News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapers
Isabel Dakotan July 2, 1914
A tornado formed north of S.J. Stapert’s house six miles SE of town and traveled northward. Fred Todd’s shack was taken and the storm continued until it reached the Soper place. A house 20x24, a barn the same size and smaller house across the road were taken. Mrs. Abbott and daughter, seeing the storm coming, …