Iowa Old Press

LeMars Sentinel Bi-Weekly
Le Mars, Plymouth Co, Iowa
January 1, 1904

SENEY : (Special Correspondence)

Rev. GLEASON's took Christmas dinner at the home of Will Utech.

Word was received by Rev. GLEASON last Monday of the death of Onnie FREEMAN, a former resident of this place.  He died on the 21st of December of Bright's Disease after a four weeks illness at his home in Idaho.

Charles HEARSMAN, of Ashton returned to his home after spending the fall at this place.

The Seney School enjoyed a Christmas tree in the school house last Thursday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. JEFFERS and son Willie spent Christmas with Mr. & Mrs. E. P. AUSTINE and family.

Miss Sadie ALDERSON spent Christmas and also the fore part of the week with friends in Ashton.

Albert and Henry PENNING were on the sick list recently.

The Christmas entertainment on Christmas Eve was well attended. An interesting program was rendered which proved enjoyable in all present.

Rev. PLATTS of Sergant Bluffs was calling on old friends last Monday.

Miss Lizzie  and Middleton LANCASTER wisited on Saturday and Sunday with friends near Ireton.

Miss Abby REEVES visited at the OSBORNE home last week.

Mrs. M. M. KENNEDY was confined to her home last week by a light attack of the gripes.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert HODGSON of near Dalton visited with the families of J. ALDERSON and Ed LANCASTER last Sunday.

Miss Jessie MARCH returned fron Akron last week

Akron Register
January 7, 1904

UNION CREEK, S. D.  (Special Correspondence)

The days are stretching out some but the cold is not so bad as it was
during the short days.

We are sorry about the Chatsworth scribe's rheumatism.  We didn't think
a couple of does of Union Creek goose would affect him like that.
Hereafter, we will serve good old-fashioned pork at our feasts.

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Johnson were down from Big Springs Monday looking
after some business matters.

County Commissioner Johnson is at Elk Point this week attending a
regular session of the county board.

The town board will meet in adjourned session at the Hoyt school house
Saturday of this week at 10 o'clock.

Will Hoschler, of Big Springs, was exercising his broncos in our
neighborhood the first of the week.  Will has been under the weather for
a few days, but is about well again and ready for the winter social
functions.

All of our old maids went to Hawarden this winter to attend a leap year
party and bent on taking advantage of all the privileges that leap year
is supposed to confer on the gentle sex without a beau.  If Union Creek
has any old maids at the close of the year it will be for the reason
that the Hawarden chappies are immune.

School will start again at Mount Hope next Monday, and a large
attendance will probably be had than before vacation, as some larger
scholars were helping with the fall work during the fall term.

The annual meeting of the Lutheran society was held at the church
Monday.  The annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance association
was held Tuesday at the Lee school house.

BIG SPRINGS SPROUTS:  (Special Correspondence)

The first of the year brought cold weather along.

Miss Hannah Anderson visited in Akron last Friday and Saturday.

John F. Larson went to see his best girl last Sunday.

Charley Lindblom was a guest of Adolph Carlson Sunday.

Ben Johnson returned home from Salem Saturday.  He reports a good time.

W. C. Olson, of Chatsworth, worshipped here Sunday.

Lindblom Bros. helped shell corn at the Cottage Hill farm Monday.

Fritz Leafstad, of Hawarden, attended church Monday.

John Nordstrom and Abel Larson and family helped us get away with our
New Year's turkey.  We had several games of caroms and some selections
on our talking machine.

Pastor Nelson preached in Hawarden Monday evening.

At the yearly business meeting of the church most of the old officers
were re-elected.

Miss Hannah Anderson was elected organist for the coming year.

Miss Noma Lindblom visited at Mrs. Peter Ericson last Sunday.

Joe E. Johnson and wife called on Nordstrom Sunday.

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Josiah Stinton and family retuned to their home at Struble last
Thursday.

Miss Elsie Maude returned to her home in Burbank, S.D., on Friday.

Neva and Lester Stinton spent a weeks vacation with their grandparents
in Akron.

Miss Amy Brown went to LeMars Monday to attend the Western Union
college.

Rena Johnson has returned home from his long absence in Nebraska.

Mrs. Warren King left Monday for Kansas, where she expects to make her
home.  Mr. King will go about the first of February.

