Iowa Old Press

LeMars Sentinel
July 3, 1903

MILLNERVILLE: (Special Correspondence)

Corn is growing now, and the showers we get occasionally do lots of good in
the hills.

Every burg the size of a couple of houses or persons owning a grove are
celebrating at home, others celebrated at the previous shows and at the
festival all week.

A big crowd attended the dance at Chris Munch’s on Friday night over fifty
numbers being sold.

LaVille Kimball, who has been quite sick, is better. Miss Nellie Casey has
been staying with Miss Kimball, as Mr. Kimball Sr., is sick in the hospital
at Sioux City.

Mr. Carlisle, who has been visiting in Sioux City, returned to Mr. Pikes.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson went to Sioux City Sunday returning Monday also Mr. and
Mrs. Christenson.

Robert Banks has returned from his Wisconsin trip.

Willie and Ethel Lindsay went to Webster City to visit over the Fourth with
their aunt, Mrs. J.B. Baxter and cousins of that place.

Mr. Vanderburgh has returned from his trip to the lakes in Northern
Wisconsin.

MT. HOPE: (Special Correspondence)

The Rev. Dr. Benne Michell will spend the day next Sunday with the Mt. Hope
charge. He is representing the conference claimant’s fund.

The Pleasant View people in Henry township will celebrate the Independence
Day with a grand picnic at the grove of E.N. Hart. Rev. F.E. DuBois of
Kingsley will deliver the oration of the day. Let everybody come and enjoy a
day with this happy people. Program at eleven o’clock.

Rev. J.W. Southwell P. E. will come on July 12, at Pleasant View.

MAMMEN: (Special Correspondence)

John Theilen, Wm. Frels and George Doring returned from their trip to
Manitoba, the latter bought 240 acres of land at $18 per acre.

Ihnke Harms was on our streets Monday last.

M.H. Mammen received his drug stock last week which he has been waiting for
about four weeks and is now ready for customers.

Fred Harms and family were in our burg Sunday.

Fred Wilken is on the sick list.

Rembe Bros. are busy hauling material for a new barn which they will build
this summer in place of the one that was wrecked by the high wind last
spring.

A large crowd of people gathered at the home of Heike Johnson last Sunday.

Refreshments were served during the afternoon and a pleasant time was spent.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

The Ladies Aid society will hold a picnic on the Fourth of July in the
evergreen grove. Ice cream and cake and lemonade will be on sale. A program
is being prepared and Rev. Skaggs will deliver an address. Fire works in the
evening. Everybody invited.

M.A. Moore of LeMars was doing business here Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Blakeway of Crathorne were visiting friends in Seney Sunday.

Miss Jessie March is visiting friends in Akron. She will remain over the
Fourth.

Miss Lucile March returned home Saturday from a visit with Akron friends.

Miss Ella and Cora Hughes from LeMars are visiting at the home of their
brother, George.

The concert that was given in the school house last Thursday evening turned
out to be a pretty slim affair, about 25 were present.

Misses Bessie and Mae Kennedy are visiting in Sioux City.

Willie Norris, of Sioux City, has been visiting his cousin, Hazel Campbell.

Mr. and Mrs. Thel Higday and daughter visited at the home of Dewey Hammer
one day last week. They were accompanied home by the two little daughters of
Mr. Hammer.

Frank March of Akron is visiting his mother’s home.

W.W. Jeffers has been doling mason work at the Buss home this past week.

H.R. Hughes, of LeMars, visited over night at the Hughes home Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Painter, who recently moved to Jordan, Minn., passed
through Seney Tuesday enroute to their old home in Missouri. Mr. Painter has
concluded to return to his former occupation as a farmer.

Mrs. M.G. Mills went to LeMars on the train Tuesday.

C.G. Norris was a Sioux City visitor Monday and Tuesday.

Miss Alice Demaray celebrated her birthday by inviting a number of her young
friends to her home on Tuesday night.

