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Algona Courier
Algona, Kossuth co. Iowa
August 14, 1908

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THOS. H. LANTRY
[A photograph of Thomas H. Lantry accompanies this news article about his death.]
The remains of the late Thos. H. Lantry reached Algona at 8 o'clock last Saturday morning as planned by those who had the burial in charge. The remains were accompanied from Spokane by Mrs. Lantry and her two sons, Harry and Cleve, and daughters Mrs. W. R. Hutchinson of Sioux City and Mrs. B. W. Haggard of Washington D.C. and from Minneapolis by the deceased's brother, J. H. Lantry and by Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fitzgerald, the latter being Mr. Lantry's sister, and by A. D. Clarke. They were met at the depot here by Mr. W. R. Hutchison of Sioux City, Mr. B. W. Haggard, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sherman of Milwaukee and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Smith of Burt, the two ladies being daughters of the deceased, and by a number of friends from neighboring towns and a large number of Algona citizens. The remains were borne to the church and there deposited until 10 o'clock, when a solemn requiem high mass was celebrated for the repose of the soul of the deceased. The celebrant of the mass was Father O'Brien of Eagle Grove, the deacon, Father Schemmel of Bancroft, and the sub-deacon Father Halpin of Algona. After the mass, Father Halpin spoke briefly of the character and virtues of the deceased, being too overcome by his emotion to preach a full sermon. The church was filled with sympathizing friends who were there to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased whom every citizen of Algona and every person in the surrounding country as far as his acquaintance extended, held in high esteem, which in many instances reached affection. The funeral procession reached almost from the church to the cemetery, where was laid for their eternal repose the remains of Thos. H. Lantry.

Mr. Lantry left Algona last spring with many contending emotions. He felt that he could not live very long, and he found it painful to break the associations of forty years and make his home among strangers. But he wished, as did Mrs. Lantry most ardently, to join his sons who were unmarried and to make them a home and cast about them the holy influence of devoted parents. Their daughters were all married and all their children had left Algona, and so they bravely disposed of their possessions here and bid their friends a heartfelt adieu and went to Spokane. They bought there a beautiful home, and every prospect was pleasing had not the hand of death been laid upon the head of the household. The wife and sons did everything possible to cheer the stricken husband and father, but to little effect. The gayeties and life and commercial bustle of Spokane meant nothing to Tom Lantry. His mind and his heart dwelt on other scenes. To meet any person from Algona was an evident great pleasure to him. And when his mind weakened as his bodily strength diminished, he lived over again the years of his young manhood at Madison and Prairie du Chien, at Pike's Peak and in the army.

It was the intention of Mr. Lantry for many years past to be buried at Madison, Wis., the burial place of his mother and brother and other members of the Lantry family, but when he left Algona he found that his heart was attracted back to it. The ties that bound him to Algona were stronger and more numerous that those that bound him to Madison, and he willed that his remains be brought here. He also drew plans and specifications of a vault for his remains with all the style and precision of an architect, he having been a carpenter in his youth. His grave is lined on all sides and the bottom with brick and cement walls, and is covered with one solid stone slab laid also in cement.

Thos. H. Lantry was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, July 24, 1837. His death occurred on July 23, 1908, he lacking but one day of being 71 years of age. His family moved to Canada in his childhood, and while yet a boy they moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he attended school and grew to manhood and where he learned the carpenter trade. He was there married on Dec. 20, 1860, to Miss Kate McGlynn, who survives him, and who, during all his subsequent life, was his guiding spirit and most devoted helpmate. The young couple moved to Prairie du Chien in 1861 and he entered the employ of the Milwaukee railroad. Soon afterward he enlisted in the army and marched with Sherman from Atlanta to the sea.

After the war, he returned to Prairie du Chien and resumed his work for the Milwaukee railroad, and as soon as passenger trains reached Algona in 1869 the young family came here and made Algona their home until last Spring. In 1883 Mr. Lantry was made station agent at Algona and served in that capacity until 1885, when he was appointed postmaster by Grover Cleveland. In the meantime, Mrs. Lantry ran a hotel at the depot and later here in town on the site of the Rogers & Smith poultry office. The building was burned on January 15, 1885, and then they went permanently out of the hotel business.

