Iowa Old Press
Pioneer Record
Ida Grove, Ida co. Iowa
April 2, 1913
Dr. Heilman and Houlihan have signed a contract to have a fine
new brick hospital erected this year.
Sparks from the chimney set fire to the roof of Mrs. John
Brandy's house Tuesday morning. A big hole was burned in the
ceiling and roof.
The body of August William Rath was brought from Sioux City
Tuesday for burial in the Ida Grove cemetery. It was accompanied
by his wife, a son and two daughters.
On Easter Sunday, at the Lutheran church in Galva occurred the
marriage of Minnie Sievert to Herman Ebert.
Sam Irwin, who sleeps in the B.S. Noble office, has a surprise
when he unlocked the door and walked in and turned on the light
to find a man down on his hands and knees going through Irwin's
grip sorting out his valuables.
Mrs. Archie Mein and daughter went to Sac City Friday, and from
there will go to Lawton for a ten days visit.
[transcribed by S.F., January 2009]