Iowa Old Press
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
November 16, 1916
OLD VETERAN DEAD. Joseph Woodlands Passes Away
at His Home in Sidney After a Brief Illness
--An Honored Citizen--
Joseph Woodlands, an old and honored resident of Sidney and
vicinity, died at 4:30 Wednesday morning at his home in west
Sidney, after an illness of only two days. He was up and around
and in his usual health until Sunday night when he suffered a
stroke of apoplexy. He was conscious only part of the time during
the next two days and then he fell asleep. Joseph Woodlands was
born in Am__?__, New York, June 9, 1842. At the age of 12 he
removed to Appleton, Wisconsin where he grew to manhood and
received his education. He was attending college when President
Lincoln called for volunteers in 1861, and promptly offered his
services to his country. After eight months service he was
discharged on account of sickness but in the latter part of 1863,
re-enlisted in the 21st Wisconsin and served until the end of the
war. He was in Washington at the grand review when the army was
mustered out. At Appleton on June 9, 1880, he was married to Miss
Sophia Gleed and came to Hamburg, Iowa, where he resided three
years, and then settled on a farm in Prairie township about three
miles east of Sidney where the family resided until 1898 when
they moved into Sidney which has since been their home. Mr.
Woodlands is survived by his wife and one daughter, Miss Eula
who is a teacher in the Tabor city schools. Eighteen years ago
Mrs. Woodland's brother Richard died in Missouri, leaving two
children, Fred and Blanche, who found a kind and loving father
and mother in their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Woodlands, and made their home with them until they grew up and
were married. Mr. Woodlands is also survived by a brother,
Walter, who lives near Riverton, and one sister residing at
Appleton, Wisconsin. Mr. Woodlands was a good citizen and a good
man, honored and respected by all. He was a man of few words,
quiet and retiring in disposition, and no one can speak of him
except to praise him. He was a member of the Baptist church in
Appleton, but when he settled in the country it was so far to
church that he could not attend regularly. The funeral services
will be held from the home on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. M. W. Lorimer, assisted by Dr. E. Dickinson.
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
November 16, 1916
Rev. George C. Jewell. Rev. George C. Jewell dropped dead
at his home in Tabor last Friday afternoon. He has been in usual
health and had just finised closing a cellar door and had
returned to the kitchen, where he fell dead. Heart disease was
thought to be the cause. He had retired from the ministry and was
73 years old. He was pastor of the Congregational church at Lewis
for several years after 1892, and later at Kellogg. He moved to
Tabor from Iowa City. Rev. Jewell is survived by his widow and
two daughters, Misses Frances and Susan, of Tabor. After the
funeral services on Monday, the body was taken to De Ruyter, New
York, for burial. Rev. Jewell was the father of Miss Susan
Jewell, head of the science department of Tabor college. Last
week the Herald told of the death of Mrs. Margaret Reed, who was
the mother of Miss Mary Anna Reed, who has charge of the
commercial work in Tabor college and is also secretary of the
faculty.
Dies In Montana. Harlan Travis received word Wednesday of
the death of his sister, Mrs. Herman Weir, whose home was at
Roberts, Montana. She was formerly a resident of Walnut township
and the body will be brought to her old home for burial. The
funeral will be held Saturday or Sunday.
Sidney Boy Joins U. S. Army. The following information was
received by the Herald from Charles A. Butler, sergeant in
charge of the U. S. army recruiting station at Sioux City, Iowa,
for which he has our special thanks: Floyd H. Hume of Sidney,
Iowa enlisted in the U. S. cavalry at the U. S. army recruiting
station at Sioux City, Iowa, November 14, 1916. He has been
ordered from Sioux City to Fort Logan, Colorado, and will be on
duty there about one month and probably will be sent from there
to the border or to California. He enlisted under the new
enlistment contract which means that he will be back in Sidney
about a year from the date he enlisted. He last worked for John
Whipple of Sidney. He is 19 years of age, but nevertheless he
passed a very good physical examination. He seems to have the
makings of a very good soldier. In joining the cavalry a soldier
has a horse assigned to him upon his arrival in the regiment he
is to belong to, he is taught how to ride, care for and train
horses. After serving an enlistment in the cavalry the man
usually emerges an expert rider and all around horseman. The
mounted service holds a special attraction of a certain dash and
daring which many men perfer. Floyd is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Hume, who live northwest of Sidney.
