Iowa Old Press
Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 5, 1918
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Death of a Little Girl [transcriber's note: the
article to the left side of this was cut out, thus the microfilm
for this obituary is missing some of the text at its far left,
which I've attempted to fill in where text would be clear. There
also is a section blotted out by what probably was tape on the
original document]
Lorene Ginger, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ginger, living
six miles northeast of Sutherland, was [...]ly stricken with an
acute attack of appendicitis last Thursday. She was taken to the
Cram hospital in [...]on Saturday and operated upon, [whic]h
resulted in her death early next morning. She was born [...] 23,
1914, being 3 years, 9 months [and] 8 days old at the time of her
[death]. Her parents, two little sisters and [unreadable] of
other relatives are left to mourn her loss. Funeral services were
held from the Methodist church in Sutherland Tuesday afternoon at
3:00 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. E. Willis.
Interment was made in Waterman cemetery. True sympathy is
extended to the grief stricken parents.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 12, 1918
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Auto Accident Proves Fatal - Walter Sachse Killed and
Ralph McFarland Injured in Mishap
Walter Sachse and Ralph McFarland were victims of a serious auto
accident last Thursday night near Sutherland in which the former
me an almost instant death and the latter was badly bruised. The
boys were returning to Cherokee after being here for the night
program at the Fair. The accident happened about 11:15 p.m. at
the cement culvert south of the old Van Horn farm, which is only
one-half mile from town. Sachse was driving the car and had
turned out to the side of the road to go around Val Rausch and
family in a car ahead going to their home, when his car struck
the iron railing on the flange of the culvert. It was about 25
feet on the other side of the bridge where their car first struck
the ground and then went about 20 feet further and was facing the
opposite direction to which it had been headed when it stopped.
Mr. Rausch says he heard the car coming, and fearing he would be
caught on the bridge as the car passed, he speeded his car up a
little and was only about three lengths of his car across the
bridge when he heard the crash. Immediately Mr. Rausch turned his
car and went back, seeing what had happened, summoned Dr.
Waggoner, then assisted in taking the injured boys to the
doctor's office where Sachse passed away about an hour and a half
later, without ever regaining consciousness. McFarland was taken
to his home in Peterson the next morning and it was thought he
would recover. Their car was a total wreck. The boy who died is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sachse of Cherokee, the father being an
expert machinist at that place.
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Arrasmith - Englund
Saturday evening, August 31, at the home of the groom, north of
Larrabee, Lloyd Arrasmith and Miss Ida Englund were united in
marriage. E. L. Frost, pastor of the Church of Christ at
Sutherland, officiating. About sixty of the relatives and friends
were present to witness the ceremony. A beautiful wedding march
was played by Mrs. Clarence Arrasmith, sister-in-law of the groom
while the bridal party marched in and took their places under a
large arch, which was decorated with the national colors. A ring
ceremony was used. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Arrasmith. He is an energetic and trustworthy young man and is
well respected by the whole community. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Olle Englund, and is an accomplished young lady,
esteemed and honored by a large circle of friends and
acquaintances. (Contributed)
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Card of Thanks
We wish in this manner to express our sincere thanks and
appreciation to the neighbors and kind friends for the assistance
and sympathy extended to us in our bereavement in the loss of our
little daughter, Lorene, also for the beautiful floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ginger and family
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Ed Lynge a Suicide
The sudden death of Edwin Lynge of near Primghar, took place at
the home of his brother-in-law, A. J. DeYoung near Sheldon, last
Friday forenoon. While Mr. and Mrs. DeYoung were in Sheldon
trading, Mr. Lynge went to the outhouse and affected his own
destruction. When the family returned from Sheldon they found the
outhouse burned to the ground and the body of Mr. Lynge in the
building badly burned and with life extinct. Just how he
accomplished his death is not definitely known. It was suspected
that he used kerosene or gasoline, but no evidence of this was
found. Neighbors say they saw the building burning with heavy
flames which would indicate the use of some inflammable material
to produce more that ordinary fire. -Sheldon Mail
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 19, 1918
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Joseph C. Baker Dead
The last solemn rites are over and the earthly remains of Joseph
C. Baker have been laid to rest in the new Spencer Mausoleum at
Riverside cemetery. Mr. Baker's body was the first to be
installed in the new structure and after final services at the
entrance, it was borne to its space at the west end of the
mausoleum and, with the casket of golden oak, was sealed with
concrete there to remain as long as marble and steel shall last.
