Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler co. Iowa
June 3, 1914
Body is Found in the River.
Davenport - Mystery surrounds the death of Roy Spade, private at
the Rock Island arsenal, whose lifeless body, weighted down with
a sack full of cannon balls, was found in the Mississippi below
the city. The sack was tied about his neck and the head and body
were badly bruised. Spade was known to have been an inveterate
gambler and was last seen at a Rock Island gambling house where
he is said to have won a considerable sum of money. He had been
missing from the barracks for the past four days. The body was
dressed in full uniform, cap tied on with a silk handkerchief.
The inquest failed to clear up the mystery and the police of
Davenport, Rock Island and Moline are working on the case.
Death Claims a Pioneer.
Sheldon - Benjamin Jones, a resident of sheldon since 1872, died,
aged nearly eighty-one years. He was for many years prominently
associated with the business interests of this section , dealing
in grain , lumber, coal and live stock, having yards and
elevators at Sheldon, Sanborn, Boyden and Calliope. He retired
from active business in 1893.
Seriously Hurt by a Fall.
Cherokee - Al Brownslow, a well-known contractor here had a
serious fall while at work at the A.H. Smith building. He was on
a ladder at work at one of the front piers, and in some way lost
his balance, falling ten or twelve feet, striking the cemetnt
sidewalk on his head and face. He suffered a serious concussion
of the brain.
Farmer Loses Life.
Muscatine - Edward Haagen, a resident of Davenport met
instantaneous death while at work on his farm here when he was
caught in the belt of a well drilling machine and his head
crushed. Life was extinct when the body was removed. He leaves a
widow and five children.
Two Fatally Hurt.
Burlington - Two children of Fred Leutger of this city were
fatally hurt and other members of the family injured when the
automobile in which they were riding struck a horse and buggy.
The automobile turned on its side and spilled out the occupants.
Iowa News Notes.
- Vaccination as a precaution against typhoid fever is strongly
urged by Dr. B. Courshon, Sioux City's health physician.
- Mrs. John McPherson, wife of a young farmer living near
Oakland, gave birth to three girl babies weighing 4 1/2, 6 and 7
pounds.
- Caught by the coat in a gasoline engine used for grinding feed,
George Hayes, 12-year-old son of a wealthy farmer living near
Manilla, was killed when his head struck against an iron pipe.
- To fall out of a lilac bush and break his arm was the peculiar
fate of master Teddy Baker, son of John Baker of Iowa City. He
fell only two feet, but the left arm snapped above his elbow.
- Mrs. Effie Bruders, the 17-year-old wife of Earl Bruders, of
Fairfield, committed suicide at her home on West Kirkwood street
by drinking the contents of a two ounce bottle of carbalic acid.
She left no clue to the cause of her act. She has been married
two years and leaves a baby boy 1 year old.
- The body of Edward Broderick of Villisca, who died in Chili,
South America, two months ago, was buried last week. Brodericks'
body was brought back at the expense of the Dupont Nitrate
company, for whom he was working when he met death by drowning in
a well. Two brothers of Ontario, Canada, a brother and a sister
of Montana were present at the funeral.
- Jud Morrissey, former county superintendent, whose mysterious
disappearance from Marshalltown October 4, 1913, has caused his
family and friends here to believe he was dead, has at last been
heard from at Omaha. He was seen in Omaha by a Marshalltown
traveling man, to whom Morrissey talked. The cause of his
disappearance is still as much of a mystery as ever.
- Elizabeth, 6-year-old daughter of Mrs. William Maine, of
Council Bluffs, died from injuries caused by having been run over
by an automobile.
The Time for Tornados is now at Hand.
On May 3d, tornadoes occurred in Johnson, Jones, Cedar,
Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton counties, destroying thousands of
dollars' worth of property. Many had no insurance at all, but
some were wise enough to have their property insured in the great
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association, of which J.B. Herriman
is Secretary. Among the larger losses paid were:
A.H. Welker, County Auditor, Marshalltown .. $3,834.85
John Moser, Colesburg ...$90.18
C.N. Welch, Osterdock .. $141.94
M.W. Lovett, Osterdock ..$4,358.25
Arthur Russell, North Liberty ..$136.25
A.J. Chihak, North Liberty ..$1,415.55
J.W. Stoner, North Liberty .. $352.73
Henry Gill, North Liberty .. $66.00
Sam Ranshaw, North Liberty .. $17.50
W.W. Young, North Liberty .. $70.00
Jos. Leininger, North Liberty .. $987.50
Mrs. Madge Hoover, North Liberty .. $75.00
Frank Svobon=da, Lisbon ..$1,145.00
John Mohlenhoff, Andrew ..$1050.00
[submitted by S.F., Nov. 2003]