Iowa Old Press
Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 10, 1897
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Thursday morning, about six o'clock, Freddie, the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Mallory, died. The child was born June 15th.
He died of brain fever, following bowel trouble. The interment
occurred Thursday afternoon, a quiet funeral being held from the
house.
Jesse Bethel, aged ten years, son of George and Sarah Bethel,
died Sunday morning about one o'clock and was buried about one
o'clock the next afternoon. He had been sick several weeks but
had seemed to be improving until a few days before his death,
when nervous prostration seemed to develop and he was too weak to
resist. He was a bright boy and his parents have the sympathy of
the community.
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Peaker - Sieh
At one o'clock Wednesday the relatives of Miss Minnie Peaker and
Mrs. Geo. Sieh witnessed the wedding of these young people at the
home of the bride's parents. Rev. Skinner of Primghar officiated
and Mrs. Walter Furgason presided at the piano. The bride wore a
costume of white satin. The bridal party left on the evening
train for Sioux City where George is in the commission business
with his father. Many good wishes accompany them.
Obituary
Israel Windus was born in Wallingford, Berkshire, England, in
1820. He died at Sutherland, at 8:50 p.m., Saturday, September
4th, 1897. He was married in 1844. In 1848 he came to America,
settling in New York. He moved to Wilton Junction, Iowa, in 1862.
Eight daughters and one son were born to the couple. Six of the
daughters and the son survive. His wife died in 1893. His son,
Alfred, lives at Pullman, Washington. His daughters are Mrs.
Frances Ward, of Washington, Iowa, Mrs. Jessie Ward of Chicago,
Ill., Mrs. Lizzie Meahl of Jamesport, Mo., Mrs. Nora Boyles of
Trenton, Mo., Mrs. Mary Colcord and Mrs. Edith Dilger of
Sutherland.
Mr. Windus was a hearty, cheery specimen of the English race and
but for the ravages of the cancer which attacked his tongue and
throat about a year ago might have lived to complete a century.
When a young many in England he was a famous cricket player and
was known as "the flying shoemaker." He was also a
musician of more than ordinary skill in his younger days.
In American politics he was a Republican and was a party leader
in Muscatine county. He was highly respected by all his
acquaintances for his upright character and worth. A short
service was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Colcord Monday
forenoon, and the body was taken by Mrs. Colcord and Mrs. Dilger
to Wilton Junction for burial. Will Dilger accompanied them as
far as Eagle Grove.
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Old Settler's Association
Messrs. and Mesdames Foskett, Waterman, Woods, Evans, Gates,
Hicks, Doling, Hitchings, Baldwin, Stearns, Blossom, Stewart and
many others who accepted the cordial invitation of the
Agricultural Association, declaring themselves in favor of an Old
Settlers' Association, the following proceedings were:
Moved and carried that we form an Old Settlers' Association, for
yearly reunions, etc.
Moved and carried that we elect a committee of three on
organization and a committee of three on constitution and by-laws
and that the members of these committees with J. C. Doling,
chairman of the meeting, constitute an executive committee of
said association, who are hereby requested and empowered to
complete said organization and also authorized to fill vacancies
that may occur in said committees. Committees elected were as
follows: on organization, Oliver Evans, Mesdames O. M.
Shonkwiler, and R. W. Woods; on constitution and by-laws, W. H.
Woods, Mesdames E. C. Foskett and Silas Steele. The executive
committee appointed Mrs. J. E. Baldwin secretary of executive
committee, and all communications should be addressed to her.
by Order of Ex. Com., Sutherland, Ia., Sept. 8, 1897
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 17, 1897
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Will Bethel and his cousin Aurora Alberson arrived here Tuesday
from Red Oak.
We hear that Louis Anderson left this vicinity last week
Wednesday morning walking from some place in the country to
Paullina to take the train so that his parents would not hinder
him. It is reported that he went to Minneapolis.
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Mr. Dagger and family left Tuesday for Alta to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Fordyce, Mr. Dagger's sister.
Mr. Will Simm and Miss Annie Latham were united in marriage at
the home of the bride's parents on last Sunday. The wedding
ceremony was performed by Rev. Hathaway. The young couple will
reside on a farm north of town. They have the wishes of a host of
friends for their future happiness.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 24, 1897
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A marriage license was issued last Saturday to Chas. Cleghorn and
Lulu Conaway.
Sheriff Carter, assisted by Mrs. Benj. Jones of Sheldon, took
Mrs. P. C. Hicks of Sheldon to the state insane hospital at
Independence last Saturday night. Word has been received from the
hospital that the case of Mrs. Hicks is considered hopeless.
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S. Van der Velde has sued her husband, Garret Van der Velde for a
divorce and caused an attachment to issue against his property to
the amount of $500.
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Miss Mamie Cleghorn returned Saturday from her visit in New York
state. She was accompanied on her return by a niece of about
twelve years of age, Miss Georgie Ashby, who will make her home
here, her mother having died lately.
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Quite a number of old settlers of the county met Wednesday at the
home of W. H. Woods to perfect the organization which was formed
at the fair. It was decided to incorporate and officers were
elected as follows: J. C. Doling, President; Oliver Evans,
Vice-President; Mrs. Jennie E. Baldwin, Secretary; Mrs. E. C.
Foskett, Treasurer; Mrs. Roma Woods, Historian. These officers
constitute an executive committee. Sutherland will be
headquarters and at least one meeting will be held each years.
