LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
May 27, 1892

MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS.
Promptly at 9 o’clock a.m. under the direction of Chief Marshal, the column
will form on Sixth street with right resting on Main street, in the
following order:

Martial Band.
Young American Cadets.
Flower Committees and Children in Wagons.
Mower Post, G.A.R.
I.O.O.F.
Knights of Pythias.
LeMars Fire Department.
Other Civic Societies.
Public Schools.
Citizens on Foot.
W.R.C. and G.A.R. in Carriages.
Orator of the Day, and Choir in Carriages.
Mayor and City Officials in Carriages.
Citizens in Carriages.
The line of march will be south on Main to Third street; east on Third to
the City Cemetery, where the ritual exercises of the G.A.R. and the W.R.C.
will be held. After completion of decorating ceremonies, the column will
reform in the same order and march west to Fulton street, north on Fulton to
Sixth street, east on Sixth to the Catholic Cemetery and after exercises
there, will return by way of Sixth street to Main street and there disband.

Dinner will be served by the W.R.C. at the G.A.R. Hall at 12 noon.

At 2 o’clock p.m. the societies will reassemble at the Opera House and
listen to an oration by Rev. J. E. Snowden.

At the usual hour in the evening, the W.R.C. will give an entertainment in
the Opera House.
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NOW is a good time to bring the babies to Dabb’s and have their picture
taken in the latest style.
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WILL GO AWAY.
Miss Emmons has secured a position at her home in Nevada, Iowa, where she
has taught before. She gets the same room that she had when in the Nevada
schools before and will be very pleasantly situated in the same building
with her sister.

Miss Croft goes to Boone, where she will teach during the coming year.

Miss Carrie Decker expects to attend a summer school at Des Moines during
the vacation.

THE NEW TEACHERS.
Miss Kate McDuffie has taught in the public schools of Jefferson very
successfully for three years.

Miss Shadie has been for some time a popular teacher of Manchester, Iowa.

Miss Clarke and Miss Price are from the State University at Iowa City and
are able students of that institution.

ACKNOWLEDGED.
Mrs. Dr. J. C. McMahan has received from Secretary, C. M. Swan, of the Sioux
City Relief Committee a very graceful letter acknowledging the receipt of
clothing sent by the people of LeMars for the benefit of the flood sufferers
by the recent flood, and expressing the thanks of the committee to all who
aided in the relief work.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
May 31, 1892

FLOWER BEDECKED.
THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD HEROES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
LeMars Celebrates Decoration Day in an Appropriate Manner—The Boy Cadets and
the Gray Haired Veterans March Together To Do the Honors. An Able Sermon.

If the weather had been planned for Decoration Day, it could not have been
made better. The beautiful sunshine fell through the air with just enough
accompaniment of cool wind to make the walk or ride to the cemeteries,
enjoyable. At an early hour the people of the city began to gather at the
G.A.R. headquarters and at 9:30 promptly the young American cadets and the
veterans of this post led the procession on Main street toward the cemetery.
The order of the procession and line of march to the cemeteries were
substantially as given in the programs. Fifty carriages and several hundred
people formed in the procession to pay tribute of respect to the dead
heroes. The impressive ceremonies were performed in the cemeteries: many
beautiful flowers strewn upon their graves and the people returned to the
city to attend the other G.A.R. exercises of the day. Unfortunately, the
Rev. J. E. Snowden, being called away, the afternoon exercises with the
address were omitted.

In the evening six to seven hundred people gathered in the Opera House to
witness the program announced in Friday’s issue of this paper. The
entertainment was very similar to one given before except the tambourine
drill given by twenty girls which was very fine indeed. The proceeds of the
day and evening were very satisfactory to the societies.

The protestant churches of the city held union memorial services at the
opera house Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Every seat in the building was occupied and
the program carried out fully without a break or flaw. As usual on such
occasions, the house was decorated with bunting, pictures and most beautiful
plants. The address of Rev. Mrs. J. W. Walker was based upon the text found
in Exodus 13:10, “Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season
from year to year.” She spoke of the plagues sent upon Egypt, of the cure by
sprinkling of blood upon the lintels and the pass over ceremonies in
commemoration of the event and the allusion of the text to that event.
“Nothing is soon forgotten than the grave,” said the speaker “and hence his
memorial day is instituted to keep fresh in our minds the memory of the
brave men who died in the service of their country. This day is also a
tangible memorial of human slavery and the fact that 12000000 people were
freed from its bondage.” She spoke of the work that the soldiers had done
and of their valor and suffering; of their honor and integrity in suffering,
and rotting in rebel prisons rather than forsake their country and its cause
in the hour of peril. She spoke of women of our country who have done and do
great deeds and make sacrifices in the Women’s Relief Corps. One can imagine
men going forth to deeds of glory and daring with strains of martial music
to cheer them, but the women go forth among the dead and dying, without pomp
or display, and do noble work. She compared the wars of 1776 and 1861. In
the first war the consideration was a redress for grievances, while in the
second the matter of human freedom from slavery was involved.

