THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
October 17, 1918
Mrs. W. J. Greenlee
Martha J., daughter of P. K. and Margaret Kimsey, was born March
11, 1850 in Crittenden county Kentucky. In the fall of 1852 she
came with her parents to Fremont county and resided here
continuously until her death.
She was married November 12, 1871, to William Jasper Greenlee,
who lives to mourn her loss. To them were born three children:
Orpheus, who died two years ago; Ewell, now in the service of his
country at Norfolk, Virginia; and Mrs. William Acord, who resides
in Prairie township, this county. Mrs. Greenlee was converted and
became a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in 1870 and
has lived a consistent chirstian life. During her final illness
she expressed faith in her Saviour and asked her husband to meet
her in the better land. She suffered much in this life, and for
more than a year before her death was unable to walk. She entered
into rest Sunday morning, Octdober 13, 1918. She was a faithful
wife and loving mother. In addition to the relatives mentioned
above, Mrs. Greenlee is survived by three sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth
Ballinger and Mrs.Lewis Hills, who reside in Sidney, and Mrs. J.
B. Lake of Battle Creek, Iowa. Funeral services were held from
the home of Mrs. L. C. Langston in east Sidney, on Monday,
conducted by Rev.Griffin of Hamburg. Interment in the Sidney
cemetery.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Otte have gone to their new home at Bassett,
Nebraska, where they have purchased a large ranch of some 2,000
acres. Wilfy left Saturday with two cars of stock and household
good, and Mrs. Otte followed on the passenger train Monday
morning. They are mighty fine folks and their many friends here
wish them abundant success in their new home.
Hamburg News
The funeral of young Mr. Osborne, who died at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, was held at the home of his parents Sunday afternoon.
The young man had been gone from home only a couple of weeks....
A son of Vane Calkins was brought here from Camp Doge for burial
Sunday. He died from Spanish influenza. He was buried in Mount
Zion east of town, the family burial ground. Mr. Calkins and
family formerly lived here....
Tom Coffey, who recently went to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, is
very low with influenza. His sister, Mrs. Nellie Notson, and
brother Boyce went Friday evening to be with him.....
Mrs. Ora Beckstead Liggett of St. Joseph returned Wednesday for a
visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beckstead.....
Mrs. Coffey and daughter, Mrs. Henry Clayton, who were at Lincoln
visiting a sick relative, returned Friday....
Mrs. Ruby Rodda and brother, George Grape, moved the past week
into the Chas. Holtzinger property on Argyle street....
Fred Carman, who is in the naval service and recently lost three
toes, arrived Monday for visit with relatives....
Mrs. Simp. Finnell, Jr., is staying at the home of her father,
Wert Reid, during her sickness of influenza....
Ernest Liess, east of town, died Monday morning of pneumonia,
after a sickness of just a few days.
Farragut News
Mrs. John Newton of Beatrice, Nebraska, is a guest of her mother,
Mrs. W. M. Lightfoot, and son Bert, and her sister, Mrs. L. C.
Clark....
Nels Anderson carried the mail on rural route No. 2, last Firday
while the regular carrier, Claude Phillips, was a business
visitor in Sidney.....
Mrs. Ralph Jones and two children of Imogene spent the past week
here with her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones.....
Kent Martin of Shenandoah spent Sunday here with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Martin, and family.....
Mrs. James Dickey began clerking last week at the E. J. Andrews
dry good store. Her husband is at Camp Dodge.
FARRAGUT PEOPLE UNVEIL HONOR ROLL
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the park pavilion the
unveiling of the community honor roll took place. The program was
as follows:
Music by the band.
Quartet: Fred Long, Clarence Campbell, Rolla Jones, George
Carter.
Prayer by Rev. VanDyke.
Dedication by Rev. Herr.
Vocal Music by quartet.
Address by President Nelson Wehrhan of Tabor College.
"America" by the audience.
Benediction.
The honor roll is a large enclosed case in which the names are
painted in panels.The names are lettered in black on a white
background, with the exception of the names of six, who have made
the supreme sacrifice and whose names are lettered in white on a
background of black. The six men who have given their lives for
the cause and whose deaths have been confirmed are:
ERNEST HARTSHORN
JOE NORRIS
J. HARVEY SCOTT
HUBERT SHAFER
GLEN SMITH
CHARLES WALTERS
There are two others who have been reported dead, but the
reports have not been confirmed officially.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
October 24, 1918.
FARRAGUT SOLDIER INVALIDED HOME. Sergeant Floyd
Roberts of Company E Lost an Arm in Action in France.
