Iowa Old Press
Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co., Iowa
January 3, 1908
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James and Chas. See were called to LaPorte City Monday by the
death of their mother.
A reception was held at the James See home in Center township
last Thursday evening in honor of their son, Maynard See, who was
married Christmas day to Miss Lillian Inman, of the same
township. The young people will make their home on a farm in that
township.
The Algyer home enjoyed a family reunion yesterday. Hal came down
from Tracy, Minn., Edith was here from Sioux City and Malcom from
Chicago.
The Lage and Ewoldt families were finally released this week and
the young people as well as the older ones have been enjoying the
time with friends. Will Ewoldt shows plainly the effects of the
smallpox while Herman, Albert and Will Lage show the effects of
the confinement by loss of flesh. All the members of these
families are feeling well in spite of the fact that they have
spent some forty days or more in the house.
Mrs. J. C. Peters returned Monday evening from Stanley county, S.
D., with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Boldenow, who has been
critically ill. The lady had to be carried on a cot all the way.
She is improving somewhat at the home of her parents. Miss Anna
Dithmer accompanied the ladies this far. She has recently proved
up on some Stanley county land and was returning to her home in
Sutherland. Being a friend of the Peters family she decided to
accompany the ladies to this place.
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The people of this community were sadly shocked this (Thursday)
morning on receiving the news that Mrs. J. H. Voss had passed
away at the Sioux City hospital at twelve o'clock Wednesday
night. Mrs. Voss had been suffering with a serious disease the
past several months and had been continuously under a doctor's
car. Last week she became seriously ill and an operation was
deemed the only possible chance for recovery. The remains arrived
from Sioux City this afternoon, accompanied by the
sorrow-stricken husband, and the funeral will be held Sunday.
Deceased leaves a husband and one daughter, Mrs. Julius Krebs,
besides a number of other relatives and a host of friends to
mourn her sad departure.
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Notice of Probate of Will
State of Iowa, O'Brien County
In the District Court
To Whom It May Concern, Take Notice:
That there was filed in the office of the Clerk of the District
Court of O'Brien County, on the 26th day of November, A. D. 1907,
an instrument in writing bearing date the 12th day of October, A.
D. 1907, and purporting to be the last Will and Testament of
Aaron Bradstreet, late of said county, deceased, was produced and
publicly read, and that the second day of next Term of said Court
to be holden on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1908, at the
Court House in Primghar, Iowa, aforesaid, has been fixed for
proving said Will.
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Wm. Camery of Pender, Neb., visited his brother, L. J. Camery at
this place last week.
M. A. Camery of Harlan attended the funeral of Mrs. L. J. Camery
Monday, returning home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brown and Miss Cora Camery of Traer the latter
being sisters of L. J. Camery have been in Sutherland the past
week during the illness and death of Mrs. Camery. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown went home last night and were accompanied by little Una and
Cora Camery, the two youngest of the Camery children.
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Helped "Born" The Courier
Sheldon Sun: The Sutherland Courier is 25 years
old. It is really a few weeks older, as we remember it, and the
writer was present when the paper was "born." We landed
in Sutherland November 8, 1882, and two weeks later the first
issue of the Courier was printed. Some four or five
numbers must have been skipped, as its 25th anniversary should
have been celebrated before December 1, 1907. The Courier
has been a good paper, since we left it, in 1893, and it was
never better than it is at present. Br. Warren issues a clean,
newsy paper and deserves a liberal patronage. Bro. Hamilton was
certainly present at the birth of the Courier, but the
file shows that the date of the first paper was December 1, 1882.
The numbering was changed by Mr. Bloom, we believe, to correspond
with the calendar year.
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Obituary
Jennie Roberts Camery was born in Tama county, Iowa, November 1,
1866, and died December 28, 1907. She moved with her parents to
Sutherland in 1887, where she taught for a number of years in the
township schools. She was united in marriage with Logan J. Camery
November 4, 1891. To them were born seven children, six daughters
and a son, all of whom are now living.
Mrs. Camery has been in failing health for about six years. The
immediate cause of her death was pneumonia. Mrs. Camery was a
sincere Christian woman, a life long communicant of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Her everyday life in her home and among her
associates gave evidence of her faith. To the last she was
patient and thoughtful for others. She made her preparations for
the last summons as becomes a Christian. The influence of her
beautiful life will endure.
The funeral occurred Monday, December 30th, at the house, were a
large number of friends gathered to show their respect. Mr.
Camery and the children have the sincere sympathy of the people
of Sutherland.
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Obituary
Magdalena Margaretha Peterson was born in Schleswig, Germany,
August 20, 1816, died December 28, 1907. March 4, 1852, she was
married to Henry J. Schultz. To this union was born three
children, one of whom died in infancy.
