Iowa
Old Press
The Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler co. Iowa
Wednesday, P.M., February 2, 1910
Margaret Rague Dead.
The death of Margaret RAgue occurred last Wednesday at the home
of her uncle, Martin Kuck, three miles east of this city. She has
been a sufferer for several months from appendicitis and early in
the fall had an operation performed at Greene. Margaret was 18
years ofld, her parentd, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Rague live at Greene.
She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Rague of this city.
-- Charles City Press.
Patents.
Patents have been granted as follows: Wm. J. Cook of Des Moines,
manure spreader; Severin Lilland, Jewell Junction, combined whip,
lock and socket; Isaac L. Mitchell, Cedar Rapids, crushing
machine; Jens Nielsen, Cedar Falls, rotary engine; Fred Steiner,
Newton, washing machine; Wm. C. Zimmerman, Lone Tree, coupling.
Dubuque Girl Weds Irishman.
An international romance culminated in Dublin, Ireland, when
Helen matthews, daughter of Judge M.C. Matthews of Dubuque, was
married to Hon. Joseph McMahon, a wealthy land owner of Dublin.
the groom presented the bride with Mayne Lodge, the estate of the
Matthews family since the fifteenth century, but which passed out
of the name by the recent death of a relative, as a wedding gift.
Father O'Sullivan, a cousin of the bride, and secretary to the
late Cardinal Satolli, performed the ceremony.
Editor's Wife Burned
Mrs. C.E. Kroessen, wife of the editor of the Ute Independent,
was burned to death in a fire which consumed the Kroessen home
early on a recent morning. Mr. Kroessen, sleeping on the first
floor, was able to escape with two children, one 4 years of age,
the other 1. Mrs. Kroessen was on the second floor and was
probably suffocated, as her body, partly burned, was found on the
bed. She was 25 years of age.
Twenty Head of Cattle Drown.
Twenty head of cows, owned by William Dear, a farmer living near
Cedar Rapids, went out onto the ice on the Cedar River to escape
from the storm under the banks. They huddled together and the ice
broke, precipitating all of them into deep water, where they were
drowned.
Insane Man Dies from Exposure
Fred Bussy, an aged inmate of St. Francis Asylum in Burlington,
escaped while temporarily insane and was found a half hour later
dead sitting in front of the building, his back to the wall.
Exposure killed him.
Child Scalded to Death
The 2-year-old child of Theodore Irwin of Andrew fell into a tub
of scalding hot water. The child died from the burns.
Goes Insane Because of Hug
The embrace of a young man, followed by incessant teasing on the
part of girl companions, while at work, caused pretty 20-year-old
Lily Nygren of Keokuk to become insane. these facts were
disclosed in the application to the Lee county insanity board,
which ordered Miss Nygren committed to the State institution at
Mount Pleasant. She is in a critical condition and the strictest
watch is being kept for fear she will attempt suicide. Miss
Nygren was employed in a wholesale house. Several weeks ago she
was playfully embraced against her will by a young man working by
her side. Seeing Miss Nygren's resentment several of her girl
companions teased her ntil she quit work and went home, where she
cried for several days. Upon returning to work the girls again
teased her and she again went home crying. melancholia ensued,
followed by insanity.
[transcribed by S.F., February 2007]