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Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. July 16. 1914. NUMBER 32
THREE RUN OVER
- BY AUTOMOBILE
Mrs. *1 Ciart mi Two Cbddree of Ord, Run Over by Auto and AH
Escape MHb Mieer Injuries.
APPARENTLY INAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT.
evening an avtdrnl ue
f urred <« tiie street* wkvb, for
fortunate ending, o»uld not le
d-pi a ted afire tn a thousand
times.
At about !*:«■» o'clock in the
evening W.E.1 Hunting u> driving
down the street from the north in
tending to torn the < <>rper to the
west at the old First National
Bank corner.
A» he approached tiie corner be
■ ' wntd Mrs. Will C lark and lier
children crossing the street going
south to the Milfori corner. He
u« driving slowly. ■» I us custom
is. but seeing Mm. Clark lie threw
thr clutch out. Mrs.t lark saw him
and started to move quickly to tin*
south and he threw the dutch in
again and turned in behind them.
One of the children called to bis
mother that a car was coming, and
die. evidently thinking that an
other car was coming, turned
quickly and ran lark to the mirth
west immediately in front of tiie
1 *unnmg car.
>be had her arm- about tiie
children and all three were run
over by the car.
Mr. thinning lad jum that in
stall' thrown Uj* dutch *». bua
when tic pedestrian* «»u«r lark
in front of the car he attempted
to rek-mar it again, but in hi* baste
insssed it ami fell forward unto
the steering wheel with such force
as to knurk the breath out of him.
tie wa* momentarily unconscious
hut rallied «o as to step hi* car lie
foce further lamage was di ne.
friend gut in the car with
him ami helped him home with it.
The injured woman ami children
were looked after at once by on
looker*. Tliey were taken at once
to the Billings Imupital and found
to he ouCMdertity bruised, but do
butte* broken.
Mrs. Clark was tie- worst hurt.
The car had paani over all ibeir
Indies, but all were fortunately
BUMrd by tiir w iieek. How this
could happen is a* fortunate as
remarkable.
Being a small woman Mrs.
Clark** body wa* able to slip lie
tween liar iuttooi sineld aisl the
Attempt to Bern
Ori Pest Office
At a ;»U- hour last Thursday
lugUi a futile attempt was ap|wr
etdty rnadr u< hum the Ord post
ufler. John U aiti. Turn Wright
and K«'> Culliaa were in a photo
graph gallery acrruM the street
from the posUdhne when their at
- —■ u-tition waa arrested try a fire id
the dtawwajr. They rut over and
rat iigmsbed the flames lie fore
any damage aasdone. They found
a punt flask that bad been filled
with kerosene and a patented ci
gar lighter on the Site flooring of
the poaluflfc* entrance. I Kit near
the wood panel through which
there are openings for depositing
mail from the ouUaie.
It »eem* probable to .lames
Milford, who owns the building,
that the attempt had been made to
drop the opened bottle of oil into
the mad bus and then ignite it
with the lighter, but the was too
thick few the opening, an the
flame wwt started outside. The
patuflor it m the big brick build
ing that is a part of the big Mil
fund store, a frame structure.
Mrs. Garrett and little daugh
ter are here from Aurora riaiting
with the lady 's brother. E. M
Marrd. m Route t.
efcrth without fatal results, but
not. however, without severe
bruise*. Her hi|»s and legs were
greatly injured ami many other
injuries were received on other
l*arts of the body.
< hie child had a deep cut on her
forehead and the !*oy had his face
and one leg badly bruised.
All an- doing well and Mrs.
Clark is able to sit up this morn
ing and w ill lie out of the hospital
! in a few days.
Tins i- one of the accidents that
in. one can be much blamed for.
Mr. I tunning was driving very
slowly and Mrs. Clark knew of
lus pn-sem-e. But being frighten
ed by another call of an approach
ing >ar was naturally confused
and. thinking only of saving her
< iuldren. put her arms around
diem and all went dow n in a heap.
