Iowa Old Press
Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
October 1, 1897
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Obituary
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. Louthan of Ames the
first of last week but the little one lived but a short time.
Monday morning of this week the young mother followed the babe
into eternity. The remains of both were brought to Sutherland on
Tuesday and the funeral held from the Grant church. The interment
was in the cemetery in the northeastern part of Highland
township. Thursday Gilbert returned to Ames, stopping a few hours
at Linn Grove to visit an uncle. His many friends in this
vicinity will sympathize deeply with him in his affliction.
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Resolutions
Whereas - Death has entered the home of our beloved sister, Mrs.
Mallory, and called to its last home the dear babe of our sister,
Resolved - That we the members of the E. O. C. Ord., W. R.C. 105,
extend our deepest sympathy to the family thus bereft; and
commend them to the tender mercies of our heavenly Father, who
has permitted this affliction and who alone is able to heal the
broken hearted.
Resolved - As a token of respect and esteem, that these
resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the crops, a copy
presented to the family and the city papers.-Mrs. Hicks, Mrs.
Olive Hockert, Com.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
October 8, 1897
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Articles of Association, Old Settlers of O'Brien County
The undersigned associate themselves for the purpose of
maintaining an Old Settlers' Association in O'Brien county, Iowa,
and we organize as follows:
Art. 1. Name of Association O'Brien County Old Settlers'
Association
Art. 2. Its objects: Fraternal, Social, Historical, Benevolent
Art. 3. This Association shall hold at least one yearly meeting.
All meetings to be called by Ex. Com. of said Association and
time and place of such meeting to be designated by the same.
Art. 4. Officers shall consist of Pres., Vice Pres., Secretary,
Treasurer, and Historian whose duties shall be those usually
pertaining to such offices, and these officers shall constitute
Executive Committee of said Association.
Art. 5. Secretary and Treasurer shall serve without bond except
the bond of honor that unites us.
Art. 6. Any settler of O'Brien county prior to Dec. 31, 1878, and
family, and any settler of adjoining county prior to said date
and now a resident of O'Brien county and any settler of now
adjoining county, who were settlers of same prior to organization
of said O'Brien county, i.e., Feb. 6, 1859, and wife, husband,
widow, widower, of any one under the foregoing, are eligible to
membership in this Association.
Art. 7. Executive Committee shall make all by-laws and appoint
assistant committees etc., etc., as are necessary to carry into
effect objects of Association.
Art. 8. Executive Committee shall consist of officers of
Association whose term shall be one year, and until successors
are duly elected, and until officers are elected and qualified
the following are named: Pres., J. C. Doling; Vice. Pres., Oliver
Evans; Sec. J. E. Baldwin; Treas. Mrs. E. C. Foskett; Hist., Mrs.
R. W. Woods.
In witness whereof we have hereby subscribed our names,
James O. Hakeman
D. Harkness
N. Remington
G. W. Nelson
R. A. Steele
Jennie E. Baldwin
H. H. Waterman
Chas. Youde
J. C. Doling
E. C. Foskett
W. E. Baldwin
Celia M. Foskett
Roma W. Woods
J. Wagoner
E. A. Barry
W. H. Woods
L. A. Worth
State of Iowa, O'Brien Co. On this 27 day of Sep., A. D. 1897
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The law suit of Sheldon versus Snook the latter part of last week
attracted considerable attention. Notes, mortgages, attachments
and sales said to be illegal were all mixed together in the case.
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Passed into the Unknown
Last week we gave the news that Miss Jennie Davis had a severe
hemorrhage of the lungs. She recovered from the immediate effects
of the hemorrhage but Sunday her lungs became too weak to act
with much vigor and Sunday night she quietly passed away from
this life. She has been ill with consumption for a long time and
for about a year it has simply been a question of how long she
could last.
She was forty-one years old and leaves three sisters and two
brothers. One sister, Miss Susie Davis, lives at Rockford, Ill.
Miss Ella Davis is living in Sutherland with the third sister,
Mrs. D. M. Sheldon. One of the brothers, W. L. Davis, lives at
Belvidere, Ill., and the other, Thad H., in Nebraska.
The remains were taken to Belvidere Monday night, accompanied by
Mrs. Sheldon and Miss Ella Davis. The interment occurred
Wednesday.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
October 15, 1897
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George Woodman was given a decree of divorce from his wife,
Gertie Woodman.
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The most important cases for their consideration are the cases
against Mrs. Streeter and Thomas Harvey. Mrs. Streeter failed to
appear in person or by attorney. It seems that she has
disappeared and her bondsmen are released and the county will
have no recourse on anyone. The bond originally was but $200
although the woman is charged with swindling parties out of
several times that amount; later her bondsmen surrendered her and
she was placed in the hands of a constable at Sanborn and her
whereabouts are now unknown.
