Iowa Old Press
Carroll Sentinel
Carroll, Carroll co. Iowa
March 12, 1903
Graham - Rawhouser Wedding
Married, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W.B. Rawhouser, Wednesday evening, March 11, at 8 o'clock, Arthur
J. Graham and Mamie Rawhouser. Rev. W.H. Jordan, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, was assisted by Rev. Lilley of the Baptist
church in the marriage service. Only the immediate relatives of
the contracting parties were present. These young people are well
known and highly esteemed in our community. The groom is
associated with his father, J.B. Graham, in business and is a
young man of sterling worth and ability. The bride is a worthy
prize and will grace a happy home because of her many womanly
charms. The Sentinel joins their hosts of friends in
best wishes for many years of increasing joy and blessing. Mr.
and Mrs. Graham went immediately to housekeeping at the Nichols
place, just east of Carroll.
An Old Resident Passes Away.
To many of the friends of Michael Schmich the news that he died
Wednesday morning shortly after 1 o'clock came with a sudden
shock, for they had not known he was seriously ill. Less than a
week before he went into the country apparently as well as ever.
Upon his return he complained of a slight cold and Thursday
morning did not get up Since that time he had gradually grown
worse, until Tuesday afternoon his life was despaired of.
Deceased was born in Erie county, N.Y., April 1, 1841, and would
therefore have been sixty-two years old the first of next month.
When about twelve years old he moved with his parents to
Freeport, Ill., where he was married to Miss Louisa Dabel, who
survives him with six children to murn the loss of a kind and
affectionate husband and father. The children are George,
Charles, Mayme, Frank, Edward and William. In 1877 Mr. and Mrs.
Schmich came to Carroll county, settling on a farm north of town
where they resided until about three years ago when they removed
to this city to spend their declining years in quiet comfort. But
man proposes and God disposes, and in the evening of his days he
was claled to the world beyond the tomb. He was one of the
sturdy, upright self-respecting and trustworthy citizens of the
community, upright and honorable in all business transactions,
esteemed by all who knew him. His death is a sad blow to his
family, who have the sympathy of all their friends in their
bereavement. The funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday)
morning at 9:30, at SS. Peter and Paul's church.
Local News
-House for rent, J.P. Minchen.
-George Micka Jr. of Chicago spent Sunday with his parents.
-Father Kuemper went to LaCrosse, Wis., Sunday on business,
returning yesterday morning.
-John Nichols, formerly tinner for Wetherill & Guan, but now
of Anamosa is visiting friends here.
-Mrs. Helen Barger is at Lansboro caring for her daughter, Mrs.
John Winterbourne, who is ill.
-B.I. Salinger went to Des Moines Tuesday.
-L.F. Damnth is in Omaha for a few days.
-Mrs. J.J. Morgan has had with her for a couple of weeks, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Winters of Glidden.
-Mrs. F.A. Miller, wife of the evangelist, went to Omaha
yesterday for a couple of days' visit with relatives.
-Mrs. C.D. Wilcox and son Ernest of Auburn spent the fore part of
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ellis.
-Mrs. W.S. Knepper came home Tuesday evening from a three weeks'
visit at Houston, Texas, and in Louisiana.
-Miss May Finley of Mo. Valley is stopping with her cousin, Mrs.
A.S. Gockley, on her way home from Chicago.
-Will Light will open his new dry goods house to the public
Saturday.
-Lee Vanderloo and family of Coon Rapids spent Sunday with the
Nutter family.
-Miss Maude Beers is home from an extended visit with her sister
in Omaha.
-Superintendent Johnson was at Sac City Tuesday on business
concerning the teachers' association.
-Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bruning of Breda are spending this week with
the Tanner family.
-U.S. Heffelfinger leaves tomorrow for Sauk Center, Minnesota,
where he will be for several days on business.
-Mrs. Frank Elliott and Mrs. Al Strohm has as their guest their
mother, Mrs. M. Frantz of Montour, who came last week.
-Marcellus Raygor of Coon Rapids and Grace Brown of Dedham were
married this morning by Rev. W.H. Jordan of the Presbyterian
church.
-The case of C.D. Boynton against the Mason City & Ft. Dodge
railway will be tried in the U.S. court at Council Bluffs next
week.
-Mrs. Emma Morgan, Nina and Merle Hoover came yesterday morning
for a visit with Mrs. Morgan's sister, Mrs. W.B. Rawhawser.
-Mrs. M.B. Minchen went to Boone Tuesday afternoon where she will
visit her daugher, Mrs. McLain, for a time, and then will go to
Chicago.
-E.H. Bryan is home again from the hospital where he had been for
several weeks.
-John Schmich, Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Schmich, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Merck of Freeport, and Mrs. John Kraker of Shannon, Ill., brother
and sisters of the late M. Schmich; Mrs. Martin, sister of Mrs.
Schmich, and her daughter Ella from Lyon county, Iowa, are all
here to attend the funeral.
-Miss Mabel Bowen came home Friday night from Des Moines where
she was graduated from the shorthand [department] of the Capital
City Commercial college. Miss Bowen did exceedingly well with her
work, being the second to graduate in her class, which started
September 1. She left yesterday morning to take a position with
an insurance company in that city.
The Neighborhood
Breda
The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Heires who had been very
sick with pneumonia for the past two weeks, died Friday forenoon.
The little fellow was a year and six months old and being the
baby the vacant spot is a large one. The funeral occurred from
the Catholic church here Monday morning at 9 o'clock. The
sympathy of the entire community is extended to Mr. and Mrs.
Heires in their grief.
Arcadia
-Henry Dohse is down with pneumonia and la grippe.
-Herman Niehaus is very low with asthma and lung trouble.
