Death Toll in Tragic Gas Asphyxiation In Monroe
Five people died in a Monroe city home from coal gas fumes believed to have come from a clogged furnace pipe. The victims, the Butts family of four and Ed Pehl, were found asleep upstairs after the death night around November 24. An inquest confirmed asphyxia. neighbors and friends mourn the young family as details of their moving day emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Racine Street
Henry Butts
Tena Pehl Butts
Ed Pehl
Harold Butts
Otto ¥Ehl
Butta
Charles Cline
Mr. Butta
Cline
Kundert Bros
E. H. Moraine
Eco
Lewis J
Lippold
Gracttinger
Iowa
R. F
Butts
Geo, Buehl
Dan Haren
Buehl
Cadiz
Spencer Desi
Otto Pehl
Mr. Butts
Harold
Mx. Butta
Lyck
Mrs. Butts
Woodford
Henry Beyers
Monroe Journal-Gazette
Local Haulage Services Advertised by Pierson
TRUCK HAULING We are in posi tion to do all kinds of truck hauling grain tile lumber livestock etc Phone 69 C K Pierson Grach tinger Toaw 10 tf.
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C. K. Pierson
Grachtinger
Toaw
Social Notes From Wallingford and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Walter Matzen of Wallingford hosted a Sunday gathering with several families visiting friends. Anna Riersom returned to Forest City to resume duties. Leona Mason’s surprise party marked her Bronx City departure. New Year’s dinner at Karl Maria’s with John Riersons. baby christening for the Nyborgs. Lost Island Ladies Adelrected officers named for December 30. Venata Sandvik and Ethel Sheffield exchanged visits with local friends.
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Anna Riersom
Forest City
Lewis Hauge
Albert Thu
Gertrude Upedall
Tom Rierson
Mattida
Karl Maria
New Years
John Rierson
Leona Mason
Bronx City
Pete Hermensen
Karl Holte
Lost Island
Pete Hexmensen
Theo, Thorson
Anton Bonstead
Treasury
Carl Christiansen
Jake Nyborg
Wm. Johnson
Lawrence Thors
Venata Sandvik
Ethel Sheffield
Christmas Holiday Visits From Exbherville Residents
Percy Horum returned home Thursday evening to spend the holidays with his parents. Misa Wilson and her aunt left for Melvin to celebrate. Misa Freda Krause will stay at Lone Rock. Olga Ressell came home from Forest City to join family festivities. Mrs. Helgason was at Estherville between trains. Mr. and Mrs. Crim and children visited Estherville. Jumen Kuan and family spent Christmas at the J. home. Wred Hepp was ill but improving after a Monday morning illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Roush and family visited Roush grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Harrington shared Christmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. WA Franklin also visited relatives for the holiday.
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Wallingford
Exbherville Enterprise
Percy Horum
Misa Wilson
Melvin
Misa Freda Krause
Lone Rock
Misa Olga Ressell
Forest City
Mra
Wm. Helgason
Estherville
L. E. Crim
Ren Gnent
Mr. Crim
Jumen Kuan
Revieve
Minn
Wred Hepp
Ray Rouseh
Grad
Tinger
Mas Rouseh
Chas. Harrington
WA. Franklin
Ted ‘Lorreson
K. G. Amdahl
Tred Guhlke
A. Brandin
Gus Gilbert
Morton
Lloyd Refsell
Torent City
D. O. Refsell
N. L. Nelson
Ad Anderson
Art Anderson
J. M. Anderson
Ted Torreson
Oscar Peterson
Brother Asher
Graettinger
C. TH. Raleigh
Art Layton
St. Paul
Chris Larson
Ethel Palmar
LeMars
Hazel’ Shaffer
Des Moines
L. E. Orim
Sam Gunderson
Gov. Amdahl
Motherville
Carl Tandgren
Delevan
Ray Moore
Christmas gatherings and illnesses near Estherville
A holiday roundup notes numerous local families hosting Christmas visits including the Gus Gilbert and L. L. Gunderson homes. Illnesses are reported for a young son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Anderson and the baby of Mr. and Mrs. FR. A. Brandin. Several residents travel for funerals, schooling, and back for holidays, with snow arrival mentioned as timely.
