Iowa
Old Press
Iowa City Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson co. Iowa
May 1, 1917
Iowa Youth Killed in France
Ottumwa, Ia., May 1 - A cablegram announcing the death of David
G. McClure of Bloomfield near here, while serving in the British
army "somewhere in France." was received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe McClure. Young McClure was killed in
action April 12.
Theobald Will To Be Contested.
The will of Frederick Theobald, former mayor of Iowa City, who
died a week ago today, has been filed in district court but will
not be probated without a contest. Through their attorneys, Otto
& Otto, the two brothers, Philip of Mount Vernon and John L.
Theobald, Sr., of Iowa City have files objections on the ground
that the testator was of unsound mind. Pending a trial W.R. Hart
has been appointed special administrator under bond of $2,000. He
was named as executor in the will. W.R. Hart, Jr. is attorney for
the state. The instrument purporting to be the will is dated
Sept. 14, 1916. It provides that the personal property shall go
to the only surviving sister, Mrs. Jane Smith. The real estate is
to be held by the executors during the life of Mrs. Smith and she
is to have the income from it. At her death the realty is to be
sold by the executors and the proceeds to be divided, one-third
to a nephew, George Grabeler of Iowa City and two-thirds to
another nephew, Charles Smith, son of Mrs. Jane Smith, of Iowa
City.
The City.
-Wesley Erusha of Oxford spent yesterday in the city on business.
-J. Leo Chapman, attorney from Ottumwa, was in the city yesterday
on business.
-Dr. and Mrs. Fred Pulseton of Monticello are spending several
days in the city.
-A son, Max Ralph, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Otto, 404
E. Brown street.
-Dr. Frank B. Whinery has gone to Des Moines where he will attend
the dental convention.
-C.C. Putman, attorney, has returned to Des Moines after
transacting business in the city.
-Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Singmaster have returned to Keota after
visiting for several days in the city.
-Dr. Zella White Stewart and son Rodney returned this morning
from a six weeks trip spent in several eastern cities.
-Mrs. H.C. Dorcas and son, Robert, 219 E. Church street have
returned from Florida where they spent the winter
-Attorney L.C.W. Clearman has gone to Miles City, Montana, being
summoned there on account of the illness of an aunt.
-Senator Thos. H. Lambert is here from Sabula to visit with Mrs.
Lambert and their daughter, Hazel, at the Hotel Jefferson.
-Three men were enlisted in the cavalry yesterday by Sergeant
Raymond A. Shay. Sergeant RAymond A. Shay is in Oxford today.
-Paul R. Abrams, attorney at Cedar Rapids is in the city today on
business and to visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D.C. Abrams.
-Another dog was poisoned in this city last night. The animal was
the property of W.J. Lorack and was a valuable bird dog. It was
found dead on Lucas street.
-F.E. Webb, who has been floor-walker at the Bennison dry goods
store will leave soon for Hampton where he has accepted a
position. Mrs. Webb and the children will not leave until June.
-L.J. Benda chairman of the supply committee was instructed by
the school board yesterday to investigate the price coal
situation in connection with ordering fuel for next year's supply
in the public schools.
-Mrs. Nathan Moore and daughter Miss Florence of Riverside, also
Charles Messner and family, visited Sunday at the home of their
sister Mrs. M.B.G. Huffman of Iowa City.
-Jas. J. Murphy has returned from Des Moines where he attended a
Knights of Columbus initiation. Charles Kinney was one of the
inductees. Judge M.J. Wade spoke at the banquet which followed
the initiation.
-Mrs. John Wymer, a former resident of this city is critically
ill at her home in Cedar Rapids. Her sisters Mrs. P.H. Holzhauser
and Mrs. Joseph Zetek both of this city, have gone to the bedside
of Mrs. Wymer.
-A double wedding was held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in
Justice George A. Ewing's office. Floyd Hendricks and Charlotte
White and R.H. White and May Simmons were those united in wedlock
by Justice Ewing. All of the parties are from Cedar Rapids.
Wanted.
-Office girl. Dr. Zella White Stewart.
-Competent girl for general housework. W.E. Shrader, 803 Colelge
St.
For Sale.
-For sale or trade -- Empire Milking Machine, in first class
condition. N.H. Mathes, Iowa City, Route 1
-For sale - high class White Rock Eggs. Fine laying strain. Extra
large $1.25, 15; $3.00, 50; $5.00, 100. Mrs. Jos. C. Halter,
Hills, Ia.
-For sale - Two pedigreed short horn bulls. One red, one white.
W.A. Coufal, Swisher, Iowa.
-For sale - Thoroughbred Pole Durham bulls. Address Louis D.
Schnoebelen, Riverside, phone 5535, Riverside, Iowa.
