Iowa Old Press
Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
May 5, 1921
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Henning Baby Dies At Hospital
The infant daughter of August Henning, which was born April 7,
1921, passed away at the Hand hospital in Hartley today
(Thursday). The little one was never strong, having made a hard
fight since its birth, and its death follows close after the
mother, who died just nineteen days previous. Mr. Henning has the
heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in his double sorrow.
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Infant Dies
The infant son, second child of Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Triplett,
living six miles northeast of Sutherland, was born April 25,
1921, but lived only two days, passing away Wednesday of last
week, April 27th. A short funeral service was conducted at the
home Thursday afternoon by R. B. Woolston of the Maple Grove
Church of God. Interment in Waterman cemetery.
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Mrs. Lyman Eby Dies at Waterloo
A message was received today by J. E. Sheaffer, stating that his
aunt, Mrs. Lyman Eby, passed away early this morning, Thursday,
May 5th. No particulars were given. Mr. and Mrs. Eby were former
residents of Sutherland, Mr. Eby having conducted a hardware
store here a number of years ago. They are well known and honored
by the older residents of the this place. Obituary next week.
Lawyer Faces Disbarment
The disbarment of the state of Iowa against T. E. Diamond, of
Sheldon, has been set at Primghar, in the district court of
O'Brien county, for May 9, and the trial will commence at that
time. Judge Dewey of Washington will preside. It is predicted
that the case will be hard fought.
The most serious charges filed against Diamond accuse him of
accepting fees from both sides in various cases. He is also
accused of charging exorbitant fees for drawing affidavits to
secure exemption from military service during the late war.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
May 12, 1921
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Elsie Horstman has sued Ernest and Margaretha Horstman for
$25,000 damages, alleging that they have alienated her husband's
affections. The parties reside in Liberty township. Plaintiff
alleges that defendants persuaded her husband, Johnnie Horstman,
to desert her.
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Cyril Clifton Weds
Cyril Clifton, former prominent young man of Sutherland, and now
known throughout the state as an associate editor of the Iowa
Homestead, was one of the principals in a wedding of much
local interest, which was described in the Des Moines
Register as follows:
The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reaver in Eldora was the scene of
a prominent May wedding Wednesday evening, May 4, when their
daughter, Lucille, was united in marriage to Cyril C. Clifton of
Des Moines.
Miss Louise Wickersham of Drake University, sorority sister of
the bride, played the wedding march as the attendants, Jane
Winnett and Anjean Nazett, stretched the ribbons. Little
Katherine Nazett carried the ring in a basket of flowers.
Dr. Charles S. Medbury, pastor of the University Church of Christ
at Des Moines, performed the double ring ceremony. The bride wore
a gown of white canton crepe and fringe and carried a shower
bouquet of Ophelia roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Clifton attended Wolfe Hall boarding school in Denver prior
to taking collegiate work at Grinnell college. She is a graduate
of Drake University, where she affiliated with the Beta Chi
Upsilon sorority. For two years she has been teaching
kindergarten in Des Moines schools.
Mr. Clifton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Clifton of this place.
He is a graduate of Grinnell college and at the present time is
associate editor of the Iowa Homestead. He and his bride
will be at home after June 1 in Des Moines.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles S. Medbury, Mrs. J. O. Leaner, Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Rawson, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Rawson, Miss Louise Wickersham
and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Davis were Des Moines guests at the
wedding. The groom's mother, Mrs. R. Clifton, of Sutherland, also
attended.
The groom is one of Sutherland's favorite sons, and his friends
here are legion, all of whom join in offering hearty
congratulations.
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Mrs. L. M. [Mary] Eby is Victim of
Stroke
The following account concerning the death of Mrs. Lyman Eby was
taken from the May 5th edition of the Waterloo (Iowa) Evening
Courier and Reporter, mention of which was made last week in the Courier.
Mrs. L. M. Eby, age 62, a resident of Waterloo for over 18 years,
passed away at the family home, 512 Eleventh street, west, at
12:30 a.m. today. A paralytic stroke on April 17, together with
complications of Bright's disease, was the immediate cause of
death.
Mrs. Eby was a daughter of Daniel and Ellen Hart, and was born
near Racine, Wis., June 5, 1838. Her family traces its history
back to the days of the Revolutionary war, one member having been
one of the framers of the constitution.
