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Shelby County, Iowa

Newspaper Excerpts From Shelby County
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Cox of Clarion spent the holidays with the doctor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Cox.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
F. J. Kuhl has made a deal for a store in Avoca and has taken possession this week. His family will move there when school is out in the spring.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Francis Francis and Donald Connor spent last week in Omaha visiting relatives.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Geo. Hicks family of Dunlap visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Cox.Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Howe of Omaha visited over the week end with Mrs. Nan Terwilliger.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Harold Kingsbury had three toes injured last week when a wagon load of wood ran over his foot. The little toe was crushed but improved rapidly and Harold was able to wear a shoe a few days later.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
JACOB K. CUMBERLAND HANGED
Double Murderer Executed in the Jail at Fort Madison, Iowa
Fort Madison, Iowa, Feb. 8 – The execution of Jacob K. Cumberland for the murder of James Roberts and son of Shelby County, took place today in the east end of the south corridor of the cellroom. Sheriff Clark of Shelby county was the executioner. Cumberland the victim stepped upon the scaffold at 12:14 and just at 12:16 the drop fell, breaking his neck. He never moved a muscle and in twelve minutes life was pronounced extinct.
(Inter Ocean, February 9, 1895, page 1, transcribed by Peggy Thompson)
Lavern Sternberg spent this week at Portsmouth visiting the Geo. Sternberg home.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Miss Carmelita Tate and friend of Omaha visited Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Ray Brownell and husband.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Miss Naomi Hulsebus, who is in nurse training at the Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs, spent Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hulsebus.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Miss Vida Cox, school nurse in the city of Des Moines, spent her vacation here with her parents. She left for her work Tuesday.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Chase visited relatives in Kiron Sunday.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Schwarte are the parents of a son, born Monday, Dec. 26.Mrs. Sam Shriver spent last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis Buss, near Dow City.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kobold and family of Omaha visited the Mike Nollen, Sr., and Louis Theilan homes New Year's day.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mrs. August Tersch was a patient at the Harlan hospital the first of the week. She had been suffering from infected tonsils so she had them removed.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mrs. Jos. Scheuring died at 2:00 o'clock Monday afternoon. She had been an invalid since an attack of meningitis over a year ago. She was about 54 years old and leaves her husband, three daughters and three sons. Her life story will appear next week.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mrs. Nellie Swablen of Denver is visiting her sister, Mrs. D. H. Clark.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Mrs. Olson and daughters, Dorothy and Jean, returned to their home at Nevada Sunday evening. They accompanied their son and brother, Lester, who was enroute to his school work at Naperville, Ill.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Reunited After 45 Years
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)
Robt. Kirschbaum, driving his Ford coach, accompanied by his grandson, Xystna Peters, collided with Dick Terwilliger's car, Saturday afternoon, near Rogers Oil Station. No one was hurt and the cars were only slightly damaged.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Tom Connor broke an arm last Tuesday.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)
Wm. Wickersham and son, Lee, of Nebraska City are transacting business here.
(Defiance News - Elk Horn-Kimballton Review, January 05, 1933)