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Geo. Colcord and Henry Gottsch went to Sheldon last Friday and
disinterred the remains of a little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Colcord, buried about twenty-three years ago. The old cemetery at
Sheldon had been abandoned and the little one's remains were
brought to Sutherland. A remarkable thing was the fact that the
coffin was in a good state of preservation, only the screws in
the coffin lid being rusted off. The skeleton was also well
preserved.
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We have been handed a program of the third annual convention of
the Political Equality Association of the eleventh district of
Iowa. The convention will be held at Cherokee on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of next week. Mrs. Roma W. Woods of
Sutherland is president of the association and will give an
address Wednesday evening. Mrs. C. R. West and Mrs. Acer Campbell
of Primghar also have places on the program. Thursday evening
there will be a debate on the question, "Should Women Have
the Right to Vote?" Mesdames Belden and Kennedy of Sioux
City have the affirmative side of the question and Messrs.
Molyneaux and Hobart of Cherokee the negative.
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The case of assault charged by John Theissen against D. L. Story
was settled outside of court we are informed.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
October 22, 1897
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William Gardner, who claimed to be owner of some horses levied on
by the sheriff under an attachment against Mrs. Streeter,
recovered judgment for the value of the horses which the jury
placed at $20.
The divorce case of Harges vs. Harges is set for Thursday.
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Master Boyd Trousdale, the wonderful boy singer and female
impersonator, at the opera house Saturday night.
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Mrs. Streeter is Caught
Rock Rapids, Oct. 19 - Special: Mrs. Streeter, the woman who
caused such a furore in this section a few weeks ago, and whose
transactions here and elsewhere have been noted in the press
dispatches, was located Saturday night by Marshal R. B. Moon, of
this place, and is now in custody in O'Brien county. For some
time Mrs. Streeter has not been seen, but a few days ago a Mrs.
Fox appeared in Sioux Falls whose transactions with several firms
there were very much like Mrs. Streeter's operations in northwest
Iowa and southwest Minnesota. The officers in South Dakota were
close on her trail, when she disappeared as if by magic and was
seen no more. Saturday Marshal Moon learned of a Mrs. Peckler who
was receiving mail at the Carmel post office, in Sioux county,
and informed the Primghar officers of his suspicions. He
proceeded to Carmel, and late Saturday night he and Deputy Hudson
found Mrs. Peckler, who was none other than the smooth tongued
Mrs. Streeter. Sioux Falls officials were notified of the capture
and an effort will be made to take her there. Sioux City
Journal
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Pickering - Jones
Monday afternoon at five o'clock, at the home of the bride's
parents, occurred the marriage of Miss Ida Pickering and Rev. C.
Durant Jones. Miss Mattie Beam was bridesmaid, Eugene Gates was
groomsman, and Rev. H. B. Green performed the ceremony. Aside
from these only the immediate relatives of the bride were
present. The young couple left on the evening train for Stanhope
where Rev. Jones will preach for the next year. Both these people
are well known in this community, Rev. Jones having preached here
in the Christina church for several months, coming here from
Larrabee. He is a young man of much ability and earnestness and
will surely succeed in his chosen calling. Miss Pickering has
been a leader in the Good Templars' Lodge and was a prominent
teacher. She will be a true helpmeet for her husband.
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The grand jury adjourned last Saturday and returned five
indictments. Harley Little was indicted for attempted rape; Mrs.
Streeter for obtaining property by false pretense and George
Williams for rape. Williams lives in Cherokee county but the
grand jury charge that he came up to Sutherland a week ago
Saturday and committed the crime on his niece, Mrs. Charles
Hanson at Sutherland. Williams will make no statement and expects
to be released on bonds in a few days.
The sheriff of Minnehaha county, South Dakota, was here Monday
night and had witnesses here to identify Mrs. Streeter. These
witnesses declare she is the same woman who worked a neat
confidence game on Sioux Falls parties about three weeks ago. Her
method there was about the same as here. With her smooth ways she
went into Sioux Falls, succeeded in buying several farms,
purchased goods at the stores, farm machinery, horses, cattle and
anything she wanted. In one place she went to a store keeper,
told a plausible story about the land she owned and succeeded in
getting a large bill of goods on credit and also got $52 in cash
as a loan; this is identically the same game she played on Peaker
at Sutherland. She went to farming the land she bought there and
when her true character was exposed she had one of her farms all
plowed up and nine teams at work putting in some fall wheat. It
seems impossible that a lone woman could do this without money
and only a quick wit and smooth tongue, but that she can do it is
evidenced by her record here as well as at Sioux Falls. She is
now under indictment by our grand jury and under the sheriff's
charge here but is ill and is being temporarily kept at a hotel.
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Grover Ashby from New York arrived at his Uncle Robert Cleghorn's
last week.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
October 29, 1897
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Marriage licenses have been issued to Earl Wentworth and Ruby W.
Wells; Geo. Schneider and Lena Boldenow.
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Mrs. Henry Shierholz of San Francisco, mother of Henry Shierholz
who lives east of town, arrived Monday from California for a
visit. She will visit other relatives in Iowa before going home
for the winter.
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