Iowa
Old Press
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
August 6, 1903
Farragut News
- Mrs. Frank Hampton who was called to Des Moines by the sickness
and death of her father returned Saturday.....
- John Chapman moved his family to Emmettsburg, Iowa. Her mother,
Mrs. Greedy accompanied them.....
- Logan Lightfoot died at his home in Farragut. He was born in
Iowa seventy two years ago. He has lived in this vicinity thirty
two years and will be greatly missed by his old neighbors. He
leaves a wife and one child, Mrs. Shaw who resides near Farragut.
Hamburg News
- Daniel Doerr is very sick of a sunstroke which he sustained
last week.....
- Len Comstock and wife, of Schuyler, Neb., were called here the
first of the week by the serious illness of her father, Daniel
Doerr
- The postoffice is now located in the Butterfield block on west
E street....
- The Hon. William Jennings Bryan came down from Sidney last
Friday afternoon and took the east bound train at 7 o'clock.
- Ola Morton and wife went to Central City, Iowa, Sunday to see
his father who was severely injured by being kicked by a horse.
[transcribed by W.F., August 2003]
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
August 13, 1903
Walnut Creek News
- Rhody Carroll started for his home in Durand, Wisconsin, last
Tuesday, after spending two or three weeks visiting friends in
this vicinity.
- John Stickler and Orville True, of Farragut, were seen on the
streets of Summit last Tuesday. It was reported that they were up
to sell an auto-machine to the mayor of Summit. We did not learn
whether they made the sale or not.
- Sam Ross and wife, of Prairie township, and Henry Ross and Mrs.
Rachel Higgins, of Walnut township, will start Wednesday on a
visit to Malone, New York, their old home. They expect to visit
Montreal, New York City, Philadelpia and Washington before
returning. It has been twenty-nine years since they left there.
[transcribed by W.F., August 2003]
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THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN
Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa
August 27, 1903
Obituary
Barthenia McCoskie was born in Clay county, Mo., August 31, 1832.
She was converted in early life and united with the M. E. church.
On Jan. 26, 1854, she was united in marriage to David Worcester,
a minister of the gospel. To this union were born six boys and
one girl, two boys having preceded the mother to the other shore.
Four boys and one girl with the aged father remain to mourn her
loss, one of the boys being in South Africa engaged in missionary
work, the rest being near at her death which occurred Aug. 22,
1903. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. A. Howard, from the
Knox M. E. church, assisted by Revs. Lippincott and McCracken,
after which she was tenderly laid away in the Rector cemetery
surrounded by a large concourse of sorrowing friends. Surely a
noble woman has gone from us. Uncle Davie Worcester, as he is
familiarly known, and his deceased companion, were among the
early settlers of this part of the county and have born no small
part in the religious development of the country and having
always at heart the salvation of those around them and lived to
see their children engaged in a like mission. Surely these
children can rise up and call them blessed. May Heaven's
benediction rest upon the bereaved hearts is the prayer of the
writer. -- J. A. Howard.
[transcribed by W.F., March 2007]