In 1867 the family moved to American, coming first to Sabula,
Iowa. Four years later they moved to Tama county, being located
on a farm twelve miles north of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz
lived in Tama county until 1898 when they came to Sutherland in
order to be near their children, G. K. Schultz of this town and
Mrs. John Frahm who lives near Gaza.
Three years later death entered the home, taking the husband and
father. Since then until her last illness, Mrs. Schultz has been
living alone in her cozy home in the southeast part of town. She
was taken sick on Saturday, December 21st, and on the following
Monday went to the home of her son where loving hands could
better minister to her wants, although at this time here
condition was not considered dangerous; but she rapidly failed,
and Saturday evening passed quietly away. She was a member of the
German Lutheran Church.
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Twenty Years Ago
The following notes are gleaned from The Courier of
December 30, 1887:
The funeral services of Mr. J. B. Cook, who died at Primghar
December 21st, were conducted in the Christian church at this
place last Friday by Rev. H. W. Laye. In spite of a severe storm
the church was well filled with people and the remains were
followed to the grave by a large number of friends.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co., Iowa
January 10, 1908
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The Bell at Primghar and Mail and Sun
at Sheldon were selected as official papers of the county for
publishing the county printing. A side agreement between the
publishers of these papers with the Primghar Democrat entitles
the publisher of that paper to a proportional share of the pay
for printing. The arrangement was made to keep the Democrat from
entering the contest. The law allows 33-1/3 cents per square for
publishing and each paper will now receive 25 cents per square -
the price being considered good money by the printers.
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On New Year's day at 12:30 a.m. occurred the death of Mr. Fred
Stoeckmann, a highly respected citizen of Caledonia township and
a pioneer of this section of the country.
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A quiet wedding, witnessed only by a few near relatives, took
place on New Years Day at the home of Christ Tesch in Caledonia
township. His oldest daughter, Meta, became the bride of John
Koch the oldest son of Jeurgen Koch of Marcus township, Cherokee
county, Iowa, Rev. Horn performing the ceremony. The young couple
will move onto the Christ Awe place in the spring.
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In Memory of Mrs. Camery
(Communicated)
A beautiful life has passed away,
To the heavenly home from this frame of clay;
We believe she is happy and now at rest,
In the beautiful land with all the blest.
And when the Father gave the call,
He looked into the future and saw it all;
And of course He knew it was for the best,
That this beautiful one should be at rest.
Why should we sigh - we know she is there,
Enjoying herself with angels so fair;
If she could but speak she would say "Peace be still."
"Don't you know I am only just doing God's will."
"Don't you know He hath promised His peace He will give,
If your hearts are only prepared to receive;
Look away from the clouds, keep your eye on the sun,
Down deep in your heart say 'Thy will be done.'"
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co., Iowa
January 17, 1908
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Adelard Franker of Clay county and Miss Mabel DeMars of Grant
township were married Wednesday morning in Sutherland by Rev. R.
M. LeClair, pastor of Sacred Heart Church.
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Killed by the Cars
The following account of the accident which occurred Saturday
night between Calumet and Larrabee is reprinted from the Cherokee
Democrat: Gustaf A. Berg, section boss for the Illinois Central
railroad at Larrabee, was killed on Saturday evening by being run
over by the south bound passenger train while returning home to
Larrabee, from a trip to Calumet on his "speeder," or
railway tricycle.
Berg went to Calumet at 3 o'clock and spent the afternoon with
friends. He left Calumet about ten minutes ahead of the passenger
train's time out of that place, evidently thinking he could beat
it into Larrabee. The train overtook him at mile 12 and struck
him. Engineer Dave Coulton, who was pulling the train, did not
see him until his engine was within a few feet of him. The train
makes good time over this stretch of road and ordinarily it is
impossible to see an object on the track at a greater distance
than fifty feet. The grain ran several hundred feet before it was
stopped.
Berg's body was found lying across the pilot, being retained
there by his coat having caught on the coupling pin. He was still
alive and his limp form was taken to a car and the train, which
was in charge of Conductor Sage, sped on to Larrabee. Dr. Adams
was called, but the injured man could not be revived and he died
about 10 o'clock. Dr. Freeman Hornibrook, the company physician,
was also called from Cherokee, but the end came before his
arrival. The man's back was broken and his right arm broken in
three places.
The deceased was born in Sweden, January 21, 1870, and came to
Iowa twenty-two years ago. He has lived at Larrabee nine years,
having lived in Sioux City previous to that time. He leaves a
wife and three children. He was a member of the Woodmen order, in
which he held $2,000 life insurance. Coroner Smyth went to
Larrabee yesterday and took preliminary steps towards holding an
inquest. Peter Collister, C.I. Eddy and Earl Vandever were
summoned as jurors and the inquest is being held today. It is not
likely that anything will develop to show that anyone was to
blame except the dead man himself.