Mrs. J. Huxley died Saturday afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. L. Martin. She had been ill for a long time and
lately dropsy and of heart weakness appeared. We noted last week
that one of her sons, a physician from Mason City, was visiting
her. He left for home just after noon Saturday, telling Mr.
Martin's family that his mother might die at any moment and might
live several months. He had probably hardly reached Hartley
before she died, but there was not time to reach him with a
telegram before he reached home. Mrs. Huxley died very suddenly.
The funeral was held from Mr. Martin's on Sunday, the interment
taking place at Peterson.
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Crushed By The Cars - Willie Hoyt Fatally Hurt - Only
Himself to Blame
Tuesday morning a telegram came from Sioux Rapids for Mrs. Hoyt,
stating that Willie Hoyt had been run over by a train at Sioux
Rapids and that he could not live. It was learned at the
telegraph office that he was run over by a passenger train No. 5,
due here at 9:30 a.m. Before the train arrived a crowd had
gathered at the station and the train crew were eagerly
questioned as to the details. The substance of the story was
easily told. The boy had tried to get onto the brake beam in
front of the last truck of the train, had fallen and the three
wheels had passed over his right him and right side of the lower
part of the abdomen.
W. S. Hitchings left for Sioux Rapids on No. 8, at noon and
brought the body back at five o'clock in the afternoon, Willie
having died at about eleven o'clock. The accident happened about
half past eight.
The two Tillet boys from here were at Sioux Rapids when the
accident happened and the older of the two, Theo, tells the story
as follows: Monday the Tillet boys determined to go to Marathon
and other towns and try to get jobs cleaning windows, etc., with
some window polish they had got. When the evening train stopped
here they slipped onto the "blind baggage." Hoyt saw
them and went round the engine and got on with them. They asked
him why he was going and he said, "Oh, just for fun."
The three rode to Marathon and got off, sleeping that night in a
hay barn. Tuesday morning they "fooled round" until
train time when they again boarded the "blind baggage"
to come up to Sioux Rapids to get some window cleaning to do. At
Sioux Rapids the hands about the water tank saw them and they had
to get off.
Willie expressed to the other boys a determination to come on
home and said he was going to ride on the brake beam of the
sleeper. The others tried to dissuade him, and told him he would
better stay and help them and come up in the afternoon on the
local freight. He replied that he had to help Uncle George
Johnson dig potatoes and could come all right on the brake beam.
The train had left the depot, pulled past the coal sheds and tank
and stood as usual at the west platform while the passengers were
getting breakfast. Hoyt went along by the train and stood north
of the track near the rear end of the last car, the sleeper. The
Tillet boys remained back by the coal sheds perhaps 75 yards away
and on the south side of the track. The moment the train started
they say Hoyt step toward the car as though to get under it. He
was then hidden from them by the truck. A moment later, as the
train passed on they saw him lying on the outside of the track
with his right leg between the rails.
As they ran to him he raised his arms and said to a freight
brakeman who stood close by, "Raise me up." The train
was signalled and stopped. A crowd gathered. Some one asked how
they could move him and Willie told them to go to the depot and
get the stretcher. This was done and he was carried to the hotel
near by. He lived nearly two and a half hours and was conscious
for an hour and a half. He said that his back hurt terribly, and
finally the physicians administered an opiate. He became
unconscious and died without a struggle.
The wheels crushed across his hip and body from close to the left
leg upward and outward to just above the right hip. The right
side of the hip bone was broken outward and back until it stood
out to the right of the body. The abdomen was cut open so that
the intestines were in plain view. The cavity thus laid open
gradually filled with blood. The skin at the back of the hip, and
his clothing, held the leg to the body so that it was not
completely severed.
The exact cause of his falling seems somewhat doubtful. There was
a switch close by, and the coroner thinks it possible that the
boy got his foot caught between the two rails. Mr. Hitchings
thinks this is possible. The boy himself said his foot slipped.
The Tillet boy's theory is that as Hoyt stepped his right foot
beyond the rail and started to raise the left foot the moving
brake beam struck his right leg near the knee and pushed him over
backward. The boy was somewhat clumsy in movement and would be
more likely to fall than a more nimble person.
However it may have been he has paid a terrible penalty for a
foolish act. He was a boy with an undisciplined temper, with a
somewhat vagabondish disposition and the general characteristics
of a boy who hasn't always had a "fair chance." Our
readers will remember that he nearly froze to death one morning
last winter on the "blind baggage" of the Illinois
Central flyer between Cherokee and LeMars. We remarked at the
time that the ride would be a lesson to him "perhaps."
Many believe that Willie would have done well under proper
circumstances. He had some good qualities, and seems not to have
been nearly so bad as some thought him to be. The Tillet boys
seem to have some notion of beating their way on trains. Such a
sight as they witnessed Tuesday ought to steady them down
somewhat. Willie advised them to go home and quit trying to catch
onto cars. They say they will stay at home hereafter. In order to
get home however, they rode on a freight to Linn Grove where they
were put off. They then walked to Peterson and stayed Tuesday
night. Wednesday they rode to Waterman Siding, where they were
again put off, and walked home.
The funeral was held Wednesday at ten o'clock. Willie Hoyt was
nearly twenty years old though he appeared considerably younger.
At one time his parents lived in Pennsylvania and Willie worked
as a slate picker at a coal mine. He has worked for various
farmers in this vicinity for two or three years but had no very
steady occupation.
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Mr. Chas. Cleghorn of Gaza and Miss Lulu Conway [sic - Conaway]
of Marcus were married at the M. E. parsonage last Sunday
afternoon.
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