Married, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Baldwin,
Thursday, June 25, Miss Grace Baldwin and Mr. Albert Lundgren. About forty
of the most intimate friends and relatives of the family were present. After
the ceremony the guests sat down to a bountiful wedding feast. The young
people went north on a wedding tour to visit Mr. Lundgen’s relatives in
Minnesota. Miss Baldwin has grown up in this neighborhood and has many
friends who join with your correspondent in wishing the young people a long
and happy as well as prosperous life. For the present they will reside with
Mrs. Lundgren’s parents at their farm home.

George Foster of Carroll is visiting at the Lancaster home.

Arthur Reeves has purchased the Miles Kennedy property in Seney and expects
to move here the first of next March.

Will Reeves purchased the Post farm east of Seney last week, the
consideration being $75 per acre.

B.A. Dyson has been taking a lay off from his duties at the depot and is
visiting in Rock Rapids. Mr. Dyson expects soon to move his family here, if
he can get a house.

FREDONIA: (Special Correspondence)

Lorie Baldwin went to Chicago Tuesday evening with a car load of cattle.

Sol Perry commenced work on his barn Monday.

Walt Clark and son of Sioux City assisted by John Lancaster of Seney is
doing the carpenter work.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Buss and Mrs. Thompson and Chris Thompson visited with
Frank Buss Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Berkenpas visited at the Simon Aukema home Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultz visited friends out west Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Free DeWitt of Kingsley visited at Sol Perry’s Sunday returning
Monday.

Will Reeves has purchased a farm. We understand Will paid $6000 for 80
acres.

CRATHORNE: (Special Correspondence)

Pearl Diediker and Josie Erickson are visiting Sioux City this week.

John McInnis has returned home to Dakota after a visit with his parents.

Ruth LaRue is visiting Elmeda Stephens.

David Edmunds and son Phil of LeMars were callers at Crathorne Monday
enroute to Henry Meinen.

Road graders are busy grading the streets of Crathorne.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Zimmerman have been enjoying a visit from their little
granddaughter.

Peter Reese is contemplating having a gasoline engine.

Willie Norris returned home after a weeks visit with his uncle and aunt at
Crathorne store.

A.G. Blakeway and family were Seney visitors last Sunday.

Mrs. Engholm of Dakota is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Evan Johnson.

LeMars Sentinel
July 7, 1903
 
PERSONALS.
Mrs. A. M. Duus and children went to Perkes, Iowa, and Yankton, S.D., on Friday to visit friends.
 
Fred Remer has just had built a large barn on his farm near town. Chas. Meyers did the work.
 
Mrs. H. Bruns, who has been at the hospital in Sioux City for treatment, returned home on Saturday.
 
Will Aird returned to his farm near Plainview, Neb., after a visit at the home of his father, John Ard.
 
Mrs. Henry Linden returned home on Friday from a visit at Chicago, Freeport, and other Illinois points.
 
Ed Harder came down from Sioux Falls, S.D., where he has been working, to spend the Fourth at home.
 
Mrs. O. H. Hinds left on Thursday evening for a two months visit in New York, Boston, and Washington.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty of  Sioux City spent the Fourth with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Krudwig.
 
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Porr, and Mrs. Tansina, of Leeds, were guests over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Carl.
 
Mrs. G. A. Sammis and Miss Sarah Loring left on Thursday night for Washington, Boston and other points east.
 
Miss Brouillette, of Jefferson, S.D., returned home on Monday after a visit with her friend, Miss Barbara Simeon.
 
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hoffmann of Sioux Falls, S.D., are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reichmann.
 
Geo. Thurber and H.F. Lenison went to Onawa last week and from there to North Dakota with a party of landseekers.
 
Miss Gussie Kohler of Minneapolis returned home yesterday after a three weeks visit with Rev. and Mrs. G.C. Rheinfrank.
 
Harry Smith, who has been working at Madison, S.D., for some time, came down to spend the Fourth with his relatives.
 
THE RURAL TELEPHONE.
 
