Iowa
Old Press
Spirit Lake Beacon
Spirit Lake, Dickinson county, Iowa
September 27, 1917
MILFORD
The boys of Okoboji consolidated, who took their baby beeves to
the Interstate Fair, returned last Saturday, via autos. Mansel
Range took sixth place with his grade Hereford calf. This calf
weighed 1230 pounds and sold for $18.50 per hundred, which was
the second highest price paid in the sale ring. The prize winner,
fed by Fred McLaughlin of Marathon, sold for $20 per hundred.
Claude Northey took thirteenth place with a grade Shorthorn.
Claude’s calf made a remarkable gain during the feeding
period, starting at an initial weight of 264 pounds, at the close
of the period weighed 1030 pounds, or an average gain of 2.45
pounds per day for the feeding period of 303 days. Fred Ewen had
a calf that took fifteenth place and sold in the sale ring for
$16.75, per hundred. The judge remarked that this calf would have
been a first prize winner if he carried 200 pounds more fat.
Franklin Fellows showed a calf that did not place among the prize
winners but sold in the sale at a better price than some of the,
his calf selling at $15.50 per hundred. The boys were pretty well
satisfied with their trip as three out of four of the calves
entered in the show place in the money. As there were
thirty-three calves in the class, this speaks well for the boys
as feeders of Baby Beeves.
Miss Lucia M. Holmes of Sioux City arrived Saturday to take up
her work at Okoboji Consolidated. Miss Holmes is to teach History
and Science. She is a graduate of Morningside college and has
spent a year at Iowa State College.
The special agriculture course in Okoboji Consolidated was began
Wednesday morning with eight boys enrolled. It is expected that
as fall work on the farms is completed more boys will enroll.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Kettleson and daughter, Anna, drove to
Rembrandt, Saturday. Miss Anna has accepted a position as primary
teacher in the Rembrandt school.
Lieut. Besse, of Fort Stanton, New Mexico, came Friday to visit
with his wife, nee Miss Ethel Green, and also will visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Coldren. Mrs. Besse is a niece of Mrs.
Coldren.
Mrs. H. Elston was calling on friends in Milford Saturday
afternoon.
W. B. Jones, H. Kendall, left Tuesday for Dubuque where they
attended a meeting of the Elks Lodge.
Orville Donaldson drove to Sioux Falls on a business trip Monday.
G. G. Warburton sold a fine team of horses for the neat sum of
$550. Mr. Warburton keeps first class stock and is an all-round
good farmer.
Miss Granger, a graduate of Cedar Falls, teaches the Domestic
Science class at St. Joseph’s school this year.
Milford high school scheduled their first football game this
season to be played on the local grounds with Laurens next
Saturday, September 29th.
Miss Dorothy Miller, of Spirit Lake, was calling on friends
Tuesday.
Miss Grace Brewer left Monday for Grinnell, where she will attend
college the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Paton visited with friends at Sibley from
Friday until Monday.
Ed Strube of Estherville was a Milford caller Monday.
E. L. Ewen drove to Sioux City Sunday returning Monday.
Miss Lena Paul accepted a position as cashier in J. F. May’s
store. Miss Paul recently resigned at H. N. Antisdel’s,
where she held the position as saleslady in the seed and fruit
department at the green house.
O. A. Hemphill of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Bremer and Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Wilcox were among the friends called here by the death
of T. J. Hemphill.
There are about 125 pupils enrolled at the St. Joseph School.
Several pupils from each of the following towns, Shenandoah,
Estherville, Spencer, Spirit Lake, and Lake Park. The dining room
has recently been enlarged to accommodate the boarders, which in
number are about forty-five. The musical instructor is one of the
best and the music class consists of thirty pupils. An orchestra
will be organized in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Burk returned the latter part of last week
from an auto trip to Iowa Falls, Kansas City, and other points.
Father Sweeney, of Spirit Lake, visited Friday with Father E. C.
Meyers.
Miss Alice Crowell resigned her position at the Alcove Saturday.
Lester Luing spent Sunday with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Emerson, of Spencer, visited over Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Peterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bridges and family from Leigh, Nebraska, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Faust and family of Schuyler, Nebraska, and Mr.
and Mrs. Conrad Fuhr of Missouri Valley, Iowa, visited Conrad
Brown and other relatives here from Monday until Friday.