-For sale Single comb Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching. 4 cents
each. A.E. Reeves, Tiffin, Iowa
-For sale - Eggs, Scales' White Wyandottes. The kind that lay.
Phone Red 295. N.W. Scales, Iowa City.
-For sale a five year old draft mare in foal. John D. Zeller,
North Liberty, Ia.
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Iowa City Daily Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson co. Iowa
Wednesday, May 2, 1917
Death Claims Mrs. Sanxay
Mrs. Clara Stone Sanxay, who had been a resident of this city for
several years, died at a local hospital last night at about 8:15
o'clock after an illness of only a few days. the death of Mrs.
Sanxay was practically unexpected by her large circle of friends
to whom it brought much sorrow. Mrs. Sanxay was born in Newark,
Ohio, January 1, 1850, and was the second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Stone. Her parents soon removed to Iowa and settled on
a farm near West Liberty. During the year 1865-1866 Mrs. Sanxay
was a student in the State University of Iowa.
Married in 1869
On February 9, 1869, Mrs. Sanxay was united in marriage to James
P. Sanxay at the home of her brother in Keokuk. Their early
married life was spent in Boston, and Brooklyn, N.Y. From the
latter city Mr. and Mrs. Sanxay returned to the old Sanxay home
in Iowa City. Mr. Sanxay died several years ago. Mrs. Sanxay had
been a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church of this
city since 1865 and was active in the work of its societies. She
was a woman who endeared a large number of friends to her through
her pleasant disposition and unselfish character.
Organizer of Banks.
When the Johnson County Savings bank was organized in Iowa City
on August 24, 1872, Theodore Sanxay, the father of the husband of
Mrs. Sanxay, was elected a member of the board of trustees, which
also included Samuel J. Kirkwood, who was governor of Iowa during
the civil war. Theodore Sanxay was one of the very first
mercantile houses in Johnson county. He was also elected
treasurer of the Iowa City School board on April 11, 1859.
Enlistments in Company A Engineers.
Von Clovas Frost
Walter Scotproy
Thomas Hamilton
Paul Frank
Ernest L. Bright
Michael J. Corso
L. Roy Smith
Clifford Connelly
Cloyde E. Adams
H. Donald Lenley
Charles J. Kinney
Harry Frankel
Lester L. Fackler
George H. Reichardt
William H. Rogers
J. Otis Brown
Clarence Phipps
Walter Phipps
Gerald L. Schillig
Harry F. Crane
Fred J. Fackler
Charles E. Egglestor
Walter A. Louis
Harold D. Benda
Fred E. Seitz
Louis A. Douglas
John T. Gerlits
Gale O. Files
Gordon J. Dinsmore
Jesse W. Cozine
Earl W. Copsin
Frank G. Kennon
Justin H. Trundy
Fred C. Sturm
Ralph C. Boarts
George Brueckner
Clifford J. Rogers
Ernest Rossencrans
Noble K. Cozine
Edwin T. Royce
Frank C. Blazek
Joseph C. Mencl
Lloyd G. Frederick
Enlistments in Troop "C" First Iowa Cavalry
Oliver Sheldon
John James
Manly J. Corbett
Elmer A. Welsh
Walter E. Glass
Wm. G. Evans
Clifton M. Butler
Alva R. mcSpadden
E.L. Harris
Will J. Hayek
Carl W. Anderson
Luther J. Valentine
Dan B. Rinehart
Howard E. Rankin
Clem J. Shay
Arthur A. Michael
George D. Linn
Popham On Bench In District Court
Judge R.G. Popham of Marengo is continuing the April term of the
district court begun by Judge R.P. Howell, who is holding court
at Marengo, finishing up some matters there. Little is doing in
the court here outside of a few motions and probate matters. A
divorce has been granted Lillie S. Troyer from Daniel M. Troyer.
North Liberty, May 2 - The people of this
community were shocked to hear of the death of Mrs. Elmer Amish
which occurred Thursday afternoon at her home near Bayertown.
Mrs. Amish was formerly Miss Ella Mentzer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Mentzer who reside at Hills. Mrs. Amish was only
twenty-one years of age and leaves to mourn her death a husband
and an infant child, only a few days of age, also her father and
mother, several brothers and sisters, beside a hosts of friends.
The funeral was held at Hills Sunday afternoon, the church being
filled to overflowing. The body was interred at the Mentzer
cemetery in Liberty township.
Mrs. Shrader Dies in Cedar Rapids.
Amish, May 2 - Mrs. Shrader of Cedar Rapids died at her home
Thursday night. She was formerly Wealthy Love and was raised in
Green township, Iowa county. She live there until about two years
ago when, she married Mr. Shrader of Wellman and moved to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. The remains were brought to Wellman Saturday
morning and funeral services were held at the Methodist church
and interment made in the cemetery here.
