Iowa
Old Press
Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
September 13, 1900
Ralph Carter will probably be careful how he handles a gun in the
future. Monday he put a loaded shot gun in a buggy with the
muzzle pointing towards the horse and while driving along the
road the gun was discharged the entire charge entering the flank
of the animal, which at latest reports, was said to be worthless
horseflesh. The horse belonged to Peter Cooney, Sr.-- Lawler
Dispatch.
Two candidates for the insane asylum saved themselves from the
stomach troubles that drive folks crazy by taking Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. It is guaranteed to cure every form of stomach
trouble. Sold by Raymond Drug Company........
Miss Schimanger, a demented woman living near Charles City,
created consternation in the home of H.I. Wick, just north of
town, last Friday evening by walking in unannounced and acting as
if she owned the premises. She had footed her way from her home
toward Nashua, and when near town went into a cornfield and
changed her garments. Her next move was to enter the Wick home
and proceed to finish her toilet by washing and combing. Her
strange actions and refusal to answer questions betokened her to
be daffy and the members of the household becoming alarmed.
Marshal Kezar was went after. But the woman soon
left the house and when the officer found her she was wandering
about in the west part of town, near the home of Charles Wright.
He then brought her down town and placed her under lock and key
in the Council Room until the time of the Clipper when she was
taken to her home.
With her mind deranged and her body weak and exhausted, Mrs.
Lizzie Pazen, of Pleasant Grove, was found late last Friday night
by Marsh Hansel and family, who were returning from the Nashua
races, on foot and as she said, on her way to Nashua. Realizing
the condition the woman was in, they persuaded her to return with
them to Charles City. When questioned she said she had been to
Charles City and could not get a room and breakfast for less than
50 cents. A half dollar was all she had, and she had started to
Nashua on foot, not wishing to part with the last of her money.
She was seen by different parties on the streets of Charles
City as late as nine o'clock. How she came from this city from
her home in Pleasant Grove is at present a mystery which cannot
be solved. Last night she was taken to the Hildreth and locked in
a room until morning, when Sheriff Parker took her back home to
Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Pazen was taken to the hospital for the
insane at Independence the first of last June but was released
that same month, she being given over to the charge of her
husband. She was not cured when she left the hospital and it is
said is subject to spells at the
present time.--Charles City Advocate.
[submitter: C.J.L., August & Oct. 2003]
Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
September 27, 1900
Miss Anna Stevens, of Dyersville, came up Tuesday to visit a week at the home of her sister, Mrs. H. Jones, in Bradford. She goes from here to Nebraska.
[submitter: C.J.L.; Sept. 2003]