Will Kain is still quite seriously sick.

Mrs. Will Stinton and children, of Westfield township, came over Sunday
for a weeks visit with relatives.

Oaks Bros. shelled corn for George Stinton the fore part of the week.

Blaine King went to LeMars Monday to attend the Western Union college. 

Herb and Walter Treeby, of Peterson, Iowa, visited relatives here last
week.

Mrs. Agnes Tindall and daughter, Mary, returned home from Anthon, where
they were called by the sickness and death of a relative.

Peter Brown and family came down from the O'Brien county last week to
visit relatives.

Kain brothers shelled corn for Harry Attrill Monday.

Mrs. Tine Stinton came home Sunday after a weeks visit in LeMars.

Mrs. Mae Stinton spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. John Fletcher.

LOST:
Shepherd dog, black body and yellow legs.  Suitable reward for returning
to Wallace Rust, four miles west of Akron.

REVIVAL MEETINGS AT CHURCH OF CHRIST
The meetings at the Church of Christ still continue and good interest is
manifested by the large audiences each evening.  Pastor J. C. Lemon will
have the assistance of John H. Swift, a noted evangelist, whose likeness
is shown here:  [the paper printed an accompanying picture of this man]

LeMars Sentinel, January 19, 1904

Death of Mrs. Stinton

Merrill Record: Mrs. H Stinton,
another of our settlers, has gone
to her reward. For the past three
Months, Mrs. Stinton has been in
very poor health and gradually, grew
worse until the end came last Monday
morning, January 11, 1904.

Mrs. Stinton was born in Shropshire,
England, March 1,1832. On
July 12, 1843, she was married to
George Tutton and the following
year came to America. Mr. Tutton
died in the Civil War, April 2, 1862.

Three children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Tutton. These three are still
alive and were present at the funeral
yesterday. Mrs. C. L. Brown, of
this place, Mrs. Chas. Stinton, of
Geneva, Neb., and Henry Tutton, of
Waverly, Neb.

On November 17, 1863, she was
married to Wm. Stinton and moved to
the present home in Plymouth County
March 26, 1873. Mr. Stinton. died
February 5, 1879. Six boys and one
girl survive from this union Fred
Geo., Will, Ira. Cliff, Rob, and Mrs.
Will Dias. All are married except Ira,
who has been living on the farm with
his mother.

The funeral of Mrs. Stinton was
held at the U. B. Church at Adaville
Wednesday, January 13, 1904. All her
children were present at the funeral.

Akron Register
January 21, 1904

ADAVILLE ITEMS:   (Special Correspondence)

Mr. and Mrs. James Stinton spent a few days here last week.

Reuben Talbott, of Akron, visited friends here a few days last week.

Mrs. Joe Baldwin is on the sick list.  Dr. Cilley was called to see her
Sunday.

Revival meetings closed Sunday night, there were eleven names added to
the church.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Talbott, Friday, January 15, 1904, a girl.

O. R. Gaston and Rob. Henry drove out from LeMars Sunday.

Myron Kanago is having a new barn built.

The Ladies Aid society met with Mrs. John Fletcher Thursday of last
week, the amount taken in was $3.15.

Mrs. Charles Kanago, Sr., is on the sick list.

The funeral of Mrs. Hannah Stinton last Wednesday was largely attended.

A fine monument was placed at the head of the late Mr. Tindall's grave
last week.  This is the nicest family monument in the cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Burrill and two daughters, made a business trip to
Hinton, Saturday.

Jack Tindall made a business trip to LeMars, Sunday.

There was no school Tuesday and Wednesday on account of the death and
funeral of Miss Mahaney's cousin, Will Kain.

Mrs. John Fletcher visited a few days this week with her son, Wilbur
Moorehead and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stinton were Akron visitors Thursday.  Mr. Stinton
attended the Chas. Seid sale east of town.

Will Kain who has been sick for the past six months with consumption,
died at his home Monday morning, January 18th.  The body was laid to
rest in the Catholic cemetery at LeMars, Wednesday.

Chas. Brown left Monday for a months visit with his parents near Los
Angeles, California.

Miss Amy Brown came home from LeMars Friday evening, returning on
Sunday.

Mrs. Ed. Stinton and children, spent Saturday afternoon with the formers
sister, Mrs. Everett Stinton.

