Iowa
Old Press
Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto co. Iowa
December 5, 1917
Local News
-Tony Goeders of Algona was a visitor in this city Tuesday.
-L.W. Gunn was a visitor at Spencer Tuesday between trains.
-Rev. S.C. Sande of Graettinger was a visitor in this city
Saturday.
-H.M. Peck of West Bend was an Emmetsburg visitor Tuesday.
-Elmer Broaten of Mason City was a Thanksgiving guest of friends
in this city.
-Muriss Walker arrived Monday from Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for a visit
with relatives.
-Supervisor Deneen was on the sick list the last of the week but
is able to be about again.
-Mrs. Edward Postel was a passenger to Independence, Iowa,
Tuesday for a visit with relatives.
-Robert Gossman of Rock Rapids enjoyed Thanksgiving with his
mother, Mrs. M. Gossman, in this city.
-Misses Marion and Josephine Walsh and Mayme Sullivan spent
Thanksgiving with friends at Mason City.
-R.H. Gifford and daughter returned from Beloit, Wisconsin, after
a visit with relatives at that place.
-Mrs. Andrew Gappa came from Whittemore Friday, and spent the day
with her mother, Mrs. George Steil, in this city.
-Mrs. H.J. Pelton arrived from Fredericksburg Tuesday of last
week for a visit with his [sic] son, S.H. Pelton, and family.
-Mrs. Arthur Whistler and daughter, Miss Violet, went to Rockwell
City, Iowa, for a visit with relatives.
-Mrs. M.F. Gordon of Britt was in Emmetsburg the last of the week
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick.
-A marriage license was issued to Mr. Oscar A. Osmondson and Miss
Regina M. Kittleson of Graettinger on Friday, November 30.
-J.M. Fletcher, who spent the past summer in this city, left for
Rock Island, Illinois, where he will remain during the winter.
-Thomas Jennings came from Camp Dodge Sunday for a short visit
with his family and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Jennings, of
this city.
-Mrs. Thomas O'Connor has been at Colman, S.D., since Wednesday.
Her sons, Leo and Charles, and her daughter, Mrs. Hodgkin, reside
at that place.
-The Burnette Motor company sold William Gorensen, John Burns,
Sherlock Bros., John Spolum, W.O. Smith and L.C. Larson new ford
cars during the past two weeks, and the Emmetsburg Auto company
supplied Sloan & Weldinger of West Bend, M.J. Mann of Burt
and the Folk Motor company of Titonka with Dodge touring autos.
-E.J. Ruddy of Mallard was in town yesterday. He thinks Mallard
is the best town of its size on the Palo Alto map. He is manager
of the Farmers' Elevator company at that place. Mr. Ruddy was
recently called to eastern Nebraska to attend the funeral of his
father, who died at the age of eighty-two. The old gentleman was
one of the pioneers of that section of the state.
-John Carmody came from Camp Funston the last of the week to
visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Carmody, of this city. He
returned to camp Sunday evening. Mr. Carmody left Emmetsburg some
time ago and went to Montana where he secured a homestead. Later
he sold it and moved to Chicago where he enlisted last September.
He is a large, fine looking young man and will doubtless make a
hardy, heroic soldier.
Thanksgiving Day Tragedy
West Liberty - While preparing Thanksgiving dinner for her four
children, Mrs. Albert Dunlap was shot and killed by her husband.
Dunlap then committed suicide. Unknown to his family, Dunlap
secreted himself in the cellar of the residence about 9:30 that
morning. His wife went to the cellar to get some coal and as she
reached the top of the stairs with the coal Dunlap shot. She fell
backward down the stairs, where Dunlap again shot her twice. He
then shot himelf in the head.
In a drunken frenzy, Dunlap drove his wife from home several
weeks ago. He was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail on
charges of assault and battery brought by his wife. While in
jail, he wrote to his wife, asking that she send his revolver to
him. This was the weapon used by him.