Before the rural telephone came the farmer who loaded his product and hauled it to the city, often to find the bottom had dropped out of prices. If the produce was perishable, he had almost to give it away and the receipts hardly paid the wear and tear on the team and wagon.  
 
Now the farmer who has a telephone can call up the city before he starts, and if the market isn’t right he postpones his trip until another day. If a physician is needed, the farmer with a telephone no longer has to ride for miles out in the midnight. The telephone is a life saver as well as a money saver.
 
The day has come for rural telephones, and the farmers as well as the business men have found that the telephone is an imperative necessity. Comparatively few merchants, until the past few years have had telephone communications with their farmer customers, and even yet the great majority depend on rural and star mail routes and private carriers to reach their customers in the rural districts.
 
The LeMars Telephone Company is reaching out in every direction from our city and connecting up the farmers with our townspeople. This fact will not only be appreciated by our business men but also by the resident people who will have the privilege of talking with their friends and relatives in the country without being compelled to pay toll for every conversation. The new company is meeting with unusual success in the establishment of these lines and this fact is evidently appreciated by the people in our city from the large list of subscribers the company now have signed.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE LEWIS CROW.

The funeral of the late Lewis Crow was held on Friday afternoon, the remains being held at the urgent request of his son, C. T. Crow, of Portland, Oregon, who telegraphed the previous Monday on the receipt of the news of his father’s death, that he would make all possible haste to arrive in time for the funeral.

The funeral was conducted under the auspices of Mower Post G.A.R. of which the deceased was an honored member, and a detail of his faithful comrades bore his remains to their final resting place. They were D.O. Marchant, H.R. Hughes, G.W. Forsythe, D.R. Hammond, M.C. Lobdell and T.J. Carpenter. The services were held at the Washington street Evangelical church, of which the deceased was a member, and the funeral sermon was preached by Dr. H.H. Thoren, the president of Western Union college. The speaker paid a well merited tribute to the memory of the deceased and dwelt on his high character, his long honorable and useful life and his unswerving fidelity to Christian tenants, being a devoted church member for sixty-five years.  Mr. Crow was a Christian throughout his long life, having joined the Methodist church when seventeen years old where he retained his membership for twenty-one years. He then affiliated with the Free Baptists and in the last years of his life became a member of the United Evangelical church.

Many floral tributes were placed on his coffin as marks of esteem and affection by his friends. The services at the grave were conducted by the members of the Mower post G.A.R.

LeMars Sentinel
Friday, July 10, 1903

JAMES: (Special Correspondence)
A game of baseball was played on the James campus Sunday afternoon between
Hinton and James, resulting in a score of 12 to 16 in favor of Hinton.

L. Gilmer Shoemaker of Oswego was visiting at the home of Lewis Haller
Saturday and Sunday.

Nat Savage and wife were visiting with relatives in Woodbury County Sunday.

Miss Ada Larson was visiting with relatives in Sioux City last week.

Mrs. Roy Wiley who had been visiting for a week in this vicinity with
relatives returned to her home in Struble Sunday.

Miss Emma Stewart who had been visiting with relatives in Salix returned
home Sunday.

David Barnholtz and family of Leeds were visiting with friends in the
vicinity of James Sunday.

Mr. A. J. Eyer returned home from Charter Oak Sunday.

Miss Ida Givens went to Sheldon Monday evening.

David Yount was a Leeds business caller Monday afternoon.

Samuel Fulton was a Leeds visitor Monday.

HINTON: (Special Correspondence)
Robt. Crouch of LeMars was a business caller here Firday.

Misses Jennie and Lilla Rhoot were shopping in Sioux City the latter part of
the week.

Miss Stella Burnett of Potosia went to LeMars Monday to visit relatives.

Miss Edith Hancer has been confined to her room for some few days with
sickness.

John Eberhard and family visited at the Wm. Tullis home near Merrill Sunday.

John Oleson and wife went to Sioux City Wednesday to be present at the
marriage of the latter’s sister.

