Iowa Old Press

LeMars Sentinel
August 7, 1908

Mike Hentengers is able to be up and around again after a spell of sickness.

The loud sound of the threshing whistle is again being heard as there are a
number who will thresh out the shock.

The Juhl family spent Sunday in LeMars with their son and brother, Andrew,
who is in the hospital and is recovering.

John Meis, who has been in St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City for the past
four weeks, returned home on Monday and is looking fine.

JAMES: (Special Correspondence)

Grant Musser was a Sioux City visitor on Tuesday.

Miss Tillie Julch was calling on friends in Sioux City Tuesday.

Mrs. R. N. Sherrills, of Cleghorn, arrived in James Tuesday morning.

John Watje, of Perry township, was transacting business in LeMars Tuesday.

Mesdames Mary Nuessle and Eva Fulton were calling on friends in Leeds
Tuesday afternoon.

Hans Bornholtz, of Lincoln township, was a pleasant caller at the J. E.
Nuessle home on Wednesday.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bornholtz is quite sick. Both
Dr. Sloan and Dr. McCarthy, of Leeds, were summoned on Wednesday.

EVANSVILLE: (Special Correspondence)

Bushby Bros. threshed for Ed Muth Wednesday.

Henry Pereboom marketed hogs at Struble Tuesday.

Many binders were seen running in this locality Sunday.

Puffet & Heemstra threshed for Jess Peebles Monday.

Arthur Savage, of Floyd, N.D., is visiting relatives here this week.

Mrs. Daisy Day, of Ireton, visited relatives at Evansville Friday and
Saturday.

Richard Johnson marketed corn at Struble Monday for sixty-seven cents per
bushel.

Several farmers in this locality are losing their hogs with cholera or some
other disease.

Will Hill, of LeMars, came up Tuesday and will thresh with Bushby Bros this
season.

Miss Carrie Krentz departed for her home at Darlington, Wis., Tuesday after
a week's visit with the W. J. Bushby family.

David Hammond shipped eight horses and mules to his big ranch in North
Dakota Tuesday. Mr. Hammond accompanied the shipment and will spend several
days on his ranch.

WASHINGTON: (Special Correspondence)

Miss Blanche Frometer, of Adaville, is visiting at the Will Kaley home.

Joe Smiley, of St. Louis, Mo., is assisting Will Lemke with his harvest
work.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Walter Bushby, of Ireton, spent Sunday with friends in town.

Mrs. Bell Bloom and son, Gerald, are visiting relatives in Nebraska this
week.

A crowd of young people from Remsen spent Wednesday in the pine grove here.

Chris Lancaster and wife and children, of Maurice, visited relatives in town
Sunday.

Mrs. Mary Wurkoven and children, of Rock Valley, are visiting the Reeves
families here his week.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary society will meet with Mrs. Perry Wednesday,
August 12th.

Miss Clara Wenner, of Remsen, was the guest of her friend, Mrs. Fred Rees,
Thursday and Friday.

Maynard Moist, who has spent several weeks with his grandparents, left for
his home in St. Paul Monday.

Miss Lucy McKnight arrived here Monday from Mankato, Minn., to visit
relatives and friends for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. McArthur and sons, Roy and Ervie, of Struble, spent Sunday with
the latter's parents and sisters.

Mrs. Wm. Jackson and daughters, of LeMars, spent a few days the first of the
week with her mother, Mrs. Lyman Britton.

The Ladies Aid Society will hold and ice-cream social on the parsonage lawn
Wednesday evening, August 19th. All are cordially invited.

Mrs. Lafe March, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, visited her mother-in-law, Mrs. E.
March, Friday and Saturday, returning to her home Saturday afternoon.

Peter Moir threshed for D. F. McArthur Tuesday. Several of the farmers have
their grain stacked while others intend threshing out of the shock.

John Osborne pulled out of town with his threshing outfit Monday to begin
work. His first work was for Wm. Jackson, Jr. John Boyle is attending
separator and Charlie Boyle is hauling water.

M. G. Mills left Sunday noon for different points in Minnesota. Mr. Mills
will spend several weeks with his daughter, Mrs. Sam Moist, and Mrs. Mills
will visit at different places.

STRUBLE:

H. C. Popkin is nursing a sore hand.

The Atlas elevator has reopened again for business.

