125 Years Ago

Herald of July 28, 1899

A four year old Woodbury lad was instantly killed during a recent thunder-lightning storm. The small son of Daniel Stayer was assisting his father in putting some sheep in the stable. When the lightning hit the boy, his father was only a few feet away. During the same storm, Cyrus Over’s barn was struck and shattered considerably, but escaped being set afire.

A Snyder township woman was bitten twice on the right hand by a copperhead snake while picking huckleberries near her home. She was rushed to a doctor where antidotes were administered, and within five hours was able to return to her home.

Rudolph Hoover, well-known Woodbury resident, died in his sleep from apoplexy July 21. Mr. Hoover was in his 80th year, twice married, and the father of 19 children.

C.E. Streasser reported that he had already received and filled orders for 1,415 quarts of berries at the Henrietta store.