Mr. Lantry served as postmaster until after the election of President Harrison, when he resigned, and that same year he was elected county treasurer. At the expiration of his term he was re-elected, and served in that capacity four years. Soon after he left the treasurer's office, he accepted the cashiership of the Algona State Bank, and served in that capacity to the great benefit of the bank and the satisfaction of its patrons until March 3rd, last, when on account of failing health he resigned. The final cause of his death was Bright's Disease and weakness of the heart.

Mr. Lantry's character was an ideal one. His dominant trait was honesty. No thought of anything that was not honest and honorable found lodgment in his mind. He was sincere and without guile. He was generous with his money, contributing liberally to church and to charity, and was one of the kindest and most affectionate of husbands and fathers. He was plain and simple in his habits, having no use for ostentation of any kind. He attended to his work always with fidelity and constancy, always more than making good. He was a devout Catholic, and during the last years and especially the last months of his life his thoughts were largely occupied with religious meditation and the hereafter. Let us hope that his spirit enjoys the peace due to a good and noble life.

DEATH OF EMMA C. GRONWALL.
Miss Emma Caroline Gronwall died at the residence of her brother, Mr. L. A. Gronwall, at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning after but a few days serious illness. She had been living in Minneapolis for the past year until a few days ago when she came home, feeling perhaps that her end was near. She had been troubled with rheumatism of the heart and it was the disease that caused her death. She was born in Sweden on Oct. 30, 1884, and came to this country about three years ago and made her home in her brother's family. She was the only relative that Mr. Gronwall had in this country, and her death is a sad bereavement to him. The dead girl was a member of the Swedish Lutheran Church and the funeral services of that church were held at the house yesterday at 1 o'clock and at the church at 2 o'clock, after which the burial took place.

DEATH OF MRS. HUGH WATERHOUSE.
Mrs. Hugh Waterhouse, well known in Algona, died on the 6th at her later home in Minneapolis. The cause of her death was cancer. The remains were brought to Algona for burial, arriving here on the 2 o'clock train last Saturday. They were accompanied by the bereaved husband and his son and daughter, and were met here by Mr. and Mrs. Edson Williams of Sioux Falls, Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett of Emmetsburg and a number of Algona friends. Rev. Holmes conducted the services at the cemetery, and the remains were laid to rest beside those of relatives and friends.

Mrs. Waterhouse was born in Dodge county, Wis., Feb. 2, 1848. She was a daughter of J. H. Warren, who for years was connected with the Upper Des Moines, and a sister of R. B. Warren, now of Spokane, and E. H. Warren, of Deadwood. She was married to Mr. Waterhouse in 1870 and in 1886, they moved to Minneapolis and have since resided there. Mr. Waterhouse and his son and daughter are all engaged in railroad work in Minneapolis.

[transcribed by L.Z., May 2012]

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Titonka Topic
Titonka, Kossuth co. Iowa
Thursday, August 20, 1908

His Labors are Ended
C.A. Hansen Passed Away Sunday Afternoon After a Brief Illness
The news conveying the sad intelligence of the passing away of C.A. Hansen Sunday afternoon cast a gloom over our little city. But a short time before Mr. Hansen was seen in town on the streets looking after business matters as usual. He had been aling for some weeks but refused to give up and seek rest until it was too late. He worked on the farm, stacking oats and making hay, when he should have been under the physician's care. A week before his death he gave up and went to bed and Dr. Wallace was summoned. On Tuesday the Dr. pronounced the case small-pox and the Hansen home was quarantined. Wednesday the case developed into typhoid and the two ailments together was more than his frail constitution could combat. A trained nurse was on hand to aid the physician in checking the fever, but to no avail. On Sunday he gradually grew worse until the fever raged at 106 and at 3:30 p.m. he passed away. He was buried early the next morning without a funeral or sympathizing friends to view last remains of the dead. The interment of the body was in charge of the township trustees, who according to law in contagious diseases, had no other way to bury the body. C.A. Hansen, or Christian Hansen, as he was always called by his neighbors, was known to most of the people of this vicinity. He came to the United States from the Netherlands when he was eight years old. He was raised on a farm by Mrs. Isenberger, now Mrs. R. Lane, until he grew up to manhood. After the death of Mr. Isenberger, he worked for Wm. Lamoreux for a number of years. Later, Mr. Lamoreux and Mr. Hansen purchased the Hansen farm in partnership and held it jointly until Mr. Hansen's marriage to Miss Edna Lamoreux in 1896, when he purchased Mr. Lamoreux's half interest and where he built up a fine home. He was 38 years old at the time of his death and in the prime of his life. He belonged to no church organization, but supported and attended the M.E. church in Titonka, where nearly every Sunday morning he was found with his wife and hcildren. The writer knew him for nine years and during all this time we found hiim to be honest, courageous, conservative and sympathetic. He had no time n which to loaf around town. He was always on the go. His disposition was to work, and no man in this vicinity spent any longer hours and remained more steady at his farm work than he. His constant attention to his work, no doubt, broke down his health and constitution, but it was a duty he thought he had to perform. His labor is ended. He has gone to his last reward. He leaves to mourn his departure a young wife, three children, two brothers, one sister and numerous relatives and friends, one brother in California, one at Crystal Lake and one sister, Mrs. J.P. Sorenson, of this city. May he rest in peace.

