Iowa Old Press

LeMars Sentinel
March 1, 1904

KINGSLEY:
Miss Sybil Volkerts, formerly of this place, now of Sac City, and Mr. Law Clark, of Alta, were married at Council Bluffs one day this week.

Louis Bainbridge went to Sioux City Saturday to spend Sunday with his wife.

H. Eger left this week for his new home in Buffalo, Missouri.

A linen shower was given to Miss Cora Grier Monday evening of this week.

A small child of Mr. and Mrs. Twogood died at their home Monday and was buried in the Rock Branch cemetery.

A number of friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Will Rupp at their home last week. They will leave soon for their new home in South Dakota.

Thursday forenoon Prof. Burton went down to the opera house to build a fire and was soon to be followed by a number of school children who were to practice for the entertainment on Friday night. In some unknown manner an explosion of gasoline or kerosene occurred setting fire to his clothing. He immediately pulled off his overcoat and tried to extinguish the fire on himself. He was badly burned about the face and hands and barely escaped with his life by breaking out of a window. The flames in the building spread rapidly and in a few minutes were beyond control of the firemen. It was a complete loss as no insurance was carried.

Misses Minnie and Stella Davis returned Thursday from their visit in Illinois.

Harry Southam and Miss Cora Grier were married at the home of the bride on Wednesday evening at six o’clock, Rev. Thompson officiating.

Akron Register
March 3, 1904

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Moving is the order of the day.

G. R. Gaston and wife visited relatives here Sunday.

The Adaville school closed Monday.  The scholars presented their
teacher, Miss Mahaney, with a quilt.

Jack Hauser and bride visited the fore part of the week with Mr.
Hauser's sister, Mrs. W. M. Parker and family.

T. W. Lewis, of LeMars, was seen on our streets a couple of days last
week.

Miss Neva Stinton is visiting with relatives in LeMars this week.

Mrs. Geo. Chew and daughter, Ada, left Wednesday for a four weeks visit
with relatives at Grant, Iowa.

Joe Hamilton has moved on the Ed. Thmarson farm this week.

Wilbur Morehead spent a few days in LeMars the last of the week.

The Ladies Aid Society will meet with Mrs. Thos. Stinton Thursday, March
10.

There will be a basket social in the Tindall school house, March 11; the
ladies are supposed to bring a basket with supper for two.

Miss Jessie Tindall's friends gathered at her house north of town
Tuesday night to remind her of her birthday.  She was presented with a
rocker.

Akron Register
March 17, 1904

UNION CREEK, S.D. (Special Correspondence)

Our spring weather took on a bad cold Monday and so did most of the
people.  The doctors have a stand in with the weather man this winter if
no one else.

Dr. Lillie reports Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ericson's little boy very sick with
symptoms indicating scarletina.  Pastor and Mrs. Wallin's baby was
dangerously ill last week and und Dr. Lillie's care.

Mrs. T. J. Reeves is mending slowly from a long siege of influenza.  Dr.
Cilley, who is treating her, thinks she is safely on the road to
recovery.

Our driving mitts which we mentioned last week, fell into hones hands
and were safely returned to us.  It pays to advertise, especially when
dealing with honest people.

J. Fredell went to Chicago Saturday with cattle he had been feeding for
the market.

Mrs. A. E. Bennett came over from Chatsworth Saturday and assisted us in
our bachelor work of housekeeping.

Will Chamberlin, our own South Dakota poet, and writer, has spraddled
Gib Hunt, of Salix, for sympathizing with Russia.  If old "Gib" has the
same sarcastic tongue and pen that he used to wield when we knew him
there will be something hot passing between these sharp writers to the
near future.

Albert Malmgren and sister, Christine, left Tuesday for California to
make their future home.  Their mother and brother, Henry, have been out
there for some time and got comfortably settled and go an industry
established for making money.  T. J. Malmgren will remain here and teach
school and look after their property interests in the county.

BIG SPRINGS SPROUTS:  (Special Correspondence)

Sunday old earth wore a garb of white and sleds and cutters were taken
out for an outing.

Christine Malmgren and her brother Albert left for California last
Monday.  Miss Christine gave her picture as a souvenir to her many
friends.

Henry Rossbach and family were the guest of Pastor and Mrs. Wilson
Sunday after services at the church.

There was baptism at the church last Sunday, eleven being baptized and
have joined the church.  Nearly all of them are young people.

Pastor Nelson left Monday for Illinois, where he will help in revival
meetings.  He will also visit Chicago and expects to be gone two weeks.
Pastor Wold, of Hawarden, will fill his place here.

Olof Anderson is again able to be out after being sick nearly all
winter.

Swaney Nelson's baby has been sick for a few days.

Most cisterns are empty, which makes Monday all the more blue and the
ladies are all wishing for a shower of rain instead of snow.