Miss Nellie Moran is visiting relatives in Lynch, Nebraska.

Grant Chapman marketed wheat here the last of the week.

Hemstra & Puffett started up their large threshing outfit this week.

Henry Plueger and son were taking out coal for threshing Tuesday.

Mrs. Carpenter, of LeMars, is visiting at the P.A. Seaman home.

HINTON:

Luce & Winter have been painting building on the Swan Rhoot farm west of
town.

Chas. Kulbul bought a new separator for his threshing machine and started to
thresh Tuesday.

W. C. Bennett returned from his trip in South Dakota Wednesday, where he
went to look for land.

Clarence Bennett went to Perkins Wednesday, where he has secured a position
with the Atlas elevator company.

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. O'Brien and children left the first of the week for a two
weeks visit with relatives in Hancock county.

Last Saturday Jack Blackmore was overcome by heat while working in the
harvest field. Dr. Pentice was called to see him.

Mrs. H. C. Montville, who was operated on at St. Joseph's hospital a few
days ago for appendicitis, is getting along well.

Miss Fannie McDermott came out from Sioux City Wednesday evening with other
relatives to visit a few days at the parental home.

Last Sunday there were about thirty-five tickets sold here for Sioux City to
attend the ball game at Riverside. The Hinton nine played the Bobby Blacks
and were defeated.

WESTFIELD:

Mrs. E. H. Spaulding has been quite ill the past week.

Hans Rasmussen, of Akron, was visiting friends here last Friday.

Dr. Bushnell purchased a new automobile Tuesday from J. C. Wade, of Akron.

James Burnight has the distinction of owning the first automobile in
Westfield.

Services ordaining Rev. James were held in the church Thursday last and were
just fine.

Mrs. John Conway has been very ill at her home in Jefferson, but is
improving at this writing.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Buchster, of Omaha, arrived here last Wednesday and are
visiting relatives.

Mrs. H. D. Mohr and son, of Akron, visited at the E.C.F. Mohr home between
trains Tuesday.

E. H. Spaulding had quite a serious time with a scratch on his hand which
threatened to develop into blood poison.

Misses Maud Beverly and Bessie Smith, of Akron, were here Tuesday in the
interests of J. C. Button's music house.

Mrs. Dave Cassell is enjoying a visit from her sister, Miss Nettie Johnston,
of Scotland, S.D., who arrived here Monday.

Torrey Odean came down from Chatsworth Monday to work in the Wilson & Conway
store during the absence of Mr. Conway.

Mrs. W. S. Bushnell and Mrs. M. A. King left Monday for a visit of several
weeks at the home of the former's parents in Iowa City.

LeMars Sentinel
August 14, 1908

A VICTIM OF SLANDERERS
SUSIE CECIL WAS HOUNDED RUTHLESS PERSECUTORS
BY AUTHORITIES MAKING INVESTIGATION
Anonymous Letters Were Mailed and Sent Young Girl,
the Contents of which may land the Senders Behind the Bars of the Penitentiary.

Miss Susie Cecil, a young woman who lived on the F. R. Briggs farm near Millnerville, died suddenly on July 16th. Coroner John Beely was called upon by people over in Sioux township to make an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. It was necessary for him to write to the state board of health at Des Moines to obtain permission to disinter the body which caused some delay in the inquiry. On Monday of this week Coroner Beely went to the cemetery at Adaville in company with Dr . W. F. Bushnell, T. J . Martin and John Burnight, of Westfield, and the body of Miss Cecil was dug up, the coffin opened and the doctor made an examination. As stated in the Sentinel of July 28th, the post mortem examination was made to clear up as far as possible evil stories started apparently by idle and malicious gossip. After the death of the unfortunate girl a bundle of anonymous letters was found. Some of them are in the possession of the postal authorities and some in charge of local officials. Their tenor is such that they led people to think that the young lady was hounded to her death by the most heartless sort of persecution. F. R. Briggs, a young farmer, who was left a widower with two little children some time ago, hired Mrs. Cecil, an elderly widow of Jefferson, S. D., to keep house for him. This was a little over a year ago. Mrs. Cecil was accompanied by her daughter, Susie Cecil, about twenty years of age. Miss Cecil was not in the best of health and was not of rugged constitution. After the Cecils were domiciled some time at the home of Mr. Briggs, who is a highly respected citizen of that vicinity, anonymous letters and post cards were mailed to Miss Cecil, and not content with this, the low lived cowards flung missives in the yard, where they could be easily found. The postal cards were suggestive and the letters contained the vilest insinuations that an evil mind could think of reflecting on the probity and chastity of Miss Cecil and assaulting her character and virtue, and coupling her name with that of Briggs, accusing them of undue intimacy. The letters thrown in the yard here, some of them, printed out with a lead pencil on the cheapest kind of paper. Some of the epistles contained twenty or thirty sheets, were cut out in the shape of a heart and fastened together with a string. The writer has read some of these letters and it passes comprehension how a human being can stoop so low as to write such filth, more especially to such a pure and young woman, for such undoubtedly Miss Cecil was. The post office authorities have got hold of some of these letters and are probing the matter, and someone will suffer deservedly as the government is not, fortunately, tardy in bringing senders of obscene mail to justice.

