Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (Newspaper) - July 22, 1926, Williamsburg, Iowa VOLUME IOWA JULY 1926 10 BAFFLING on the Adolph Maai Farm Have the Wildly Queuing f The large barn oii the Maas farm 2 12 miles east of town was destroyed by fire at The building contained thirty tons of new but as this had been in the barn less than a all thoughts of spontaneous combustion are left out of the reck Neither was the building sup plied with an electric current The fire started in the hay the men were all out in fche and the building an burned to the ground in an incredibly short space of Five young a lot of quantity ff ground and several farm implements were lost in the In response to the call for the chemical engine of the burg fire department was early on but the high wind and the extent of the flames spelled dooin from the Two cribs of close to the weaa Bayed by good work of the The buildings were on fire several but the system of supplying water was adequate for the occasion and the MOURNS HIS FATHER Our fellow James received a message Mon day mourning announcing the death of his Antoine at son left at noon for the bereaved The funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Lament Wed and the interment was in the Catholic The was a native of Bohemia and was in his 83u He is survived by his three sons and two all Antoine Macheak came to Iowa in an early day and the home was first made at and later on a farm near and hero the home was continued for many The passing of the old pioneer removes a fine old character for the and ex tends its sincerest sympathies to the bereaved fire was restricted to the barn The Mystery The burning of the barn soon be came simply another addition to the lengthening of fire No one could do more than guess as to the cause of the one guess was as good as But when at 8 oclock in the evening fire was discovered in one of the mattresses in an upstairs there was instant worry and conjecture as to the cause of the NO one had been in the room for the fire started apparently in the center of the Help was at and the burning bedding and mattress were soon rolled up and passed out through the The presence of fire resulted in V careful watch around the house dur the entire but nothing un took place or Sunday morning and again the thought prevailed that the end of the fire had been met but at 9 oclock fire was discovered other in another ed by the same circum stances as to the source of the Within an hour another fire started on a window sill in the was there any visible reason for the this a large gathering was and watchers were in every room in the Shortly following the fire in the window fire was discovered in large in tho hallway in which stored the winter and other heavy One by one the pieces removed from the chest and the fire was located under the bottom blanket in the storage Within an hour another fire was discovered in a the curtain bursting By the had touched the high est of the and right when the wonder was at its the roar of flame and dense smoke issued from one of the rooms up The fire was in a large box FROM GERMANY Father Glenn had an interesting visitor last week in the person of Weat He came to this country to attend the Congress in and having relatives over in the made them a short Hearing of Glenns pretty church he came over to here he spent the greatter portion of the He was Marys church delighted and says with that the particularly the is al exact copy of many of the churches in H e says that with proper modern pipe and a Marys CASH HOME BURNS Defective Five Starts Expensive Fire Monday at a fire was dis in the fine home on the farm north of The crew working oh the Weel bridge on Primary 13 was to discover the then just break ing through the and in less than a minute men and the fore man were in a car driving full speed to be Cash They saw at once that the house was and the work of removing the houseold goods was immediately Splendid work was and was removed from the excepting the things stored in the attic all the winter valuable fur coats lost in the The fire truck from Williamsburg was early on the scene but the case was the fire had started in the attic and was like a roaring furnace before it was A high wind was blowing at the and for a wile it was an open question as to whether or not the and other buildings could be Plenty of help was and the fire was confined to the The building was insured in the Iowa County All the house hold goods were and were takon to the home on the Donohoe close and here the Cash family are temporarily The of the fire is credited to a deflective CARS CRASH Wellman Car Driven Directly in Front of the Clarence Durr Car Sunday morning while and his daughter Clarence were driving down to the a Wellman car occupied by William Brown and Roy and two Williamsburg was driven directly into the path of the Durr car Durr made every effort to avoid the as Well man car was being driven in flagrant opposition