-Mrs. Louis Diers is very sick with lung trouble.
-Frank Noethe and John Rehker shipped a car of prize hogs to Chicago
and received $7.55 per hundred for them.
-Frank Vetter Sr., who has been ill the last three weeks with
inflammation of the bowels, is now reported seriously ill with
erysipelas.
Lanesboro
-"Bill" Johnson, the railroad magnate, is in town again
after an extended absence.
-Eli C. Morlan has arrived from Michigan and is awaiting the
arrival of his furniture stock which will be here in a few days.
-Dr. U.E. Maulsby was called to the M.E. parsonage one day this
week to administer medical aid to Mrs. Winterbourne and baby.
-Mrs. Moses Skinner has been slightly ill the past week.
-E.V. Tuttle of Tuttleville, a suburb of Lanesboro a few miles
southwest, is about to remove his store building to this city,
after which he will open the same as a first class general
merchandise establishment.
Elk Run
-Gernell Staples visited at the Web Earle home Sunday.
-John Mitchell of Lake City moved on the Lacy Patterson farm last
Monday.
-Mrs. Viola Gammon is visiting a few days at the home of her
brother, Theo. Darr.
-Mr. and Mrs. B. Hamilton will live on the farm recently vacated
by Mr. Barden, the latter going to South Dakota.
-Mrs. P.F. Buchholz has been staying at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. P. Strombeck, during the illness of the children.
-Jim Shuttleworth lost a valuable horse Monday morning, it
falling on the ice and dislocating its shoulder.
-Milt and Norm Colgrove received the sad news of the death of
their father and mother in Illinois Saturday, both leaving for
that place Sunday.
-Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sheffield
occurred the marriage of Mrs. Sheffield's youngest daughter, Miss
Laura Freeman, to Milt Colgrove. Only relatives and immediate
friends were present. After the happy couple were made man and
wife a nice supper was served. Many useful presnets were given
the young couple, who will begin housekeeping on the groom's farm
in Jasper township, where he has a nice home ready for his young
bride. Both parties are well and favorably known in this
vicinity.
-A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lane
Sunday, it being their sixteenth wedding anniversary. About
thirty-five old friends and neighbors were present.
Of Interest in Iowa
Iowa has the champion bowler of the world, unless reports from
Eagle Grove are false. H.B. Hathaway of that place recently made
22 straight strikes.
John McGill, believed by his family to have been killed
twenty-five years ago, has returned to Council Bluffs and is now
reunited with is daughter. In the meantime McGill has grown
independently wealthy. Twenty-five years ago McGill lived in the
central part of the State with his family. He became insane, was
sent to an asylum, and escaped. He was never heard of afterward,
and his family thought him dead. His wife died some years later,
and his daughters moved to Council Bluffs. McGill, afraid of
being returned to the mad-house, went to Kansas, recovered his
mind, and took a new start in life. He has been successful, and
is now wealthy. Through newspapers he learned the whereabouts of
his children and joined them.
Hon. Eugene Criss, one of the first settlers of northwestern
Iowa, died at his home at Sac City yesterday morning. Judge Criss
was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Last summer he
celebrated his eightieth birthday at the Sac county fairgrounds,
at which three thousand people were present.
Frank Baird, one of the three masked men who held up and robbed
Mr. and Mrs. P. Sullivan at their home at Hamilton, of $1,900,
was snetenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary. Baird's
wound, received at the time of the holdup, is so serious that he
may not recover.
State News in Brief
-Bernard McGovern, who was forcibly ejected from a Clinton
saloon, has sued the proprietors thereof for $9,000 damages.
-James Grey, a former resident of Eldon, was killed in a runaway
accident at South Grove, kan. The body was brought to Eldon for
burial.
-At Davenport the body of Harold Peterson was found in his home,
which was filled with gas from two jets. It is thought that he
committed suicide.
-Thomas Colahan, a school teacher at Harper's Ferry, Allamakee
County, severely pounded an obstreperous pupil who dared the
teacher to punish him. Colahan then appeared before a justice of
the peace, paid a nominal fine and resigned his position.
-Frank Sedlacek, a farmer of Monroe township, was killed by his
team running away. He was thrown from his wagon and the wheels
passed over his head.
-Mrs. Seth Nicola of Washington has been paid $4,000 in
settlement of damages caused by her husband's death on the Rock
Island Railway near Verdi in 1901.
-After being out thirty-six hours, the jury in the trial of Mrs.
Margaret Hossack, charged with the murder of her husband, was
unable to agree at Winterset. This was the second trial. In the
first Mrs. Hossack was convicted of murder in the first degree
and the case was reversed by the Supreme Court.
-The jury at Centerville acquitted Mrs. Krebs, charged with the
murder of her husband. The woman claimed she shot in self-defense
during a quarrel over her threat to sue for a divorce.
-At Guthrie Center a man named Edward Coleman had his arm caught
in a buzz saw and nearly torn from his body.
-N.C. Storrs is dead at Winterset, aged 90. In ante-bellum days
he had quite a reputation as a leader among abolitionists.
-George Marzen, a wealthy farmer near Marble Rock, became
suddenly demented and has been taken to Independence for
treatment.
-Mrs. Rachel Robinson has sued the city of Ottumwa for $5,000
damages for injuries sustained by falling on a defective
sidewalk.
-William Grant, a Cass County pioneer, is dead as a result of
injuries received in falling over a coal scuttle. He was over 80
years old.
-Edward Madsen, 13 years old, of Council Bluffs, was electrocuted
by a live wire at the top of an electric light pole. He fell from
the pole after touching the wire and his head was crushed and his
neck broken.
[transcribed by S.F., May 2009]