Roy Stevens is attending duties as day man at the tower. This is quite a
responsible position for a boy of his age.

Quarterly meeting will be held in the M E church next Sunday evening and at
the Lincoln church in the afternoon . The elder Rev. Smiley will be present.

The Misses Arendt of Merrill were calling on friends here Wednesday.

There are quite a number of people in the neighborhood sick with colds and
grip.

On Wednesday a deal was closed between Chas. Bennett and Thos. Graham
whereby Mr. Graham became owner of the Hinton hotel.

August Herbst marketed two thousand bushels of corn here this week and Chas.
Kulbul, one thousand.

The engine house for the mill is nearly done. The boiler and engine are here
ready to be put in. Lee Waters is doing the mason work.

Mrs. D. Winter was a business transactor to Sioux City Tuesday.

John Schneider has been reported on the sick list a few days. Dr. Berner was
consulted.

Wm. Pape left Sunday for a pleasure trip to the Black Hills.

Miss Sophia Lauck visited her aunt, Mrs. Ed. Olesen at Merrill, Saturday and
Sunday.

An eleven pound baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Carley, July 4. The
little one lived but a few hours and was buried Monday. Rev. Kierman of the
M.E. church officiated.

MILLNERVILLE: (Special Correspondence)
Millnervilleites went in every direction the Fourth, Sioux City, Akron and
Westfield.

The Millnerville or Sioux Valley ball nine played the Jefferson team on the
Westfield ground. The score stood 9 to 12 in favor of Millnerville.

Mrs. Hattie McKillips and baby of Akron is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Chas. Pike.

Miss Addie Smith formerly of Hancock township, now living in Nebraska, spent
the Fourth with friends here and Akron.

Miss Nettie Daily of Sioux City spent the Fourth with relatives at Westfield
and went to Millnerville in the evening to spend the night at Mrs. Sam’l
King’s.

Dance at John Lawrence’s on Saturday evening.

Miss Mable Mulheron who has been in Charter Oak, Iowa, for some time came
home for the Fourth.

Mr. Nicols was so well pleased with Wisconsin on his recent trip there he
has decided to buy land there and remove there some time in the near future.

Orien Knapp has gone to Canada on a tour of inspection. If he likes it he
will move there.

DROWNED IN WILLOW CREEK
Charles Zieg of Oyens, a Well Known Young Farmer, Meets Death While Bathing

In the pride of his strength and the glory of his youth, Charles Zieg, a
well known Plymouth county young man, was seized by the icy hand of death
and in the twinkling of an eye his soul had passed to eternity. He was the
victim of death by drowning, the fatality occurring on Tuesday evening
between seven and eight o’clock at a point in the Willow Creek, a few rods
south and west of the little town of Oyens, situated five miles east of this
city.

Charley Zieg in company with Arthur Laudi, the cashier of the Plymouth
county bank at Oyens, went down to the creek shortly after supper on Tuesday
evening to take a swim, tempted to the cool and limpid waters by the burning
heat of a scorching July day.

On arriving at the creek Zieg went into the water first and was paddling
about. Arthur Laudi was at a point about thirty yards away from the place
where Zieg had gone in, standing in a pool of mud on the bank. Laudi told
Zieg it was muddy and the later shouted to him to come where he was as there
was a good clean sandy bottom on which to land. As Laudi pulled his legs out
of the mud to go to the spot, he saw that Zieg appeared to be in
difficulties and hastening to the spot plunged in. He swam up to Zieg and
told him to make for the other shore. Zieg said nothing but grabbed Laudi’s
hand after going down once. Zieg let go of Laudi’s hand and went down and
never came up again. Mr. Laudi says Zieg never made any out cry, nor did he
call for help or say a word. Zieg was paddling dog fashion and did not
appear at home in the water. He did not act like a drowning man and Mr.
Laudi says the first time he went under water he acted like a man who was
making a dive to come up on the further side.

