VERY OLD MAN MISSING
Mandan, N. D., July 14.—D. S. Parkhurst, who had been the guest of his daughter, Mrs. John Pollard, is missing. He is 73 years old and very heavy. For some time he had been ill and very absent-minded. It is presumed he wandered away and forgot his address. Searching parties failed to locate him and it is thought probably he might have wandered as far north as Oliver or Mercer county, as he was north of the city some distance when last seen.
Bismarck Tribune, 7/15/1913
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TWO HIT BY 1 BULLET
serious accident happens to two boys
Tolna, N. D., July 14.—Clifford Breckheimer and Harold Anderson, two young boys, were examining a revolver. It was accidentally exploded {sp}, the bullet going through Anderson's hand and into the abdomen of young Breckheimr {sp}. It is thought he will recover. Young Anderson was so frightened he ran away and hid in a pasture and his hand was in a bad shape by the time he was found.
Bismarck Tribune, 7/15/1913
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Harry Bushman Drowned.
The people of Bismarck were shocked Sunday afternoon by the report of the drowning of Harry Bushman, one of the city's most popular boys. He was bathing in the Missouri with a number of playmates and was carried out by the current into deep water. Being unable to swim he went down and the boys who were with him were small and inexperienced and did not dare attempt to swim to him.
Their cries for help attracted Paul Grover, who was fishing near by, and he hastened to the spot, stripped as rapidly as possible and swimming to the point where Harry disappeared, dove to the bottom and found the body, which he returned to the shore. There were faint symptoms of life but they soon disappeared.
The deceased was fifteen years of age and was one of the most intelligent and promising of Bismarck's boys. He was popular among his associates and every citizen mourns his loss. To the bereaved father this is a severe and crushing blow, and to him the heartfelt sympathy of the community is extended.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 8/9/1889
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SUICIDE AT FAIRMOUNT
Sends Children to Harvest Field to the Father and then Takes Her Life
Wednesday at noon Fred Kuglin, an industrious farmer, living two miles and a half west of Fairmount, came to town and made the shocking announcement that his wife had killed herself.
For some time Mrs. Kuglin's mind has been affected, but no great importance was attached to it as she seemed quiet and seemed to have no inclination of harming herself or any one.
Wednesday morning Mr. Kuglin with his boys went to the hayfield, leaving his wife with two children. Mrs. Kuglin was doing the housework, she had washed the breakfast dishes and had baked a cake. About 11 o'clock she sent the little ones to the hayfield to their father, after which she closed the doors and took a shotgun to the sitting room, where she pulled down the blinds, and then placed the muzzle of the gun under her chin and pulled the trigger with her toe, blowing one side of her face off which caused instant death.
It was but a short time when Mr. Kuglin came in from the field with his children, he found the dinner on the stove and ready to serve, but his wife was not there, going into the adjacent room she was found lying on the floor dead and her face unrecognizable with the shot-gun by her side.
The deceased had been slightly deranged for some rime, and it was never thought of that she would do such a rash act. She leaves a husband and a large family.
Coroner Ives, accompanied by M. M. Borman of Abercrombie, County Attorney Wolfe, Commissioners Robinson and Green, Sheriff Heley of Wahpeton came down in autos and held an inquest in the afternoon.—Fairmount News.
Wahpeton Times, 7/28/1910
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MAPLETON BOY'S NECK IS BROKEN DURING PROGRESS OF A BALL GAME.
MAPLETON, N. D., July 26.—While watching a couple of other boys, Oscar Warner and Alex Flagg, playing ball Sunday evening about 7 o'clock, Clarence Carlson, aged 11, was struck by the ball and his neck broken. He died about five minutes after he was struck.
The ball hit the ground and bounded toward Carlson and the lad's head was turned just right to catch the blow at the base of the skull. He threw his hand over his left year and toppled over, and it was thought at first he had merely fainted. Medical aid was summoned but the boy died in a few minutes and an examination showed that the blow had broken his neck.
The victim of the accident was a son of G. O. Carlson.
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean, 7/26/1912
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STARKWEATHER
A United States postoffice inspector was here the latter part of last week looking up the matter of the mailing of an anoymous
{sp} letter at
this post office which contained
unmailable matter. The handwriting of the letter is all the evidence had of the party writing the same and the government hand-writing experts are now at work on the matter, the inspector having secured samples of handwriting of different parties suspected while here. In case of conviction the penalty is very severe, being a term from three to five years in the penitentiary and a heavy fine.
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean, 8/5/1910
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