Miss Cecil, as stated, was not in the best of health and made trips to Jefferson to consult a doctor, and these visits made another theme for the anonymous letter writer. Miss Cecil 's death, which occurred on July 16th, was very sudden and was due to accidental poisoning as was certified by the attending physician.
She had been given some tooth wash with which to rinse her mouth. It contained some poison and a dose of this stuff was the direct cause of death. Was it suicide or accident? The majority think the poor girl was hounded to death by the persistent persecution of lying slanderers, whose persecution proved too strong for her to bear. Evil tongued rumor did not rest when the body of the young woman was laid beneath the green sod in the country cemetery, and more than likely those who badgered the girl in life, with fiendish unction circulated stories, after death had taken her from their harpy clutches, insinuating that the dead girl had been about to become a mother and had taken poison to hide her shame.

Exasperated beyond endurance at the libelous stories in circulation, J . W. Pike, an old and respected resident and father-in-law of F. R. Briggs, and the relatives of Miss Cecil, determined to take steps to give this story the lie and the disinterment was made for this purpose. The statement of the examining physician proved that Miss Cecil was cruelly maligned. She was as pure and innocent as when a little girl and rocked to sleep in her Mother's arms.

The finger, of suspicion points strongly to the identity of the persons who wrote the letters, which directly or indirectly caused the death of the young girl at a period in life when all things should be fairest and best and if they do not meet justice in earthly courts their conscience will not cease from troubling.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Mrs. Marie Foster visited friends in Sioux City Sunday.

Chris Lancaster, of near Maurice, spent Wednesday with his parents.

Mrs. Robt. Reeves is enjoying a visit from her father, Mr. Potter, of
Sheldon.

Mr. and Mrs. August Witt visited Chris Lancaster and wife, near Maurice,
Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Penning spent Sunday with relatives in Struble and near
Maurice.

Mrs. T. Chapman, of LeMars, spent the first of the week with her son, Elam
Chapman.

Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Moore and son, Floyd, spent Sunday with Chris Lancaster
and family.

Marie Foster attended the carnival in Maurice Thursday, also visited
relatives near that place.

Wm. and John Lancaster and Arthur Reeves are putting a cement foundation
under the schoolhouse.

Miss Roman, of Denison, Iowa, is visiting with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. E.F. Councilman.

Albert Penning went to Ashton last week to assist his cousin, John Winkel,
with his threshing outfit.

Don't forget the ice cream social at the parsonage next Wednesday under the
auspices of the Ladies Aid society.

Mrs. Miles Kennedy and Mrs. Lou Kennedy visited relatives in Dakota last
week, the former returning home Monday.

Master James Van Puersen, of Maurice, is spending this week with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Councilman.

Mr. F. R. Hartzell, a shoe salesman for Geo. B. Adams Co., visited his
brother, C. F. Hartzell, between trains Monday.

Mrs. Henry Husted, of LeMars, attended the Ladies Aid society at the home of
Mrs. Wm. Lancaster, Wednesday of last week.

Miss Cora Hughes, of LeMars, visited her brother and sister, Geo. Hughes and
Mrs. Wm. Casler, the first of the week.

D.S. Fuller, an old soldier from the Soldier's Home in Marshalltown, Iowa,
is visiting at the Wm. Jeffers home a few days this week.