tb every traffic rule there was no possible chance to avoid the Durrs daughter Was thown against the and received an ugly gash in her cutting to the Both cars were consider ably BrOwn and Perrin assum ed all responsibility for the collis admitting that they did not even see the Durr car until it crash ed into prove that the theatre to the TO TOUR EUROPE church would be well nigh Schmuderrich also visited the Watts Hospital and was keenly interested he speaks and Italian fluently but bis English is only a hurried it enables him to get along the aid of an interpreter ed ear caught the correct German as used by Miss Smith and Miss of the hospital his eye glistened and his classic were lit with the kindliest and the contact added a real charm to his is a product df the best ad medical school in and this is fully attested by the string of degrees he is privileged to attach to his METHODIST CHURCH July 25 boost the Sunday Monday evening Quarterly 815 Annual at Miss Geneva of Coun cil formerly of left Wednesday morning with Shenan doah Kiwanis Club for trip to At Shenandoah she joined a large party of tourists and make trip by rail over the to Mon where they will sail on the Doric for The party will stop a day sightsee at Montreal and will also make stop overs at and other points of scenic beauty along the Law rence They expect to land at Liverpool August 1st and from they proceed to While abroad Miss Mungovan ex to tour Miss Mungo van is a sister of Margaret Lallan and Murphy of and is well known THE MOVIE CASE Injunction Caie Friday at The hearing of the petition for a permanent injunction against the Latona in was concluded in Marengo the case occupying three Sixteen witnesses were eight on each and the effort of the plaintiffs being to proximity of the Presbyterian church interfered with the services on Sunday while the witnesses on the side of the defendants supported the claim that the Sunday evening picture shows were and do not interfere with any religious An entire day was devoted to presenting the Wallace and Harold Claypool speak ing for the and Henry Walker and John Stapleton for the Harold Claypool had the last word in the and the young attorney won many com for the skill and ability displayed in the forensic Judge of who presided at the took the case under advisement and gave out that the decision would not ibe handed down until after he had at tended to other intimating that two or weeks might elapse before the decree would be made of in which was stored breakfast in a supply of This was the hottest fire pf the entire and it wag with Borne culty the men could enter the so dense was the smoke box was in the corner of the and subdued it was all but attached linings of the when the fire was found that it had itself to the inner With a barn reduced to and seven mysterious outbreaks of fire in the not of which could be accounted the situation on the homestead was anything tut County Attorney Gaffney and in called on Dean of the chemistry department of the at Iowa Teeters was here Monday morning and made to careful survey of the premises ww several watches found in different places in the rooms upstairs one was wedged in between the frame of window screen and the cas ing into which it was The matches looked not unlike the com mon friction hut it was fel that they might have been into some chemical solution tha would result in spontaneous and a Monday night yarned with out of the tout at CHAUTAUQUA At a meeting of the signers and ackers of 1926 Chautauqua in the basement of the Wil Savings on last Monday evening the following and committees were select Ticket Wilson Grounds Peter Joe Tom and Advertising committee odds and Elmer The dates for the chautauqua ire 2d to 5th beginning on Monday night and closing Thursday The course includes seven numbers and is considered one of he best chautauqua programs ever o be put on in this The ticket sale campaign fill be put on within few days and the public wijl have an opportunity to secure season ticket for a high class en seven numbers for for adults and for chil Set aside the first week in August and arrange to attend each session as each is considered a head took fwh start a curtain on one of DEATH OF EDWARDS who has been ill for several died early Friday morning at her home at 316 West Washington was sixtyone of agoy and been a resident of Winterset for the past twentyfive She was born June at Iowa She is survived iby her Edwards of this and wee Edwards f New Mrs of and Miss Mar garet of Funeral services were conducted the Tidrick Funeral Home Satur ay morning at by Le Roy Burial was made in the Winterset Winterset and Edward formerly in Williamsburg and the news of Edwards death was leard here with feelings of deep Miss Pauline Wilson was a week end visitor with a Coe college friend at La Porte windows was discovered to have burned it was of lace hanging over the regulation shade The lace was entirely con but the shade was not even