Her father served in the Civil war, and he died soon after his
release from Andersonville prison. Her mother meanwhile had moved
to Sangamon county, Ill., near the old home of Abraham Lincoln,
and also died a few years later, leaving her daughter an orphan
at 12 years of age. She was compelled to make her own way and
obtain her own education. She was a student at Mt. Carroll
seminary, now Frances Shimer academy, Mt. Carroll, Ill., and in
her young womanhood spent several years as a teacher.
Her marriage to Lyman M. Eby at Mr. Vernon, Ill., Jan. 1, 1884,
brought her to Iowa, and with the exception of several years in
the late eighties spent in Kansas, the family home has always
been in this state. Their first home was in Sutherland, Ia.,
where their two older children were born. They moved to Peterson,
Iowa, in 1895, to Bradgate, Ia., in 1896, to Reinbeck, Ia., in
1899 and to Waterloo in 1903, where they have since resided.
In her earlier years Mrs. Eby was an active worker in church and
school, but for the last 20 years has confined her public efforts
to neighborhood activities.
Mrs. Eby is the last of her immediate family, an only brother
dying in Springfield, Ill., several years ago. Surviving her are
her husband; three sons, Norman P., Chicago; Joe L., Charles W.,
Waterloo; three grandchildren, Jane, Robert and Donald Eby.
Mrs. Eby was a member of the Central Christian church. Funeral
services were held Friday, May 6, at 2:30 p.m. at Peterson Bros.
chapel, and were conducted by Rev. A. P. Blough, pastor of the
Church of the Brethren. Burial took place at Elmwood.
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J. E. Shaeffer departed Friday for Waterloo, being called there
to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Lyman Eby, a former
resident of Sutherland.
Mrs. A. Farquhar and daughter Celeste, spent from Friday until
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Seivert Harris, at Peterson.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
May 19, 1921
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Death Claims A Prominent Woman - Mrs. Albert H. Schultz
Dies Sunday At Hospital in Sioux City - A Leader in Altruistic
Work
[article accompanied by photograph of Mrs. Schultz]
Seldom, if ever, has it been our lot to chronicle the death of
anyone which seemed so hard to do and which seems that it could
not and must not be true, as that of Mrs. Albert H. Schultz, who
passed away at noon Sunday at St. Joseph's hospital at Sioux
City, following an operation for appendicitis, which took place
Thursday of last week. And rarely is a community so sorely
touched and grieved as is Sutherland because of the departure of
this noble woman whose grace of character and life had won the
universal honor and esteem of all Sutherland and community. So
great was the shock, as few persons knew of her serious
condition, and also because of the depression of spirits with
everyone when the sad news was learned Sunday afternoon, that the
churches of the town decided to hold no services in the evening.
Mrs. A. H. Schultz
Alta Briggs Schultz was born at Sutherland, Iowa, April 13th,
1886 - the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Briggs - and died
May 22, 1921, the span of her life being 35 years, 1 month and 9
days.
She was graduated from the Sutherland High School with the class
of 1904. Her school work was always characterized by faithfulness
and efficiency. For a time she taught school, and later attended
Cornell College for two years.
June 17, 1908, she was united in marriage to Albert H. Schultz.
To this union four children were born, all of whom are now living
- Rachael, Philip, Marian and Robert. These children are too
young to know the extent of their loss, but the coming years will
reveal it all too well.
She is gone, but her influence lives on. From earliest childhood
she was a member of he Methodist Episcopal church, and identified
with its activities - the Sunday school, the Epworth League, the
choir and the ladies' organizations. As we think of it now we
marvel at all she accomplished. At the time of her death she was
Worthy Matron of Victory Chapter, No. 498, of the Eastern Star.
She was also prominent in the women's clubs and social circles of
Sutherland, and was also an active worker along all lines of
noble service. In all these will she be missed more than words
can describe.
While her interest in affairs for the betterment of the community
was always most keen, yet the foremost thought in her mind at all
times was the welfare of her home - its orderly arrangement, the
comfort of the members of the household. In short it was ever her
constant endeavor to make her home measure up to the highest
conception which the term "home" typifies.
Mrs. Schultz was of a sunny disposition, always bright and
cheerful. With an enlarged vision of life, it seemed to be her
deepest joy to make life more pleasant for all with whom she came
in contact. She gave without stint of the nobler graces of a
consecrated life to those things which help to make the old world
a better place in which to live. She was a devoted wife, a
loving, tender, thoughtful mother and a loyal, helpful friend.