Rev. C. F. Hartzell will spend Sunday at Moville, and speak there Sunday
morning of the work our church is doing in the Philippine Islands.

Paul Hansen and wife, of Chicago, were in town Monday. They have rented the
Warren Doty residence and expect to live here for a short time.

Mrs. Mary Wurkoven and sons returned to their home in Rock Valley, Iowa,
Friday, after visiting a few days with friends and relatives here.

Henry Heide visited his daughter, Julia, at the hospital in Cherokee,
Wednesday, also attended the Epworth League convention and district
conference.

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. J.F. March and a sister of Mrs.
March came over from Akron in Mr. March's auto Sunday and spent the
afternoon with Mrs. E. March and Miss Lucile.

Rev. Wilbur Isley, of LeMars, will fill the pulpit in the church here Sunday
morning in absence of our minister, and the Epworth League, under the
leadership of E. F. Anstine, will have charge of the evening service.

Henry Penning, John Lancaster Jr., Howard Jones and Rev. C. F. Hartzell
spent Wednesday and Thursday at Cherokee taking in the District Epworth
League convention and the district conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church.

Miles McArthur arrived here Sunday from Akron, where he spent the past five
weeks with his uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Frank March and Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kennedy. He will visit relatives here a few days before returning to
his home in Sheldon.

Walter Clark, who has been working at the carpenter trade here the past four
months, returned to his home in Sioux City Thursday, called there by the
sudden death of his grandson, Walter Drumm, who was killed by a live wire
near his home Thursday morning.

Those who are planning on attending the fair at Sheldon next week will be
pleased to learn that the limited train leaving Sheldon at 5:05 p.m. will
stop here Thursday and Friday, Aug. 20-21, to let off passengers returning
from the fair. This will be much more satisfactory than in previous years
as it allows more than two hours longer at the fair.

FREDONIA: (Special Correspondence)

Frank Arens is threshing for Nick Holster this week from the shock.

Mrs. Sol Perry entertained Miss Blanche Coolbaugh a few days last week.

Miss Amy Darville has been quite indisposed for some time, presumably from
the effect of the heat.

Miss Kathryn Keehn, of LeMars, visited her aunt, Mrs. A.S. Knowlton, of
Sunnyside, a few days last week.

Nearly everyone has now finished stacking and those who have no wild hay
will be able to enjoy a short respite from toil.

Mrs. Helen Knowlton gave a phonographic concert Wednesday evening
complimentary to her niece, Miss Kathryn Keehn, of LeMars. A most enjoyable
evening was reported.

There are a great many "weary Willies" roaming the highways these days,
begging their living from the hard working farmer, as they roam. The most
of them are stout, lusty fellows who will not take work when offered it, or
if one does condescend to accept an offered job will only keep it for a
couple of days when they will give some excuse, collect their wages and take
their leave. The best way to rid ourselves of this disagreeable parasite is
to refuse them food or any aid, forcing them to either work or starve.
Country people have no sympathy for a tramp.

OYENS: (Special Correspondence)

Maria Kuster was a county seat caller on Monday.

Lilly Keenan was a Sioux City visitor last Saturday.

Chas. Masuen was an eastern passenger last Saturday.

Mr. Crowley, of LeMars, is visiting relatives in this vicinity.

Mr. Edmond, of LeMars, spent a few days at the Herman place.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heissel spent Sunday at the Henteng home.

Rev. Rohlfes called at the Catholic rectory in LeMars Sunday afternoon.

Harry Hoyt, of O'Leary, took the train from here to LeMars last Saturday.

Mrs. N. Freyman and sons, Johnny and Vincent, were Sioux City visitors one
day last week.

Mrs. B. Windt and children are visiting Mrs. Windt's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Holton.

Stoeber & Deitering, of Remsen, pulled their threshing outfit down to this
vicinity last Wednesday and are at present threshing for J. J. Tiereney.

Mayrose Bros. started up the machine for the season's work last Wednesday
and have since threshed for J. Bortchellor, Mike Gengler and Wm. Holton.

STRUBLE: (Special Correspondence)

Albert Doring marketed hogs here Tuesday.

Ed Durband went to Omaha on business Tuesday afternoon.

