TWO WOMEN IN HAIR PULLING MATCH
Mrs. Jos. Kombitz Arrested Charged With Assault Upon Mrs. Schettle
Judge Lynch Advised Them To Kiss and Make Up.
Mrs. Jos. Kombitz, who lives on Valley street, was talking to a neighbor woman the other evening when another neighbor, Mrs. Schettle, chanced to pass that way.
"Here comes the old— — —; she steals eggs," is what Mrs. Schettle alleges Mrs. Kombitz said to her. Mrs. Shettle {sp} talked back to Mrs. Kombitz, saying some very harsh words in German, but Mrs. Kombitz being Russian, could not understand all that was said. Both women became angry. Mrs. Shettle {sp} says she took a broom—a woman's weapon—away from Mrs. Kombitz, when the latter tried to strike her, and later took away a club and a kettle. The women then mixed in a regular free-for-all. They pulled each other's hair and for a time it looked very much as tho {sp} the maps of both Germany and Russia would be sadly disfigured.
Mrs. Kombitz was brot {sp} before Justice Lynch, who dismissed the action after he heard the evidence. Now Judge Lynch does all he can to discourage neighborhood quarrels, and
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he talked to the women in this fashion: "Ladies, I implore you to love one another. There seems to be no reason why you cannot get along in peace. I would suggest that you, Mrs. Schettle, get up a tea party and invite as one of your guests, Mrs. Kombitz." There will be no tea party.
Mrs. Schettle said she had marks of violence on her body, but that it was not convenient to show the Judge nor tell him just where.
The following day, Mrs. Kombitz informed the judge that Mrs. Schettle had struck his wife with a brick bat.
Ward County Independent, 5/9/1912
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NORTH DAKOTA LAD SHOT IN DUEL.
Lloyd Smith, an eleven year old boy of Thompson, N. D., was shot in the head by his companion, August Booth. The boys were hunting gophers when Booth pulled up his gun and pointing it at young Smith, said: "Let's fight a duel." At that he pulled the trigger and the bullet entered the head between the eyes. There is a slight chance for his recovery.
Ward County Independent, 5/25/1911
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Tramps.
Jamestown like other points along the line has commenced to receive its annual installment of tramps. Last evening no less than a dozen of these gentlemen of leisure could be seen hanging around the depot and other public spaces engaged in vulgar conversation and insulting ladies and gentlemen who were obliged to pass by them. The Alert is always ready to do all it can for the poor and unfortunate, but it is not prepared to feed tramps and would respectfully call the attention of our village trustees to the importance of their being an ordinance passed that will provide work for these gentlemen. A few days or hours of good solid labor will convince the average tramp that Jamestown is not the place for him. Can not we do something for the tramps?
Jamestown Alert, 5/5/1882
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Peculiar Death.
The little 6-year-old girl of Mr. Bergland and wife, living near Lake Wanitah, met a most peculiar death. As she was carrying a bottle of milk to the workmen in the field the bottle fell into a badger hole and as she bent down to get the bottle she slipped down into the hole and could not get out. It is not known how long she remained in that condition. When the mother came out and saw the condition her child was in she became frightened and called to the workmen, who hastened to the child and pulled her already lifeless body out of the hole. It is presumed that death was caused by fright and suffocation.
The Hope Pioneer, 5/17/1900
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The infant child of Peter Peterson, of
Carrington, formerly an employe
{sp} of the
asylum, drank from a cup containing concentrated lye. The child died the next day.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 5/16/1895
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An accident at the round house this morning nearly caused the death of one of the machinists, P. A. Alexon. He was in the pit under one of the large freight engines and was using a large hydraulic jack to raise the engine so that repairs could be made. The jack broke under the strain and a part of it struck Mr. Alexon a glancing blow on the head and knocked him several feet, cutting a gash in his head and leaving him unconscious. Other than a painful scalp wound he was uninjured and considers himself very lucky to get off that easy.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 3/3/1904
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