She leaves to cherish her memory and miss her helpful
ministrations, her parents, husband, four children, four brothers
and three sisters and a host of other relatives and friends.
Through all the vicissitudes of life she steadfastly clung to her
Heavenly Father. She approached the end serenely. There was no
complaining. It was well with her.
The funeral was held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, the assemblage of friends in attendance filling the
building to its capacity. Her pastor, Rev. A. J. Quirin, was
deeply stirred as he delivered a splendid eulogy to her memory.
The pall bearers were chosen from the young men of her Sunday
school class. The floral offerings were beautiful and perhaps the
largest profusion ever seen here - a silent testimony of the
esteem in which Mrs. Schultz was held in the community. At the
conclusion of the church service the cortege journeyed to
Waterman cemetery, her final resting place, the Victory Chapel of
the Eastern Star acing as an honorary escort and also conducting
the services at the grave.
Those coming from a distance to attend the funeral were: Mrs.
R.C. Townsend and children, Mrs. E. M. Barnett, Karl Schultz, Ned
Briggs and Byron Hill, all of Brookings, S. D.; Lee Strang of
Antiock, Ill.; Albert Seeman of Sioux City; Carl Frahm, Mrs. John
Frahm and daughter Helen, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Thiessen from
Paullina; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thiessen of Gaza, and Mrs. Clint B.
Price of Grundy Center, Iowa.
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Mrs. Charles Spencer Dead
Mrs. Charles Spencer passed away at 11:45 o'clock Wednesday
morning, May 23, 1921, at her home just south of Sutherland. She
became ill the first of July, 1920, with a very severe case of
throat trouble which seemed to rapidly develop into tuberculosis,
with which she has been a patient suffered until the end.
Anna Louise Miller was born at Amboy, Iowa, November 25, 1880,
being at the time of her death 40 years and 7 months old. When
nine years of age she moved with her parents to Kellogg, Iowa,
where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Chas. Spencer May
3, 1896, at Newton, Ia., where they made their home for nine
years. From there they moved to Sioux City and lived two years,
and then moved to Cherokee, where they resided until coming to
Sutherland nine years ago.
The deceased was the mother of two children, Ralph and Kenneth,
both of whom, together with her husband, survive to mourn her
departure. She was a member of the Methodist church and also of
the local Rebekah lodge, which order, and also the Odd Fellow
lodge, attended the funeral in a body.
Funeral services were conducted at the home at 4:30 o'clock today
(Thursday) by Rev. A. J. Quirin. The remains were shipped to he
old home at Kellogg for burial.
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McCreath - Williams
At high noon Wednesday, May 18, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. N.
Williams, occurred the marriage of their daughter, Harriet, to
James McCreath.
Rev. L. M. Pierce of the Congregational church performed the
ceremony. The bride was gowned in white organdy with trimmings of
handmade lace which her brother had brought from Ireland for the
occasion. A beautiful corsage of tea roses and lilies of the
valley was a gift of the bridegroom.
After a bountiful four-course luncheon served by Bernice Stewart,
Ethyl Shearer and Gwenethe McElhinney the guests spent the
afternoon chatting.
The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Williams and has
been Home Economics instructor in the schools at Worthington,
Minn., for the past year. The bridegroom is the son of Alex
McCreath and is engaged in farming his father's place one mile
east of town, where they will be at home to their friends after
June 15th. Many very beautiful gifts were received by the couple.
Out of town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Williams of Marshalltown, Mrs. Byron Strothers of Hubbard, Mrs.
H. B. Bossert and Mary Jane of Watertown, S. D., Mrs. R. H. King
of Cherokee, all cousins of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Metcalf of Hartley, sister of the bridegroom. Mr. and Mrs.
McCreath are making an extended visit with his relatives at Traer
and other points in Iowa. Their many friends with them much
happiness and success. (Primghar Bell)
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Miss Hilda Jurgensen and Emil Rehder were united in marriage
Wednesday, May 18th, at the home of the bride in Calumet. Mr. and
Mrs. Rehder are spending their honeymoon visiting relatives at
Sioux Falls, S. D.
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Mrs. James Farquhar and children spent Sunday afternoon at the
Ben Kellum home.