Had she not done this one or both
| of them would have lieen hit by
j lhe wheels of the heavy car and
i probably killed.
The accident was a severe shock
to Mr. Dunning, and of course he
is doing all that can lie done
for tlie relief of the injured ones.
—Ord Quiz. ,
AUTO AND MOTOR
NEARLY CLASH
Will Hawk Has Gloat Shave Frew a
Serious Collision.
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MOTOR JUST GRAZES CAR
Last Saturday evening, as Will
Hawk was autoing to his home a
few miles south of town, accom
panied by his wife and another
lady, he narrowly escaped having
his car demolished by the incoming
U. P. motor, and perhaps serious
accident or death to the occupants.
The accident, or near-accident
oceured at the crossing east of the
depot. Mr. Hawk was just about
to drive across the tracks, and
near the main line when he saw
the motor coming, and thinking it
not safe to speed across ahead, at
temped to reverse the car and
back, but instead killed his engine.
Motorman Morris saw the car so
perilously near and coming and
put on the reverse and brakes but
was unable to stop so close and
just grazed the Hawk car which
had stopped so close to the rails.
While no on was injured, yet the
closeness to it left all concerned
in a rather nervous state of mind
for some time after.
J. E. Simmons and wife of Sa
lem, S. D., and Mrs. Robt. Smith
of Palmyra, arrived by auto last
Thursday night for a few days’
visit at the home of W. T. Owens.
They returned to their homes
Monday morning, Mrs. Owens ac
companying Mr. and Mrs. Sim
mons to their home for a visit..
5 Killed 1 Seriously Hurt
in Automobile Accident
Theo. I>. Wilson on Tuesday of
this week handed us a copy of the
Angeles Examiner of June
S*>, containing the account of an
a ito accident at night at the
U-ach near that city, in which
ti\e i«**«.pie were killed, one of
ti.eml>eiiig Miss Myrtle Brandon,
a ni.-e jf Mrs. Wilson. A party
of mx were joy riding, when by
s< me reason the car got out of the
road and in the dark plunged over
a l^o-foot cliff, resulting in the
death of five of the party and
bro king both legs, collar bone,
taro rile, and hip fracture of the
sixth. The body of the injured
man and the dead bodies of his
mother, sister, boy friends and
Miss Brandon lay at the bottom
oi the cliff for hours before being
discovered. The account is of one
of the most horrible and thrilling
kind in the history of auto riding.
The Examiner gives a picture of
the cliff and the scene below with
a startling and vivid account of
the ride to death, which may be
seen at this office. Mrs. Wilson
will have the sympathy of our
j>eople over the deplorable death
i of her niece.
One week ago last Saturday, j
.lames McDonald, who removed I
from Loup City to Kdgewood.
Iowa, about a year ago. while
working in iii- carpenter shop
then*, got bis left hand caught in
iIh* circular saw which he had in
'ia!!c*d to run with gasc-line power.
iar>d tiad the index middle fingers
torn off and thumb and third fin
ger lacerated in a fearful manner, j
! rendering timt tnemlier useless i
le*reafter for work at his trade- as
carpenter. The many friends of
that genial gentleman here will
deeply regret the unfortunate and
terrible accident, which will na
turally unfit him for continuing a
: livelihood at his chosen trade.
It is hoped, however, that in the
long run he may leave profited
thereby.
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Don’t Forget to
File by the 18th
Remember, the date for closing
the filings of candidates before
the primaries will lie this week
Saturday. July 18th. There is
some contenti-m that the close
will be on the 2<*th, instead of the
18th. but if y<*u wish to be a de
; facto candidate before the pri
! maries. you would better not de
j lay till the latter date before til
ing. or you may get left.
j O. A. Woods, wife and d&ugfa
: ter visited last Sunday with rela
I tires in Howard county.
Mrs. LH. Knight
Suffers Relapse
Mrs. O. Benschoter left Mon
day morning for Edgewood, la.,
called by a telegram that her
mother, Mrs. L. H. Knight was
very low and might not recover.
