Iowa Old Press
Hawarden Independent
October 23, 1924
NEAR-BY NEWS NOTES
Happenings of Interest in Towns and Country Around Us
Mrs. Archie Smith, widow of the late postmaster of Storm Lake, has been
named as his successor until a permanent appointment is made. Congressman,
W.D. Boles of Sheldon, made the temporary appointment.
Waldun Wayne, the three-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schorg of
Kingsley, became dangerously ill October 11th after drinking some kerosene.
He had been playing with a number of other children and he wandered away to
play by himself and in doing so he went to a garage where he found a can
with a small quantity of kerosene in it, which he drank. Some of the fumes
got into his lungs almost choking him.
As Charles Ewin, section foreman at Seney, stepped out the back door of his
home last Friday night he was attacked by a stranger who cut Ewin on the arm
and forehead with a knife. Mr. Ewin fought with the man and dealt him some
heavy blows. The officers were called in from LeMars and a man with whom
Ewin had had trouble, was arrested on suspicion but he did not show any
signs of the blows which had been dealt the knifeman and so he was released.
Susie Sime, aged 48, a gypsy of Balkan descent, died in a tent near Sioux
Rapids early the morning of October 14th. She had been ailing and about
midnight she arose and brewed some tea from roots which she had picked
nearby. She died about an hour after having drunk of the beverage. The next
morning the husband went to a nearby house and wanted a box in which to bury
his wife. The farmer called in a health officer and the coroner and the
inquest showed that the woman died from acute indigestion. It is thought
that the tea she drank had little or nothing to do with her death as her
husband drank more than she did. Mr. Sime said that they home was in River
Falls, Wis., and that they were on their way home from Nebraska. Interment
was made in the Sioux Rapids cemetery and Buena Vista county paid the
expenses. The woman was extraordinarily large, in fact so large that a
special casket had to be made for her.
Glenn Rhinehart, of Parker, S.D., was instantly killed October 10th when he
was accidentally shot with a sixteen guage gun. He and his brother were
playing and the gun was accidentally discharged. The boy was but fourteen
years old and is survived by his father, one sister and one brother. He was
buried at Sheldon beside his mother.
Mrs. Celina Crill passed away October 11th at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Rose Wood at Richland, at the age of almost 90 years, death being due to
senility. She was born in Mercer county, Pa., but moved west to Iowa in 1860
and in 1868 she moved to Union county where Mr. Crill and she homesteaded on
what is known as the Tollefson farm. She was a very active business woman
until a few years ago, having conducted a store at Richland for thirty
years. Besides her daughter, she is survived by her son, L.N. Crill, of
Westfield, and also four grandchildren.