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Palo Alto Tribune; Emmetsburg, Iowa; Wednesday, July 5, 1905

THE HAWKEYE STATE

White Is Found
Virgil H. White, a well-known Des Moines attorney who disappeared two weeks ago, having an overturned canoe and portions of clothing to indicate possible drowning, has been located in Defiance, 150 miles west of Des Moines. White has been working on a farm. It is feared the young man was deranged. He used an assumed name and acted strangely.

White is 20 years old, the son of Fred White, of Webster, Iowa, former Congressman and twice candidate for governor on the Democratic ticket.

The case is surrounded in mystery. Whether White is demented or whether he left Des Moines as a result of a clear and definite purpose is something over which the opinions of his friends widely differ.

On Duty 17 Straight Years
On duty for 17 years with out the loss of a day is the unprecedented record of City Marshal Frank Gifford, of Iowa Falls. The recent motion of the city council in granting the city employee a vacation of a week each year revealed the fact that since going on duty 17 years ago at city marshal, Mr. Gifford has not lost a day

Wed at Eighty
L. S. Jenney, 85 years old, and Miss Mary Douglas, 80 years old, of Keithsburg, Illinois, were married at Burlington Tuesday. The couple were lovers in youth and separated 65 years ago. They met the other day by accident and the wedding is the result.

Body Found in Cedar River
John Hynek , who disappeared a week ago Sunday night on his return from a Bohemian society picnic, was found in the Cedar River a short distance below Cedar Rapids Tuesday. It is supposed he fell into the river accidentally

Dropped Dead
Henry Long, a tiler about 40 years of age, dropped dead on the street at Pocahontas from heart disease. He moved toPocahontas from Vinton about six weeks ago and leaves a wife and four children in very poor circumstances.

Father and Son Drowned
While bathing in the Cedar River near Waterloo late Sunday afternoon C.W. Young and son, of Britt, were drowned, the father having been seized with a cramp while in deep water and the son going to his rescue.

One Year for Bigamy
W. J. Galloway, of Clinton, who married a Fort Madison girl a short time ago to avoid prosecution for seduction while having a wife and seven children at Clinton, pleaded guilty to bigamy and was sentenced to serve one year in prison at hard labor.

Skull Crushed in Runaway
John Robinson, an aged resident of Reinbeck, was struck down by a runaway team Tuesday, receiving injuries from which he died shortly afterward. His skull was crushed

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
-- Mr. and Mrs. Michael Molloy returned from their wedding trip Wednesday.
-- S. Reid of Des Moines, spent Friday night at the home of his niece, Mrs. Al Chapin.
-- Mr. and Mrs. Michael Roache went to Elkader Monday to attend the funeral of the formers brother-in-law, Mr. Kelleher.
-- Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan drove to Whittemore Saturday evening and spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burke.
-- Mrs. Lambly accompanied her sisters, the Misses Bradt, home to Rockwell city on Monday and will visit there for a few days.
-- John Kervink has resigned his position with J. H. Knoblauch & Co. to take effect August 1. He will go to Vermillion, S. D. to locate.
-- Miss Theresa McNally who has been visiting relatives here for the past month returned to her home in Austin, Minnesota, Sunday evening.
-- J. A. McConnel has sold his lease of the Waverly Hotel to E. H. Barnes, of Minneapolis. Mr. Barnes took possession on July 1 though Mr. McConnell and family will remain here for a short time. The Waverly under the management of Mr. McConnel has been a better hotel than ever before. The meals were first-class and everything about the hotel was such as to reflect credit upon the management. While here this family has made many warm friends and we hope they may decide to locate here permanently.

Cookinham -- Sumerville

Mr. Charles Cookinham left Ayrshire a week or so ago saying that he was going to visit relatives in Dakota. News reached there Saturday that he had been married the evening before to Miss Prudence Sumerville, and that the bridal couple had left for Chicago on a wedding trip and would return to Ayrshire soon to make their home.

Mr. Cookinham was principal of the Ayrshire schools for many years but quit school work a year ago and went into the insurance business. He is very popular with the Ayrshire people and will receive a hearty welcome when he returns with his wife.

The bride is the sister of Mr. Cookinham's first wife and was raised in Ayrshire. She was a pupil of Mr. Cookinham for several years. She is a bright and amiable young lady and will make a suitable companion for the groom. Many success and happiness be theirs.