Laudi after making vigorous attempts to find the body of his unfortunate
companion hurried back to Oyens and a large number of people assembled and
began to make efforts to recover the body. The body was found about ten
o’clock by Theodore Hentges and Eugene Treader, who with others had been
engaged in the search for the remains.

The body was taken to Oyens and the firm of Peters & Wiltgen was notified
and went out to take charge of the remains. At the place where the young man
was drowned the water was about twelve feet deep, right off the bank. The
creek is not ordinarily a dangerous place in which to swim or bathe but the
tremendous rains of this spring and summer have made a large river of the
ordinary small and insignificant creek and on Tuesday evening the creek was
many feet wider than it has ever been and the familiar landmarks were
obliterated by its flooded condition.

Zieg was in the center of the stream when he went down.

The condition of the body when it was recovered did not indicate that he had
been seized with cramps and very little water had been absorbed into the
lungs and stomach.

It is stated that young Zieg’s heart was not very strong and the accident
might have been due to a sudden attack of heart failure. Mr. Laudie said
that he did not think that Zieg realized that he was drowning and also said
that he did not act as he had always been told drowning men do.

Mr. Laudi is nearly prostrated by the sad accident. He had recently become
acquainted with Zieg and had been rooming with him at Oyens for the past few
months.

Zieg had been in the habit of bathing in the place here he was drowned both
this and in former years. He could hardly swim at all.

The deceased was twenty seven years old and the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Zieg, who reside on the Curtis farm southeast of town. The mother
was prostrated with grief at the sudden shock of the bereavement. The day
her boy drowned she had been at Remsen waiting to attend the funeral of her
brother, Charles Wagner, who died on Monday. The double bereavement was a
terrible stress on her nerves and fortitude.

Chas. Zieg had lived all his life in this county. He worked for Nic Freymann
at Oyens in the grain business and this summer Zieg and J. P. Weis were in
the horse business.

He was a stalwart fine built young man over six feet in height and was well
known and well liked by many. In addition to his parents he leaves several
brothers and sisters to mourn his loss.

The funeral was held yesterday at St. Joseph’s church in this city and many
friends and old neighbors attended as a mark of respect and friendship to
the bereaved family, who have the sympathy of the community in their loss
under such tragic circumstances.

ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS.
LeMars lodge I.O.O.F. No 255 installed officers at their last meeting as
follows:
J. M. Hazlett, N. G.
H. J. Fuller, V. G.
H. F. Buchanan, Secretary
I. C. Hise, Treasurer
C. A. Gilbert, Warden
J. R. Cohagen, Conductor
Gus Ostrom, R. S. N. G.
W.B. Moore, L. S. N. G.
Emil Musbach, R. S. V. G.
J.W. Brown, L. S. V. G.
F. P. Whitney, I. G.
W.N. Redmon, O. G.
John Murphy, L. S. S.
Thos. Love, L. S. S.
Newton Jeffers, Chaplain
J. F. Beattie, district deputy grand master was installing officer.

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O. H. Round has secured the contract to build Geo. D. Wernli’s new residence
on Main street and will start at once with the work. The house will be
finished by October and will be an elegant and modern dwelling house when
completed.

LeMars Sentinel
LeMars, Plymouth co. Iowa
July 17, 1903

Death of Miss Lucy Perkins
A telegram was received in LeMars announcing the death of Miss Lucy Perkins at the Episcopal Home for Consumptives in Denver, which occurred Wednesday morning. The announcement was not unexpected as it was generally known that her condition was almost hopeless when she took her last sad journey to Colorado only a week ago today, in the hopes that the change of climate might be of benefit. The news of her death was received in LeMars with sincere regret among a large circle. Miss Perkins had lived in this city for twenty-one years, and received her education in the city schools, and formed all her friendships here. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, on January 18, 1872. Her death was due to tuberculosis. She was taken sick about five months ago and suffered terribly, although all that medical science and tender nursing could do to alleviate her suffering was done. Her death is a sad blow to her only surviving sister, Mrs. A. P. Young. The family has suffered heavily from bereavements in the past few years. Her only other relatives are two aunts residing in Kansas City. Her death far from home and the scenes of her bright and happy childhood is particularly sad and many will learn with a pang of regret of her death in the prime of womanhood. The remains arrived in LeMars yesterday noon and were escorted by friends to the home of Mrs. Young on Court street. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at half past two o'clock at St. George's Episcopal church.