Mrs. Knight suffered a paralytic
stroke some four weeks ago, from
which she was reported convalesc
ing evidently she suffered a re- J
lapse, though no particulars were
received further than given above.
She was accompanied to Edge
wood by her sister-in-law, Mrs.
S. F. Reynolds, who will visit her
brother, James McDonald, victim
of the circular saw accidont men
tioned in another column this
week.
A number of friends of Mr.
and Mrs. James Johansen gave
them a genuine surprise party
Monday evening of this week, it
being the twelfth anniversary of
their marriage, by invading the
Johansen home to the number of
twenty-five ond taking possession.
A good time was had by all.
Judge Wall is enjoying a visit
from his brother-in-law, Mr.
Huttinger, from Alaska, where
the gentleman went from Seattle,
and who is on a trip to various
portions of the states,
WILL WRESTLE
TO A FINISH
Miller and Kersenbrock Have Match
Te Right.
GUARANTEED A FINISH MATCH.
This evening, our local cham
pion of the mat, Warren Miller,
will again take on Farmer Kersen
brock of Lincoln, with whom he
wrestled some weeks ago for an
hour and a half to a draw. This
second contest is guaranteed to
the Northwestern to be a finish
wrestle, no draw to go, and one
or the other will have his shoulders
pinned to the mat. This the
writer has the assurance will be a
certainty, no draw to be consider
ed. The Farmer is a seasoned
wrestler and one of the very best
in the state, and one who has
wrestled such men as Df- Roller
of Seattle for 90 minutes before
getting pinned to the mat, and
Roller is known to be a top
notcher in the game. Miller has
never been thrown since his first
contest on the mat, which was by
Joe Stecher, when Warren was
new to the game. Since that
time, Miller has thrown such men
as Lee Scott and has made such
good ones as Jack Meyers weaken
and squeal quits. You shonldnot
miss seeing the boys work and
you may be sure there will be i
something doing every minute I
from the call of time till one or
the other is defeated.
A Dwindling
Political Party
The figures presented by the re*
public national statisticians show
fairly conclusively that the pro
gressive party will cut a small fig
ure in the coming elections. They
indicate that while the democrats
have not lost any great number
of supporters from the ranks of
those who voted the ticket in
1912, the republicans who went
off after Roosevelt have very gen
erally returned to the republican
fold. Only a nucleus will remain
for the progressives and the fu
ture existence depends upon
whether the old parties will split
up into their natural divisions.
The old south is in the saddle in
democratic congress, and it is re
actionary. The east is in closer
touch with the southern sentiment
than it is with western. If the
two old parties are captured by
the standpatters—and the chances
favor them because the big politi
cians and the organization are
theirs—the progressives in the
republican and democratic ranks
might all leave and join the
Roosevelt party. But this is un
JiKeiy Decause experience has
shown that party ties and the hope
of party victory are powerful co
hesive forces. There is no im
mediate prospect of that political
explosion which will force the
natural alignment of progressives
on one side and conservatives on
the other. With the reaction that
has come, thfc republicans stand
an excellent chance of regaining
lost ground. This is especially
true in Nebraska, where the party
has been dominated by progres
sives for six or eight years.—Lin
coln News.
Accidently Sheets
Hie Foot Off
Wednesday after noon of this
week, jnst after the noon hour,
Fred Foster, met with an accident,
necessitating the amputation of
his left foot just above the toes.
Mr. Foster bad taken a nap after
dinner and upon leaving the house
to hitch his team noticed a big
rat and getting his shot gun to
shoot it made a misstep just out
side the door, causing a pre
mature discharge of the gun, the
shots penetrating the foot just
above the toes, necessitating the
amputation of that member, which
was performed byjthe Drs. Bow
man, when called to attend the
injured man, and as we go to press
shortly after the operation, he is
resting nicely,
f
RIGHT ARM
BADLY BURNED
—
Miss Vida Cowling Has Harrow Es
cape From Serious Accident.