ALL OVER THE COUNTY

West Bend
-- Bennie and Katie Wrife, who have been attending school at the convent the past year went to their home in Woodstock, Minnesota, Thursday..
-- the Misses Higgins closed their millinery store Saturday and went to their home near Whittemore to spend the summer.

Osgood
-- D. A. McConnell did not reach his home in New York before his father's death

Rodman
-- Miss Nugent expects to start for Kalona Sunday he to help take care of her father who is ill

From the Ayrshire Chronicle
-- J. J. Martin was painfully burned about the face this week by gasoline lamp. After cleaning the needle he applied a match when the lamp sprung a leak and the flames shot up with with results as above stated 
-- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kelley returned to Ayrshire yesterday from Minneapolis where they had been on their wedding trip. They will stop at the hotel for days until their house is in readiness.
-- Born. The Mr. and Mrs. John Ball Sunday, June 18, a son.
-- Born. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duhigg Wednesday, June 21, a son.

Accused of Murder

A farmer named Josiah M. Pratt died at his home in Calhoun county a week or so ago. The funeral services were interrupted and the body taken from the officiating minister by county officials and an inquest held. Relatives of the deceased had complained to the mayor of Yetter who reported to the County Attorney that suspicion of murder rested upon the wife of Mr. Pratt and upon William B. Persing, the hired man.

Mr. Pratt had been sick for or five weeks. Three physicians had been called and pronounced it a case of acute gastritis.

It is known that Mrs. Pratt purchased arsenic twice within the past few months this with unbecoming attentions shown by her young Persing cause people to believe that something was wrong. Persing was put under arrest and is now in jail awaiting the verdict of the coroner's jury. The stomach of the dead man was sent to the state chemist at Des Moines for analysis and was found to contain arsenic poison.

HEARD ON THE STREETS
-- Mrs. Myrtle Houghton, of Valley Junction, is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. AE Harrison.
-- Mary Miller was down from Osgood Thursday. She returned home in the evening accompanied by little Misses Nellie and Lillie Gallagher who visited her a few days and then went to spend a few weeks with their grandmother, Mrs. N. Adams.
-- Will Kane came down from Estherville Tuesday evening and visited his sister, Mrs. M. M. Nolan.
-- Mrs. Lena Schooley went to Ruthven Thursday morning to spend the day with her sister, Mrs. T. J. Hughes.
-- Mrs. L. Warren is enjoying a visit from her sister, Miss Thoreson, of Leland, Illinois, who arrived here Saturday morning.
-- Cadet Evan E. Lewis is here visiting his uncle, C. E. Taylor. He is on his way to the state encampment at Watertown. While there he will be a guest of the adjusted general, Mr. Evans home is in Detroit, Colorado, that he has been in training at West Point for the past two years
-- Miss Anna Odland, of Emmetsburg, County Superintendent of schools in Palo Alto was visiting our Institute Monday. Miss Odland is said to be the youngest county superintendent in the state and one of the few women in Palo Alto County willing to tell her age. She was 22 when elected to her present position. She is making a popular official and is a representative of the Norwegians of whom the people of that name are very proud. -- Algona Upper Des Moines Republican
-- Mrs. E. M. Gusland and granddaughter, Miss Nina Stone, went to Ruthven Thursday for a week to visit with Mrs. Gusland's daughter, Mrs. T. J. Hughes.
-- Miss Myrtle Ballard is here for a visit with her parents. She is bookkeeper in the Ballard Marble Works at Sioux Falls.
-- Miss Alice Nolan returned from Graettinger Friday evening after a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Laughlin.
-- Mrs. H. C. Kent's mother, Mrs. Fred Tyler, was happily surprised Monday of last week by her brother, David Gibbs, who came from Norwalk to visit her. He returned home Monday morning.


The Palo Alto Tribune; Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday, July 12, 1905

Hanson -- Johnson

At high noon today at the home of our bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Hanson of Independence township will occur the marriage of Miss Julia Hanson and Mr. A. L. Johnson. The bride will be gowned in white silk organdy and will carry white roses while her maid, Miss Emma Johnson will wear cream white silk and carry pink roses. The groom will be attended by the brother of the bride Mr. Alfred Hanson and both gentlemen who will wear black. A few friends and relatives of the contracting couple will be present making in all a party of about 50. Rev. Gjevere for a will perform the ceremony, immediately after which will be served a wedding dinner. The bride was born and raised in Independence township and is a remarkably bright and winsome young lady. She is attractive in manner and appearance and makes friends by her worthy qualities of womanhood. The groom is also a native of the county being born in Freedom township. He grew to young manhood in this county and his life and character has been such as to list him among the model young men of the county. They will not go housekeeping at once and their future plans we have not learned. May happiness and prosperity brightened their pathway and may all that is good be measured out bounteously to them.