Many Unique Iowa Communities
Touches of romance have been given to the history of Iowa by the
story of various little groups of idealists who from time to time
found asylum within the borders of the State. Especially is this
true of the people called the Icarians, who in the early fifties
established a colony near Corning in Adams County. These people
believed in and practiced communism -- all property was held in
common -- and they were inspired by the ideal of restoring the
principles of primitive Christianity. Persecuted in France, under
the direction of their leader, Etienne Cabet they crossed the sea
and settled in the wilds of Texas. But being an industrial people
they found it too difficult to maintain existence so far from
civilization, and so they journeyed up the Mississippi and took
up the land and quarters at Vauvoo which had recently been
deserted by the Mormons. then about 1853 the colony in Iowa was
established, and still later California became the home of the
rapidly dwindling numbers of those who still held to the ideals
of the founders. In the April number of "The Iowa Journal of
History and Politics" published by the State Historical
Society, there is a translation of a history of the Icarian
Community written by Cabet himself about 1855. The basic
principles of the Community, according to the founder were
"Brotherhood, Equality, Solidarity, the suppression of
poverty and individual property, in a word Communism.
Tells of Heroism of Iowa Soldier
Among the records of heroism on the part of Iowa men during the
Civil War none is more inspiring than that of Sergeant Henry J.
Grannis, the color-bearer of the Twelfth Iowa Infantry. According
to an article in a publication of the State Historical Society of
Iowa, he "carried the flag on every march, in every
campaign, and during every battle in which the regiment was
engaged, from enlistment to musterout. In several engagements,
the colors were riddled in his hands. On one occasion, every
guard was killed or wounded; yet strange to say, Grannis never
received a scratch, nor suffered the flag to go from his hands.
That it was always at the front and carried with the greatest
gallantry, every official report from the regiment
testifies." Sergeant Grannis carried the flag, which was
made and presented by the girls of Upper Iowa University, in
sixteen important battles, including Shiloh and the sieges of
Fort Donelson and Vicksburg, to say nothing of many minor
skirmishes. "He was modest, unobtrusive, never pushing
himself into notice, except when duty called him to lead with the
colors of his regiment, and then he was the personification of
cool, deliberate courage that knew no fear, flinched in the
presence of no danger, having ear for no sound but that of the
command of his superior officer."
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Iowa City Daily Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson co. Iowa
Thursday, May 10, 1917
Graduation Class Approved By Iowa City School Board
The Iowa City school board last night recommended that the
following seniors of the high school be graduated this June,
provided they complete their work: Cecil Maiden, Lloyd Anderson,
Jed Boller, Howard Borts, Irving Borts, Clement Boyle, Charles
Brown, George Brueckner, Otto Brysch, Lawrence Casey, Russell
Cummings, Paul Custer, John Dondore, Leroy Eglin, George
Freseler, Frank Fryauf, Fred Gartzke, George Gay, Arthur Green,
Noel Hattison, Reginald Hatt, Robert hayes, Robert Heberling,
Karl Kaufman, Justin kelleher, Harold Konvalinka, Kenneth
Lambert, William Latty, Walter Louis, Robert Lustomb, Leo
Maronsek, Robert Meardon, Paul Mereet, James Michael, Joseph
Mocha, Henry Munkhoff, Frank Newberg, Lowell Newcomb, Willis
Nutting, Petey Osborne, Clarence Patterson, Horton Payne,
Clarence Potts, Clarence Reilly, Alan Rockwood, Wade Russell,
Albert Schump, Arthur Schump, Eugene Taylor, Carl Tuning, Werner
Voelckers, Robert Vogt, Harold Watters, Leslie Weber, Ernest
Wortman, Lester Wright, Lois Abbott, Helen Alcher, Lucile Boone,
Gladys Borts, Helen Brucher, Virginia Carson, Hattie Colony,
Alice Dalton, Mary Dalton, Helen Davis, Elizabeth Dozas, Florence
Dunkel, Rose Durst, Geraldine Eglin, marie Fletcher, helen
Fitzgerald, Catherine Flynn, Jane Flynn, Mamie Ford, Marjorie
Gailey, Ruth Garner, Laura Garnett, Alice Gay, Celia Greazel,
Louise Hastings, Helen Hayes, Maurine Jones, Eloice Junk, Velma
Kautman, Lorna Keith, Stella Kolar, Helen Koudelka, Helen Lake,
Jeanette Lawyer, Esther Mackintosh, Flossie Menler, Helen
Michael, Dorothy Negus, Florence O'Brien, Maude Plum, Celestia
Presson, Mary Rupenet, Helen Ruppert, Mary Schonfelder, Fay
Seydel, Orpha Slaby, Clairie Smith, Mae Southwick, Clara Watkins,
Alvaretta West, Pauline Yager, Florence Zara, Emma Zara.
