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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
7
A long list of social visits and travel across Webster City Renwick Eagle Grove Burt and nearby towns includes residents visiting relatives in Des Moines and Spirit Lake. Several confirmations of returns from trips to Bancroft, Sioux City, and Des Moines, with mentions of illness recovery and a planned home talent play by M R K Ladies Aid.
The business houses of Renwick will close their floors at six thirty in the evening beginning August 18, except Wednesdays through Saturdays. Restaurants and pool halls will remain open as usual.
Claus Claussen was born September 9 1880 in Schleswig Germany and died February 22 1913 after a nose growth required surgery. He married Ella Chlers and had two children a son who died young and a daughter. He lived in Wright County Iowa for years and was survived by a wife two children his aged father and mother four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held at the home of Wau Claussen by Rev J F Kyatt and he was buried at Vernon cemetery.
OC B Claussen living on the Joba road, 34 miles north of town, shot himself with a shotgun Tuesday morning about five o clock. The family arose to find him gone and a shot heard earlier was linked to the tragedy as neighbors and relatives learned of the death.
A man died instantly after a shotgun discharge at a tree as the jury heard evidence of suicide. Neighbors describe him as well liked, with his widow and two young children left to mourn, along with his parents and relatives. The court monitor notes the unfortunate events and the community’s sympathy.
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