Lars Duhn Dead

After an illness of the few months duration Lars Duhn died at the home of his father, Mr. L. T. Duhn of Walnut township, Friday evening, July 7. The funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church in Lost Island at 1 p.m. Sunday and remains interred in the cemetery nearby.

The deceased was raised in this county and last December was united in marriage to Miss Anna Simonsen. For some time he has not been well and several months ago he showed symptoms of tuberculosis and in May he and his wife went to Dakota, hoping that the change would do him good. But it was of no avail. They returned Wednesday evening and two days afterward he passed away.

He was a most excellent young man and only a short time ago gave promise of a happy and prosperous future. His death was a great shock to his young wife and to the parents to whom sincere sympathy is extended.

AROUND A BIG STATE

“Slides for Life” to Death
Before a thousand spectators in Missouri Valley Mrs. George Mathews, while attempting a “slide for life” feat at the racetrack, fell to the ground, a distance of fully fifty feet, receiving probably fatal injuries.

High Dive Breaks Boy's Neck

Harry Egan, 14 years old, broke his neck at Monticello by striking the river bottom while diving. He and other boys were diving from the railings of a bridge about 30 feet high. He jumped too far out and struck a sandbar. Death was instantaneous.

Brief State Happenings
-- Eddie Howard, an it's a 11-year-old orphan, was drowned in an abandoned clay pit at Mason City as a result of his companions mistaking his cries for help as a joke. Howard was bathing with a number of companions.
-- Mrs. Briggs, an old lady 65 years of age, was run over and killed by a Rock Island passenger train at Rockford. She tried to cross the track in front of the train and was caught by the pilot. Her body was badly mangled. 
-- Sam Steele, a negro chauffeur, was killed and Dr. Woods seriously injured at Buxton by being run down by a train. While returning home a passenger train overtook them on a curve.
-- Mrs. John Schroder of Durrant, while in a fit of despondency, committed suicide by hanging herself to the bedpost.
-- U. S. Jones, a negro miner at Bussey, was fatally injured by a shot explosion knocking down a heavy prop, hitting him on the head, crushing his skull.
-- T.A. Nutt, Northwestern brakeman, was run down and killed by the cars at Ames. He was run over and both feet crushed, receiving as well internal injuries. He died at the hospital a few hours later. His home was in Des Moines..


Couple Weds July Fourth
On Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock in the Assumption Church in this city Mr. Thomas Kelly and Miss Mary McCurran were united in marriage. Rev. McNerney performed the ceremony. The bride came to the city about a week ago from Des Moines. The groom has been here several months and has been in the employ of H. C. Nichols. They are both worthy young people and we trust that their path through the life will be strewn with roses and care and want will be unknown to them. They are at present located here, and have decided to locate permanently.

Mrs. Lenora Bell

The death of Mrs. Lenora Bell that occurred at her home in West Bend township Wednesday, July 5 was indeed a shock to her relatives and friends. Her death was due to exhaustion resulting from childbirth.

The funeral services were held in the M. E. Church Thursday and remains laid to rest in the West Bend Cemetery.

The deceased was born November 6, 1885 and was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dunn. She grew to young womanhood on a farm near West Bend. She completed the course offered by the public schools there she went away to school and took training to fit herself to become a teacher. She taught school for three years in this county and was very successful in the work. She was a remarkably intelligent young lady and her pleasant manner and amiable disposition won for her a host of friends. On September 7, 1904, she was united in marriage to Milton Bell and they resided on a farm near West Bend until death entered their home and saddened the heart of a fond husband by depriving him of a most loving and devoted wife. To him and to the grief stricken parents, who were called upon only a few months ago to mourn the loss of another daughter, the sincere sympathy of the entire community goes out.