Mr. Baker died Friday evening at five o'clock from the effects of
septicemia brought on, it is believed, by a scratch on the tip of
one finger. This scratch caused blood poisoning, which spread
through his body and which first made itself noticeable in one
knee. All that medical aid and trained nursing could do was come
to save his life and the fight that he himself put up for life
was remarkable. But his large size seemed against him and four
weeks after he first became ill he passed away. Death came to him
at the family home on West Fourth street and the immediate family
and his brother, D. C. Baker of Sutherland, were with him to the
end. (Spencer News Herald)
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County Seat News
T. J. Trulock, Mayor of Primghar, and for thirty years a Justice
of the Peace, died last Thursday and was buried Sunday. He was a
soldier in the Civil War, serving in Company C 145 Indiana
Infantry. He has been a resident of the county since 1883. He was
seventy-five years old at his death.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
September 26, 1918
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Another Sutherland Boy Killed In Action - Otto Bryant
Officially Reported Killed Aug. 18 - Father Received Word Sept.
17 - No Details Given
[article accompanied by photo of Otto Bryant in uniform]
The entire community was saddened when the news came to
Sutherland last Saturday, the Private Otto Bryant who had gone
forth to fight for the principles of freedom and democracy had
made the supreme sacrifice and had been killed in action on
August 18th. His father, J. J. Bryant who formerly lived in this
vicinity but whose home now is at Garden City, Minnesota,
received the official notice of Otto's death Tuesday, September
17th and he immediately sent a letter to the young man's sister,
Mrs. James Wilson, who lives north of Sutherland. No details
concerning his death have been received as yet, but the family
have been informed that they would be given in a letter which
would follow from proper officials shortly, at which time they
will be published.
Private Otto Bryant was born on August 26th, 1888 in Grant
township, O'Brien county, and lived there all his life. On
February 25th, 1918, he left for Camp Dodge, being assigned to
Company B, 349 Inf., where he was in training for four weeks and
then on March 25 he left for Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. being
transferred to the 39th Engineers. A short time afterwards he was
assigned to Battery D 304 F.A. and in the early part of May he
sailed for France where he was in training until July 18th when
he went to the front. Just a month later, on August 18th, he was
killed in action. At the time of his death he was 20 [30?] years,
11 months and 22 days of age.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his father and step-mother of Garden
City, Minnesota, three sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Drake, of Linn
Grove, Mrs. James Wilson, of Sutherland and Mrs. Will Conklin of
Omaha, Neb., and five brothers, Charles and Will of Grant
township and Roy, Frank and Harry of Marshall County, Iowa.
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James Innes a Benedict
The belated announcement of James Innes' marriage was handed into
our office the first of this week, and because of not being
generally known here as yet, we are sure it will be of much
interest to Courier readers at this time. James is a
Sutherland product, the son of A. J. Innes, a graduate of our
public school and grew to manhood here. The Courier joins his
large circle of friends in the old home town, wishing for him and
his "bride" a most happy and prosperous wedded life.
The following account is taken from the Sloan (Ia.) Star:
One of the pleasant social events of the season was the wedding
that took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Johnson on
North Main St., Wednesday evening, August 7th, at six o'clock,
when their daughter, Edna, was united in marriage to Jas. A.
Innes, of Manilla, Iowa. The groom is a successful young business
man, who owns the Sloan Telephone Company's business and also a
Telephone system at Manilla. The bridge is one of Sloan's most
highly respected young ladies; a graduate of our high school, and
also of the State University of Wisconsin, and for several years
past has been engaged in teaching. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. G. W. Shidhler, pastor of the M. E. Church. The double ring
ceremony was used, and was made very impressive. Wilma Phipps was
flower girl and ring bearer, and Gail Polly and LaVern Smith were
ribbon bearers, all of whom carried out their part of the program
in a very pleasing manner. The wedding march was played by Miss
Nellie M. Black, of Chicago, Ill., a Wisconsin University friend
of the bride. The other out of town guests were: Mrs. Klameth, of
Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Johnson, of Morningside, Mr. M.
Haakinson, of Lake View, Iowa. After the ceremony and
congratulations were over, the guests, over fifty in number, sat
down to a bountiful four course dinner.
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Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary - Postmaster Ira
Squier and Wife Given a Surprise in Honor of Golden Wedding
Friday Evening
On Friday evening, September 20, while Mr. and Mrs. Ira Squier
sat in their home quietly scanning the evening papers about forty
of their neighbors and friends gathered in front of their house
and when the door was opened by F. J. Davis the crowd went
pouring into the house and gave them a pleasant surprise,
informing them they had come to help them celebrate their Golden
Wedding anniversary.