Iowans Given Commissions
At the graduation exercises of the officers' training school at
Fort Monroe, the following men from Iowa were given commissions:
Captains coast artillery - Levy S. Morrill, Fort Madison &
Frank Richards, State Center
First lieutenants, coast artillery - William D. Gordon, Sioux
City; Jesse W. Benson, Gladbrook & Sutherland C. Dowd, Cedar
Rapids.
Second lieutenants, coast artillery - Harold E. Adams, Cedar
Rapids; Harold S. Foster, Cedar Rapids; Harold E. Pride,
Manchester; Frank A. Calmus, Marshalltown; Mont C. Noble, Nassau;
Clarence L. Gleason, Ames; Grant W. Venell, Centerville; Glenn H.
Clemme, Belmond; James W.H. Dean, Hamburg & Harry W.
Lawrence, Sioux City.
Second lieutenant, infantry - David W. Schmidt, Cedar Falls
First lieutenants, ordnance - Frank A. Mack, Storm Lake; Frank B.
Pearce, Hampton & Valentine V. Evy, Scotch Grove.
Second lieutenant, signal corps - Harry K. Davis, Manchester.
Slackers Indicted
Des Moines - United States federal court has launched its
predicted "drive" upon slackers. In the first report of
the federal grand jury two out of three indictments returned were
against men who failed to register for the selective draft. The
"slacker" suspects are John Jenkins of Valley Junction
and John Muneo of Davenport.
Society Changes Name
Davenport - At a meeting of the Iowa Potato and Truck Growers'
association recently the name was changed to Iowa Vegetable
Growers' association. Officers elected: F.F. Schutter, Pleasant
Valley, president; Warren E. Beebe, Weaver, vice president; C.L.
Fitch, Ames, secretary & D. Culver, Clear Lake, treasurer.
Burlington Murder Confession
Burlington - Mystery surrounding the death of Albert McKinney,
which occurred recently, from a knife wound in the back,
apparently was cleared, the police say, when the mother, Mrs.
Oney McKinney, said a younger son, Joe, who has been in jail as a
suspect, killed his brother in an altercation. The police claim
Joe later made a confession, stating he killed his brother in
self-defense. The mother and son had testified at the inquest
that death was accidental by falling while carrying a butcher
knife from the barn.
Iowan Makes Record Flight
Dubuque - Maj. Maurice Connolly of Dubuque, former congressman
from the third Iowa district, now adjutant of the aviation field
at Chanute, Ill., has established a new flying record. In company
with H.W. Blakeley he ascended two miles in eleven minutes. While
this is no unusual reord for European planes, it is an event on
the training firelds in this country, and with the type of
airplane being used by Major Connolly.
Children Burn to Death
Bloomfield - While playing with matches in a barn loft here, two
children ignited the hay, were cut off from escape, and burned
alive. The charred bodies were recovered several hours later. The
victims were Homer Christy, four-year-old son of Ephraim Christy,
and Mary Hancock, five-year-old daughter of Arthur Hancock, who
resides at Laddsdale. The fire occurred in the Christy barn.
Former State Treasurer Succumbs
Des Moines - Gilbert S. Gilbertson, one of the best known
business men of Iowa, died at the Iowa Lutheran hospital
following a stroke of paralysis recently. Mr. Gilbertson was 54
years old. He had severed m ost of his active business
connections here and for some time past he and his wife have been
living in California hoping to benefit his health. He was
recently brought back to Des Moines for medical attention.
Mr. Gilbertson was for three terms state treasurer of Iowa, was
one of the leading figures in banking circles and was prominently
connected with the republican party. He had been president of the
Iowa Trust and Savings bank, the Inter-State Business Men's
Accidental association and the Northwestern Land and Colonization
company.
His political career was begun as clerk of the District Court of
Winnebago county in 1889, which position he held for eight years.
In 1896 he was elected state senator from the forty-first
district. He was well known all over the state. He served as city
treasurer of Forest City for ten years and was chairman of the
Winnebago county republican central committee for nine years.
