Iowa Old Press
Hawarden Independent, September 4, 1924
NEARBY NEWS NOTES:
Jack Armstrong, the nine-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Armstrong of Newell, Iowa, was fatally injured August 23rd when he was struck by a truck driven by Billy Henrich. The injured boy was taken to a hospital at Storm Lake immediately following the accident, where he died that afternoon. As Billy Henrich was about to cross the bridge, the Armstrong boy jumped across a ditch directly in front of the truck. The fender struck him on the head, severing an ear, tore out an eye and fractured the skull. His body was otherwise torn and bruised. No blame was attached to the driver of the truck.
Mrs. Eva Frazier (sic Frazer) of Akron was fatally injured Saturday night in an auto accident when she was on her way to Kingsley and Lon Stewart, the driver of the car, is in a hospital in Sioux City and is not expected to live. It is reported that Stewart noticed a mail box which seemed to be in the middle of the road and he turned the car quickly to avoid hitting the box. The car crashed into a bank and turned over several times. Mrs. Frazier was thought to be the only one injured and she was taken to a farm home where she died a half hour later. Later while on the way to Kingsley, Stewart, the driver of the car, became unconscious and was taken to a hospital in Sioux City where it was found that he had a blood clot on the brain. There were two other men, Ed Carr and Oscar Temple of Kingsley, in the car, but they were not injured.
Oscar Johnson, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Hudson, has resigned his position with that institution and has purchased both the moving picture houses and leased the opera house at Spencer, Iowa, and will take possession at once.
During the storm August 23rd a car driven by Paul Bergendahl collided with a car driven by Evan Parry, both of Kingsley. One of the small sons of Mr. Parry was severely cut when he was thrown through the windshield of the car. None of the other occupants were seriously injured. Both cars were damaged by the collision.
A fired of unknown origin destroyed the barn on the Wm. Lokhorst farm on the edge of Sioux Center last Wednesday morning. A hog house which was close by was also burned. There was no live stock in the barn at the time of the fire and the hogs which were in the hog house were driven out. A few tons of hay and the harness were also burned.
A Chevrolet sedan occupied by Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Legg and five children of Des Moines, was blown into a ditch by a gust of strong wind and tipped over, near Eagle Grove August 23rd while they were on their way to Humboldt, Iowa, for a family reunion. The car turned over and all seven occupants were pinned under the machine. Finally one of the boys managed to crawl out and went for help. Mrs. Legg was severely cut on her arm by glass. The car was damaged but after righting the car, it was driven into town on its own power.