Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-07-25
Extra Echoes.
A DREADFUL TRAGEDY

A DREADFUL TRAGEDY
A terrible tragedy was enacted at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Anton Nep-
per who reside on the hill about one
mile west from the Extra depot, last
Saturday afternoon, July 20, 1907, al
about five o'clock. Their daughter,
Angie Nepper, aged about twenty
four years, who had been in very poor
health for number of months grew
Respondent and in moment of aber-
ration decided to end it all, so she
went to remote part of the house and
secured double barrelled shotgun;
in another room she secured some
loaded shells then went to her room,
loaded the gun, laid down upon the
bed, pointed the weapon at her side.
and pulled the trigger sending the
load crashing into her body. The
report startled the inmates of the
household who rushed into the room
to find that the shot had made a
frightful wound and blowing one of
her ribs into her liver. After the first
shudder was over the poor girl regain
ed consciousness for a few moments
in which she told her parents and
other members of the family that she
was sorry she had done the deed and
did not intend to kill herself. Know
ing that death was imminent Reverend
Father Weiland, her spiritual advisor,
of Extra, was called who arrived in
time to administer the last blessing
and with the family stood about the
bedside and saw her young life slowly
ebb away until death came, about ten
- thnf i.rhf all
were conducted at the Extra Catholic
church on Monday and the body of
their loved one was consigned to a
grave in the Catholic Cemetery, on
the hillside just to the east side of the
Town of Extra.
DEATH OF Mrs. DAVIS
On last Sunday afternoon, July 81,
1907, Mrs. Roxie Davis, of the firm of
Dodge and Davis, who resided with
her sister, Miss Capitola Dodge, one
mile or so north of the Extra depot, on
Fairacres Stock Farm; and who had
been waiting patiently for that white
robed spectre called death, heard the
summons and quietly passed away.
Funeral services were held at the Extra
Congregational church, on Tuesday
forenoon, conducted by her pastor,
Rev. +. III. Richardson, and the body
was laid to rest on the family lot in
the Extra Cemetery. For some time
she had been sufferer from an inter-
nal cancer and last fall went up to
the hospital, at Rochester, Minnesota,
for treatment but was told there was
was no help for her SO came home and
had awaited the summons: "Your
laborS on earth are done; come home
to dwell with those who have gone on
before.o She was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Dodge and grew to
womanhood on the old homestead near
the Extra depot where her mother and
other members ofthe family now dwell
Mrs. Davis was a woman much loved
and respected and her untimely death
has cast q shadow over this commu-
nifty where she lived.
BASE BALL GAME
The game of ball, last Sunday, on
the Extra diamond between the home
team and Audubon might properly be
called g A Comedy of Errors" When
the noon train came down Conductor
Jack Lemon had been round, counted
noses and there were exactly two
hundred and thirty-eight people on
the train; two hundred of them got off
at Extra; then many came in automo-
mobiles, carriages and otherwise, The
game started at three O'Clock with Au-
dubon at the bat and our boys seemed
to have the Buckfever y as they ran
in three scores the first inning, but
they did not score again until the fifth
when they ran in one score, and that
was all The mighty Oxborrow, from
Humboldt, was in the box for Audubon
but our boys took kindly to his filings
and touched him up quite frequently,
scoring in the first three innings and
in the fifth when they tied up the score
and thus they ran along up to Extras
last half of the ninth inning when Mr..
OXborrow seemed to have little touch
of 6 Buckfever" himself as he passed
the first man up, Claude Kelsey made
hit on which he made second, and
as Kirk Knox went tearing for third
the ball was thrown to catch him but
it was a mile too high, then Kirk he
" Skedaddled " home with the winning
run and the crowd "Skedaddled T"
for home, too, although no Extra play
er was out and there were men on the
bases. Reese pitched his usual mas
terly game and had his opponents
guessing all the time. Score by innings
EXTRA OIL 000 Is
AUDUBON 0001 O O o GA
Struck out by Reese, IA; Oxborrow,
IL; Umpire, George Hunt; Scorer,
Frank Leffingwell.
Mrs. w. A. Hamler left, Saturday
evening, for Atlantic their future home
and Mr.. Hamler will follow in few
days. All regret to see them leave
Tenant, and Mrs. Hamler will be
greatly missed by the church people,
she having acted as organist during
her stay here-Tennant Letter in The
Harlan Republican,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Powell came
over from Extra one day last week
and spent several days with his moth
er, Mrs. M. G. Powell, and other re-
latives and friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Powell were accompanied over by Mrs.
Caroline Jenkins, sister OF our
friend and townsman j. w. Woody,
whose guest she was during their stay.
Guthrie Times.
Anna Dorr, who was up at Dennison
and Sioux City for week visiting
friends, returned home Thursday and
her niece, Miss Dorr, of Sioux City,
accompanied her to visit few days.
Born to L. M. Rasmussen and wife,
Sunday morning, a fine baby boy.