He was married in 1899 to Miss Belle D. Whitney. He is survived
by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. E. Chase West and Mrs. Earl
H. Scripps, both of Des Moines.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, December 19, 1917
RAY J. NALLY MARRIED
The Bride Is Miss Anna Sheehan, of South Kearsaige, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Nally who were married a week ago at the
Sacred Heart church, have returned from a honeymoon trip to
Duluth and will take up their residence at 146 Osceola street,
Larium. Mrs. Nally formerly was Miss Anna Sheehan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John
Sheehan of South Kearsage. The groom's name home is at
Emmetsburg, Iowa. The wedding ceremony at Sacred Heart was a very
pretty one. The bride, becomingly attired in a gown of old rose
silk with a picture hat to match, was attended by Miss Margaret
Sheehan who wore a gown of old gold, also with a picture hat to
match. The groomsman was Sherman Deenen of Emmetsburg, an old
schoolmate. Mr. Nally represents the Crotty company of
Minneapolis in this district and expects to continue his
headquarters in the copper country, Larium, Michigan, Gazette.
The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Nally of this
city. He is a genial, courteous, deserving, young man. The news
of his marriage will be learned with surprise by his numerous
local friends. The Democrat wishes the happy couple
health and happiness.
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Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Dec 19, 1917
PUBLIC SALE DATES
Friday, Dec. 21, Mrs. Engar Larson will hold a general farm
sale 5 miles east and 1 north of Ruthven and 4 miles south of
Lost Island Creamery.
Friday, Jan. 18 - The Wm. Reardon estate will hold a closing out
sale on their farm 3 miles west and six miles south of Ruthven.
Is at Ft. Logan.
Mrs. C.H. Slagle received a letter from her brother, Charles
Joynt, the first of the week in which he tells of his first days
of life at Ft. Logan. He says that when he arrived at the fort,
there were between two and three thousand volunteers lined up
waiting to be examined. There was so many that they could not
furnish sleeping quarters for them all and about one thousand of
them including himself had to sleep in the basement of the Union
Depot, on a cement floor, with straw as a bed. He says the
weather is still quite warm there and one does not need an
overcoat.
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J.E. Powers, who recently wrote bogus checks in Estherville to
the amount of $500 was arrested last week at Lead, S.D. He was
afterwards found to be a deserter from the U.S. Navy.
A young man named George Williams took in some of the West Bend
merchants one day last week by the forged check method. He got
away with $20 and is still going.
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Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Dec 26, 1917
OUR ROLL OF HONOR
Below we give the addresses of the boys from this vicinity who
have given their services to Uncle Sam. They are sacrificing
their careers and risking their lives to make this a better world
for us to live in. Let us show our appreciation of this noble
sacrifice. Here you have their addresses. Write to them, send
them books and magazines, and help them bear their burdens that
they have so willingly shouldered. The Free Press will be sent
free of charge to every American soldier from this district,
volunteer or drafted, for the duration of the war. This list will
be a permanent fixture upon our front page and will serve to
remind you from week to week of the ones to whom you owe an
everlasting debt. If you learn of a change of address or any of
the boys or know of any name missing from this list, please
notify us.
ERNEST BALE
Co. B. 2nd Engineers, American Expeditionary Force, Paris,
France.
HARLAN WAGNER
Truck Co, 50, Camp Johnston Fla.
PETER MILES
Co. L. 2nd Inft., Camp Dodge.
HAROLD HOLMGREN
Musician, USS Boxer, Newport, R.I.
ARNETT BRADY
Co. D. 29th Inft., Ft. Douglas Sta., Utah
FRANCIS CARRIGAN
Co. ?, Artillery Regiment, U.S.M.C., Quantico, Va.
Crp. CHARLES WALTERS
149? Aerial Sqd, W. Wright Field, Fairfield
S.T. SAMPSON
?9? Aerial Sqd, Carp Div, Morrison, Va.
Crp. S.E. NELSON
??? Co, 164 Dpt Brg. co Fonston, Kan.
HAROLD GAARD
M.O.T.C. Camp Greenleaf; Everult cp, Ft. Oglethrpe, Ga.