Last Friday morning witnessed the home coming of Sergeant Floyd
Roberts of Company E, 168th infantry, of the famous Rainbow
division that helped to turn the Huns from the Paris front toward
Germany. Sergeant Roberts is the first man of Company E to be
invalided home, although there are several other members of the
same company in various hospitals in the United States. He was
wounded July 27 when a high explosive shell burst about 10 feet
back of him. It was there he received several wounds. One piece
of shell almost severed his left arm above the elbow, which
resulted in having his arm amputated. Sergeant Roberts with his
company went into action in February, and as far as is known were
still in action in August, fighting in many serious engagements.
He has seen and suffered many hardships of war and says although
things are, at times, very serious, the boys always have lots of
fun inspite of it. Sergeant Roberts was returned to the United
States the first week in September and has been in the Walter
Reed hospital at Washington since that time and will return there
about November 14, when he will receive an artificial arm. He
speaks very highly of Captain Yates and his other officers and
also of the Red Cross and the Salvation army and the work they
are doing over there.
A TABOR SOLDIER DIED AT CAMP DODGE.
Carleton Smith Parkison Passed Away in Military Hospital After
Brief Illness from Pneumonia.
Carlteton Smith, only remaining son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W.
Parkison, was born September 6, 1896 at Percival, Iowa, and died
in Camp Dodge on October 12, 1918, being 22 years one month and
six days of age. His early childhood days were spent in Percival
and later at Hamburg. In 1911 he moved with the family to Tabor,
where his home has since been. He was a graduate of the Tabor
high school and spent two years as a student in Tabor college,
being a member of the college orchestra and also of the band. At
the age of 12 years he was converted and united with the Baptist
church in Hamburg and his membership had never been changed. He
was ever a careful, consistent christian. He made several
attempts to enlist for military service and was anxious to serve
his country. He was rejected upon each attempt on account of
defective eyesight, but was finally called in the draft and
entrained at Randolph the morning of his 22nd birthday
anniversary. He was assigned to Company 41, 11th battalion, 163rd
depot brigade. He had been acting corporal ever since his
entrainment in Randolph. Carleton had been ill with what was
called tonsillitis, had been discharged from the hospital, but
was taken to the hospital again on Tuesday when pneumonia
developed. His parents were notified of his serious illness and
they, accompanied by Miss June Frederickson, left at once for Des
Moines. When they reached Carelton he was conscious and knew
them. Saturday he had few rational moments and death came to his
relief at 6 o'clock that night. His body arrived in Tabor on
Monday night, accompanied by Private W. I. McGarry, his special
friend, who also acted as military escort. The funeral services
were held at the house Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. David
Lewis Yale and Rev. Peter Jacobs, and were beautiful in their
quiet simplicity. A mixed quartet composed of Miss Anna
Boatright, Miss Alice Rhode, Walter Reeves and F. M. Kline, with
Mrs. F. M. Kline at the piano, rendered the hymns "It is
Well with My Soul," "Some Day theSilver Cord Will
Break", and "Abide with Me." The pallbearers were
Prof. E. H. Thomas, C. W. Davies, Bryan Kesterson, Bruce Dalton,
Everett Miller and Paul Tipton, and the interment was in Tabor
cemetery. The porch where the body lay was draped with flags and
the khaki casket was profusely covered with beautiful flowers
which were the mute expressions of sympathy from the many friends
of the family. A large crowd was present at the house and also at
the cemetery. Of his immediate family Carleton leaves to mourn
his death his parents and three sisters: Juanita, Emma and
Marjorie. A younger brother, Dwight, preceded him to the grave
many years ago. Carelton had ever been a home boy, never having
been away from home for any save very brief stays, preferring
home advantages and home companionships to all other allurements,
and in the home being a chumlike friend to each inmate of it.
When he had been examined for overseas duties, had passed and
knew his stay in the home land to be brief, he showed his
far-reaching thoughts of his home and the mother in it by having
his life heavily insured in his mother's name, thus showing to
the last his supreme love for his home and his mother.
I saw a fond father and
mother who leaned
On the arms of a dear gifted son,
And the star of the future grew bright to their gaze
As they saw the proud place he had won.
But I saw them again bending low o'er the grave
Where their heart's dearest hope had been laid,
And their star had gone down in the blackness of night,
And the hope from their bosoms had fled.
But the Healer was there pouring balm on their hearts
And wiping the tears from their eyes,
And he strengthened the chain which he'd broken in twain
And fastened it firm to the skies.
