Iowa
Old Press
Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw co., Iowa
May 6, 1915
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
Ames - J.W. Frasch, of Council Bluffs, an engineer in the employ
of the Northwestern railroad, is about to inherit portions of two
large fortunes, according to notification he has received. One
inheritance is a share in the estate of an uncle, Herman Frasch,
sulphur magnate, who died in Paris last year, leaving a fortune
of $25,000. The other is a portion of $150,000 left by his aunt,
who died recently in Philadelphia. Herman Frasch came to America
from Germany in 1868. He first was a chemist. Later he engaged in
the sulphur business, piling up a large fortune. Despite the
information that he is heir to parts of both fortunes, Frasch has
not given up his railroad employment. The estates have not been
settled.
Marshalltown - That civilization and the ways of the white man
have not proved a success in the first Indian marriage contracted
at the Iowa Sac and Fox reservation at Tama, Ia., is forecast in
a petition for divorce filed by Josephine Youngbear, a comely
matron of copper hue, from her lawful spouse, John Youngbear. The
couple was married March 14, 1914, and, according to the
plaintiff, her marriage has been far from happy. Cruel and
inhuman treatment, such as to endanger her life, is the
allegation made by Josephine and in answer John denies the
charge. Youngbear claims that he has not only treated his wife as
a white man should, but he has "put up" patiently with
a lot of nagging. He also alleges that his wife has become
addicted to the "movie habit" and spend her allowance
in going to see the pictures on the screens. Youngbear claims
that he and his wife were married by common law rites about a
year prior to their lawful marriage.
Sioux City - Judge George Jepson has received an anonymous letter
stating that Hurley Louneer, convicted in the district court last
week for a criminal assault upon Mrs. Eva Cullom, was innocent
and that the assault charge was framed up by neighbors in an
effort to get Mrs. Cullom to leave the neighborhood. The letter
stated that Mrs. Cullom had received the enmity of her neighbors
because she owned a bull dog, which, according to the unknown
informant had bitten several persons in the neighborhood.
Mason City - Nick Jaskovitch, twenty-seven years old, cutter in a
packing plant, confessed to the murder of Alexander Koslosky to
police and county officers. Jaskivich said Koslosky owed him $100
for over a year and had paid him but $9, and told him Saturday
night he would never get the rest. The prisoner was arrested just
after the murder and was the man who notified police of the
crime.
Mason City - A $15,000 fire occurred here in the Ben Clark
bakery, owned by J.E. Youngblood. Other losses were: Christiansen
grocery building owned by C.R. Patton, stock damage $3,000,
building damage $1,000; the Misses Snyder and Buchanan millinery,
building owned by R.E. Boyle, stock loss $2,000, building loss
$2,000.
Dubuque - The body of John Westmark, aged 50, a teamster who
disappeared April 17 after an altercation with a number of
friends, was recovered in the Mississippi river. It is presumed
he committed suicide. He separated from his wife and two children
some time ago.
Cedar Falls - The body of Nels Fredericksen, aged 60, a wealthy
and prominent farmer living near here, was found hanging in the
barn loft late Sunday night. Ill health is thought to have caused
the farmer to take his own life. A widow and seven children
survive.
Iowa News Notes
- S.M. Jaffe, Sioux City real estate man and broker, who was
adjudged insane late Saturday afternoon by the Woodbury insanity
commission, was placed in the state hospital at Cherokee Sunday.
- Carl Reubling, the Rockingham farmer who murdered his wife
Saturday afternoon by cutting her throat with a butcher knife and
who then drove to Davenport and gave himself up to the police,
made a complete confession to the police Sunday night.
- George E. Pierce, former chief of police of Sioux City, was
found guilty of conspiracy by a jury Saturday night. It was
charged that Pierce, while chief of police, entered into a
conspiracy with law violators, whereby he afforded protection for
a stipulated sum.
- The result of being thrown from a manure spreader, the wheels
of which passed over his body and crushed his chest, Roscoe P.
Girton, aged 25 years, a young farmer of State Center, was
killed. Girton's lungs were punctured by fractured ribs, and he
died half an hour following the accident.
- Albert W. Nutz, aged 54, joint agent on the Milwaukee and the
M. & St. L. railroads at Marshalltown, died after a four
months' illness. He suffered from tuberculosis of the stomach and
bowels.
- J.A. Masters of Shenandoah, was stricken with paralysis at
Moline, Ill., where he was overseeing a $400,000 sewage contract.
His condition is serious. Mr. Masters is a prominent lodge man
and was an official representative at the unveiling last July of
the Lincoln memorial given by Northdana at Christiania, Norway.
[transcribed by C.J.L., May 2007]
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Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
May 13, 1915
Malcolm Smith is Dead
Cedar Rapids- Malcolm Smith, prohibition candidate for governor
of Iowa last year, died at his home in this city after an illness
of only a week. Mr. Smith came to Cedar Rapids in 1880 and became
connected with the Sinclair packing plant, holding a responsible
position with that company when he died. He was born in Belfast,
Ireland, and would have been 68 years old next month. He leaves a
widow and five children. Three years ago he married Mrs. Ida B.
Wise, of Des Moines, who is state president of the W.C.T.U. Mr.
Smith has been one of the most ardent temperance workers in Iowa.
[transcribed by C.J.L., August 2003]