Iowa Old Press
Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Thursday, Aug 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.
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- 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.
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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