Iowa Old Press
Clarksville Star
Clarksville, Butler co. Iowa
May 6, 1906
New Hartford Correspondant
- E. J. Hurlbut fell on a broken sidewalk Saturday, and severally
bruised his side and shoulder.
- George Grady has had a couple of buildings moved onto his
premises and having them repaired for a barn.
[transcribed by L.E., August 2003]
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Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
May 9, 1906
Forger Gray Duped Miss Trixie Shapcott of Marshalltown
Information has been received in Marshalltown to the effect that
the marriage of Forger Gray to Miss Trixie Shapcott of
Marshalltown was a mock affair, the girl being duped. No license
was issued the couple at Dubuque, where the mock ceremony took
place. Gray was arrested in Des Moines but eluded the sheriff by
jumping from a hotel window. Later he was recaptured at Kansas
City and returned to Marshalltown where he was sentenced for
forgery. Gray has a wife and family in Indiana and it was
proposed to prosecute him for bigamy when the alleged mock
marriage was discovered.
Part of Finger in Cigar.
George Lonbard of Memphis, Tenn., while visiting relatives at
Fort Dodge was taken suddenly ill while smoking a cigar and
breaking it open, he discovered a portion of a man's finger,
showing distinctly a piece of the nail. It is believed some
workman's finger was caught in the machinery and the severed
portion became accidentally mixed with the filling.
Face Badly Disfigured.
By a fall from his wagon from which he was pitched while
descending a hill, Thomas Bowen, a Mason City painter, crushed
the bones of his face and was otherwise seriously bruised. He was
taken to the hospital where his wounds were dressed and an effort
made which was only partially successful in adjusting the bones
of the face.
Eats Peanuts and Dies.
Herman Johnston, the 3-year-old son of Gustav Johnston of Des
Moines, found a sack of peanuts and two packages of gum. He
promptly ate them and died a few hours later, the mess having
clogged his stomach.
Boy Killed in Cave
Lawrence Gray, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gray of
Lehigh, lost his life by the collapse of a cave into which he had
gone to play. The cave was built of brick and stone and had been
used for a vegetable cellar.
Suicide at Hazel Green
Fred Files, of Hazel Green, committed suicide at his home by
shooting himself in the head, dying almost instantly. No cause is
known for the act. Files leaves a wife and one or two children.
Woman Burned to Death
Mrs. Williams Patrick burned to death at Unionville. Her clothes
caught fire while she was burning trash and she died within a few
hours.
Drops Dead over Dying Wife.
M. Stegner, a well-known veterinarian of Fort Dodge, stooped
beside the bedside of his dying wife to catch her last words and
dropped dead beside her.
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- Judge Burnham of Marshalltown has sentenced "Blinky"
Morgan, convicted of larceny from a building, to one year in the
penitentiary.
- Henry Musser, a young lad of 19 years old, who lived on a farm
near Odds, shot and hung himself in the barn of his home. No
cause can be attributed to the rash act.
- In an attempt to remove a horse from a barn which was burning,
Mrs. Adam Wunderlich of Burlington was frightfully burned about
the hands and face. Her condition is serious.
- Rev. William C. Stewart, for eleven years a resident of
Dubuque, died at his home in that city of heart failure. He was a
veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted with the Third Vermont.
He was a Baptist preacher with a long and useful career.
[transcribed by C.J.L., May 2007
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Clarksville Star
Clarksville, Butler co. Iowa
May 10, 1906
Obituary
W. J. Grady died at the home of his parents in this place, Monday
morning at one o'clock, after a long illness. He suffered a great
deal. Services were conducted at the Catholic Church, Wed.
morning by Father Baxter.- New Hartford Correspondant
Obituary
Mrs. Taylor died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D.M. Case,
Wednesday evening, after a long illness. The funeral services
were held at the home, Friday forenoon and internment was in the
Cedar Falls cemetery. - New Hartford correspondant
Lee Taylor has moved his household goods into the Hotel Newell
and will have charge of the same. - New Hartford correspondant
[transcribed by L.E., August 2003]