The address throughout was full of thought and was listened to by the large
audience with great interest.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

AKRON: (From the Register)
Harry Glezen made an overland trip to LeMars Tuesday.

Mrs. H. J. Thode and daughters returned Wednesday morning from their visit
at Holstein, Iowa.

Mrs. B. B. Harrington, who has been visiting relatives in Ponca and Omaha,
Neb., for the past three weeks, returned home yesterday.

Messrs. J. Beck, W. Burrill, P. Zimmerman and H. Glezen made a pleasure trip
to Hawarden, Sunday.

The school board of Portland township met at B. F. Wintersteen’s store last
Saturday and selected the following teachers to fill the positions in the
Akron schools for the ensuing year: I. C. Hise, principal; Nettie Edge,
first grammar; Winnie Blair, second grammar; Mrs. W. V. Baker, first
primary; Mattie Thomas, second primary. Mrs. Baker and Miss Blair are
residents of Elk Point and come very highly recommended. There were several
other applications in for positions in the city schools, mostly from capable
teachers living here, but they were rejected.

Akron will celebrate the Fourth of July.

The school board of Portland township will issue bonds to the amount of
$8,000 for eight years to the lowest bidder, all bids to be in by June 1st.

Elmer Hampton, who has been attending law school in Sioux City, has
graduated and has received his certificate and is now a full-fledged
attorney. Mr. Hampton returned to Akron Thursday and will remain here during
the summer.

The Akron schools closed a very successful year’s work last Friday,
excepting the principal’s room which continues four days this week on
account of a four days vacation taken some time during last term. The
schools are in better condition at the present time than they have been at
any time during the past, and under the able management of Prof. Hise, have
done good and effective work.

HINTON: (Special Correspondence)
C. J. Anderson is busy this week repairing bridges on the Floyd road.

Rev. E. Mueller was in Kingsley on Sunday.

Miss Esther Jenkins from Sioux City visited with her parents Tuesday and
Wednesday.

Rev. Mr. Jonas from LeMars conducted quarterly meeting at the Melbourne
church Sunday.

Miss Amelia Held visited in Sioux City Monday and Tuesday.

Henry Blecker and wife and sisters from Stanton, attended service at the
Melbourne church Sunday.

Miss Ida C. Koenig spent Sunday in LeMars.

Louis F. Winter finished planting corn Friday.

The Sioux City and Northern railroad company are running trains on their won
track again as far as Leeds.

Chas. F. Kennon took a business trip to Sioux City Saturday.

H. E. Rounds has been busy the past week fishing out timbers that were
washed away from the mill in the recent flood.

(From Another Correspondent.)
“Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,” so said Fred Blumer as he
upset with the boat.

Floyd bottom lands are not quite tillable—corn crops on these fields will be
late.

George Kahn and wife, of LeMars, were Melbourne visitors last week.

Miss Ida Koenig and school will (if weather permit) picnic on their last day
of school, June 3d, in Mr. E. Held’s grove. If all the teachers were under
the impression that well gotten up lyceums, exhibitions, spelling schools,
picnics, etc were of more benefit to a community than all the algebra,
geometry, zoology, etc. that can be taught, we will soon have an intelligent
rising generation.

Some of Melbourne’s bipeds make it a point of their business to attend
meetings at Stanton. They go by way of the elevated railroad. Trains are of
two kinds on this road, the long, irregular, sweet perfumed stock train, and
the long sweeping train of a lady’s dress.

Rev. E. Mueller was called to Kingsley yesterday on important business.

D. Winter, of Hinton, was a Melbourne visitor last Sunday evening.

Rev. J. Henn, from Ackley, assisted Elder Jones in conducting quarterly
meeting at the Melbourne church last Sunday morning and preached to a large
audience in the evening.

Mr. A. Blecker and daughters, Mary and Anne, and A. Uthe and wife from
Stanton, attended the quarterly meeting at Melbourne last Sunday.

L. W. Clark was a Sioux City visitor last Sunday.

Henry Blecker and wife were visitors in our valley last Sunday.

The Floyd Cemetery association will hold its annual meeting at the Odd
Fellows hall Wednesday evening, June 1.

If the editor of the Merrill Record is in need of a jelly dish, lamp or cook
book, he can get the same by paying fifty cents for a can of baking powder
at the Hinton store, gratis.

Jacob Koenig, from LeMars, is visiting with his sister, Mrs. P. Schneider,
near Hinton.

Phil Held, Yetta Held and Ida Koenig spent Saturday and Sunday in Sioux
City.