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The Mount AYR RECORD
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 25, 1904
FAMILY ROW IS STARTED
Mrs. Henry WALTERS Takes Two Shots at Her Loving and Trusting Spouse
It was supposed until Sunday morning that Mr. and Mrs. Henry WALTERS lived on Paradise valley, which is located in the
southeast part of town. But their home was not much of a paradise about the time most people were donning their Sunday
linen in order to attend divine services. Mrs. WALTERS dispensed with the family worship that morning, and proceeded to
make a rough house for Mr. WALTERS. She threw his trunk out of the front door and with it most of his wearing apparel,
and he was told to make himself scarce about his own domicile.
Mr. WALTERS did not show the proper inclination to make himself scarce, and Mrs. WALTERS insisted on having her mandate
obeyed. She accordingly got down Mr. WALTERS' trusty revolver, and fired a couple of shots at her spouse who lingered
about the premises. The shots did not scare Mr. WALTERS very much, because he was in numerous battles during the war,
but he finally concluded to quite the ranch and let his wife run things to suit herself. Mr. WALTERS is hopeful that
when the cold and chilly blasts of December blow around, and the time arrives for laying in a winter's supply of coal,
his wife will come to her senses and invite him to return home and once more live in peace and happiness.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2009
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