Earle Calvin Howe (1918)
ELLIS, HOWE, MEASE
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 1/8/2012 at 09:41:20
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 14, 1918
Page 2Peru
EARL HOWE
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Mease received the sad news of the death, by drowning, of a nephew, Earl Howe, at Osceola, while bathing in a pond Tuesday evening.
The body was recovered Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held Thursday, with burial at the Ebenezer cemetery that afternoon.
________________________The Osceola Sentinel
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, August 8, 1918
Page 1, Column 1YOUNG MAN DROWNED WHILE IN SWIMMING
Earle Howe, 21 Years of Age, Lost Life in the Peed Reservoir, Tuesday Evening. Body Recovered at 7:30 Yesterday Morning. A member of a Well Known and Highly Respected Family.
The people of Osceola and vicinity were deeply grieved Tuesday evening when the report gained circulation, about 10:30, announcing that Earle Howe had lost his life while bathing with a number of companions in the Peed reservoir about two and a half miles southwest of the city. Accompanied by Sheriff Tillotson and City Marshal Hamilton, a number of men of Osceola motored at once to the scene of the accident. Upon their arrival they found a group of men already gathered to assist in the rescue. As nearly as could be learned the facts leading up to the distressing incident are as follows:
During the evening twilight Oliver Jones and his sons Everett and Paul, Homer Shutts, Ray Peed, Clyde Bray, Earle Howe and Raleigh Howe came to the favorite bathing resort to conclude the activities of the day with a plunge in the refreshing waters. Not caring to go in, John Peed remained on the shore to watch the fun. The lateness of the hour required no bathing suits and everybody was in for a good time. All kinds of aquatic stunts were pulled off including high dives from a buggy that was backed into the deep water. Everything went well until about 10:15 it was decided that it was time to go out. Earle Howe proposed to his brother that they swim out over the pond in search of a defunct canoe that they might secure its use while putting on their clothing. The brothers swam out farther than ----- Earle in the lead. Convinced though he might not be able to see the half sunken over-turned boat in the darkness Raleigh suggested that they give up the search and return to the shore with their companions. This they began to do at once with Raleigh in the lead. They had gone but a short distance when Raleigh heard a faint call for help coming from the direction of his brother. Turning around he saw Earle disappear beneath the surface of the water which at that place is about fifteen feet deep. An effort to save the drowning boy was, on account of the deepness of the water, without success. An alarm was given and the long search for the body was begun. At first a raft to which was attached a ladder with ice hooks affixed was used. This hurriedly constructed device was used in vain until about 2:00 o’clock a. m. when it was decided to send men to town to secure better appliances. Leo Coltrane volunteered his services at the late hour and constructed the drag hooks with which the search was continued until about 7:30 in the morning when the body was located and brought to Webster’s undertaking establishment where it is being prepared for burial.
The funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Truro this (Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock, after which interment will be made in Ebenezer cemetery.
Earle Howe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Howe, who for the past four years have been residents of Indianola, Iowa. He was twenty-one years old the eleventh day of last October. He expected to enter the army service with the contingent that is to go from Warren county on Thursday of next week. He and his sister, Beulah, were spending a week with their brother, Raleigh and Ray, preparatory to Earle’s enlistment in the army.
The deceased grew to manhood in Clarke county and he and the estimable family of which he is a member are highly respected in Osceola and vicinity. Always congenial, reliable and manly, the deceased was very popular in the circles in which he moved. To the broken hearted father and mother who arrived in the city early yesterday morning, is extended the heart felt sympathy of friends and former neighbors, and when they have drained the cup of sorrow may the peace that passeth all understanding come to them from One who doeth all things well.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 14, 1918
Page 2, Column 2OAK RUN
Earl Howe, son of E. E. Howe, of Indianola, was drowned in a pond near Leslie last Monday evening. The funeral was held in the M. E. church at Truro Thursday and the remains laid to rest in the Ebeneezer cemetery.
________________________The Osceola Democrat
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, 15, 1918
Page 6, Column 3LESLIE
Mrs. Earnest Miller and Willis Clifton went to Truro last Thursday to attend the funeral of their cousin, Earl Howe, who lost his life in the Peed pond. The friends have the sympathy of all.
________________________The East Peru Mail
East Peru, Iowa
Friday, August 16, 1918
Page 8, Column 1Wednesday, Aug. 7th, J. C. Mease and wife received a message from Osceola that Earl Howe, son of Mrs. Meases brother, E. E. Howe, was drown the evening before while in bathing in what is known as the John Peed pond. The young man would have been 22 years old in October, and was a fine young man with a host of friends. Mr. Mease and family went at once to the home of the sorrowing family.
The funeral was held at Truro Thursday at 10 o’clock with interment at Ebeneezer cemetery. The Howes are among the pioneer families of this section and they have many friends in this vicinity who extend their sympathy.
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