Week before last The Courier noted that Tom Graham, who
was in the regular army, was home for a visit. Later it was
discovered that he forgot to get permission from his officers,
and Monday night Tommy returned to Des Moines in charge of
Marshal Cobb. It is likely that the next few months of life will
not be all roses for the "Tuscarora brave."
Peterson Patriot: The sympathy of the entire community
goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wittrock. On Monday of this week
they took their two months baby to visit Mr. Wittrock's parents
near Sutherland. Returning home in the late afternoon, being
anxious to prevent the baby from catching cold, it was wrapped
too closely, and smothered. The stricken parents hurried to town
with all speed as soon as the discovery was made, and secured
medical aid, but it was too late.
Twenty Years Ago
The following notes are gleaned from The Courier of
January 20, 1888:
Two young ladies by the name of Bisland [may be Bilsland], living
in Baker township, were frozen to death in the blizzard last
Thursday night. The particulars, as near as we have been able to
learn them, are as follows: The ladies, accompanied by their
brother, left Primghar, where they had been to attend court,
about four or five o'clock in the afternoon. The storm came upon
them and their horses, after floundering around in the snow
drifts for several hours, became exhausted and were unable to
proceed further. The horses were detached from the sled and
turned loose, and the three nearly frozen people started out on
foot, hoping to find a hay stack or house where they could find
shelter. After wandering about for some time the ladies strength
failed and they were compelled to lie down in the snow. The young
man tried to urge them forward, but was unable to do so. Finally
after repeated requests from his sisters to do so, the young man
left them, after first wrapping them up as best he could with his
heavy fur coast and started out in search of help. The young man
could not see where he was going, but after wandering around for
some time found a farm house, entered it, told his story and soon
had men in search of his sisters. The young ladies were found
Friday morning frozen to death. The young man was badly frozen
and unable to sit up at last accounts. Three persons, an elderly
lady and two children, were frozen to death in Dale. The story is
that they were in a squatter's shanty, and fearing that the wind
would blow the building down, started for a neighbor's house.
Their dead bodies were found Friday afternoon.
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Notice of Probate of Will
State of Iowa, O'Brien County
In the District Court
To Whom It May Concern, Take Notice:
That there was filed in the office of the Clerk of the District
Court of O'Brien County, on the 21st day of November, A. D. 1907,
an instrument in writing bearing date the 26th day of May, A. D.
1905, and purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John Q.
Adams, late of said county, deceased, was produced and publicly
read, and that the second day of next Term of said Court to be
holden on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1908, at the Court
House in Primghar, Iowa, aforesaid, has been fixed for proving
said Will.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co., Iowa
January 24, 1908
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H. E. Benson, formerly of this county but more recently of
Dickenson county, died last Saturday of pneumonia while visiting
his sister in Dale township. He leaves a wife and four children.
James Curtis is suing E. B. Husted, formerly of Grant township,
for $268 alleged to be due him for wages. He alleges in his
petition that he was formerly a ward of a foundling's home in
Owatonna, Minn., and Husted adopted him under an agreement to pay
his $72 when the boy became eighteen years of age; he further
alleges that he has earned the further sum of $181.50 since he
became eighteen years old and Husted also owes for that. Funds
belonging to Husted in the Primghar Savings Bank have been
garnished to protect the claim, it being alleged that Husted in
now a non-resident of the state.
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Harry Frelund, the northside restaurant keeper, is lying in the
county jail crying with remorse over a charge of murder that is
staring him in the face. While intoxicated last week he was
quarrelling with John Brown, a baker in his employ, and kicked
Brown in the stomach injuring him internally. The latter has been
very low and his life has been despaired of. Frelund's hearing
has been twice continued awaiting accurate knowledge of Brown's
condition. Frelund weighs over two-hundred pounds and Brown less
than half that and a good deal of harsh criticism has been
indulged in at Frelund's attack on such a weak antagonist.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ewoldt of Gaza left Monday evening for
Gladbrook to attend the funeral of a brother-in-law, Peter Ploen.
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Clifford Fosberg committed suicide by shooting Monday morning at
his home in Morningside, Sioux City. Deceased was a son-in-law of
J. Y. Cartano, a former well known resident of Sutherland, having
married Mr. Cartano's eldest daughter, Eva, at Ireton where the
family resided after moving from here. Mr. Fosberg is said to
have been a very fine young man. According to the Sioux City
papers it is thought that financial troubles and sickness in his
family led him to commit the rash deed. It would seem that Mr.
Cartano and his family have had more than their share of
affliction in the last few years.
