There once was a mill named Lidtke Mill, and it was next to the Upper Iowa River. It was a cold morning, and the sun was shining bright. Melvin had just woken up, and he saw his workers were just heading to work. So he had put his work clothing on and was going to work. It was the 1860 and there were many other mills along the Upper Iowa River. Lidke eventually started running power to Chester and Lime Springs. The power was on from 6 am to 11 pm and a person named John Peterson was electrocuted. He survived and was crippled by the incident and live to be 100 years old. Next to the mill is the owner's house where he lived and across is another house that someone lives in and watches the mill. You can now tour it on certain holidays …show more content…
When he had lost everything and he had some new workers. And was just getting ready to go to work when he saw all of his old workers as ghosts. He was frightened but went outside to go to work. As he approached the front doors the ghosts moved in front of him and blocked the doors. He was frightened and he looked around,and saw his wife and his daughter was covered in black powder. It looked like burnt flour and suddenly one of the bigger guys pushed him and he fell back. They were all laughing and one of them picked up a big bag of flour that said lidtke mill. And it hit him right in the stomach he was phased, and he saw the others picked up a bag. His first thought was to run but he tried to reason with them. At first they were all just standing there and then his daughter and wife came up and screamed “you are worthless.” malvin ran as fast as he could and they threw flour bags at him and then he finally got home. From that day the ghost bothered him and his workers Melvin got sick of it and tried to reason with them again. They all laughed and disappeared and on the ground spelled in flour said we will be back. And ever since that day he hasn't seen them but every night in his sleep he hears his daughter and wife's voice saying “why did you leave us dad”. One night he went to his daughter's room and saw his wife reading a book to his daughter and then he was hit in the face with a bag that said lidtke mill and was knocked out. When he woke up he was in his bed and his co-workers ghosts were all around him. They were standing there like statues grinning at him. He asked what they were doing and they said ‘they were waiting for me to wake up.’ I tried sitting up and two of them grabbed me, and laid me back down. And told me to relax they sounded angry and they started beating him with lidtke mill flour bags. They finally stopped and it felt like forever and they they started arguing. They were