Iowa
Old Press
The Morning Sun News-Herald
Morning Sun, Louisa co. Iowa
Thursday, January 21, 1904
It is said that H.M. Letts of this county will be a candidate for
member of the board of trustees of the state agricultural college
from the first district, against S.H. Watkins of Libertyville,
the present incumbent of the office.
County pollitics have begun to simmer. H.C. Baker and
Deputy-Auditor Frank Ives of Wapello, will be candidates for
county auditor, and H.E. Curran (present incumbent) and G.J.
Tomlinson of this city, and Oscar Hale and possibly Walter Hurley
of Wapello, for county attorney, before the republican primary
for 1904.
Careless handling of a gun, believed not to have been loaded,
caused Charles Crabtree, a 12 year old by to shoot and kill his
mother, Mrs. Frank Crabtree, at their home west of Burlington,
Sunday evening. The lad was playing with the gun when it was
discharged. The bullet struck a vital place and the woman died
almost instantly. A coroner's jury empanelled soon after Mrs.
Crabtree's death came, completely exonerated the boy. Frank
Crabtree, husband of the deceased, is one of the most prominent
and well-to-do farmers in Des Moines county. He and his son are
distracted over the tragedy.
Advertisements
-J.M. Lute, Veterinary Surgeon. Calls answered day or night. At
residence in northeast part of town. Telephone in residence.
-R.M. Bragg, proprietor, Livery and Feed Stable. Good rigs at
very reasonable rates. Your patronage solicited. One block north
of town well.
-McKinley and Son, Morning Sun. Coal Stoves - Cole's Original Hot
Blast and the Beckwith Round Oak. All the good points are
centered in these stoves. Air-tight, give uniform heat, fuel
savers. See them at our store.
-Courts & Tomlinson, Attorneys at Law, and Notaries Public.
Office over News-Herald office.
-H.E. Curran, Attorney At Law, and Notary Public.
-C.B. Allen, Physician and Surgeon. Office days Monday a.m.,
Saturday p.m. Office over Holiday's store.
-W.R. Smyth, Physician and Surgeon. Office days Monday a.m.,
Saturday p.m. Office over Fair store.
-W.S. McClellan, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Gregory's
barber shop.
-D.Y. Graham, Physician and Surgeon. Office, 1st door east of
brick block.
-E.W. Browning, Dentist. Office over the State Bank of Morning
Sun. Crown and bridge work and care of children's teeth a
specialty.
-H. Delzell, dealter in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Flour,
&c.
Six Heroes of '76
Acting on a hint from Curator Charles Aldrich of the state
historical department, the Sons of the Revolution have discovered
the burial place in this state of John Lepper, who is buried near
DeWitt. This makes the sixth soldier of the war of '76 whose
grave is in Iowa.
The others are William Blair, Kossuth; John Osborn, Center Point;
Timothy Brown, Washington; Geo. Perkins, Lee county; Charles
Shepherd, near Mt. Pleasant.
The first grave was marked by a fine monument erected by
descendents; the second had a monument erected by the G.A.R. and
citizens; the third could not be located, except that it was in
an abandoned cemetery; the fourth though identified was not
marked; the fifth could not be found except that it was known to
be in a certain forty-acre tract.
Later a monument was erected to Charles Shepherd in the cemetery
at Mt. Pleasant at the expense of the state. The grave of Timothy
Brown has been found an dhis ashes have been re-interred in the
soldiers' plat in a cemetery at Washington. It is understood that
the Daughters of the American Revolution are moving to have a
fitting honor paid to the membory of George Perkins, they having
been largley instrumental in securing the state appropriation for
the monument to Charles Shepherd.
State Items
Gilley F. Utterback, cashier of the Keokuk County Savings Bank,
committed suicide by shooting himself through the temple. It is
believed Utterback's motive for self-destruction was ill health.
The bank is alleged to be considerably embarrassed by overloaning
its funds, but is said to be perfectly solvent.
A.A. Bolks, a farmer of Sioux City, Iowa, murdered his wife in a
boarding house in Los Angeles, Cal., by cutting her throat with a
pocket knife. He then ended his own life in a similar manner. The
deed was committed in the presence of their 4-year-old son. Bolks
was supposed to be temporarily deranged over religious matters.
Neighboring Towns - Items of interest by correspondents.
Mediapolis, Jan 20
-Robert McClement has been here from Olathe, Kan., for several
days looking after repairs on his building. The receent fire
caused some damage.
-Miss Hilda Merrill was down from Nichols over Sunday visiting
the home folks.
-Mrs. Hays of Morning Sun, visited at the home of McCloud McClure
last week.
-Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Torbet of Allerton, Iowa, are visiting at the
Bredges home.
Lucien F. Pierce died at his home in Kossuth, Thursday last, aged
almost 70 years. The funeral services were held from the
Presbyterian church at Kossuth Saturday afternoon. Mr. Pierce was
an old resident of this vicinity, coming here in 1858. He had
been engaged in the nursery business since that time. He leaves
four children to mourn his death.
Oakville.
-H.B. Morgan spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother in
Wapello.
-Paul Gerber returned Saturday from a week's visit in Ilinois.
-T.J. and I.M. Jamison were visitors in Oakville Friday.
-Those attending the opera, "The Yankee Consul" at the
Grand in Burlington last Friday night were: Messrs and Mesdames
Bert Williams, J.K. Duncan, E.C. Waterhouse, Misses Luella Erwin,
Emma Cavan and G.H. Williams.
Wapello, Jan 20
-Mrs. Dora Parsons arrived last Thursday from South Dakota, and
is visiting relatives in this city.
-Mrs. S.B. Cleaver spent several days visiting with her son
Curtis and family at Peoria, Ill., arriving home last week.
-The funeral services of D.D. Parsons were held Saturday from the
late home near Toolsboro.
-Harry Morgan was up from Oakville over Sunday.
-The two-year-old son of Arthur Chatfield, living near Hogback,
died of pneumonia, Sunday.
-Miss Ella Hunt went to Valpariso, Ind., the last of the week, to
attend school.
Mt. Union, Jan 19
-W.J. Pendray has been nursing a sore arm the last few days. He
slipped and fell on an icy walk.
-Two of John Wick's children are quite sick with pneumonia.
-Bert Smith is moving to Kansas where he expects to occupy the
farm of Rev. A.M. Muhaffle for the coming year.
-John A. Crocker has received notice of appointment as guard at
the United States Penitentiary at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
-Harry McAllister was confined to his home by sickness last week.
[transcribed by S.F., February 2013]