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Obituary of Mrs. James Peck
Mrs. James Peck, stepmother of Horace A. Peck of this place, was
quite well known in Sutherland. The following account of her
death and burial is taken from the Elberon correspondence to the Traer
Star Clipper:
Mary A. Thomas was born May 6, 1826, at Granville, Washington
county, N. Y., and was married to James Peck, December 30, 1857,
and moved to Tama county the following spring. She was the mother
of four children, Ella, James, Jessie and Frank. Jessie died in
infancy; the others survive her. She moved to Canova, S. D., May
10, 1906, where she lived until her death, which occurred January
9, 1908, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. M. R. Countryman,
aged 81 years, eight months and three days. She had been a
sufferer from chronic bronchitis for years, an acute attack which
finally claimed her as its victim. She had been a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church since she was thirteen years old. The
funeral sermon was preached at the M. E. church in Elberon, on
Sunday, January 12th, by Rev. M. A. Goodell, of Mt. Auburn, one
of the preachers of the old west Irving charge, and an old friend
of the family. The body was afterward conveyed to Belle Plaine
cemetery for interment.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co., Iowa
January 31, 1908
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A marriage license has been issued to Jno. A. Neitzke to marry
Emma A. Guse.
Nettie M. Frazee has brought suit against S. J. and Blanche
Frazee to recover $331.50 alleged to be due on a note.
An information was filed with the county insane commission
Tuesday asking that John Brundage be treated at the state
hospital at Cherokee. Brundage was brought before the commission
and witnesses were examined Tuesday night and Wednesday. Brundage
is evidently violently opposed to going to Cherokee and has made
threats of suicide should he be sent there. It is charged that he
has been mentally unbalanced for some time. His wife an inmate of
the state hospital at one time and later committed suicide.
John Brown, the little cook who was severely injured by Harry
Frelund while the latter was on a spree, is getting better and it
is expected that Frelund will have his trial this week. The cook
is inclined to favor Frelund and shows an unwillingness to
testify now, claiming that he fell against a coal hod and injured
himself. On the other hand the state expects to prove that
Frelund was wholly responsible and will introduce Frelund's own
admissions of his guilt in evidence. A change of venue has been
taken from Mayor Artherholt and the case will be tried before
Justice Trulock.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Caine of Sanborn celebrated the sixty-third
anniversary of their wedding January 18th.
Mrs. Lewis Lewis, a pioneer of Northwest Iowa, died very suddenly
last week at her home in Linn Grove. Mrs. Lewis and her husband
settled in Douglas township, Clay county, forty years ago, and
for a few years had been living in Linn Grove.
Alton Democrat: Richard Millett, a bachelor about
seventy years old and living along about seven miles southwest of
Ireton was burned to death in his shanty Wednesday morning at
about seven o'clock. Neighbors saw a light there about six
o'clock and an hour later saw fire and smoke issuing from the
dwelling but they arrived too late to rescue the old man. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Millett was found on the bare bed
springs partially burned and all else about him consumed by the
flames. He left three brothers and a mother in England but had no
known relatives in America. He had not corresponded with his
relatives for several years. Millett lived on the southwest
quarter of section twenty-seven in Washington township near the
home of Fred Earll. Mr. Earll was first to see the fire and he
and his son hurried to the scene. They found the house all ablaze
and the god barking inside. They tried to gain entrance but were
driven back by the smoke and heat which was lucky for them as the
roof was blown off a few minutes later by the explosion of a can
of gasoline. The fire soon burned the building to the ground and
they then found the body of the unfortunate man as related above.
It will probably never be known whether the catastrophe was due
to accident or suicide. It is stated that Millett was a hard
drinker and had previously threatened to kill himself. The
funeral was held Thursday.
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John Kennicutt of Shabbona, Ill., is here visiting his sister,
Mrs. T. W. Powell. The brother and sister had not met for
thirty-two years.
Hartley Journal: J. A. Snook, of near Sutherland, has
rented the John Hite quarter section farm near Hartley and will
move onto the same in the spring.
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"Hank" Smith Killed - Pioneer
of Grant Township is Accidentally Killed at Primghar Wednesday
The news of the death of Henry F. Smith at Primghar came as a
terrible shock to our community Wednesday forenoon. He was
unloading ice from a car at the depot when a huge 500 pound cake
started from its position near the top of the well filled car and
struck him to the ground, crushing him internally. He had just
assisted in opening the car door and was on the ground in front
of the door when the cake slid out without warning.
H. F. Smith is one of the oldest settlers now living in the
county, coming here in 1868 and settling in Grant township where
he homesteaded and suffered the privations of a pioneer. He has
always been active in politics and was well known throughout the
county, being a strong candidate for sheriff before the
Republican primaries in 1906. He leaves a wife and seven children
all of the latter being practically grown to manhood and
womanhood. He carried $2,000 insurance in the Yeoman.
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