Just Able to be About
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hassler Monday. Mother and baby progressing nicely and Herman able to be about. - Burt Monitor

Local News
-F.L. Colgan was at Germania and Elmore on a business trip Tuesday of this week.
-L.C. Coonsy was a Burt business visitor Tuesday morning.
-Al Falkenhainer and W.T. Hall went to Algona Tuesday morning on a business trip. From there Mr. Falkenhainer wil go to Ft. Dodge to look after insurance business.
-J.J. Budlong was at Garner yesterday attending the baseball tournament.
-J.W. Hopkins, the Wesley tombstone man, was here yesterday looking up business in his line.

Home from Honeymooning
Edw. Kunz and wife returned from their honeymoon trip Wednesday afternoon. They traveled thru Colorado and other western states, visiting Yellowstone National Park and other places of interest, and will now go to housekeeping in this city. - News World

IOWA NEWS

Donald, the 8 year-old twin son of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Overman of Villisca suffered the unusual death in one so young of lockjaw, resulting from an injury to the foot. The child started to run across the street and run under a heavy ice wagon one foot being badly mashed. Two days later symptoms of tetanii developed and two days after that the child died.

The year-and-a-half-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. James Hogan, of Iowa Falls, died following severe burns caused by an accident about a week ago. The little one pulled a teapot half filled with hot tea off the table, spilling the contents down the child's back and shoulders. While the burns were severe, it was not thought to be serious, but peritonitis set in in a day or so and resulted fatally.

After lying about in a commatose condition for about ten days, or almost ever since she had a tooth extracted, Mrs. Eliza Clark, a well known woman of Marshalltown, and a pioneer of the county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.B. Connley. The removal of the tooth caused a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, and resulted in paralysis which affected practically the entire left side.

Oscar A. Rosengren, who was injured in an automobile accident in Marshalltown on July 21, 1906, when he was run into by machine owned by W.E. Leech and F.F. Michaels has entered suit in the district court, asking $5,000 damages from Leech. Rosengren claims that he was permanently injured as a result of being run down by the machine, which he alleges was running at an unlawful rate of speed.

Miss Elsie Hicknett, the 17-year-old Keokuk girl who has been reported missing from that city, was discovered in Burlington employed in the office of a local physician as stenographer. Her friends state that she grew tired of attending business college in Keokuk and slipped away to Burlington, where she secured employment. A friend secured her clothing and brought it to her, saying nothing about it to any one.

Ed Wagner and Joe Burns, two of the five cracksmen who were sentenced at Marshalltown for blowing the Marshall Vinegar company's safe in November, 1906, have been discharged after serving their two years' terms. The men were among the number who, after being arrested single handed by Officer Frank Haas, escaped from jail by sawing their way out. The men were all recaptured later, and all but one served terms.

While buying scrap iron in the country, Charles Denton, a teamster of Marshalltown, loaded parts of an old reaper on his wagon. Then getting up on the load to test its riding capacity, the wheel fell over the wagon box, and on top of Denton. The man was terribly bruised, and it is believed has sustained severe internal injuries.

A pleasure outing on the river at Burlington ended disastrously when Fred Strunk, aged 22, was drowned while swimming in the river below Burlington.

A broken heart is given as the cause of the death of pretty Mrs. Evelyn O'Conner, whose home is in Mason City, but who has been with Chicago relatives for a few weeks. Six weeks ago H.J. O'Conner, the woman's husband of a few months, was drowned in a large tank in St. Louis where he was working as a plumber. The body was brought home for interment. The shock was so great that mrs. O'Conner did not at once recover and her friends became alarmed. Later she improved but showed a decided melancholy attitude resisting all efforts to cheer her or to get her mind from her bereavement. As a change she was taken to Chicago where she died.