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Jordan - Murphy
A wedding of much interest and one which came as a surprise to
many, took place Saturday afternoon, May 21, when Miss Florence
Jordan and Charles Murphy, both of this city, were quietly
married at the Court House in Primghar, by Rev. Arthur Hopkinson,
pastor of the Methodist church. The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Sarah E. Jordan of DeWitt, Iowa, and the younger sister of Mrs.
Kitty Jordan, of Sutherland. The groom is a son of J. B. Murphy.
The only witness to the ceremony was J. J. Billingsley of
Primghar.
Mrs. Murphy is a charming young lady and has been teaching school
near Granville the past year and for several years has been
staying at the home of her sister. While here she has made many
acquaintances and won a host of friends who will wish her every
happiness and success in her married life.
The groom in an industrious young farmer living northeast of
town, and is well worthy of the bride he has won. Mr. and Mrs.
Murphy began housekeeping immediately on the farm formerly
occupied by the last Mrs. S. J. Jordan, two miles north of
Sutherland. The Courier extends heartiest congratulations to the
newly wedded couple.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. Triplett were callers at the Henry Nicholson home
Sunday afternoon.
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Sutherland Courier
Sutherland, O'Brien co. Iowa
May 26, 1921
[transcriber note - editor neglected to change heading date, so
this paper has the previous week's date]
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Cherokee Youth Getting In Bad - Arrested Here Last Friday
- Registered at Hotel Nott With Holstein Girl as Man and Wife
It is feared that Lloyd Bader, a Cherokee boy, is getting in bad.
In fact, such an event was feared some time ago. He is at present
in the county, jail charged with issuing false checks, and there
is very likely something worse to be brought out against him.
Four different times warrants have been sworn out for Lloyd's
arrest on the charge of issuing checks on banks where he had no
funds. The first time Justice Bunn let him off when he put up a
good story and paid the costs. The next time, only a short while
afterwards, he was assessed a fine of $10 or three days in jail.
He put up the claim that he was going to work and was let off on
the promise that he would pay the amount the following Wednesday.
He didn't go to work but left the city, and when Sheriff Sangwin
received another warrant he located the lad at Sutherland and
brought him in Friday afternoon. He was taken before Justice Bunn
and the case was continued.
At Sutherland the sheriff found Bader and a young girl from
Holstein registered at the Hotel Nott as man and wife. They had
been there several days. Sheriff Sangwin brought with him the
leaf from the register bearing the name of the young man
"and wife". There was no warrant for the arrest of the
girl, but the sheriff had been requested to keep an eye upon for
her. He brought her back and placed her n a room in the court
house. Her mother came up Friday evening and took her home. After
Bader's arrest both he and the girl admitted they were not
married. The girl's father had been in Cherokee on the search,
and when he was located he had gone to Sioux City to look for her
there, having been to Fort Dodge the previous night.
Bader is somewhere around 17 or 18 years of age, and the girl is
said to be about the same age. What action will be taken in the
matter has not yet been decided.
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Albert Ogbert, sentenced by Judge Bradley for the crime of bigamy
two years ago, has been released at the conclusion of his
sentence.
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Bodies of Dead Heroes are on the Way Home
The bodies of Corp. Albert E. Behmer and Pvt. Ted A. Butler, two
of Sutherland's young men who paid part of the price in human
blood of the great world war, on the battlefields of France, are
now in transit home for burial, and will arrive in New York City
about Saturday, May 21st. A telegram from the Graves Registration
Service to the parents of these young heroes, Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Behmer and Mrs. Effie Butler, of this place, to this effect was
received by them on Tuesday morning of this week. The message
stated that definite funeral arrangements should not be made
until a shipping notice had been received. According to present
plans, however, Sutherland Post. No. 152, American Legion, will
be in charge of the funeral services, announcement of which will
be made later.
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Mrs. I. F. Lake and daughter Nellie left Thursday night for
Illinois in response to a message informing them of the death of
Mrs. Lake's aged father. They expect to be absent about two
weeks.
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Mrs. Severt Harris was a visitor at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Farquhar, at Sutherland, Saturday. Mrs. Farquhar and little
daughter accompanied her home to spend a few days.
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A. W. Stoner received word Monday morning from Des Moines that
Mrs. Stoner's father, Mr. Pierce, who had been ill for some time,
had passed away Sunday evening. Mrs. Stoner has been with her
parents the past week.
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Mrs. A. Farquhar and daughter Celeste went to Peterson Saturday
and in company with Mr. and Mrs. Seivert Harris, went to Schaller
to spend Sunday with relatives.
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