Appointees to Fort Snelling Are Named
Minneapolis and Des Moines papers carried a list this morning of
the names of 1500 successful applicants who will be admitted to
the Fort Snelling training camp for officers, according to
announcement of the camp officers. All received the grade of
"A". An additional 500 is to be named from the
applications and another 500 to be selected from national guard
units.
This first lot to be named does not include all "A"
men. Announcement was made by officers at the fort yesterday that
all "A" men would receive notification and the reason
why all were not named in the first list is not known. No
notifications were received at Iowa City today even by those
named in the list. Further reports indicated that the opening of
the camp may be postponed. Lieut. Frank J. Mulkern, a reserve
officer from Des Moines, and who is now at the camp in a dispatch
to the Des Moines Capital says that a postponement until the
middle of the week is likely.
Must wait for Card.
The upwards of two hundred and seventy-five Iowa City men and
students who applied are anxiously waiting word. No one is
authorized to report to the camp until official notification is
received from the officers at the fort and such will clear
matters up. It is believed that all "A" men will
finally be admitted. It is probable that some may even then be
rejected as another physical examination is likely to be required
of applicants on their arrival at camp. Some men, already
commissioned in the officers reserve have been rejected.
Following are the Iowa City men, students and alumni in the State
University of Iowa, who were on the list of the first 1500 as
announced last night. These were nearly all examined by Captain
Munrana and number 97. About 275 in all were examined here:
Iowa City
Percy Bordwell
Lynn Culbertson
J.W. Coggswell
O.T. Coleman
R.B. Davis
C.G. Haneman
R. Hammond
R.S. Hoffman
Arch L. Long
Wier Murphy
Harvey C. Norbert
W.H. Romaine
Grant Spinden
Charles E. Simmons
Alfred N. Scales
Wilbur Tisdale
F.H. Waldemarnoll
Students.
Neil C. Adamson, Numa
James C. Addison, Nevada
J.I. Anderson, Estherville
F.M. Bewsher, Des Moines
Stanton M. Babcock, Iowa City
Charles D. Back, Eldora
Henry A. Bender, Le Mars
Leslie E. Bowman, Manchester
Hugo Bottger, Iowa City
Clifford Berrien, Iowa City
Leonard R. Clark, Soux City
Lyman E. Case, Davenport
H.M. Dancer, Lamoni
Clyde H. Doolittle, Iowa City
Newman Door, Des MOines
Floyd duncan, Mt. Pleasant
David Dancer, Lamoni
F.F. Dubbert, Laurens
Marcus Dubel, Sioux City
Ernest Evans, Williamsburg
Glenn B. Eastburn, Sigourney
L.W. Frost, Emmetsburg
Frederic D. Fleming, Iowa City
Hugh G. Guernsey, Centerville
Walter Hanson, Union
G.P. Hoffman, Ison
George C. Heistermann, South Amana
C.E. Holbrook, Onawa
R.W. Henderson, Plover
G.G. Holmes, West Liberty
Herbert J. Hoffman, Dubuque
Glen Ireland, Independence
Carl Judson, Lamoni
Grover C. Jacobsen, Mapleton
Harry J. Kluss, Fenton
Freank Kriz, Iowa City
Henry Kroeger, Clinton
Frank Kennon, Corning
Louis Leighton, Iowa City
Norman L. Landers, Harkington
Olaf R. Larsen, Story City
Othmer C Luee, Waucoma
E.G. Longley, Dows
H.D. Matthews, Greeley
F.D. McClelland, Corning
Harry McCullough, Davenport
Fred Meinzer, Ackley
Archie R. Nelson, Aurelia
Ed L. O'Connor, Iowa City
Paul B. Richard, Corydon
Hugh E. Rawson, Des Moines
H.M. Remley, Anamosa
Clarence C. Richards, Sibley
Robert Showers, Iowa City
Harry Shultz, Oskaloosa
Claude L. Severin, Cedar Falls
Clifford W. Scott, Davenport
Cecil Sward, Mediapolis
Kent H. Thornell, Sidney
Guy W. Thomas, Winfield
Atwell L. Talley, Elkader
Louis L. Ticktin, Wilton
Perry T. Thompson, Jewell
Reginald Tompkins, Cedar Rapids
W.R. Thornton, Lansing
G.R. Wait, Iowa City
Irving J. Weber, Neola
Alumni and Former Students
Paul R. Abrams, Cedar Rapids
W.J. Barngrover, Cedar Rapids
J. Leo Chapman, Ottumwa
J.H. Gadbury, Tama
E.S Harden, Casey
Paul Kurz, Iowa City
Carroll B. Martin, Dubuque
H.W. McClintock, Cedar Rapids
Edward B. Mayer, Iowa City
Lester E. McGregor, Brandon
George W. Pritchard, Onawa
Floyd Thomas, Ottumwa
Charles D. Waterman, Davenport
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