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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 1, 1917

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Clerk of court Krebs has been absent in eastern Iowa attending the funeral of a brother.

Mrs. David Fife, an old settler of Dale township and a resident of Primghar in her later years, died last week and was buried Saturday.

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Mrs. Jetter passed away Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dick Lowe, west of Gaza, with whom she has made her home for a number of years. She had reached the advanced age of 86 years and had nearly lost her eyesight and hearing besides being a great sufferer from various other troubles from which death relieved her. The funeral services were held in the German Lutheran church in Paullina Tuesday afternoon having been postponed because of the late arrival of a daughter, who lives in Montana. Mrs. Jetter leaves to mourn her death two daughters and one son, also a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Interment was made in the Paullina cemetery.

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A number from this vicinity attended the Alex Farquhar sale in Grant township Tuesday.

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Weds in Sioux City
Mrs. Katherine O'Reilly announces the marriage of her daughter, Miss Florence Murphy, to Willis A. Hill, of Philip, S. Dak. The wedding took place Saturday in the home of the bride's mother, 1021 Douglas street, Rev. E. H. Gaynor, of St. Paul's Episcopal church, performed the ceremony in the presence of a few intimate friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have departed on their wedding trip and will be at home after November 15 in Philip, S. Dak.

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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 8, 1917

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Marriage licenses have been issued to the following parties:
Roy H. Rodgers 32
Elda E. Hedquist 26

Walter Randolph 27
Leora M. Ahrend 27

Ivan Jacobsen 21
Vera Bradly 20

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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 15, 1917

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County Recorder J. R. Carroll Dead - Death Result of Operation - Was Honored Citizen of Sutherland for Thirty Years
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J. R. Carroll, county recorder, died at the Ward Hospital in Primghar Monday morning, Nov. 12th, as result of an operation performed a few days before. He had been in the recorder's office nearly three years, having been elected from Sutherland three years ago. He was an old resident of the county and had hosts of friends. The funeral was held Thursday under charge of the Masonic fraternity at Primghar. Interment, under charge of the Knights of Pythias, was made at Waterman cemetery.

County Auditor Stamp is temporarily in charge of the recorder's office until the supervisors appoint a successor to J. R. Carroll. The supervisors will meet next week for that purpose. Successor so appointed will hold until next election.

We regret that the family cannot give us the obituary for publication until next week.

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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 22, 1917

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Obituary of J. R. Carroll
John Robert Carroll was born at St. Marys, Canada, April 4th, 1846 and died at Primghar, Iowa, Nov 12, 1917, aged 71 years, 7 months and 8 days.

He left Canada after the death of his mother at the age of 8 years, going to Bloomington, Grant Co., Wis., to live with his grandfather.

When the Civil war broke out he went out as a bodyguard to General McCollis from Wisconsin, afterwards joining the Secret Service department where he served until the end of the war. He then returned to Bloomington and went to work in a harness shop, learning his trade there. Some time later he went to Milwaukee and joined the fire department in that city, and went with them to Chicago to fight the great fire.

On December 27th, 1868, he was married to Miss Ellen A. Osborne, of Bloomington, Wis. To this union were born five children, Mary, Cornelia, Charles, Frank and George; Mary Cornelia and Frank being deceased. Charles is now living in Primghar and George lives in Eagle Grove.

He came to Sutherland, Iowa in May 1884 leaving his family in Wisconsin until 1891. He was engaged in the harness business in Sutherland until 3 years ago when he was elected County Recorder where he served until his death. (contributed)

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Administrator's Notice
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested, that on the 20th day of November 1917, the undersigned was appointed by the District Court of O'Brien County, Iowa, administrator of the estate of Polly Snyder, deceased, late of said County, Iowa. All persons indebted to said estate, will make payment to the undersigned, and those having claims against same will present them legally authenticated to the said court for allowance.
-dated the 20th day of November 1917
Frank Patch
Administrator Estate Polly Snyder, deceased
Residence, Hartley, Iowa.

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Mr. and Mrs. A. Hommel were unfortunate on Monday when they lost by death their youngest child, a bright boy of three years. He had been ailing but a short time and passed away on Monday afternoon about 2:15 p.m. The interment was in the Cemetery west of Calumet. We sympathize with them in their deep affliction.