W. N. Parker and wife, visited a few days in LeMars, this week.

Miss Florence Manz, of Merrill, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Winzel Parker.

Akron Register
January 28, 1904

The opening days of the Iowa legislature find numerous petitions for
change in the state road laws.  One petition hails from Plymouth county.

Hon. E.D. Chassell, representative of Plymouth county, at Des Moines,
was appointed chairman of the printing committee and has a place on
several other important ones.  He enters into the work with a valuable
fund of experience and will at once be found in the higher councils of
the lower legislative branch.  His constituency will be well cared for
and the states best interests find in him an able and untiring champion.

The Register-Tribune, with many other papers and citizens of northwest
Iowa, would be pleased to witness the selection of Hon. A. B. Funk, of
Spirit Lake, as a delegate at large from Iowa, to the coming Republican
convention.  He is fully in accord with the principles of republicanism
and one of the highest representative types of his party.  Not only the
northwest portion, but the entire state will leave reason to feel a
pride in his selection.

UNION CREEK, S. D.  (Special Correspondence)

It is the real thing in the way of cold weather.

This is the season when the farmer likes plenty of fuel in the bin and
the loft full of fodder.

The town board met Saturday and granted a petition for a cartway east
from Mount Hope school house to the river.

C. S. Chandler has resigned as road overseer in district No. 4 and J.
Fredell has been appointed to fill the vacancy.

Miss Christine Malmgren and her brother, Albert, will leave in a few
days for California, to join their mother and brother, Henry, who are
located a few miles from San Francisco.  T. J. Malmgren will remain here
for some time yet.

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Cold, colder, coldest.

Wilbur Morehead made a business trip to LeMars one day last week.

Warren King expects to start for his new home in Kansas next Monday.
May good luck go with him.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stinton and son, Lester, visited friends east of
Merrill, Wednesday.

Mrs. Tindall and son, Lester, spent last week with relatives in Leeds,
Iowa. [transcriber's note:  Mrs. Tindall had no son named Lester.this is
probably a typo from the line above. Mrs. Tindall had a son, Robert,
Adam, Jack, but no Lester.]

Geo. Denneler threshed clover for Arthur Greenwalt last Tuesday.

Ned Hermann, formerly of this place, but now of Potosia, will have a
sale on February 10.

Mrs. Chas. Kanago, Sr., is still quite sick.  Dr. Cilley was called to
see her Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wilson visited wit their daughter, Mrs. H. J.
Eckerson, and family, east of Merrill, Wednesday.

Alice and Mary Brown visited the last of the week with the Tindall
sisters.

Ray Bristow came up from Sioux City to spend Sunday at home.

Lamp Morehead, Ed. Stinton and John Fletcher are putting up their summer
supply of ice.  They live in the hopes of having warmer days.

Tom Swaffield has hired out for the summer to Oscar Crouch, of Potosia.

Rev. Chew will begin a series of revival meetings at Potosia, Wednesday
evening, January 27.

Louis Hansen contemplates renting the James Howe farm near Merrill this
year.  What does it mean, Louie?

CHATSWORTH CHATS:  (Special Correspondence)

We are having a little New York weather at present.

Will Oaks who has been very low with lung fever for the past two weeks
is improving at the present writing.

The dance Saturday evening was quite well attended and a good time was
had by all.  Clements orchestra, of Hawarden, furnished the music.

W. C. Olson set up the oysters to a few of his friends, which he lost on
a bet with H. B. Palm on the weather.  We only hope that he makes a bet
every week.

G. E. Ward shipped two cars of cattle to the Chicago market, Wednesday
morning.

John Scott, of Hawarden, shipped three cares of cattle from this place
to Chicago market, Wednesday morning.

The Misses Julia Hackett, Lulu Truesdell, Marie Conway and Hazel and
Bessie Fish, of Hawarden, attended the dance Saturday night and remained
in town over Sunday.

G. E. Wells and D. K. Bennett attended lodge at Hawarden, Tuesday
evening.

Le Mars Sentinel, January 29, 1904

Bobby Alberts, who played second base, for Le Mars, in the Iowa South-Dakota
league the past two seasons, has signed with the Waterloo club in the Iowa
league for next season. He left last night for Waterloo, where he will work
until the baseball season opens.