After the usual handshake all found seats and were enjoying
themselves visiting when they were startled by a noise and it
dawned upon all that it was a charivari party, so Mr. Squier went
out and invited them in and about fifteen or twenty marched in a
shook hands with the "bride and groom" of fifty years
ago wishing them many more years of health and happiness and then
departed. The remainder of the evening was spent in music and
social chatting after which light refreshments were served by
Mrs. F. J. Davis and Miss Inez Squier, assisted by the ladies of
the East Side Social Circle.
Mr. and Mrs. Squier were each given five dollars in gold, as a
token of remembrance and they also received a lovely woolen
blanket in white and gold colors from twenty of the business men
of Sutherland. At midnight the guests departed for their homes
wishing them many more happy anniversaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Squier were married at Coffens Grove, Delaware Co.,
Ia., where they resided until the spring of 1880 when they came
to O'Brien County, living on different farms in O'Brien and Clay
county until the spring of 1894 when they moved to Sutherland
where they have lived in their present home for sixteen years.
Mr. Squier was mail carrier on Route 3 for twelve years and was
appointed Post Master of Sutherland and entered his duty as such,
February 1, 1916. They have sold their home recently and will
soon be leaving the old neighbors and friends to make new ones
elsewhere, but the best wishes of all go with them. (Contributed)
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Alexander Farquhar Dead - Died Saturday, Sept. 21 -
Interment in Waterman Cemetery
Alexander Farquhar was born in Montreal Canada, December 9th,
1857. When only about 15 years of age he was left with a widowed
mother, his father having died, and he being the eldest of the
two sons, much care and support of his mother was left to him. In
the year 1882 he, with his mother and brother and sisters left
Canada and came to the United States, settling in Buena Vista
County, but only stayed there about three years, when in 1885
they moved to O'Brien County, locating on the farm about 6 miles
northeast of Sutherland, which place has been his home ever since
till the time of his death with the exception of about two years
which he spent in the west and at Dubuque. At the latter place he
entered college and completed a business course, but never
accepted any of the positions offered him, choosing rather to
pursue farming as an occupation.
It was at Dubuque that he became acquainted with Margaret
Spensley Eustice, to whom he was married on March 25, 1892. To
them were born six children as follows: Mrs. Eva Clarksean, of
Moneta, Mrs. Lottie Weaver, who died about a year ago, Mrs. Zilla
Harris of Peterson, Linda, Celeste, and an infant whose life was
very brief.
Mr. Farquhar had been in failing health for some time, and had
made preparations for he and his wife to spend the winter in the
south. But before these plans could be carried out, he took
suddenly with an attack of heart failure and lingered but a few
days, the end coming on Saturday, September 21, 1918, having
reached the age of 60 years, 9 months and 12 days.
He leaves to mourn his departure his companion, four daughters,
step-daughter Mrs. Gena Youde, his grandchildren, two sisters and
a brother, besides a large circle of neighbors and friends.
He was industrious and prospered in his chosen occupation as a
farmer. He was of a quiet and unassuming disposition, was a good
husband and a faithful father. His home was his shrine and did
not care to mingle with the outside world, choosing rather to be
with his family. As an affectionate husband and father, good
neighbor and long resident in the community, he will be missed by
all.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Sutherland
Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. F.
Hamlin, pastor of the Church of God at Royal. Abiff Lodge 347 A.
F. & A. M., of which the deceased was a member, attended in a
body and also conducted services at the Waterman cemetery in
charge of District Lecturer, T. J. Reeves of Hawarden.
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Mrs. Paul Lago received the sad news last week that her sister
Mrs. Isaac Macy had passed away at her home near Stickney, S. D.,
following a year's illness of heart trouble.
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In Memory of Lorene Ginger
A rosebud grew in our garden
Most Beautiful and fair,
We tenderly watched over it
With love and gentle care.
We loved and petted the darling
That God gave to our care,
But now she has gone and left us
To bloom forever o'er there.
The ruthless hand of death
Came to our home one day,
And Saw our darling baby
And carried her away.
But the angel of God with his
Ever watchful eye,
Snatched her from our hand
and took her to the sky.
Then Jesus smiled so sweetly
And folded her to his breast,
Saying, "My little lamb forever
Shall be blessed."
Then the angel wrapped their darling
In robes so pure and white,
And sang to her their lullabyes
In the land where there is no night.
Her life was passed so swiftly by
Like a beautiful story told,
But now she is safely sheltered
In the gentle shepherd's fold.
Now parents, dear, don't mourn for
I'm safe in the city of gold,
Where sin nor sorrow never come
Oh, the half has ne'er been told.
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