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Mrs. Lago received a message Wednesday telling of the sudden death of her brother, Alfred Butterfield, at White Lake, S. D., and left the following morning to attend the funeral.

Jacob Fisch received a telegram Thursday morning informing him of the death of a niece, Zelda Irons, who passed away suddenly at her home at Keswick. Mr. Fisch left that evening to be present at the funeral.

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Runaway Causes Death
Harley Snyder, who has been working for C. L. Holthues husking corn, died early this morning from the result of injuries received last night in a runaway accident. There is not much evidence of the cause of the accident and no one seems to know just how it happened. In some manner though the young man was thrown under the wagon and the wheels ran over his chest and crushed him quite badly. It was not thought last night that he was seriously injured by early this morning he passed away and evidently he was injured internally. The report is that he had gotten up on the wagon at the end of the field to turn the team around and in some way slipped down in front of the wagon and the wheels ran over him. The accident happened at about four o'clock after which he walked to the house and summoned a physician who attended him and found several ribs broken. He seemed to rest easy the fore part of the night but took a change for the worse at about two o'clock and passed away at 5:40 this morning.

Mr. Snyder came here from Indiana last spring and has spent the past season working on the farm. He is a brother of J. H. R. Snyder and also of Will Snyder who has made this his home for a number of years. -Peterson Patriot

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Card of Thanks
We heartily thank our many friends, both in Sutherland and Primghar for their many kindnesses and favors tendered us during our recent bereavement.
Mrs. E. A. Carroll
Chas. Carroll
Geo. Carroll
W. R. Carroll
Mrs. Clyde Balantine

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Announce Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Watts announce the engagement of their daughter, Gaywood Lucile, to Mr. William D. Allingham, of Portland, Oregon, the marriage to take place November 28th. They will be at home at Silver City, N. M. after December 15th.

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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
November 29, 1917

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Cupid Makes Capture
Edward D. Triplett, of the Ambulance corps, Fort Oglethorpe, and a former resident of Sutherland, Ia., and Miss Ruth A. Briggs, also of that place, were quietly married at the home of the Rev. Claude E. Hill, of the First Christian church, Wednesday evening at 9:30. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Schultz, of Sutherland, a brother and sister of the bride and Jess Raborn, of Tulsa, Okla., a friend of the groom who is also a member of the Ambulance Co. were the attendants. The bride was attending school in Chicago when the young couple decided to be married. They are at present at the Hotel Patten. The bridegroom will leave soon for France and the bride expects to go to Chicago, where she will resume studies at school. -The Daily Times, Chattanooga, Tenn.

The account of the above nuptial event comes as a great, big, happy surprise to the folks back here at home this week. The bride is the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Briggs. She is one of Sutherland's choicest young women and has a legion of friends. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Triplett. He is a hustler, clean and honorable, has marked ability and is destined to do things in the world. The Courier wishes this most excellent and worthy young couple every happiness and success in their journey through life.

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Killed in France
Mrs. Alex Martin received a very sad message on Tuesday of this week, stating that her youngest brother, Fred Huxley, who was in France fighting in the trenches, had been shot and killed on Nov. 16th. Mr. Huxley enlisted with the Canadian troops and had seen service at the front for more than two years. Many of the older residents of this community will remember Mr. Huxley as he worked in this locality a number of years ago. He was 34 years of age.

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Jacob Fisch received a telegram Thursday informing him of the death of his aged mother at Keswick and left that evening to be present at the funeral. He had returned a couple of days previous from the same place where he had been called by the sudden death of a niece.

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Mr. and Mrs. Mather, who moved on to the farm one mile south of the Hyland church, were bereaved of their youngest child last Saturday. The child had been ailing for two or three weeks but got much worse about Wednesday and finally passed away on Saturday morning. The funeral was held at the home and was well attended by the people of the neighborhood who sympathized deeply with the parents in their sadness. Rev. F. Lonsdale, pastor of the Hyland church, conducted the funeral service, the interment being in the Cedar Cemetery, south of Larrabee on Sunday afternoon.

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