Iowa Old Press
Sheldon Mail
Sheldon, O'Brien co. Iowa
May 28, 1930
Eight tourists have stopped over at the Sheldon tourist park in
the past 10 days, says P. J. Eernisse, caretaker.
Dr. Walter R. Brock has been elected vice-president of the Iowa
State Medical Society.
Mrs. Jens VanLoh, of two miles south of Ashton, suffered severe
injuries to her face Tuesday evening when she was mixing some
washing compound consisting of lye and ammonia in a bottle and
the pressure of the gas caused the bottle to explode.
Miss Agnes Samuelson, State Superintendent of Schools, will be
speaker for the commencement exercises. She is the siste4r of Dr.
Samuelson, of this city.
Tim Shaffer, 98, living on West Ninth Street, is now Sheldon's
sole surviving veteran of the Civil War. He says he voted for
Abraham Lincoln in 1864 when he was 21.
[transcribed by L.Z., October 2006]