Iowa
Old Press
Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw co. Iowa
October 18, 1923
Young Farmer Loses Arm.
Henry Jaehrling, residing east of New Hampton, suffered the loss
of his right arm by amputation near the shoulder Friday night,
the operation having been declared necessary in order to save his
life. About a week before the operation a blood clot formed in
the arm, causing paralysis, andlater a poisoining of the tissues
which threatened his life. Mr. Jaehrling is a young, active,
industrious man, and his affliction is a werious one. His friends
extend sympathy. He is still at St. Joseph's hospital recovering
from the operation. - New Hampton Gazette
Mr. Jaehrling is a brother of Mrs. Dick Knight of this city.
Former Nashua Resident Dead.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader of Sept. 24, contained the
following notice of the death of a former resident of this
community:
"Mrs. Margaret Ross, 628 North Ranklyn Ave., died today at
noon, after an illness which extended over a period of several
weeks. Death was not unexpected owing to Mrs. Ross' advanced age,
she having celebrated her eighty-first birthday on August [10th,
20th or 30th] With her at the time of her death was her son James
Ross, circulation manager of the Argus-Leader, and two daughters,
Miss Jessie Ross, Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Wm. Ransom, of Waterloo,
Iowa. She is survived by ten grandchildren. Mrs. Ross was a
native of Ontario, Canada, and had been a resident of Iowa for
over 40 yeras, 20 of which were spent at Waterloo. Her husband
preceded her in death about [illegible] year ago. She had been a
resident of Sioux Falls since April, 1922, and made her home here
with her son. She is the last member of her family to answer the
final summons."
Mrs. Margaret Ross, whose maiden name was Margaret McCulloch, was
a sister of Dan and John McCulloch, now deceased, residents of
this community, and she was a resident of Chickasaw county for
over twenty years. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.M.
Allen of the M.E. church and interment was in Woodlawn cemetery,
Sioux Falls.
Iowa News - Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers.
-Iowa's only veteran of the Mexican war, and one of some forty
living men in the United States who saw service in that almost
forgotten struggle, is Daniel Riley Gonder, 97 years old, of
Rippey, Iowa.
-Governor Kendall is fast recovering from his illness according
to word received from "the beach at Wakiki" He took his
first swim in the briny deep and shows marked improvement in
health.
-The Schetzberg brothers, living three miles west of Webb shelled
out 10,000 bushels of corn this week.
-George Jewett, pioneer resident of Des Moines has returned from
an 8,000 mile motor trip to California and return. Mr. Jewett
traveled the Mormon Trail, the route traveled by his father more
than sixty years ago.
Gun Found Near Van Brocklins'
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Brocklin were murdered in their log
cabin at Moneek on the Yellow river, Dec. 11, 1921. The crime was
committed with a 12 guage shotgun. B.F. Kneeskern owned a 12
guage shotgun and had it at the Van Brocklin cabin the Sunday on
which the murders were committed. He fired some shells that day
and when he returned to Castalia brought more shells. These facts
contributed greatly to the life term, which Mr. Kneeskern now is
serving in the state penitentiary in Fort Madison.
Recently a shotgun was found 8 or 10 rods from the Van Brocklin
cabin and was brought to Decorah by county attorney J.A. Nelson
and sheriff Frank L. Christen. It was badly rusted, as if it had
lain exposed to the elements a long time - as long say, as since
Dec 11, 1921. No size mark is on the gun, but it looks like a 12
guage. What significance does this discovery have? Does it have
any significance? Is it possible some person, hitherto unnamed
may have had something to do with this terrible double murder,
which no witness testified to having seen? -Decorah Journal
[transcribed by S.F., March 2009]