A pair 01 trousers hanging across the back oi a and close to the window was still burning when the fire was Did the fire originate in the window curtain w in the Taken all in the matter is one of most tver in thin and Mww are excellent young people and were never known to have an The will be probed to the reported that the were in Wil AT SUMMER SCHOOL The Rev Pritchard Taking Special Coune at of Dubuque The popular pastor of the Congregational left Monday for Dubuque where he entered as a student for the summer session at the The course will last six and this will complete the special work in which ard entered two years The pastor will fill his pulpit en gagement in Williamsburg every TO FUNERAL OF RELATIVE AT THE EDWARDS HOME long a shut is always of the bought and solicitation of her many friends and The weather is trying on the good she bears it all with that wonderful fortitude of which she s so richly and which ornaments her 83 years as with a golden Last Sunday her home was cheer ed by a visit from her only Mary and from her two of Garden and of Roberts remained for a extended the sons returning o their homes Sunday and son and Chris Kelting and Earl motor ed to Hornick last week tp be present at the funeral of their rel Merritt brother of and Miss Bahr returned from bui Cashman and Kelting journeyed to Hartley where they visited over Sunday with their son and Cashman says that they have fine crops in western and the winter wheat is yielding from 40 to 60 bushels per Knox a dandy to kill flies and protect dairy we also have Churchill Fly and Flecks Fly They are all PETERSON DRUG The Altar Society of Marys church will hold a bake sale in the City Meat Market on July This will be a general depot of and the list of things on sale will include about everything that enters into a luncheon or the more elaborate Read the ad in this be sure and attend the Mary Van son Max and daughter MUs of Millers and Van of were guests the Ctrl Van Horn MOURN THEIR BROTHER Our fellow Will and mourn their ROBERT GRIMES HERE Washington Man a Few at the Lytle Home Robert Grimes left Monday for is home at Washington after spending a few days here at the Lytle Bob Grimes is a half brother of the late and his earlier years were spent in the vicinity Of old Lytle and he is well known by many in this section of Iowa He is the leading jewler in Alex Millers and Washington must surely feel proud of as he is as fine a character as one could fancy or imagine In his he is widely known for his and as a musician he an artist on the and has been heard several times from the Daven port broadcasting Grimes and whenever he meets an opportunity to break he comes direct to where he renews the old friendships and returns to Washington as happy as a feels sorry for his go rother of who died at the University Hospital in Iowa City Sunday Schroeder was a prosperous farmer and he and one of his sons were hauling hay high tension line crosses the barn and while passing under this he handle of the upon which the boys hand was came in contact with the heavily charged wires in releasing the sons hold on he fork the father received the shock and in the fall from the load of hay his neck was disjointed at the sixth The patient was placed in an ambulance and carried to the University Hospital at Iowa arriving Sunday The man was fully talked without and the doctors were hopeful that the disjointure could ibe remedied and complete re covery But late Sunday in the resting up period be fore the unconsciousness set in and the end quickly The two brothers here were notified of the and were at the hospital when the stricken brother funeral held at and Will Schroeder Monday for the bereaved The deceased was born in Ger coming to this country when a and the homo has been on a farm near Postville for the past 20 A wife and five children and in the death of tlie husband and father Fayette county loses one her most highly re spected BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY There was a surprise party given at the Vernon Hummer home in East last Thursday evening July 15 in honor of his daughter is being her fourteenth The evening was spent in danc ing and At a late hour refreshments were there was also a large birth day cake having fourteen candles on The following Were present and John Graham and and Ira Hummer and and Goodman and and Carl Leichsenring and and Will and and Henry Hunzelman and daughter and Mrs Gorvin and Edward and John Maas and Mr and Janies and James Harney and Charles Misses Emma Mary Harney Margaret Eileene Laura Margaret Helen and Regina Luella and Vernon Martin Will Al Welby Joe Thomas Joe Willie James Harvey and George A sum of money was given Miss Hummer to purchase anything she she also received a large box of candy as a birthday At a late hour the for home wishing Miss Bertina many more happy THOMAS RYAN Died in at on July Special to Thomas Ryan died at the Mercy Hospital in Marshalltown on Sun day