They had each heard a voice, 'twas the voice of their God:
'I love thee, I love thee, pass under the rod'
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
October 26, 1918
Children Not In School
County Superintendent Anderson reports the following children not
in the schools according to the records in her office:
Edna Bateman of Imogene.
Lorren Boldra of Hamburg
Violet Bright of Shenandoah.
Howard Cleek of Hamburg.
Gladys Courtney of Percival.
Clarence Cunningham of Sidney.
Charles Eskew of Shenandoah.
Charlie Farwell of Shenandoah
Cecil Gardner of Hamburg.
Leon Gardner of Hamburg.
Willie Gibson of Sidney
Dorothy Haskins of Farragut.
Willie Haskins of Farragut.
John Hastie of Percival.
Henry Hayes of Percival
Ed Kellison of Riverton.
Dawson Lewis of Hamburg.
John Lorimer of Imogene.
Andrew Martin of Shenandoah
James McCoy of Shenandoah.
John McGinnis of Imogene.
Jesse Means of Hamburg
John Mears of Sidney
Mabel Miller of Hamburg
Roscoe Miller of Hamburg
James O'Connor of Imogene.
Ezra Propp of Hamburg
Floyd Roberts of Payne
Lena Roberts of Payne
Addie Smith of Hamburg.
Arthur Smith of Hamburg.
Arlene Thieman of Shenandoah.
John Tritsch of Thurman
Leslie Vickers of Shenandoah.
Leonard Winchell of Riverton.
Gilbert Wright of Thurman
Carl Yates of Tabor
Vern Yates of Tabor
The reason given in nearly all cases is the children are working.
Farragut News
Mrs. C. C. Berry is very low with influenza, but it was thoguht
she was a little better at this writing. Her mother, Mrs. Griffin
of Corning, Iowa, came Sunday morning and her sisters Monday.....
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Chaney arrived home the first of the week from
Stuart, Nebraska where they spent two weeks at the home of their
daughter Mrs. Homer Spangler.....
Mrs. Anson Williamson, who has been very low with pneumonia which
developed from Spanish influenza, died at her home south of town
Monday.....
Miss Edna Case of Burlington Junction, Missouri, spent several
days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Case.....
Miss Gertie Smalley is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Ernest Stubbs of Shenandoah....
Mrs. Hayes of Council Bluffs is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. C.
R. Stewart and family.....
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laumann became the parents of a daughter
October 17....
George Gurney of Creston spent the week with his sister, Mrs. A.
Campbell...
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Whitmore became the parents of a son October
11.
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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
October 31, 1918
Farragut News
- Mrs. Anson Williamson, who died on October 21 at her home west
of Riverton, was buried in the Farragut cemetery last Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. Father O'Connor of Hamburg held brief services at
the grave and on the lawn at the home. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson
lived here the first year of their married life, moving to a farm
west of Riverton, which they had purchased. Mrs. Williamson
before her marriage taught the fifth and sixth grades of the
Farragut public schools in 1915 and 1916 and proved herself an
efficient teacher, and was greatly admired by her pupils and
patrons. She is survived by her husband and little son, Maurice
Thomas, 21 months old, her father. H. F. Butts, three sisters,
Myna, Blanche and Venny Butts, and her aunt, Miss Minnie Plant,
all of Hamburg. She was born at Ainsworth, Nebraska, July 22,
1892 and was 25 years and three months old. The husband and son
have the sympathy of a host of friends.
- Thomas Leon Dinsmore was born in Locust Grove township, this
county, on July 2, 1893, and was a little over 25 years and four
months old at the time of his death on October 23 at 10:45
o'clock, a victim of influenza. He was supplying at Essex, Iowa,
as station agent, when taken sick, but came to the home of his
father, J. M. Dinsmore where he died. He was graduated from the
local high school with the class of 1912. Soon afterward he took
up telegraphy and agent work. About two years ago he was
permanently located at Balfour, Iowa, where he remained until a
few months ago. Four years ago this December he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Roberts. Two children were born to them,
both girls, one aged four years and the other four months. He is
also survived by his father and an older brother, Harry of
Hamburg, and a younger brother, Frank, who is in France with the
Rainbow division. A short service was held at the grave at 2:30
o'clock by Rev. R. E. Harvey of Coin, Iowa, in the Farragut
cemetery. The grief stricken wife and little daughters have the
sincere sympathy of the entire community. Mrs. Dinsmore was very
ill with influenza at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Roberts, at the time of her husband's death. At this writing she
seems to be recovering nicely.