Earthquakes
Paris Post, Friday, 31 July 1908, page 1
Ovid News
We have been visited with several slight earthquake shocks during the past week and have distinctly heard grumblings inside the earth both day and night for many days past.
The wind storm Thursday, 23rd inst. played us some naughty pranks, tossing John Olsen's implement shed over the fence and out, breaking off a shade tree at Mr. King's store, nearly two feet in circumference. Taking the roof completely off Geo Johnson's barn and scattering everybody's ahy and frightening a number of people out of their wits and homes in fear of them toppling over and running away with a wagon load of manure, the property of Jim Johnson; who recovered his wagon after an exciting chase, but not until the tongue was broken.
One of Christian and Tennie Sorenson's boys, George and Charley were loading hay near the outlet crossing when the gale struck them with such violence that the wagon was capsized and overturned several times. Fortunately the boys excaped serious injury, although George who was on the load was completely buried in the wreckage. Charley found it necessary to cut the team loose from the dangerous and whirling wagon.