Chantry Enters Naval Service. The Omaha Bee a few
days since contained an item telling of "Oliver Wendell
Chantry of Sidney, Iowa who would rather be a sailor than do
chores on the farm, applying at a naval recruiting station in
Omaha and passing an almost perfect record. Uncle Sam's latest
fighting additon is a nephew of Allen J. Chantry, assistant naval
constructor of the New York Ships company, Camden, New
Jersey." Wendell Chantry is the second son of Attorney A. L.
Chantry of Sidney but he has not been "doing chores on a
farm." He is a graduate of the Sidney high school class of
1914, and since last March has been employed in the electrical
department of the Cudahy packing plant at Sioux City. For the
next two months he will be stationed at Great Lakes, Illinois,
near Chicago, after which he goes to Syracuse, New York
electrical training school, and after a thorough education he
will enter the service of the United States navy as an
electrician. His uncle, A. J. Chantry, has been in the naval
service cince 1905, and has made good from the start.
Dr. J. H. Penn Dead. Passed Away at the Wise Memorial
Hospital in Omaha last Saturday After an Operation for Cancer.
The sad news reached us Thursday that Dr. Ham Penn was in the
Wise Memorial hospital in Omaha and could live but a short time.
A. V. and Dr. W. A. Penn went up to Omaha and remained until
their brother passed away at 2:10 Saturday afternoon. Dr. Penn's
last illness was of short duration. His home was in Ravenna,
Nebraska, where he has been engaged in the practice of medicine
for the past 20 years. On Sunday, November 5, he visited several
patients. That night he was taken sick and suffered dreadfully,
and medicine gave him no relief. He was some better on Tuesday
and able to go to the polls and vote. Tuesday evening he decided
to go to Omaha for treatment, and arrived at the hospital
Wednesday morning. An X-ray examination disclosed the fact that
he had cancer of the lower bowels, and after an incision was made
the surgeon announced that nothing could be done for him and that
he could not survive more than 48 hours. He received the
surgeons' verdict with the utmost calmness and said he was not
afraid to die. It is believed that he had already corrrectly
diagnosed his own case and knew that his hours were numbered. He
was in outward appearance strong and healthy when he last visited
Sidney about eight months ago, and also on the 5th of last month
when A. V. Penn visited with him in Omaha on the occasion of
President Wilson's visit to that city. He had suffered a few
spells of sickness from stomach and bowel trouble, but no one,
unless it was himself had thoght it was anything serious. He had
just finished a fine new residence and was packing up to move
into it. He was planning to come to Omaha to buy some furnishings
for the new home, and intended to run down to Sidney to visit his
mother and brothers, and he expressed regret that he had been
called before he got to make this visit. John Hamilton Penn, son
of Dr. J. N. Penn and wife, was born in Sidney, Iowa, July 18,
1861. He grew up here and attended the city schools and learned
pharmacy in his father's drugstore. For five or six years he was
engaged in the drug business at Burlington Junction, Missouri.
Here he met and married Miss Flora Sifka, who with one daughter,
Mrs. Clara Webb of Los Angeles, survive him. A son Bruce, died
about 12 years ago at the age of 17. Mr. Penn took up the study
of medicine and was graduated from Ensworth Medical college, St.
Joseph, Missouri, in the spring of 1893, and immediately engaged
in the practice of his profession at Pleasanton, Bluffalo county.
Nebraska. Three years later he moved to Ravenna, where he has
since been located and where he had a large practice.