ORTON E. CHURCH
Co 58 Marine Blgs, Paris Island, S. Carolina
IRVIN GAARD
Co. A, 2nd Engineers, American Expeditionary Forces, Paris,
France
A?Y KING
109 Am. Train Truck Co, Cr??ty, N.M.
ALFRED GATES
USS Camden, Care PM, New York, NY
BILL BURTON
H.Q. 147, F. Art, 47 Div, Camp Merr??, Tenaply, N.J.
Sgt RAYMOND DODGE
Bat D 17, Field Artillery, Camp Bob???, Sparta, Wis.
Sgt REX HUBBARD
Camp Cody, Deming, N.M., camp Q.M.
1st Lieut. A.B. WIGDAHL
Med. Detch 352 Inf. Reg, Camp Dodge
Will ROSACKER
Cp Dodge, ???, 58th Div, Mid M Police
HARVEY PAULSON
Ft. Riley, Kan, Pro Co A, No 1, MOTC
JOHN M MILLER
Co 2 MP, 54 In, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Address at - Camp Dodge, 350th Inft, Co F - crp Will Davis,
Crp J.L. Minor
Camp Pike, Ark, Crp Paul Grozkruger, Co E, 347 Inft. Paul
Barringer, Co F, 347 Inft. Carl Iverson, Co F, 347 Inft. Henry
Kassel, Co C, 312 Engineers. Martin A. Johnson 347 Inft, Co G.
Fred Dodge, Deceased.
MRS. ALISON BAXTER
Mrs. Alison Baxter was quite suddenly called from our midst last
week. She was on a case at the home of Mr. North, near Cylinder,
and Friday evening became quite ill. Her children, J.T. Baxter
and Mrs. Gust Linden of this vicinity were called and were at her
bedside when she passed away on Monday morning, Dec. 17 at 8:36.
Heart failure is given as the cause of her death. The remains
were brought to the home of the deceased in this city on Monday
evening. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church on
Wednesday. Rev. Wilkerson conducted the funeral services.
Miss Alison McDonald was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, on December 26, 1869. She grew to young womanhood in
this country and received her education there. When a child she
became affiliated with the Free church of Scotland and was a
faithful christian and tireless church worker. On Feb. 27, 1885,
she was united in marriage to Thomas Baxter in Galabreis,
Scotland. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Baxter
immigrated to America and came directly to Palo Alto county and
settled on a farm a short distance from Ruthven. They farmed for
several years, later moving to Ruthven where about twelve years
ago Mr. Baxter died. In late years Mrs. Baxter has taken up
nursing and her patience, friendliness and solicitude for others
made her an expert in this line. She was known through her work
all over this section, and her friends were numerous in every
locality in which she worked. She was gentle, kind and loving,
always forwarding others interests in preference to her own, and
ever providing for and working for the betterment of others. By
her own family will she be most missed- fortunate people have a
mother such as she was and her death will long be felt by her
children. Soon after coming to this country she affiliated
herself with the M.E. Church and every moment of her existence
was blessed with Christian thought and intent. She leaves to
mourn her loss, besides her two children, one sister and three
brothers. The Free Press extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved
relatives.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
- Mrs. Arthur Olson left Saturday for her
home at Platte, S. Dak. She had been visiting at Nefzgers.
- Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Church left Friday for
their new home at Cumberland, Wis.
-Miss Bernice Modisett left Saturday for
Sibley to spend Christmas at the home of her sister.
- Arnold Stanton came in from Lake Park
Saturday to spend Christmas at home.
- Mrs. W.H. Manthe of Minneapolis is here
visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. McNary.
- D.E. Gates and son Delbert spent Christmas
day at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B.F. Combes in Cylinder.
- Martina McNary came in from Huntley, Minn,
where she is teaching school, Saturday to spend the Christmas
vacation with her parents.
- Miss Alice O'Brien was on her way home to
Ayrshire Monday. She has been teaching at Waukon.
-Mrs. Nora Crowley and daughter, Miss Jennie,
arrived from Madison, Wis., the last of the week to spend
Christmas at the T.J.Brennan home.