HEARD ON THE STREETS
-- Mrs. David Grier went to Charles City Monday morning for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Fitkin. She will visit relatives at several places before returning.
-- Michael Conlon, who has been in Boise, Idaho for some months was operated on for appendicitis Tuesday of last week. His condition was very dangerous for a time but we understand that he is better now. Dr. Davies performed the operation.
-- we noticed by the Ayrshire Chronicle that Charles Cookinham and Miss Prudence Summerville were married in Milwaukee instead of in Dakota as we reported last week. Well we had the event correct if we were wrong in the location.
-- Mrs. Bratton, who had been visiting her brother Charles McCormick, departed last week for her home at Ashton S. D.
-- Miss Ella Williams who had been visiting her sister Mrs. Canine returned to her home at Moline, Illinois, Saturday.
-- Mrs. B. O. Hofstettor and daughter Florence of Carney Nebraska are here for an extended visit with the former’s sister, Mrs .Horton.
-- Mrs. John Galligher and mother Mrs. Nick Adams drove to Mallard and spent Sunday with his Mrs. Galligher's sister Mrs. Hollander
-- Roy Bostwick of Laton California is here for a month visit with his sister Mrs. CC Mueller. He has many friends here who are glad to welcome him

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
-- Miss Millie Galligher is visiting her aunt, Lena Adams in the vicinity of Graettinger.
-- Miss Nellie Flynn went to Estherville Monday evening to visit a week or so with her aunt Mrs. P. Howe.
-- Fred Needham went to Iowa Falls Tuesday morning. He was called there to attend the funeral of his brother.
-- Misses Maggie Wells and Molly Welsh went to Graettinger Monday evening to visit their aunt Mrs. Doughty.
-- Mrs. Simon Lynch, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kelly, returned to her home in Aberdeen, Saturday.
-- Miss Ida Wright visited her uncle Charles Hastings at Ruthven for a week. She returned Tuesday evening accompanied by her cousin Miss Ethel Hastings.
-- Fred, the three month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snyder of Fairfield township died Saturday evening from the effects of brain fever. The funeral was held Monday and the burial took place in the Fairfield Cemetery. We extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved parents.


The Palo Alto Tribune; Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday, July 19, 1905

EMMETSBURG OPERA HOUSE

The new opera house building is nearing completion and will be a fine addition to the town. The inside decoration is nearly finished and the work is certainly that of an artist. The store buildings will be among the best in Emmetsburg. The southeast corner will be occupied by Hoover Co. for a clothing store and will be a first-class location besides being one at of the finest rooms for that purpose in the city. J. W. Darland & Son will occupy the double store on the west side and the Reporter office will lie in the basement. The first entertainment will be given on the evening of September 12 which will be a comic opera entitled quote His Highness, the Bey." This is strictly a first-class opera and is ordinarily put on only in large cities.

Nearly Lost an Eye
George Nolan met with serious and painful accident Monday which nearly resulted in the loss of his eyesight. He was carrying a hose of the machine with which they spray the buildings at the pigeon ranch, when it burst and threw the mixture which contained acids, over him and burned his hands and face severely. At first it was thought that his eyesight would be injured, but at present he is getting along nicely. -- Ruthven Appeal

OF INTEREST IN IOWA

Cremated in Burning Building

The five-year-old son of Samuel Squillman of Seymour and the 4-year-old son of a neighbor, George Billard, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed Squillman’s home. The two children had been playing with firecrackers left over from the Fourth, which are supposed to have caused the fire. The charred bodies were recovered.

Minor State Matters
-- J. Dooley, of Cumming, missing from his home for several weeks, was located in the Valley Junction
-- a tramp named Frank Tabor was fatally injured at Neola by falling from the top of a stock car
-- Luke Karpan, a Russian employed as a minor at Hocking shaft No. 5was instantly killed by a fall of slate.
-- Matthew Burke was found dead in a sewer at Burlington. He had evidently fallen or been thrown from a parapet while asleep
-- Miss Bridget Smith of East Des Moines has been taken into custody on charges spending too much of her time in and around saloons.
-- Robert Baker, an Audubon county pioneer, drop dead at his home near Audubon, aged 88
-- John Hartsock, a Des Moines carpenter, is dead, the result of injuries received by falling from a building.
-- Heinrich Hesse, a weak minded person, left his home at Latimer four weeks ago and relatives have been unable to find trace of him.
-- Charles M. Duff, a druggist of Blockton, has been sued for $25,000 damages for breach of promise, the plaintiff being Miss Lena West of Blockton.
-- Henry Hamann of Sunbury, a retired farmer, 85 years old, was found hanging in a shed. He'd taken dinner with the family of his son-in-law, with whom he made his home, and appeared to be all right. He had been in poor health for some time.
-- Charles Rust, a resident of Montgomery county has been adjudged insane and taken to the Clarinda hospital. He had the hallucination that he was charged with the mission of converting the world.