LeMars Sentinel
July 18, 1903

MERRILL: (Special Correspondence)

Mr. Briggs and Miss Montgomery of Ireton visited at the Rev. Empey home
several days the past week.

Mrs. E.W. Bethards who has been visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
W.A. Jullian returned to her home at Storm Lake last Thursday evening.

Miss Evelyn Simpson is visiting the Tindall young folks this week at
Adaville.

Mr. John Alderson and daughter, Francis, of Stanton township visited the
Jas. E. Rose home last Thursday.

Mrs. F.K. Veal and Mrs. W.C. Peck and Miss Lou Arendt were Sioux City
visitors last Saturday.

Misses Hazel and Vera Peck left Saturday for Kingsley where they expect to
spend a few weeks vacation.

Miss Joe Arendt returned home last Thursday morning after several days visit
in LeMars.

Hiram Bugbee and Jacob Hauck, Sr. took in the circus at Sioux City last
Thursday.

The F. Aldrich new home is going up in fine shape. Merrill now has some
fine residences.

Miss Edith Hancer who has been quite seriously ill is able to be up and
around again.

The ball game which was to have come off last Thursday was postponed on
account of some of the ball players being absent. The Merrill Millers
contemplate playing with Orange City next Wednesday. This promises to be a
good game. Come out and see the game.

Wm. Schnepf and family spent Sunday at the J.J. Bauerly home near Ellendale.

Mrs. Wm. Anderson and son Frank, of Ruble, were Merrill callers one day last
week.

A large crowd drove out to Happy Hollow farm last Wednesday afternoon to
attend the ladies aid society.

Miss Elsie Sydenstricker who has been visiting at the D.Simpson home
returned to her home at LeMars last Friday evening.

Mrs. Henry Johnson, of Leeds, came on Saturday evening for an over Sunday
visit at the Robertson home.

R.M. Crouch of LeMars was a Merrill caller Sunday.

A.P. Marsh of the Broken Kettle was a business caller in Merrill Saturday.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Mr. M. Glamcesky, of Storm Lake, and Miss Grady, of St. Louis, are visiting
at the Seworth home this week.

Mrs. Cornish and daughters of South Dakota are visiting at the home of A.
Demaray.

Miss Bertha Becker of Sioux City is visiting at the home of her mother.

C.P. Woodard of LeMars was transacting business at Seney Saturday.

C.G. Norris, John Lancaster, and Prof. Jeffers are attending camp meeting in
LeMars this week.

Mrs. Ira Eldridge of Rock Valley formerly of Seney has been visiting old
friends in Seney for a few days.

Henry Moore, of Spencer, uncle of the Moore boys has been visiting friends
in Seney the past week. He is accompanied by his niece's Miss Moore and
Mrs. Frank from New York.

Invitations are out for the wedding of W.D. Kennedy and Miss Ida Alderson,
Wednesday, July 22.

Miss Jessie March is visiting friends in Sioux City this week.

Mrs. Dyson and daughter arrived in Seney Thursday afternoon and have moved
into the old parsonage property.

John McArthur has retuned from his trip to Kansas where he purchased a farm.
He expects to move there this fall or winter.

D. Baldwin and wife returned from their South Dakota trip.

Wm. Jackson and wife returned last week from visiting friends in South
Dakota.

Jim Ruble from LeMars was in Seney last Friday.

M.A. Moore is make extensive improvements in his lumber yards recently
purchased here.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, July 21, 1903

BREAK EVEN AT SIOUX CITY.

The Blackbirds in Crippled Condition Manage to Win on Sunday.

