Saturday morning without leaving a forwarding address. The cause of the hurried departure was not discovered until late Saturday morning, however, giving him sufficient time to make good his escape. Sometime after two o’clock entrance was gained into the post office through the back door by working out the key from the lock and using a skeleton key. From the post office eleven money order blanks, money order stamp and pad, 8 registered letters containing insurance assessment notices, and $8.00 in cash were taken. The thief covered his track fairly well, disturbing nothing else and the theft was not discovered until Postmaster Anderson was asked to make out a money order. The August Fischer barber shop was also visited. Entrance was gained through a back window. Here $3.50 belonging to the Tennis Club was taken, also a check given by McDermott to Mr. Fischer for $5.00, two boxes of choice cigars and a large quantity of cigarettes. McDermott the night before the robbery was assisting Mr. Fischer in cleaning a quantity of popcorn for shipment. They were together until past one o’clock and from that time on no trace of him had been seen. As soon as the crimes were committed and the local authorities
ascertained that McDermott had left town, Sheriff Dahlquist was notified. From clues
gathered by a secret service man, McDermott made his way in the direction of McDermott came to this vicinity a few weeks ago and was employed a few days with Deloit Bridge Co., east of town. He is also a piano player of exceptional ability and was employed a few times in that capacity at the Empress Theatre and was also used in the Anderson Orchestra. His appearance and mode of livelihood worked on the sympathy of a number of business men who advanced him money in order to keep from starving. Since leaving the employ of the bridge company, he has made no effort to work, outside of the few times he played at the theatre. McDermott is said to be about 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 145 pounds, light hair and fair complexion. Any information to his whereabouts will be appreciated by the Postal authorities who are on the look out for him. It is said he took the morning local out of Ida Grove, as a man answering to his description was seen hanging around the depot about train time.
Ida MORE THAN 50 MEN TAKE PART IN PLOWING BEES 39 Tractors Do Ruser Plowing in Hour and Half Last Thursday more than 50 farmers in the Ida Grove area proved beyond doubt that the spirit of neighborness is not dead. These men, 45 in one group and seven in another, congregated at two farms to plow land for the owners who are injured. The seven man group finished a 90 acre plowing task Thursday noon at the Myron Segerstrom farm southeast of Ida Grove. They had begun the task the day before. Those who took part in the plowing bee were Lloyd Lindquist, Dwayne Johnson, Bob Deason, Ward Segerstrom, Dennis Lindberg, Burdell Schultz and Ronald Bloom. The plowers did the work for Myron Segerstrom who is still unable to handle hard work due to a back injury. Thursday afternoon a group of 45 men with 39 tractors finished plowing work for Herbert Ruser who is in the hospital here as the result of a tractor accident two weeks ago. The group speedily turned 55 acres, starting about 12:45 p.m. and finishing at 2 p.m. Martin Seite, Jr. and Alvin Corbin took the lead in “rounding up” neighbors and other friends to finish work Ruser started before his accident. Included among the men who helped were Lambert Weise, Julius Miller, Carsten Godbersen, M. M. Thompson, Laurits Rasmussen, Irie Miller, Milford Denham, W.E. Schmidt, George Hoffman, Jr., John W. Holst, Ralph Finch, Alvin Camarigg, Vern Joy, Forrest Houser, Ross Jensen, Albert Russell, A.N. Grouell, Ward Luscombe, Fred Rathbun, Jim Brown, “Slim” Rubert, Geo. Hoffman, Sr. , Kermit Parker, Ron Ruser, Elmer Sahl, Lee Still, Ernest Swanson, Edwin Ruser, Ben Seite, Harvey Andresen, Glen Still, Carl Boger, LeRoy Dose, Maurice Stewart, Harold Parker.
DIES AT SOLDIER’S HOME Old friends in Ida Grove have learned of the death of C.M.
Willey, which occurred at the soldier’s home in |