Farm Horses Dash in Storm Mail Crash Scene
A horse landed in a corncrib while two others were blown over the crib and fell into the orchard about 35 yards away. All three animals remained tied to a portion of the manger after the incident.
09 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1907
Page
1
A horse landed in a corncrib while two others were blown over the crib and fell into the orchard about 35 yards away. All three animals remained tied to a portion of the manger after the incident.
Lively activity followed a storm at Genwood Institution where wind and hail shattered several front windows and rain poured in. Workers saved furniture and carpets while about 2 panes broke across buildings. Engineer Franz Ballance suffered a deep cut in the laundry room. Nearby state farm crops on 900 acres incurred similar losses.
A major hailstorm wrecked Peach Orchard area wrecking the A. I. Burger peach orchard. Almost every tree stripped of fruit, many trees blown over, large limbs torn, bark peeled, and 84 window panes shattered. Clyde Burger’s house flooded, barn opened for horses’ escape, several horses injured by broken fences and a wedged animal in a stalk cutter.
A hailstorm damaged Glenwood High School breaking an upper sash of 3 by 5 feet in the east assembly room. Glass flew 30 feet, wet piano, skylight office sash blown in, water damaged hooks. A large walnut tree at the rear broke at the roots, bringing down Mills County telephone wires and several poles.
A severe storm damaged Tabor Congregational Church unroofing it and smashing the pipe organ and grand piano, with total church property losses estimated at 36,000 without insurance. The storm felled trees across Tabor including the Charles Fillis residence injuring a sleeping boy, and left Taber park in a tangled mess, disfiguring the area.
Describes extensive flood damage after a hail storm. Water spreads from Pony Creek ditch, breaking the levy opposite Will Masters home north of the Junction. Rubbish piles dammed the water at K. L. bride, flooding W. C. Tie Lashault land and washing onto W. M. Lain farm.
A severe storm hit Plattsmouth flooding Main Street and causing extensive damage. Horses drowned in a livery barn as a large double storefront wall collapsed. The Kraft Clothing building suffered losses and officials assess widespread destruction.
A confusing, fragmentary report notes six horses were killed after a race or event. Names, places, and times are unreadable, with many garbled terms and stray phrases obscuring specific details. No clear victims, locations, or dates can be confirmed from the readable text.
The storm drove hogs to run and ignore fences, risking severe lacerations from barbed wire. Other obstacles caused injuries as hail battered the scene, with many hogs drowned or killed by the pelting hail.
Farmers report wide losses from a hailstorm. W Seeger estimates losses around 5000 dollars, A H Burger expects over 2000, Sam Astes notes 10 acres of corn with losses exceeding 4000, others suffer varying amounts. The total crop damage is substantial across the district.
The Dew Glenwood Canning Co announces it will operate this season and will accept all contracted tomatoes and Country Gentleman sweet corn for J and delivery, countering circulating rumors of a shutdown.
Obituaries note Mrs. Will Suuchin died at home in Glenwood after a long illness of consumption. She was 49 and survived by her husband and a former marriage’s three children. Funeral at Baptist church Wednesday at 10 conducted by Rev Staples. Also, Amelia Lindt died July 3 in Silver City at 79, longtime resident. service by Rev Moser. burial beside husband in Silver City cemetery. A B Dalrymple died suddenly at Hastings in his 76th year, Mills County pioneer. survived by wife and eight children. service details list children across Emerson Hastings Idaho Washington Stahan and other towns.
The Saturday papers write of a sensational claim that Senator Tillman challenged Senator Dolliver of Iowa to a duel. If true, Tillman might be unavailable to speak at the Glenwood chautauqua amid talk he could be killed on August 16. The clash followed Dolliver's Jackson Michigan lecture condemning Tillman as lawless and violent.
Under the Pure Food Laws, baking powders must display ingredients on labels. The notice warns about harmful components in many products and cites Royal Baking Powder as containing grape cream of tartar, suggesting this explains its rising local sales and urging careful reading of labels before use.
Ivory and Otis make town loans while plumbing firms Bower Bros and Wilson Drug Company advertise services. Raymond Trisler quotes plumbing and heating work. Many residents from Council Bluffs, Omaha, Emerson and Sidney visit Glenwood over the Fourth. Local business updates include Steinsheimer store manager Lutkin, Dr W G Shriver visits, and real estate and millinery sales notices. A memorial resolution honors Brother Straub of the Glenwood Homestead, with funeral sentiments and committee notes.
Glenwood five cent cigar promoted as best on the market. Second hand Deering 6 foot not for sale. 24 quart berry cases 16 cents each at Allen Packing Co. Testimony on Foley's Kidney Cure from Tra W Kelley of Mansfield Pa. Refuse substitutes. Beadle county South Dakota land offers from $32 to $40 per acre. A 1120 acre farm ten miles from Harvard with $5000 in buildings, fully fenced and well watered, priced at $16 per acre. Inquire W A Hill at the Tribune office.
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