Iowa
Old Press
The Milford Mail
Milford, Dickinson County, Iowa
September 26, 1918
PLYMOUTH COUNTY BOY PNEUMONIA VICTIM
LeMars, Ia., Sept. 16.‹Another Plymouth County boy has given
his life for his country in France. Relatives in this community
received a letter from Charles Ewin, of the headquarters company
of the 168th infantry, stating this his brother Albert, of the
same company, was taken ill July 16 with pneumonia and died in
the hospital, July 22. For some reason no information relative to
his death reached the relatives here through government channels,
and the first word of his death came through this letter from his
brother, which was delayed a week or 10 days in transit.
MARRIED.
Johnson-Erdmann
A quiet marriage took place last Sunday at the home of Rev. E. C.
Meyers, when Miss Gertrude Erdmann became the bride of Paul
Johnson. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Erdmann,
residing southeast of Milford. She has made her home in Milford
for the past year or so and is well known here. The groom was a
member of the gang of men who was here this past summer putting
in the sewer. He is now employed at Laurens, Iowa, where a sewer
is being put in. The happy couple left Monday for Laurens, where
they will have a home for a time at least.
Wheeler-Davidson
Mrs. Arthur Wheeler, of Milford, and Miss Vera Davidson, of
Beloit, Wisconsin, were married at Spencer, on Saturday, Sept.
21, 1918, by Rev. Taylor, pastor of the Methodist church. The
bridal couple was accompanied by Ural Cother and Miss Vivian
Davis, of Milford. After the ceremony the happy couple left for a
few days visit at Storm Lake and Cherokee. They will have a home
in Milford.
New Teacher
Edna Thrift Congleton is the name of the new Seventh Grade
teacher in the Milford public schools. The board deemed it best
to put in another grade teacher and thus allow all of the high
school teachers to give entire time to the high school. The
scarcity of high school teachers in Iowa is becoming more and
more threatening, and there appears to be no more teachers in
sight.
Ladies Aid Society
The Congregational Ladies Aid Society will meet in Pilgrim Hall
on Thursday afternoon, October 3d. All those who have not paid
their dollar and told how it was earned will have an opportunity
of doing so at this meeting. Hostesses Mesdames Torstenson, Ree,
C. Madsen and Kent.
WESTPORT:
-Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Vetter were shopping at Milford on Tuesday.
-John Owens was transacting business at Milford on Saturday.
-Geo. Follows drove down to Everly, Thursday evening.
-F. W. Robinson and H. Adkins were callers at Milford on
Saturday.
-J. J. Stoltz, of Mason City, was in Westport the last of the
week.
-J. F. Brett, of Spirit Lake, was a caller in this vicinity
Saturday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Braun, of Milford, spent several days in
Westport,visiting with relatives.
-J. S. Rock was a caller at Harris on Monday.
-Quite a number from here were transacting business and paying
their taxes at Spirit Lake the first of the week.
-Miss Emma Gudburg, of St. Paul, was in Westport the past week
visiting with friends.
-Mrs. R. Simpkins spent a week at Canton, South Dakota, visiting
with her daughter there.
-B. L. Meyerdirk drove to Milford on Saturday.
-The farmers here have all saved a good supply of seed corn.
-Our teachers all went to Spirit Lake last week to attend a
three-day meeting there.
-Miss Marie Herbster and Miss Ella Page spent Sunday at their
homes in Milford.
-Miss Kate Matthieson Sundayed at Arnolds Park.
[transcribed by L.Z., July 2011]