July The deceased was a son of and Peter Ryan and he was born on the old homestead eas t of Holbrook seventy years He spent his days in this locality and about twentyfive years ago he emigrated to the He again returned to Iowa twelve yers ago and since that time he resided at Winterset Ryan came to Holbrook three weeks ago and spent several days visiting with old neighbors and While returning to his home he was stricken with paralysis while riding on the train and was taken Marshalltown for The never He was ft man of noble a devout Catholic and died by the rites of his The remains were brought Marshalltown to the Spratt home east of Holbrook on The funeral was held on Tuesday morning with services at Michaels church at 9 A High Mass was celebrated iby the pastor Father Ryan read the absolution prayers and delivered a sermon on death which was as eloquent as it was The childrens choir sang during the The pallbearers were Spratt and McSwiggin of had charge of the Interment was in Michaels cemetery The deceased is survived by one brother Peter Ryan of Margaret and Russell and Those attending the funeral a distance were Peter Carroll and and Margaret town Peter Black and Hoy A GOOD RESPONSE Iowa County Sure to Have a Credit able Exhibit at the Carl who has charge of the special Iowa county exhibit for the State for this tells us that the response to his request for exhibits is better than good Many have already contributed of their and other items and when all these offerings are arranged and tagged by Holden is a real artist in putting up a display of this and every farmer and gardner should take a pride in being represented in the grand If you have not yet furnished your call up Holden and arrange to contribute right Russell Williams arrived Tuesday pro Angeles and is enjoying a visit with his and other rel 1BW8 was clerk in the Savings bank and has a long list of close friends In the old home He is now well up fn the business in of the largest money stores in the California and if pleat ed with his home on the Pacific REPLACING BARN Quick Work to Be Done in Putting New Barn on Farm The lumber is being hauled out this week for the building of the new barn on the Maas farm to take the place of the one destroyed by fire The foundation of the was not damaged by the and the building will of the same size and on the identical site of the one The Kuddes carpenter crew will do the and the plan is to have put in the last cutting for hay next the frame up and enclosed in time to AH the will assist in the erection of the and when it comes to shingling there will be as many men and hammers as there are bunches of ARE GRATEFUL To ibe visited by disastrous fire s surely a serious but when we remember the heroic help fur by those who arrived on the of the our hearts are filled with and this it but a feeble expression of the thankful ness we extend to all whose good work effected the saving of all our household AiND WILLIAM AND VISITED IN ILLINOIS f and Orrin Peterson family returned Saturday from Avon tlw T spent a week with The trip was made in the Peterson that the corn crop bf and Avon looks M as the best average of which has LINCOLN LAND SELLS HIGH A deal was closed last week by which Fred of sold an improved farm of 80 acres to Henry the price being is a fine tract of and is considered well worth the ANNS CIRCLE MEETS ON LONG TOUR and and Family left Friday for Seattle and Watts and Campbell and left on a motor that will tend as far as Seattle and places of interest in the Sound Their trip planned via Minneapolis and willin several side trips the most interesting of which is the tour of the Yellowstone Watts mother resides in and the trip double and will cover several ex other Puget was The July meeting of Anns Circle was held at the country home of John Driscoll and was well During the business of the evening it was decided to hold an ice cream social in the park the evening of July After the session a very dainty lunch was served by the hostess assisted by Leona Beilstein and Margaret STELLA VISITING IN CHICAGO t Aimee Morgan left Saturday for Chicago where she will spend a couple of weeks with relatives and Morgan was once a resident of the big city and is al ways interested in an occasional visit to the great and busy A million dollar rain that drifted across the land yester And it was as purring of a gentle as the the patter o and Tom victualed their car turned its nose due and said M They plan Jo be back Wait Liberty arrived and days here his hit beon of late in the country from he which the campaign the pearly drops was like the lilt to which the faries were said to dance in the happy vales of Tir nan Nor never a rain more timely high temperature and hot winds had filled the land with and corn was at midday and the oats ripened before it was a lovely Br its long slanting lines came ing across the land music in every heart the music of tha ed heat faded and many of a fear that summer has
