New Era
Humeston, Wayne, Iowa
March 7, 1900
THE NEWS IN IOWA
FORT MADISON, March 3 - Hazel Rogers, 12 years of age,
a bright and
prepossessing child, committed suicide by shooting
herself in the
heart. Although little is known regarding the cause,
it is believed she
grieved over a childish love affair until death seemed
the only relief.
Lime Springs Sun
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
Thursday, February 23, 1905
Of Interest in Iowa - A Diary of Noteworthy Happenings
Mrs. Inman of Keokuk attempted suicide by taking
poison. Her life was
saved because of the [illegible] of the dose.
The explosion of a kitchen range at the home of F. V.
Hopkins at Fort
Madison, due to
freezing water pipes, caused great damage, but
resulted in the injury
Lime Springs Sun
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
Thursday, April 13, 1905
The State of Iowa - Occurrences During the Past Week.
-An Afro-American civil league has been organized in
Keokuk.
-Samuel Wood Tucker, a pioneer resident of Keokuk, is
dead at his home
in that city at the age of 85 years.
-Five thousand dollars is bequeathed the the National
Spiritualist
Association of Washington in the will of Samuel W.
Tucker, a wealthy
citizen of Keokuk, as filed from probate.
The Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler co. Iowa
Wednesday, P.M., February 2, 1910
Goes Insane Because of Hug
The embrace of a young man, followed by incessant
teasing on the part
of girl companions, while at work, caused pretty
20-year-old Lily
Nygren of Keokuk to become insane. These facts were
disclosed in the
application to the Lee county insanity board, which
ordered Miss Nygren
committed to the State institution at Mount Pleasant.
She is in a
critical condition and the strictest watch is being
kept for fear she
will attempt suicide. Miss Nygren was employed in a
wholesale house.
Several weeks ago she was
playfully embraced against her will by a young man
working by her
side. Seeing Miss Nygren's resentment Several of
her girl
companions teased her ntil she quit work and went
home, where she cried
for several days. Upon returning to work the girls
again teased her and
she again went home crying. Melancholia ensued,
followed by
insanity.
New York Times
New York, New York
February 17, 1912
P.J. Hess of Chicago has been engaged by the state
board of control as
manager of the chair factory which is being
established at the Fort
Madison penitentiary.
Correctionville News
Correctionville, Woodbury, Iowa
March 26, 1914
IOWA STATE NEWS
Lack of money and a position with which to support his
wife and baby
was given by Archie Hayes of Fort Madison as a reason
for ending his
life with a bullet through his brain in his home
there. His wife and
child were in an adjacent room while he penned the
note and pulled the
trigger of a small rifle.
Kellogg Enterprise
Kellogg, Jasper co. Iowa
February 4, 1916
Father and Son in Jail
Keokuk -- Father and son met in a jail cell here when
Johnny Page; a
lad of 17, was arrested on a charge of malicious
mischief and two days
later the police took into custody the boy's father,
J.W. Page, on a
charge of robbery. Both have confessed to
committing the offenses
with which they were charged.
New York Times
New York, New York
February 16, 1916
The wedding of Miss Mildred Anne Joy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde R.
Joy of Keokuk, Iowa, and Hugh J. Robertson of Iowa,
took place
yesterday afternoon at the Hotel St. Regis. The Rev.
J.T. Stocking of
Upper Montclair, N.J., officiated. Mrs. Ralph B. Joy
was the bride's
only attendant. Harold Covington Pond was best man. A
dinner, followed
by dancing, was held after the ceremony. The couple
left for California
on their honeymoon
Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
March 30, 1922
IOWA NEWS
A.T. Marshall, Keokuk, attorney, died at his home
recently following an
acute attack of illness. He was stricken while seated
in his office. He
was a member of the Keokuk Bar Association and one of
the commissioners
for the insane for that county.
Cedar Rapids Republican
Cedar Rapids, Linn co. Iowa
February 9, 1926
Romance is Fatal to Mexican Youth
Ft. Madison, Feb. 9, (U.P.) - Otillie Buiterra, 18,
found shot through
the heart in the patio of the Mexican village here
last night, is
believed to have been the victim of a rival in love,
and police today
are searching for Brigado Erazrra, 20, another Mexican
youth.
Guiterra's body was found lying in plain sight of the
nearest houses of
the village. The light of a street lamp revealed the
huddled form to a
woman in one of those places and she phoned for police
in the belief
that the man was drunk. The boy died almost
on the spot where four months ago he danced with the
girls of the
village during a fiesta staged with all the color and
abandon of old
Mexico. County officials believe that a romance
originating at the
fiesta between the boy and Rosita Aguilera, dark eyed
Mexican girl of
the village, caused the tragedy, and Erazrra, other of
her suitors is
being sought.
West Point, Lee County, Iowa USA
September 30, 1943
LEO BRANDT IS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART
On September 30, 1943, A West Point soldier, T/5, Leo
L. Brandt, son of
Mrs. Barbara (Hohl) Brandt has been awarded the Purple
Heart for being
wounded in action in the North African campaign.
He was awarded
the metal last July. The metal was engraved with the
three stars
indicating that he had taken part in three battles. He
sent the metal
home to his mother for safe keeping, she is receiving
the same last
week. He entered the Army service April 24, 1941 and
has been
oversees for the past 18 months. No further
details of the award
were available.
Submitted by S. Ferrall, transcribed by S. Ferrall and
other volunteers from Iowa Old Press.
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