- Arthur Berg came up from Ames Thursday to
spend the Holiday vacation at the home of his parents in this
city.
- Mrs. T.L. Jackson and two sons went to Mason
City Friday to visit at the home of her sister and also at the
Fred Miller home.
- James Washington came up from Omaha last
week to spend the Holiday season at the home of his parents.
- Carl and Selmer Wigdahl returned Sunday from
Forest City where Carl is attending school, to spend the
Christmas vacation at home.
- Mrs. Beatrice Anderson came from Sanborn
Sunday to spend Christmas with her mother, Mrs. A.C.
Christiansen.
- Miss Mable Hughes came in Saturday from
McCalisburg where she is teaching, to spend the Christmas
vacation.
- Mrs. Bennett MacLean, a former school mate
of the late Mrs. Alice Baxter's in Scotland, was in attendance at
the latter's funeral here last Wednesday. Mrs. MacLean now lives
in Estherville.
- Mrs. F.E. Johnson and daughter, Francis, of
Ruby, Alaska, who had been visiting for a week at the J.H.
Anderson home in this city, left Monday morning for Ft. Dodge for
a further visit with relatives.
- Mr. and Mrs. O.L. Root left the first of the
week to spend the Holidays with their daughter, Mrs. S.T. Bruyn,
in Minneapolis. From there they will go to Vinton for a visit
with their daughter, Mrs. J.F. Sanders. They also expect to visit
their son, O.S. Root in Des Moines before returning.
- Orton E. Church went to Chicago a few weeks
ago and where enlisted in the Marine Corps, "the Bloody
58th" which is said to be the best of the one hundred
companies stationed at Paris Island, S. Carolina. Orton passed a
perfect examination.
- Mrs. Eggleston and grandson Edward Petree
came in from Iowa city Friday to spend Christmas at home.
- Miss Luelle Berg came in from Madison, Wis.,
Friday to spend the Holiday season at the home of her parents.
- Wayne and Harold Toland left last Saturday
for Cedar Falls where they will spend Christmas with relatives
and friends.
- Sgt. Rex Hubbard of Camp Cody, N.M. who has
received a ten day furlough and is expected home this evening for
a visit at the home of mother, Mr. E.G. Cope.
Mrs. Asloug Thoreson
Mrs. Asloug Thoreson passed away Friday, Dec.
14, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L.H. Sporan of this city.
Mrs. Thoreson was nearly eighty years of age. She has been ailing
for many years and has been confined to her bed for the past
three and a half years. The funeral services were held from the
Lutheran church and the remains interred in the Lost Island
cemetery on Monday, Dec. 17. Rev. L.O. Wigdahl conducted the
funeral services.
Miss Asloug Olson was born in Nummerdaring,
Norway, on March 1, 1829. She resided there with her parents
until 1848, when they immigrated to America and settled in Dane
county, Wisconsin, where she resided until 1850, when she was
united in marriage to Knut Thoreson. They came to Palo Alto
county in 1871 and she has made her home here ever since. Ten
children were born to this union, eight of whom are still living.
All of the children except one, Andrew of Audibon, were present
at the funeral. She has been cared for during her declining years
in the house of her daughter, Mrs. J.H. Sporan, who was assisted
in materiality in caring for her by the rest of the children.
The deceased has lived a long and useful life.
She spent the prime of her life battling the disadvantages and
obstacles that had to be faced by the pioneer settlers. She
belongs to the class that is entitled to ninety per cent of the
credit of making this great middle west a fit and safe place to
live in. She had resided in Palo Alto county nearly half a
century and seven years before the town of Ruthven was founded.
She was a loving and devoted mother and a true friend and
neighbor. She leaves to mourn her loss eight children: Mrs. L.H.
Sporan, Mrs. Gertrude Christianson, Mrs. Lars Olson, Mrs. Hans
Vestigaard, Thore Knutson, O.K. Thoreson and K. K. Thoreson.
To these bereaved relatives the Free Press
Extends sincere sympathy.
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