HEARD ON THE STREETS
-- Mrs. Charles Mix went to Wallingford Wednesday evening to look after her farming interests. She returned the following morning.
-- Misses Abbie Lee and Lettie Bryce of Denison arrived here Friday evening for a month’s visit with their cousin, Miss Rose Dick-Peddie.
-- George Overton who was visiting his parents in Mallard for several weeks, returned to his home at Avoca, Minnesota, the latter part of the week.
-- Mrs. Harpin and Miss Galligher, who have been visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. McCoy, for the past three weeks, left Wednesday evening for their home in Toledo, Ohio
-- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Noe of Fairfield township are the proud parents of a son since Friday
-- Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Quigley of Freeport have another baby girl since July 6. We extend congratulations.
-- Mrs. Charles McCormick went to Freeport, Illinois, Wednesday to spend a month or so with her daughter Mrs. Quigley. Mr. McCormick will go next week
-- Miss Julia Egan of St. Paul arrived here Tuesday evening of last week and will remain for a two week's visit with her cousins, Mesdames Kerwick and Branagan.

MARRIED AT HIGH NOON

Today at 12 o'clock at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Sam Williams, who resides a mile south of Mallard, will occur the marriage of Miss Matilda E. McKillips and Mr. Robert Fowler. There will be a few relations and friends of the bridal couple present to witness the ceremony. The bride and groom will leave on the evening train for their new home in Illinois where Mr. Fowler owns a large farm. The bride has been engaged in the millinery business in Mallard for the past four or five years and been a successful businesswoman. She is a very intelligent and attractive young lady and has made many friends while in Mallard. The groom is a stranger here but is spoken of in the highest terms by his acquaintances.

May their married life be as happy and prosperous throughout as the prospects now indicate.

Palo Alto Tribune; Emmetsburg, Iowa, Wednesday, July 26, 1905

THE STATE OF IOWA

Clothesline Carries Death to Woman
Mrs. Fred Pankow, of Spragueville met instant death while hanging out her weeks washing on a clothesline during the progress of an electrical storm. A bolt of lightning struck a tree to which the wire line was attached, and the metal carried the deadly fluid to the body of the unfortunate woman, death instantly resulting.

Within our Borders
-- W. F. Hammond, a prominent Grinnell businessman, is dead
-- Charles Burchett and Charles Stevens were drowned in Coon River, near Dallas Center
-- Mrs. J. W. Garis of Rhodes was accidentally shot and killed by her husband. He was cleaning a gun when it exploded. The husband is almost insane from grief.
-- Mrs. C. A. Matthews, a pioneer of Des Moines, is dead at that place as a result of a fall upon the sidewalk
-- a two-year-old son of Allen Cunningham of South Des Moines fell into a well and was drowned

HEARD ON THE STREETS
-- Misses Mary and Katherine Duffy went to Fort Dodge Friday morning for a few days visit with her sister, Sister Gerald, who is in the convent at that place.
-- Miss Cora Sterner arrived here Thursday evening from New York and is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Young. She visited friends at Des Moines and Curlew on her way out here
-- Miss Agnes Maguire came up from Ayrshire Tuesday of last week. She spent the night with Miss Lottie Walsh and went to Graettinger the following day to visit her aunt Mrs. T. McGoey.
-- Patrick Kiley returned to his home in Scotland, S. D., after a week's visit with his daughter Mrs. M. E. Conlon

Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa, Wednesday, July 12, 1905

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS
-- Ed Scott has traded his residence property in the city to Ed McNally for a quarter section of land in Brown County, South Dakota. The former also gives $900 in cash. Mr. McNally bought the land three to four years ago. He turned it in at $18 per acre..

Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa, Wednesday, July 19, 1905

HAPPENINGS
-- Mike Daily was over from Ayrshire Wednesday. He brought over Mrs. Daily's cousin, Miss Mary Burns, who returned to her home at Keokuk over the Rock Island. She came sometime ago to attend her uncle's funeral.

HAPPENINGS IN IOWA

Had Wealth But Lived in Hovel
The death of Jane Martin of Watkins removes a unique character in Central Iowa. She died of Bright's disease. She was probably the richest woman in Central Iowa, her fortune being estimated at $300,000, yet she lived in a house little better than a hovel, and appeared to be in the most straitened circumstances. About a year ago the State Humane society took her adopted daughter away from her on the ground that she was cruelly treated.

Farm Girl a Suicide
Miss Ellen Anderson, daughter of a well-known farmer near Gowrie, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. She seemed somewhat morose for a day or two, but nothing was thought about it. She was an active member of the Lutheran Church. No word was left to indicate why she wished to die.