Played Won Lost Per Ct.
Sioux Falls 44 29 15 .659
Le Mars 49 29 20 .592
Sheldon 48 27 21 .563
Sioux City 50 23 27 .460

The heavy rains on Friday prevented the scheduled game at Sioux City with
the Indians. On Saturday the Blackbirds were defeated by a score of 6 to 5.
Lally who was tried out by Sioux City as an outfielder umpired the game and
his decisions both in the Saturday and Sunday games called forth criticisms
from the players and from the spectators. The Blackbirds touched up
Treadway the star pitcher for twelve hits and lost the game in the ninth on
an error. Score:
Sioux City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1—6
Le Mars 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—5

Earned runs—Sioux City, 2; Le Mars 4.

Batteries—Sioux City Treadway and Bruggeman; Le Mars, Klaus and Rickey.

In Sunday’s game the Le Mars team was weakened by the absence of Printz and
Rickey, who do not play on Sunday, and Alberts, who was held out with a sore
hand and Yeager player in the outfield. Sioux City tried out their new
pitcher Krick of Mason City. The Blackbirds got eleven hits off him.
However, he struck out nine and his support was faulty at times. The game
was full of errors, the Siouxs being credited with four and the Blackbirds
with three. Score:
Sioux City 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0—5
Le Mars 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0—8

Batteries Sioux City: Krick and Bruggeman, Le Mars, Helmsdoerfer and Brown.

Sioux Falls were defeated by a score of 13 to 3 on Saturday and by 5 to 4 on
Sunday.

[Note: There is a quote here from the Sioux City Journal about the umpire
skills of Mr. Lally, but most of it is unreadable. The last sentence of it
says, “The only way the fans knew that a batter was out was when they saw
him take to the bench.”]

The Blackbirds kept their hold on second place in a slugging match with the
Hyphens yesterday, score 10 to 6.

The hard hitting Hyphens will be here this afternoon and the Canaries on
Thursday and Friday.

Hopkins, who has been pitching for Sioux City has been released and will
umpire for the bush league. Le Mars wanted to sign him but he preferred the
job of umpiring.

“Danny” Fremmer of the Sheldon team has gone to Omaha.

LeMars Sentinel
July 25, 1903

MARRIED:
At the home of J. Alderson, one of Seney's successful business men, on July
22, occurred the marriage of their daughter, Ida J. to W. D. Kennedy. At
two p.m. to the strains of the Wedding March played by Miss Bessie Kennedy,
the bride preceded by Miss Laura Foulds, the ring bearer, and accompanied by
the bridesmaid Miss Bertha Becker, of Sioux City, entered the beautifully
decorated parlor, where the groom accompanied by the best man, the brother
of the bride, joined them.

Rev. J. D. Skaggs, pastor of the M. E. Church in Seney, performed the
beautiful ring ceremony of the Episcopal church.

The bride was attired in a beautiful creation of white silk mull and carried
white roses. The bridesmaid was also in white and carried flowers of the
same kind.

The groom wore the conventional black. After the ceremony the guests to the
number of about sixty congratulated the happy couple and then sat down to an
elegant wedding dinner.

The bride is one of Plymouth county's fairest daughters, having nearly all
her life lived in Seney and for a number of years has been a very successful
school teacher, where by her sunny life lovable characteristics and genial
dispositions, she is able to count her friends by the number of her
acquaintances and the groom can well congratulate himself on the prize he
has secured.

The groom is a young man of splendid ideals and sterling worth and is well
and favorably known by a large circle of friends. For two years he has been
the successful manager of Edwards & Bradford Lumber company, and is now in
the employ of M. A. Moore & Co., at Seney, where his friends predict for him
a successful future.

The guests which included those from Nebraska and South Dakota and other
points after viewing the large number of costly presents followed the happy
couple to the five o'clock train and showered them with rice, old shoes,
etc. They left for St. Paul, Minneapolis and northern points and will be at
home to their friends after August 15. All unite in wishing them a long and
happy life.