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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
February 2, 1892

DIED.
HEIN—At her home in America township, of inflammation of the bowels, Mrs. Mary Hein, aged 40 years.
The funeral took place Monday, from the German M. E. church of this city.

BORN.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. Douglas, of this city, Monday, January 24, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Freeman, of this city, February 2, a girl.

LeMars Globe-Post
February 2, 1892

DIED.

KASS---At her home in Remsen, Jan. 29, 1892, of consumption, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kass, age 60 years, 1 month.

The deceased was the wife of one of Plymouth County's most respected
citizens, Nic Kass, Sr. She was a native of Prussia and was a resident of
this country for 43 years, 16 years of which she lived in this county. The
funeral took place Monday morning from her home in Remsen which was largely
attended and a large number of LeMars people present. The remains were
interred in the Catholic cemetery.

She was an ardent wife, a loving mother and leaves a husband, five sons, one
daughter, and a host of friends, both young and old, to mourn her departure.
Two children went before her into the dark cloud of death.

Marriage Licenses Issued during January 1892

06, J. Bogenrief and Mary Bonn

06, George C. Rees and Ursula Hesley

06, John C. Fenton, and Amelia C. Okown

07, John Rether and Maria Pollock

13, Jacob J. Aalfs and Anna Winters

14, C. L. Harrison and Florence Perron

18, Anthony J. Tasshaller and Katherina Hesselmann

18, Benjamin F. Moist and Stella J. Shumate

19, Malcom Campbell and Mary E. Norris

19, Jacob Kempner and Mary Berger

20, John Krehmer and Mary Brendle

21, Noah Harris and Jennie Schwaitzer

22, Patrick Farrell and Katie Murray

23, Fred Koch and Anna Schmidt

23, Carl Denker and Mary Schuldt

26, Duncan McCarther and Jennie Hinde

26, August Renter and Elizabeth (not readable)

29, Michael Fiedler and Pauline Heuertz

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
February 12, 1892

WEDDED WEALTH.
A Young Man Marries a Rich Grandmother

It is seldom that May weds December, when the older party is a woman, even
if the fair one’s wrinkles are whitewashed with gold, but one of these
freaks is reported from Illinois, in which an ex-LeMars young man figures as
the sedate husband of a frolicsome widow of seventy-two years and a large
family of grown up children.

Last summer the young man stopped at the farm house of the wealthy old lady
and hired out as a farm hand. He gained her confidence and she deeded him
her farm on the thirteenth day of last November. A few days later he married
her.

The farm is estimated to be worth $12,000 to $15,000 and the children of the
old lady are not happy over the affair. They have employed a lawyer to look
after their interests. He wrote to LeMars recently to see if he could not
find out something that the heirs could use against the young man, who is
Richard H. Demaray. Demaray appears to have always been a reputable citizen.
He left LeMars a few years ago. He had a perfect right to marry a woman a
hundred years old, if his tastes led him that way. Any old lady has a right
to adopt a boy, if she want to. People who do not like it cannot help
themselves. The children are not likely to get the property.

STOLE A COAT.
A man named J. D. Houston stole a ten dollar overcoat from one of the hooks
in front of Hentges yesterday. He took it up in the hall near Dr. McMahan’s
office and dropped the holder and put on the coat. He did not get far. Some
one saw him get the coat. He went around to the alley and was going into the
rear door of a saloon, when Wesley Burrill seized him by the collar and
demanded the coat. “What are you going to do?” said the man. “Why I’m going
to take that coat off you,” said Burrill. He got the coat and started back
to the store with his man, when marshal Latenser appeared in sight. The
sight of his star gave speed to the legs of the thief and he ran up the
alley into Mickley House yard over to Court street and to the Dubuque House.
The marshal found him in the parlor. Mayor Priestley gave him a fine of $50,
or fifteen days in jail.

THE CORN SHELLER.
Nick Kellen, who lives about six miles south of town, had the misfortune to
have his hand badly hurt in a corn sheller Wednesday. He was shelling corn
at his farm and his hand was drawn into the machine. His thumb was cut off,
the first two fingers broken and the other fingers and the hand badly
skinned and bruised. Dr. Richey was called and dressed the wound.

MARRIED.
OTLEY-VERHULE—At Presbyterian parsonage, LeMars, February 10, 1892, by Rev.
D. W. Fahs. Mr. Frank Otley and Miss Katie Verhule, both of this city.

MOLITOR-DIETZ—In this city, Squire A. A. Alline officiating, Wednesday,
February 11, 1892, Mr. Nicholas Molitor and Miss Louisa Dietz, all of Meadow
township.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel

Tuesday, February 23, 1892

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

J. W. Beebe to A. J. Clark wd, lots 11 and 12 blk 7 Young and Corkery’s Add to LeMars…..$200.00

United States to Julia Murphy patent, n ½ sw ¼ 10 90 47…..

Nicholas Dorsey to Julia Kavanagh swd, se ¼ 34 90 47…..$6000.00

Julia Kavanagh and hus to Mary Murphy wd, n ½ sw ¼ 10 90 47…..$2000.00

Peter Sheeren and wife to John R. Thompson wd, se ¼ 3 90 45…..$4480.00