GASOLINE IN WATER EXPLODES
Last Friday morning, while as
sisting her mother with the fam
ily washing, Miss Vida Cowling of
this city was badly burned on the
right arm from the elbow to wrist,
and also burned somewhat on the
right side of the face. Mrs. Cowl
ing had placed some gasoline in
the boiler of water on the stove
and placed the cover thereon, and
a few minutes later ask her daugh
ter to go in the room and remove
the cover. As she did so, the
gasoline exploded, the flames
bursting therefrom and burning
her quite badly as related above
with the exception of that por
tion of the arm, which was not ex
posed, and received a great blister
the full length, and the slighter
bums on the right side of the
face, which will take some time to
heal, and the consequent attend
ing the same, the young lady will
soon be all right again.
Among our announcements this
week will be found that of Ray
mond L. Dale, former superin
tendent of our city schools, a well
known educator of the state, and
at present one of our successful
fanners. Should Prof. Chile re
ceive the nomination and subse
quent election, he will take with
him to the senate a well stored
mind and ability to represent his
constituents in a most satisfactory
manner on all questions of im
port. ' - '
AGED FARMER
DIES OF INJURIES
Old and Respected Fanner of Knar CaNoway, Oita of Blood Poisoning From
Cuts Bocoivod Sunday in a Binder Accident.
TEAM BECAME FRIGNTEREB ARB RAN ANAT.
Robert Gorden, an old and re
spected resident of the county,
living about three miles west of
Gallaway. died of blood poising
Tuesday of this week as a result
of being badly cut and mangled
last Sunday by a binder.
It appears that Mr. Gorden was
engaged in cutting wheat and when
the accident occured had stepped
in front of the team hitched to the
binder. The horses became
frightened and started to run,
knocking the old man down and
in such a position that the binder
passed over his body.
The machine did awful work
and when assistance arrived it
was round that outside of other
dangerous injuries Mr. Gordon’s
right leg had been frightfully cut
and mangled. _ Dr. Bryson of
Callaway was called to attend the
injured man and for a few hours
entertained hopes that amputation
might not become necessary.
But shortly afterwards, gang
rene set in and the surgeon realiz
ed that the leg must be sacrificed
in order to save the patient’s life,
if such a thing were possible.
Oa. Sur*a*.v Dr. G. L» Mvilkw
Old Fireworks Explode
in Kitchen Stove
One of the almost amusing,
though serious sequences of the
Fourth occurred at the Joe O’
Bryan home on the morning after.
In the yard the remains of-a fire
works ballon was found unburned.
Seeing that there was in the
wreckage a parcel evidently con
taining some sort of explosive he
warned his wife to take care of it
so that the children would not
harm themselves with it. Accord
ingly she put it in the stove along
with other litter picked up. Then
she touched a match to the stuff
and went on about her work in all
serenity. Presently there was a
great explosion in the kitchen and
the head of the house went to see
what was up, while the rest of the
family was scared too. It was
found that the lids and all the
top of the kitchen stove had
been blown off and along with
it went the the tea kettle. Things
looked bad enough, but after all
the damage consisted in a
smoked up kitchen and a shock to
the nerves. It did not take the
family long to figure out what had
caused the explosion.—Ord Quiz
Unique Way to
Get Farm Hands
Ambrouse Huntington, a farm
er residing west of Gitner, last
week posted the following sign
along a highway in front of his
home:
“I need five harvest hands for
more tlian a month. Wages. $3
per day; chicken once a day,
washing, mending and a bed in
the haymow. Every worthy
young man hired will have a
chance to marry one of my pretty
five daughters. If he wins one of
them be gets 160 acres of land
thrown in. But he's got to make
good in more ways than one."
Huntington had more than a
half hundred applicants. The five
lucky ones are hard at work in
the wheat fields today. However,
they are far from happy, for it
became known that the five
daughters, ranging from 18 to '25
years old, are planning to leave
in a day or two for an extended
vacation in the New England
states.