Cashier Mueller Located
William Mueller, the missing cashier of the Graettinger Savings bank, has been located in Indian Territory. It is not probable he will not be brought back, as there are no criminal charges against him. A number of personal creditors will lose, but the depositors will be paid in full

Henry Hullen's Sudden Death

Henry Hullen, one of the older residents of Fairfield township, died suddenly of heart disease Saturday while doing some work in his barn. As the day was unusually warm, the excessive heat may have hastened his death. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon. The services were held at the Lutheran Church at Fairville. The interment was in the parochial cemetery. The deceased leaves a wife and one child. He was among the old settlers of the township and was a thrifty prosperous farmer. He did not marry until two or three years ago when he took a trip to New York State to visit relatives. There he became attached to a worthy young woman and married her. One child was born to the union. Mr. Hullen was a man of perhaps 60 years of age. He was a robust, energetic, genial gentleman and was respected for his frankness. His sudden taking off was indeed a sad surprise to his family and friends. They have the sympathy of all in their sorrow. 

New Law and Collection Firm
J. E. Williams and Thomas Shea have rented the front rooms over the post office and will open a law and collection office. The firm will be known as Williams & Shea. Both are bright, studious, energetic young men and their standing in the community is the highest. Mr. Williams has been deputy sheriff for some time and has a wide acquaintance. Mr. Shea is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Shea, one of the oldest and best families in the county. The Democrat wishes those most deserving young men success.

TOWN TOPICS OF A WEEK
-- Charles Barringer and family, of Ruthven, have gone to Spokane, Washington, where they will make their future home
-- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moses have returned to the city from Brookings, South Dakota, and are living in a residence south of H. H. Cook's. Mr. Moses is working for M.A. Mugan.
-- James Pender has been laid up with rheumatism for some time
-- a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Meyers, of this city, Wednesday

Were Married Last Thursday
Mr. Frank Gilchrest and Miss Anna Thoman were married at the Congregational parsonage in this city, Thursday, July 13, Reverend M. Lambley officiating. The groom is a well-to-do young farmer living near Ringsted. The bride is well-known in this city. She has many friends who esteem her highly. She has taught school for two or three years having been employed in the neighborhood of Fallow during the past summer. Mr. and Mrs. Gilchrist will, of course, make their home on a farm near Ringsted. The Democratic extends congratulations.

Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa, Wednesday, July 26, 1905

HAPPENINGS IN IOWA 

Iowa Man Kills Himself
Neil Harkins, aged about 30 years, a resident of Waukon, Iowa, committed suicide last week in a barn located upon the farm of F. W. Finke, about 2 miles southeast of Berthold, N.D. The suicide used the avenue of hanging to bring about his self-destruction, and when he was cut down by Judge Murray of Minot, N. D., his body was hanging in an upright position with his feet nearly touching the floor of the barn. Harkins used a piece of halter rope, the rope evidently being taken from one of the stalls. He fastened the rope around his neck, tying a double knot, and after securely tying the other end around a rafter in the top of the building, he knocked a sawhorse from under his feet and death resulted from strangulation. The only manner in which he was identified was by means of letters found upon his person. He was evidently a laborer.

Many Drownings Occur
While endeavoring to save their playmates from drowning, two Iowa boys lost their lives. Alvin Page, age 13, and Basil Shouts, aged 14, were drowned in the Little Sioux at Correctionville. Page became fagged and Shouts swam out to aid him, but was pulled under. Bert Kessey, seven years old, lost his life while trying to save Willie Noble, aged six, near Gladbrook. The urchins were wading and Noble slipped into a hole. Kessey immediately jumped in after him although he could not swim. Harry Cornish of McGregor was drowned while swimming his horse in the Mississippi river.

Double Murder Probable
William Jones, a young farmer and stock buyer, it is alleged, shot his divorced wife in Iowa City and also shot S. F. Dangor, a farmer, for whom she was working. Both the woman and Dangor will probably die. Jones gave himself up.

Son Drowns and Father Hangs
Herman Erick, living near Ute, was drowned in Maple river while bathing. His father, Samuel Erick, when told of his son's death, went to the barn and committed suicide by hanging. They were prominent farmers.

Train Decapitates A Boy
Charlie Johnson, 19 years old, of Marcusville, Iowa, fell from an Iowa Central train near Marshalltown one morning last week. His head was severed from his body and he died instantly.

Submitted by C.J.L.