Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-28
IOWA
NEWS
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Henry Myers, a we'll known and
well to do farmer living two miles
northwest Of Albion, caught his hand
In a corn husker, resulting In the
desh being practically stripped from
the bones and the bones crushed. III
Is feared he will lose the hand.
A team of mules driven by Kinney
| Witzkey ran into Rock Island pas
senger engine at Iowa City. causing
| the death of one mule and wounding
another. The driver was also hurt.
John Parks, an aged fagman, who
| :ried to stop the mules, was trampled
On and quite severely hurt.
| After q five hours examination OF
witnesses, the coroner's jury was com.
PEELED to report its inability to ascer.
Jain the causes leading to the death
Of Mrs. Emma Pashek of Creston,
who was found shot through the head.
They attribute death to causes un.
known to them.
While attempting to board an Iowa
Central freight train, at a point two
miles south of Liscomb, Lewis Adams,
section foreman for the Central at
Liscomb missed his footing and fell
under car, which completely crush
ed his right foot. The injured man
was taken to st. Thomas hospital at
Marshalltown, where the foot was
amputated two inches above the
ankle.
| While many parts Of Iowa and the
west are bemoaning the short apple
crop, David A. Pidgeon of New Provi-
| dence has just finished the gathering
Of his crop, which aggregates 1000
bushels. This Is a short crop for Mr..
Pidgeon's orchard, but is all the more
valuable this season on account of the
general shortage Of the apple yield.
| His orchard has produced nearly SO
varieties this year, although the bulk
Of the crop are standard fall and win
ter varieties.
Frederick w. Breede died Of teta-
nus at his home near Lorah after but
two days illness. A week previous
| he was fixing the telephone receiver
at his home when the screwdriver
| slipped and struck him on the hand,
inffiictirg only a slight injury. but a
few days later symptoms of blood
poison developed and lockjaw set in
and he died. He was 45 years of age
and had been a resident Of Cass coun-
ty for twenty-one years. coming d.
rectly from Germany.
Two workmen, Jack Call and Frank
| Green, had narrow escape from
| death while at work in a 10-foot ditch
under the M. & st. L. tracks at Dana.
The dirt caved In on them, covering
Green to a depth of feet. Gail was
also entirely covered except his head
and shoulders. The men were in the
ditch after the cavein for about thirty
| minutes. 1t was expected that Green
| would be dead before being rescued,
but fortunately he was still conscious,
but sustained a broken arm.
Harvey Cook, aged 43 years, who
| passed away at his home at Epworth
few days ago, owes his death to the
results Of an accident sustained while
attending a ball game this summer.
Mr.. Cook was hunchback, and while
at ball game one of the players In
running to catch ball fell and struck
his knee with violent force against
Mr.. Cooks back. 1t Is supposed he
| suffered internal injuries, for his
health was shattered through the
accident which ultimately caused his
death.
One of the most sensational cases
In the medical profession in south
| eastern Iowa was begun at Burlington
when William Mester, administrator
of the estate of the late William
Bolton, began suit for $4,000 against
/ DR.. A. c. Saiser of Burlington, one Of
the best known practitioners in the
| city. 1t Is charged that Dr. Saiser,
after diagnosing the case of Mr..
Bolton as appendicitis, delayed the
| operation until the patients life was
endangered. The defendant fatty de-
! MES the charges. 1t will be stub
| bornly fought case and many expert
| witnesses will be called.
Gotlob Streicker, a young German
! residing about six miles northwest
| of Strawberry Point, was found dead
with the upper half of his body i'm
mersed In a barrel in which was kept
water for family use. 1t appears that
he had not been feeling well for
| several days. He went out to get a
| drink from the barrel and not finding
the cup, 1t is supposed that he leaned
over to drink from the barrel. In
overbalanced. with the fatal result OF
drowning. When found physicians
could render no aid. Suicide Is
secuted. the affair being considered
| purely accidental.
| Miss Elizabeth Bell, unmarried, OF
about so years, was killed by a short.
| horn bull near Portsmouth. Miss Bell
her father and brother with his fam.
| lily live on a farm near Portsmouth
She and the brother had finished the
| milking and he had started to dc
| some of the other chores and she
| started to the house with the milk
| AS she passed in front of the barn d
shorthorn bull in the yard nearby
made a dash for her, crowding hei
against the barn and goring her badly
She was just at the edge of the barn
| door and succeeded in some way IL
| getting loose. Her cries were heard
| by the brother and others and they
came to her rescue, but the bull con
tinued the fight. He was finally las
seed and fastened up. Miss Bell haC
been severely injured and suffered I'm
told pain until relieved by death earl,
the next morning.
Harry Blake, aged IA, was acc
dentally shot by his companion. Wal
ter Noyes, aged Is, while hunting
rabbits near Marshalltown. TIL
charge struck Blake In the left les
passing through and lodging In tn
right foot. He was taken to the hos
pital and may lose his foot.
Three thousand Muscatine citizen
assembled in massmeeting and adopte
resolutions commencing the stan
taken by Governor Cummins in tn
Davenport case and congratulatin
the commonwealth for the earnes
stand he took for the enforcement {
law and conservation OF decency
Scott cornty.
/ p. w, Simonson of Chabense. III