"Ham", as he was always called here, was a man who made
friends readily wherever he went, and it is said no man in
Ravenna had more friends than Dr. Penn. He leaves many old-time
associates here to mourn his death. He was always of a lively
jovial disposition, fond of fun and practical jokes, and many are
the stories told here of his pranks in his younger days. He was a
man of bright mind and square and honorable in all his business
transactions. He was a Mason and also a member of the Knights of
Pythias order. Besides his wife and daughter above mentioned, he
leaves an aged mother and two brothers, Hon. A. V. Penn and Dr.
W. A. Penn, all of whom live in Sidney. The funeral was held in
Ravenna on Tuesday afternoon.
Growing English Walnuts. Charley Spratlen showed us some
postcard photos of Harry Goode hauling a auto load of English
walnuts from his ranch to Los Angeles. He says he as had two
successful seasons and old-timers predict a bumper crop next
year. Harry has 13 acres of trees near Covina, California, a
short distance from Los Angeles.
Local News
- A fine boy was born on Monday November 13, 1916 to Mr. and Mrs.
Miles James. Tom James says: "Wilson elected and a new
grandson all in one week is enough to make any democrat feel
good." ....
- Mrs. Maude Hoop Jackson arrived in Sidney Saturday from her
home in Ilinois to visit her parents, Phil Hoop and wife. Mrs.
Hoop has been quite seriously sick....
- Miss Lucy Wilson, teacher at Evening Star School northwest of
Sidney, will have a box supper and program on Nov. 17.....
- Cora Cowger, teacher at Sunnyside School in Prairie township
will have box supper and program on Nov. 24.
THE FREMONT COUNT HERALD
November 23, 1916
Mrs. A. D. Loose
On Wednesday, November 15, 1916, Mrs. A.D. Loose died in
Atlantic, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.S. Fletcher. Mrs.
Loose was a resident of Sidney for about 25 years, and will be
mourned by many old friends. Miss Almeda Nicholson, daughter of
Daniel and Delano Nicholson, was born in Erie, Monroe county,
Michigan in 1835. On the 7th day of September 1853, she was
united in marriage with Addison D. Loose. After a residence in
Michigan of five years following Mr. and Mrs. moved to
Springfiled, Illinois, and 12 years later came to Sidney, Iowa,
living here until 1895. Later they lived at Sabetha, Kansas,
Craig, Missouri, and at Hamburg, Iowa. Mr. Loose passed away in
May 1914. To them were born six children, two dying in infancy,
and Adella when a young girl. Three children remain, Mrs.Ada
Draper of Sidney, I. S. Loose of Thurman, and Mrs. A. S. Fletcher
of Atlantic. Mrs. Loose was a member of the Presbyterian church
at Springfield, Illinois, transferring to the church in Sidney on
May 5, 1871, remaining a member until her removal from Sidney in
1895. She was a constant and faithful worker in the church and
Sunday school as long as she was able to attend, and exerted an
influence for good upon all who came within the circle of her
acquaintance. Funeral services were held in Sidney last Saturday
afternoon at the Draper home, Rev. M. W. Lorimer having charge,
assisted by Dr. E. Dickinson. Interment in the Sidney cemetery.
John Mullen, Postmaster. John Mullen of Granville, North
Dakota, was in town Tuesday calling on some of the boys and girls
he used to go to school with a quarter of a century ago. John,
who is a nephew of W. J. Yowell, came down from Malvern with his
mother, Mrs. Josie Mullen, and his sister, Mrs. Leona Sewell, of
Brooklyn, New York, to visit relatives and old friends. He left
Sidney 23 yeas ago, and after living eight years in Missouri
moved to North Dakota, where has lived on a farm for 15 years. He
has been in politics, some, and was once a candidate for county
auditor. On the first of last October he was appointed postmaster
of Granville. For three years he was the only democrat in his
precinct, but this year Wilson carried the precinct as well as
the state. Come around oftener, John, and see your old friends.
It is too long between visits.
[all submitted by W.F., August & Sept. 2003]