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Wretched fate of a drunkard’s wife and children
A Sioux City Journal report narrates the death of Mrs Minne Haever wife of Charles Haever a miller in Algona. The body was found at 919 West Third Street with two children aged seven and four nearby naked and unaware. Cause of death was hemorrhage from tuberculosis autopsy confirmed. Haever jailed for ten days for drunkenness after his wife’s death. Neighbors describe poverty and neglect in the home.
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Algona
Charles Hoever
Eldora
Sioux City Journal
Minne Haever
Chas. Haever
Wess
Third Street
Chas
Hueyer
Weed Fadhmans
Pierce
Fachman
Myr. Fachman
Afr
Machtman
Oliet
Davenport
Westcatt
Pontufied
Wade
Fred Slachmano
Yaeger
Sioux City
Leeds
Cherokee
Denison
Haeger
Tate
Seemi Ogly
Traeger
Ile
Ife
James Westcott
West Phird
Cook Streets
Efile