There will be baptism at the church on Easter Sunday.

The Ladies Sewing circle meets at Mrs. R. Leafstad's this week.

Miss Mary Johnson left Saturday for Chatsworth to work for Mrs. J.
Jones.

Abel Larson bought hay of John Nordstrom.  John has some fine hay to
sell.

Rowely Bros. bought cattle in these parts last week.  They got some nice
ones from A. W. Johnson.

A good many people got some interest on their old sleds and cutters last
Sunday.

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Rev. G. H. Chew left Monday for a two weeks visit at Grant.

The Adaville school will commence, March 28.

Bert Wilson, of LeMars, will preach here Sunday in the absence of Mr.
Chew.

H. J. Eckerson and family, of Merrill, visited at the Andrew Wilson home
Sunday.  Mr. Eckerson expects to move to Hinton this week.

Word was received here of the birth of a daughter to Warren King and
wife at Hartford, Kansas.

Mrs. John Botsford is reported as being better; she was able to sit up
for a short time Monday.

Kain Bros. shelled corn for Ed. Stinton Wednesday.

Mrs. Fred Fletcher was called to Morrison, Illinois, last Thursday by
the sickness and death of her mother, Mrs. Eliza Stinton.

Mrs. Harry Attrill and Mrs. Everett Stinton were visitors at the L. L.
Morehead home Wednesday.

The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiles died Saturday and was
buried Tuesday in LeMars.

Jack Tindall made a business trip to LeMars Sunday afternoon.

Fillie Wool is the first man to start seeding around here. He has
several acres of wheat sown.

Cecil Simpson, of Merrill, visited a few days with the Tindall young
folks.

Mrs. Chas. Dry and children arrived here Sunday night from Chicago for
a visit with her mother, Mrs. Robt. Taylor.  Mrs. Dry was detained on
the road and did not reach here in time to attend her father's funeral
which was held Sunday afternoon.

Miss Amy Brown of the Western Union college, LeMars, spent Sunday at the
parental home.

Lester Stinton had the misfortune to get one of his fingers hurt quite
badly in the clothes wringer Monday.

Chas. Whitney is visiting old friends here.

CHATSWORTH CHATS:  (Special Correspondence)

Spring doesn't come on very fast.

Geo. Wood sowed wheat on fall plowing last Saturday.

A man, who could not find his way in the dark Saturday night, called at
one of the residences and borrowed a lantern.  He returned it the
following Monday.  Maybe quite a stay.

Uncle Sam's faithful, John Ross, and his - oh well, we won't tell passed
through here Sunday taking advantage of the light snow.  The president
of the B.Y.P.S., of Akron, happened through some misfortune to be absent
from meeting that evening, but they were both seen in the church an hour
later. Pretty hard sleighing, we presume.

A. F. Batcheller's sale was quite well attended.  Everything brought
fair prices.

The Hawarden band at the Akron opera house Saturday night, March 26.
Admission, 15 and 25c.  They will also give a short street concert at 7
o'clock.  Remember the date.

E. L. Ballon, of Larrabee, Iowa, is spending a few days with relatives
here.

Wm. Patrick and A. L. Bennett shelled corn Friday and Saturday.

Four cars of stock were shipped from here Saturday.  Isaac, Harris, Mr.
Melius and Curtis accompanied them to Chicago.

LOCAL MENTION:

James Cronin and family moved on a farm near here from the Curtis place
in Westfield township, last week.  Mr. and Mrs. Mulder, of Merrill, now
occupy the Curtis farm.

Fay, son of Charles Knapp, of Millnerville, swallowed a pin last week
and a severe choke followed.  Fortunately the pin was extracted before
calling for a doctor.

In renewing his subscription to this paper, Henry Landschooft, of
Florence, Oregon, a former resident of Portland township, writes that he
has read with much interest about the Akron colony at Medical Lake and
send his greetings and best wishes for prosperity.  He intimidated that
if he were to move again he would join this colony.  The times are quite
dull in Oregon, he says, the sawmill in his town having closed and
believes better times prevail at Medical Lake.

The meetings at the Baptist church closed on Sunday evening.  There were
between fifteen and twenty confessions.  After a respite of a couple of
weeks, it is Mr. Blackmans intention to resume the meetings again for a
week or so, beginning with Sunday evening, March 27, and continuing
until Easter Sunday, April 3.

On Sunday morning at the Baptist church, Mr. Blackman will show "The
difference between regeneration and conversion." In the evening his
subject will be, "Does it make any difference what we believe" or "the
answer of the ages." Both these themes will afford themes for thoughtful
theorists.  Suppose you go and hear and consider.

BORN:
To M. M. McInnis and wife, March 8, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson, Saturday, March 12, a girl.