Milford loses another one of its earliest settlers, and most
prominent and highly respected and beloved citizen, that of Mrs.
A. D. Inman, who died at her home in Old Milford, Tuesday
morning, at 6:00 o’clock. Mrs. Inman had been in poor health
for some time and her family and scores of friends were anxious
about her and were always pleased if the word came she was
feeling some better. She spent over fifty years of her life here
and in that time has seen many changes and improvements made in
this section of Iowa. She was an exemplary woman, and ideal wife
and home maker and a loving, Generous mother. Malinda Miller was
the daughter of John and Charlotte Miller. She was born in
Bradford county, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1842. At the age of
twenty-five she was united in marriage to A. D. Inman, on the
anniversary of her birthday, and that same spring came with her
husband to Dickinson county and built the home in the old town of
Milford near the upper Mill site, which place was her home until
death claimed her last Tuesday morning, a span of fifty years.
When they built their home, they built it for a hotel and for
years the Inman Hotel was widely known for its genial host and
hostess and the excellent meals served there. They were very
prominent in social circles, business circles, and Mr. Inman was
sheriff of the county for several years, and his good wife was
always the good helpmate that a busy man like Mr. Inman needed.
No woman of the county was better known or held in higher esteem
than this good woman. To Mr. and Mrs. Inman two daughters were
born, Mrs. Ella Hall of Winnipeg, Canada; and Mrs. Ida Kessey, of
Victor, Colorado, who with their father are mourning the loss of
a loving wife and mother. She also leaves to mourn her death a
brother, Eli Miller of Milford, Lewis Miller and George Miller of
Pennsylvania. Death was caused from cancer of the stomach. Last
February 20th, Mr. and Mrs. Inman celebrated their golden wedding
day. The funeral was Thursday at the house at 2:00 o’clock.
Rev. Dr. Baker officiating. Burial made at the pretty Milford
cemetery on the hill south of town.
Mrs. C. M. Coldren returned Saturday from Spencer, where she had
been for ten days caring for her mother, Mrs. J. S. Green, who is
very sick. Mrs. Stiles, of Saratoga, New York, another daughter
of Mrs. Green, arrived last Friday and is with her mother now.
Mrs. Coldren returned to Spencer the first of the week.
Milford and vicinity is mourning the loss of another highly
esteemed friend and citizen, Thomas L. Hemphill, who died at his
home in Milford last Friday, September 21st. Tom, as he was
familiarly known by his many friends, was one of those good
whole-souled fellows, who was always loyal to his friends, ready
to help in time of need and boost the one who had met with hard
luck. Coming to this country in 1881, he has done his share to
improve this section of the county. He improved a raw piece of
prairie in Milford township and made of it one of those good
farms of which that township can boast. By hard work and good
management, he accumulated enough of this world’s goods so
he could retire from the farm, and with his good wife and family
enjoy the fruits of their labors, and moved to town four years
ago and erected a good home in Meyers Addition to Milford. A few
weeks ago word was circulated that he was sick, suffering from
partial paralysis. It was hoped by his family and many friends
that he would recover from the affliction, and at times it seemed
he was a little better but he finally succumbed to the disease.
Thomas L. Hemphill was born in Illinois, August 8, 1859. When a
small boy he moved with his parents to Floyd county Iowa, where
he lived until the year of 1875, when he moved with the family to
Clay county, Iowa, and in 1881 they moved to Dickinson county. He
was married to Miss Belle F. McGuire, January 7, 1884. To this
union seven children were born: Joseph H.; Frank J.; George R.;
Hugh E.; Mrs. Estella M. Roth, of Milford; Mrs. May A. Bremer, of
Lester, Iowa; and Willard T., of Spencer, all of whom are living.
Besides his wife and seven children, he leaves to mourn his
death, one sister, Mrs. Mattie A. Willcox of Little Rock, O. A.
Hemphill of Sioux City, and W. L. Hemphill of Houston, Texas. The
funeral was held at the St. Joseph church Monday morning. Rev.
Father Meyers officiating. Burial was made in Calvary cemetery
west of Milford.
[transcribed by L.Z., November 2013]