Man Wanted at Britt Iowa Caught in Canada
Joseph Gadbury, sought in Britt Iowa for defrauding the First National Bank of $1390 with fake checks, was arraigned in Winnipeg police court and remanded to jail until Tow a officers can take him into custody. He was arrested in a hotel by detectives after arriving in Winnipeg two weeks ago by air, allegedly posing as a moving picture man bound for Alaska.
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Joseph Gadbury
Britt
Iowa
First National Bank
Winnipeg
Towa
Gadbury
Alaska
Humboldt
Sheriff Moulds Warns Algona Businesses On Punch Boards
Sheriff R E Moulds from Algona visited local business places on official business to warn operators to remove punch boards and slot machines. Acting on orders from the Attorney General and County Attorney, he urged compliance to avoid trouble. Local readers urge following his advice.
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R. E. Moulds
Algona
Moulds
Mould
Near-Fatal Gas Leak In Farm Home Reports
Ton Muck Cool Gan Myr and Mrs Harm Dontje narrowly escaped suffocation from coal gas at their farm home north of here last Saturday night. Fire was checked to hold all night, gas escaped through a base hole, filling the house with poisonous gas. They awoke in time to avoid tragedy and have since recovered, though weak and uneasy after the incident. Lakate Recor'
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Myr
Harm Dontje
Here
Granaw
Lakate
Attempted double ax murder shocks Mason City ward
Police investigate an attempted double ax murder Friday morning at Mason City. Abelino Pena and a second Mexican known as Paul Pierce lie in hospital with deep wounds to heads and bodies. Pena is not expected to survive. Lester Whelen, a Black man, is held at the station as a suspect. Cedar Rapids Republican.
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Mason City
Abelino Pena
Paul Pierce
Lester Whelen
Cedar Rapids
Editor Carried Home After Kind Word Shock
A Tribune report recounts an editor collapsing from shock after a kind word about a printed piece, then rising to go back to work when insult arrived from a passerby. He was carried home on four stretchers before recovering.
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Albert Len Tribune
Airplane Crashes Near Wirta While Carrying Mail
An airplane routed from Chicago to Omaha crashed a mile south of Wirta at noon Tuesday amid wet snow. The craft was completely wrecked but pilot Hopkins escaped injury after difficulties since Des Moines. The plane carried 400 pounds of mail for Cedar Rapids Republican.
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Chicago
Omaha
Wirta
Hopkins
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Armstrong Banker Dies In St Paul Fire
T W Doughty banker of Armstrong Virginia dies in a room at the St Paul Athletic Club from suffocation or burns. The fire was confined to his room and its origin unknown. Doughty was president and cashier of Emmet county bank at Armstrong and its principal stock holder. He was unmarried. A brother and sister survive him. Henry Hannum from South Dakota passed bad checks at Spencer and fled. He faces a sentence of thirty days and a $100 fine. After serving, he will be brought to trial at Spencer.
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Armstrong
St. Paul St. Paul
Minnesota
T. W. ‘Doughtay
St. Paul
Henry Hannum
South Dakota
Spencer Merehouse
Wili
Telat
Spencer
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T. J. Duffy
F. Bates
M. Weinholzer Jewelry
R. Young
Iain Sewing
Fred Levell
P. Fahnestck
Magnolia Ave
Excelsior Springs
J. A. Spies
Square Deal Shoe Shop
W. T. Stevens
Henry Keator
Elmer Olson
Robert Starkey
Stairs
Mra. Cline
A. Lanz
Mr. Cline
Mitchell
Shriner
Walter Matzen
Nes Matsen
Grace
Milo Hausner
M. Sheffield
Nihel
Bans Knuteson
O. D. Barrett
Pete Larson
W. O. Eckley
Poland
China
Terril, Iowa
W.C. Eckley
Benson & Reeves, Auctioneers
Jacob Amdahl
Tillie Lippert
Odell Rosa
Mankato
Oscar Nelson
Northfield
Canada
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