Closely following his troubles which culmunated in the divorce court several days ago, former Mayor, Jim Brenton, of Des Moines, was fined $5 and costs by Judge Stewart for alleged abuse of his horses. Mr. Brenton did not appear in court to receive his sentence. He was arrested a few days ago at the instance of the humane society. A similiar charge was filed against him several seeks ago.

After almost a quarter of a century of married life, James M. Brenton, formerly mayor of Des Moines, has sued for divorce. He confesses that he has not been a model of perfection, but he claims that he has been a good and faithful husband, "in the main", and that despite the fact that he has treated his wife kindly, has reared and educated her four children by a former husband, has furnished the family with the necessaries of life and to the best of his ability with the luxuries, she has treated him with great cruelty. He declares that she performed the duties of a wife reasonably well for the first few years of their wedded life, but that during the last seventeen or eighteen yeras she has not treated him with that sweet tempered consideration which was necessary to his happiness and content. The ex-mayor says that during this period she has irritated him by fault-finding, suspicions and violent demonstrations fatal to his peace of mind and decidedly rasping upon the nerves.

Iowa Maternity Hospital
The state board of health has denied a license of Jennie S. Schanch of Ottumwa, who applied for permission to conduct a maternity hospital in that city. A license was voted to Mrs. S.J. Jones of Des Moines to operate such an institution as soon as certain alterations and improvements had been made in the property. A one yera license to operate a maternity hospital has been granted to G.W. Pangle at Council Bluffs.

North-West Wesley Items
-Miss Anna Eden was staying with Mrs. G. Pommer a few days last week.
-Mr. Rodemis and Mr. Miller each have a sore hand, caused by blood poisoning.
-Mr. Soloman, near Woden, died last Thursday and was buried in the Britt cemetery Friday.

Portland Items
-Maggie McDowell of Burt spent last week at the Wes Stott home.
-Robt. Callies and wife entertained company from a distance Sunday.
-Jim Crees and family of Titonka spent Sunday at the Will Rike home.
-Wesley Lindsay is suffering seriously with his eyes. His eyesight is nearly gone. He has the sympathy of his many friends.
-Miss Lillie Dransfelt, who has been suffering with a siege of typhoid fever is up and around again.
-Mrs. Gruendeman and daughter and son of Avoca, Wisconsin, arrived here Tuesday of this week to visit with the former's daughter, Mrs. Albert Kregar and other relatives.
-John Phelps who has been teaching school in the past four years arrived here on a recent date and is visiting with his brother Chas. and greeting his many old friends.

Wesley Items
-John Amesbury was quite sick this week.
-Frank Giese visited at Clear Lake last week.
-Mrs. S.L. Sherman was a Sexton visitor Tuesday.
-Oscar Riddles of Algona, visited old friends here Sunday.
-George Flack was quite sick the latter part of last week.
-Henry Wolfe began working in the Kunz elevator last week.
-Chester Kurtz who was kicked by a colt some time ago is improving.
-Mrs. Nellie Church who has been sick for some time is still very low at this writing.
-Mrs. Ed Meyers was over to Algona Friday consulting a specialist concerning her hearing.
-Miss Anna Johnson returned home from Surrey, N.D., last Wednesday after an extended visit with Mrs. Charles King.
-Misses Jennie and Ethel Sage of Mason City came Tuesday afternoon for a visit with their grandparents, Thos. Turgenson and wife.
-Roy Ballard went to Chicago Friday of last week. Roy has been making his home with his uncle Christ Schore and family for some time.
-Mrs. R.A. Harwood returned home from Minneapolis Saturday afternoon after being called there to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. McCann, who was buried Wednesday.

Bancroft Items.
-Mrs. W. Godden left for Lavalle, Wis. where she will visit relatives.
-Mrs. H.E. Jennirin and son Clarence are visiting at her old home in Morrison, Ill.
-Dr. Gulde reports Mike Softner quite sick from a complication of troubles.
-Theo. Evens who has been visiting his sick sister, mrs. Nicholas Schiltz the past week, returned to Dubuque Monday.
-Mrs. Barney Froehle and children returned from their visit with their son at Groton, S.D.
-Martin Goche of Seaforth, Minn. is enjoying a visit with his parents and relatives.
-A new son is reported at the Peter Becker home.

[transcribed by S.F., May 2009]


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