Newspaper Excerpts Montgomery County
Reunited After 45 Years John & Peter Jurschak John and Peter Jurschak, brothers met recently for the first time in 45 years, although they had lived within 70 miles of each other, all that time. They came to this country from Austria in the 1880’s on separate boats. Because they could not speak English they lost each other. Peter settled on his uncle’s farm near Defiance, Shelby county. John made his home at Elliott, Montgomery county, less than 70 miles away. Each gave the other up as lost forever. A few weeks ago Peter read in the newspapers an item mentioning a Joseph Jurschak. He investigated and found that Joseph is John’s son. A meeting was arranged. The brothers were young men when they last seen each other. Now they are getting well along in life. (The Nashua Reporter, April 11, 1934) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sensational Suicide Laura Phillips, a pretty and well educated young woman from Villisca, Iowa, committed suicide at Omaha, Neb., on the 7th in a very sensational manner. She opened a vein in one of her arms, and with the blood thereform wrote this note, which was found on her pillow: "I, Laura Phillips, hereby sell my soul to the devil, in consideration for which he agrees to give me wealth, beauty, and the power to overcome all my enemies." She had taken a heavy dose of morphine. Her home offered her every comfort, but she left it and came here three years ago. Step by step she went to destruction. (The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.), April 15, 1886, Sub. by K. Torp) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Return to Montgomery County Iowa Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails 2010 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.