J. L Bailfie, who has been vis
iting friends at La Fox, Ills.,
since last October, returned home
last Friday. It seems good to
have him back amoog us once
more.
Miss Lillie Lofholm resigned
her position with the Loup City
Mercantile Co. last Saturday
evening and Miss Elizabeth Lein
inger Monday morning accepted
the clerkship made vacant by her
resignation. Miss Leininger wiil
undoubtly fill in a most satisfact
ory manner the place made va
by Miss Lofholm.
P. L. Curry and family were
down from Elm township Tues
day, ooming to attend the Wild
West show, which failed to mater
ialize. Of course, Porter came to
please wife and children, not that
he cared for a circus.
Art Eisner has been wrestling
with sciatic rheumatism the past
few days.
9 Year Old Boy
Breaks Am
While riding after the cows
Tuesday,the 9-year-old son of Mrs.
Zwarowski, near town, had his
right arm broken near the wrist
He was passing under a tree on his
pony when he was caught on a
limb and dragged from the ani
mal’s back, resulting in the acci
dent as noted above. Dr. Bow
man was called and set the broken
bones and the lad will be all right
in a few days.
of this city was sent for, but when
he arrived he found that his ser
vices were hardly needed as the
patient was then breathing his
last.
The deceased was about sixty
years of age and one of the pros
perous fanners of the southwest
section. He leaves a wife and
children.—Broken Bow Chief.
Meeker FoHnd
ii Seattle Wash.
Howard L. Meeker, the young
farmer residing near Llewellen,
who last February mysteriously
disappeared between Chicago and
and Grand Island, has been lo
cated, but no effort will be made
to bring him back to Nebraska.
He is now in Seattle, where he
has been for six months.
Meeker, it will be remembered,
took a car of horses to Chicago
and sold them on the market there.
They were from his father’s
ranch, the father being one of the
ranchers of Garden county, Nebr
aska. It was learned that the
horses were sold and that the
young man visited his mother,
who was ill in a Chicago hospital.
He left her, telling her he was go
ing home. That was the last seen
°f him by friends or relatives.
However, later it was learned that
he had bought a railroad ticket
from Chicago to Grand Island.
Ihe young wife of Meeker, who
was left at Llewellen dung to the
idea that her husband had been
murdered and the father was just
as certain. A large sum of money
was posted as a reward, but this
failed to result in locating the
missing man. Later, thongh, the
reward was pulled down and now
word comes to Omaha that How
ard L. Meeker is in Seattle. At
the time of his disappearance
there were some who hinted that
that there was no murder, bnt
that it was simply a getaway and
that there was another woman in
the case.
It now develops that this is the
situation. Recent developments
show that young Meeker was met
by a nurse of that place they
went west, not stopping perman
ently until they reached Seattle.
I ' ile T ns
Turtle Twice
Dr. Weinman, the veterinary
surgeon of Arcadia, had an auto
experience one night last week,
which he does not care to repeat.
He was out in the country on a
call, and was hitting the air about
as fast as the wheels would turn,
when in some manner the car
turned turtle twice over, but he
succeeded in getting out of it in
nearly correct form, while his car
was not so lucky and came out of
the contest in a rather dilapidated
condition. Some men are born
lucky, some men achieve luck and
some men have luck thrust upon
them, and evidently the doctor is
a sample of the trinity.
The management of the Ravenna
Creamery Co. which suffered such
a disastrous fire a short time since
wishes the Northwestern to tender
their warmest thanks to the friends
generally mid toe patrons of
their creamery here for their as
sistance at the time of the fire and
since, for the sy mpathy exended,
and for the most generous res
ponse of all patrons to continue
their business under the trying
circumstances following the loss
of their plant. The company be
lieve and have every reason so to
feel that the people of Loop City
and surrounding country are the
very salt of toe earth among to
the best of living humanity.