Iowa Old Press
Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Thursday, August 16, 1917
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
H.S. Johnson, foreman of the Des Moines Bridge and Iron Co., now operating near Emmetsburg, is shortly to receive a Carnegie medal for heroism. Some years ago he saved a girl from drowning at the navy yard in Seattle and his last deed which drew attention from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission was the saving of a man from drowning in the Bow river, near Suffield, Canada.
Adrian Lynch, a Laurens boy, is fast winning distinction as a base ball pitcher. A couple of years ago he was pitching high school ball for this Laurens high school. This season he made good with the Waterloo team and now he has been waived on by the Washington American League team.
Mr. J. Thatcher of West Bend is the possessor of an exemption certificate that was issued to him during the civil war. He received his exemption papers after being so seriously injured that he could not continue in the service.
At bath house has been erected on the north shore of St. Peter's and Paul's lake at West Bend. This little lake and the beautiful grotto erected on its banks by Father Dobberstein are giving much desirable publicity on the town of West Bend.
The Quaker Oats Company are going to erect a 300,000 bushel capacity elevator at Emmetsburg. It will be erected where the old mill formerly stood.
Graaf's new building in Estherville is now open. Graaf is the man who suffered the heavy loss in the big fire at Estherville several months ago.
Brooks Hanson of Pocahontas recently lost several fingers as a result of having his hand caught under a two hundred pound weight of lead pipe.
Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Goff were at the Fred Monk home several days last week assisting in cooking for the harvest hands.
Mr. Earl G. Christensen of Pasadena, Cal., was visiting his cousins, Vesta and Leland Torkelsen several days last week.
ANOTHER AUTO ACCIDENT
On last Friday afternoon when Mrs. Pete Hermanson was driving
into the chautauqua, accompanied by her little baby and her
sister, Miss Minnie Henningson, something went wrong and the car
tipped. They were descending a hill on this side of the Grady
farm when the car became unmanageable and went over before Mrs.
Hermanson could regain control of it. The baby was thrown
forcibly from the car striking on its shoulder and breaking the
collar bone. Miss Henningson suffered a dislocation of the elbow
and was quite badly scratched up, but Mrs. Hermanson escaped
uninjured. Neighbors who saw the accident hurried to the scene
and the injured ones were picked up and medical aid summoned.
They were all badly shaken and bruised but no serious injuries
resulted. Two wheels were broken and the car otherwise damaged.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, August 29, 1917
VINCENT KANE KILLED
Had Both Legs Taken Off by Train on Monday at Ulmer, Iowa
The Democrat regrets to learn of the sad death of
Vincent Kane, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.B. [Martin] Kane of Ayrshire
which occurred at Ulmer, Iowa, Monday noon. The funeral will take
place at Fort Dodge tomorrow. Myles McNally of this city left for
Fort Dodge this morning to be present at the obsequies. Mr. Kane
was a nephew of Mrs. McNally [Maria Kane]. The following account
of the sad accident appeared in yesterday's Daily Messenger of
Fort Dodge:
G.V. Kane, 914 South Eleventh street, who fell beneath an
Illinois Central freight train at Ulmer yesterday noon died at
the hospital at Dennison at 7:15 last night. Both legs were cut
off below the knees. Kane, who is a brakeman at train 91 out of
Fort Dodge, was riding in the engine cab as his train pulled into
Ulmer, forty-three miles west of Fort Dodge, at 11:50 a.m.
yesterday. As the train reached the depot kane attempted to jump
to the station platform but slipped and fell between the platform
and the train, his legs projecting over the rail. He was rushed
to Denison where medical aid was unavailing. Kane leaves a wife
and two year old child. The body was brought to Fort Dodge this
afternoon.
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