Iowa
Old Press
Fredericksburg News
Fredericksburg, Chickasaw co. Iowa
April 19, 1928
Edgewood Newspaper Suspends Publication
Edgewood is the second town in northeastern Iowa to lose their
newspaper in the past few months, Clermont having lost theirs
this winter. The publishers of the Edgewood Journal,
Messrs. Hunter & Thelken, were offered a special inducement
to move their equipment to Davenport, hence their plans to
abandon publishing a newspaper in Edgewood were brought about.
The list has been taken over by the Strawberry Point Press
and Edgewood will be supplied with a newspaper from that office.
Edgewood has a population of 650 but all small town papers are
met by increasingly difficult problems, which is slowly forcing
them out of business. Business men in many towns, Volga City
included, fail to realize that it requires money, constantly, to
keep a newspaper plant running, but still they will have their
printing done out of town by concerns that pay no taxes towards
the upkeep of our local schools and have no interest what-ever in
the future of our town. This practice is going to be the
ruination of many small towns, and it behooves all persons
engaged in business, as well as all citizens, to support their
home enterprises in preference to out of town concerns. The small
towns have not the brightest future staring them in the face and
cooperation is necessary if we want to keep our towns as a worth
while place to live in. Therefore let us support our home
enterprises and keep what few business houses we have. Once gone,
they will be hard to replace. -- Volga City News.
Mrs. Hattie E. Swanger, age 72 years, passed away at her home in
Fredericksburg on Tuesday evening, caused from influenza and
other complications. Mrs. Swanger was the mother of Mrs. James
Farrell, of Fredericksburg. Obituary next week.
Atlantic - Folmer Peterson, 13, of Elk Horn, died in a hospital
from injuries suffered when he was hit by a base ball. The blow
fractured the lad's nose.
Cherokee - Francis Mileham, Jr., was taken to LeMars for special
hearing before Judge C.C. Bradley on the pending indictment of
driving a car while intoxicated. Sentence was passed providing
for a term of one year in the reformatory at Anamosa and
revocation of young Mileham's right to obtain any automobile
license at any time. The latter part of the sentence is
designated as "perpetual."
Le Mars - Sheriff Maxwell was severely beaten by Leo Marx when
the sheriff attempted to gain possession of an automobile owned
by Marx to satisfy a judgement held against Marx. By the
assistance of other officers, Marx was overpowered, but was later
released on bond. It is said charges of resisting an officer
probably will be lodged against Marx.
Iowa City - It took an attack of pneumonia to undo Mary Miller's
60 year masquerade as a man. "George" Miller, as she
has been known, during the three score years, worked as a farm
hand, night watchman, railroad section laborer and circus trapeze
performer, she admitted in a hospital where she lies ill. She was
18 when she started the deception she said.
Fort Madison - Sentences of five years in the state reformatory
at Anamosa were given to James Six and Robert O. Stone,
19-year-old youths Dallas City, Ill., for stealing $1,000 from
the dinner pail in which J.C. Chambers had kept his savings. The
money was taken February 20, and the boys were arrested a month
later. Chambers recovered $160. Afraid of banks, chambers had
kept his savings in his dinner pail. He had worked for the
railroad for 24 years, and last year worked 364 days.
Cedar Falls - An incident as strange as "the barefoot boy
with shoes on" took place here in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D.M. Slight recently for the room was silent, yet there was
talking going on. To make it sound still more contradictory - it
was a charivari. This unusual party was given for Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Clark of Nevada, who were guests at the Slight home. The
charivari party was among a number of deaf and dumb people who
gathered here for the deaf and dumb church services, which take
place in the Methodist church here each month. Mr. and Mrs.
Clark, the bride and groom, had come here to attend church and to
spend their honeymoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Slight. The
Slights are both graduates of the school for deaf mutes.
Mason City - Funeral services for John Leroy Pool, 32, who was
shot in a holdup in Fort Scott, Kan., were held here. Not until
the body arrived here were the details of the tragedy revealed.
The fact that Mr. Pool lost his right arm in a cement factory
here 10 years ago is believed to have been the circumstances that
brought about his death. When the gunman accosted him and
demanded that he raise his arms, Pool raised his left, the only
arm he had. The robber concluding that Pool was holding his right
hand on a gun in his pocket fired at him. The slayer is awaiting
trial on a charge of murder. Mr. Pool, brother of Dr. Hardy F.
Pool, of this city, was on his was from Chicago to Texas oil
fields.
Ida Grove - "Ding dong bell, Old Dobbin's in the well"
was the substance of a message handed Arthur Skolas, auto wrecker
operator. Two years ago Mr. Skolas hoisted a cow to terra firma
after she had fallen into a disused well. Wade Hedrick is farming
the place this year. He did not know of the old well until one of
his biggest and best work horses fell into it. The ancient well
and its covering were buried in snow, and the horse trod on the
rotten plank covering, which gave was and dropped him into the
pit. He fell about fifteen feet and was not missed for several
hours. At that time the animal had sunk in the mud until only its
head, shoulders and front feet were visible. After an hour and a
half's work the horse was pulled out without having suffered a
scratch. The next day he ate his hay and oats as usual.
[transcribed by S.F., April 2007]