James Kuborn has rented a half section farm near Hawarden.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sayer were at Maurice Monday evening.

Collins Bros. furnished the music for the dance Saturday night.

Gerd Harms reports a fine boy at his house who arrived last week.

Ed Luken from LeMars is working for H. A. Ahlers this season.

Fred Ditmer, of near Ireton, was shaking hands in Struble Tuesday.

R. J. Nolan and family are enjoying a visit of their nieces from Illinois.

Herman A. Albers and little son were taking in the ball game here Sunday.

John Rodenbour assisted Anton Strub in shocking his grain this week.

Phillip Beaver, Stoll Bros., and John Mandlekow entertained the threshers
this week.

Roy Watts and wife enjoyed a visit Sunday of relatives from LeMars and Sioux
City.

Rev. E. T. McNally will celebrate mass at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's
church.

T. J. McFarland and William Nicholson loaded a car of swine for Sioux City
on Tuesday.

Chas. Rhorick and son Freddie were getting threshing coal Monday, expecting
to thresh next day.

W. H. Fisher and family are contemplaitng a trip through the west and will
be gone about four weeks.

Park McCandless, who works on the Joe Kruse farm, was hurt while chopping
down a tree. His wound was dressed by Dr. Null.

Joseph Kruse, of LeMars, was looking after his farms in this vicinity this
week, and also entertained the threshers on the place.

George Moir, from near Maurice, purchased the farm on which Otto Kuhl
resides. It was owned by Mrs. M. Kennedy of Missouri. [Transcribers note:
This would be Mrs. Moses Kennedy, of Missouri.]

A very much needed rain visited this section of the county Tuesday. It
delayed threshing some, but it is the assurance of a good crop of corn.

P. A. Seaman and wife, Master Herold Carpenter and his Grandma Carpenter
were guests at the Maple Grove farm, the Hammond home, the first of the
week.

The Mammen creamery boys marketed 10,000 pounds of butter on Tuesday. There
is something peculiar about the weather man, in that he allows it to pour
down rain almost each time the Mammen product is brought to market.

MILLNERVILLE:

Henry Hanson is the possessor of a new buggy.

Lon Fursee was a business caller at Akron Friday.

Sid Sanford transacted business at Sioux City Thursday.

H. G. Codd was a business caller at Westfield Saturday.

Bert Lawrence was a business caller at Westfield Thursday.

W. B. Millner and J. Cassen were callers at the city Wednesday.

Miss Hazel Polly, of Sioux City, is visiting friends in this vicinity.

C. L. Knapp and brother, Clarence, marketed hogs at Westfield Tuesday.

Mr. Taylor had the misfortune to have one of his horses hurt Tuesday.

Miss Mable Taylor and sister left Saturday for a visit with friends and
relatives at Smithland.

Bert Pike, wife and baby, who have been visiting relatives in this vicinity,
departed for Wayne, Nebraska, Friday.

Mrs. Jonas Fursee and daughter, Jennie, also Mrs. A. Oaks were visitors at
the Willow Morehead home Thursday.

Charles Mackery and family left Saturday for their home at Charter Oak,
after several months visit with Mrs. Mackey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mulhern.

JAMES:

Wm Littlerick went to Moville Wednesday.

Albert Bornholtz returned home last Sunday from Denver, Colorado.
John Schneider and wife, of Hinton, were visiting Saturday evening at the
home of Philip Julch Sr.

Misses Nellie and Jessie Litterick went to Moville on Tuesday, where they
will visit for a few days with friends and relatives.

Joseph B. Creamer, Philip Julch Jr., George and Samuel Woolworth were market
ing grain to the Mystic Mill at Leeds on Monday.

Miss Viola Croston was a passenger to LeMars on Tuesday morning. She will
visit with friends in LeMars and at O'Leary before returning home.

HINTON:

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Casper were in LeMars on business Wednesday.

Mrs. Geo. Noble and daughter, Blanche, were in Sioux City Wednesday.

Philip Winter is drawing material to build a new barn on his farm east of
town.

The picnic at Merrill Saturday will be well attended by people from this
locality.

Mr. and Mrs. Howalt and children went to Alta Sunday to spend a few days
visiting.

Ed. Flynn, of Dakota, arrived here Monday to visit a few days with relatives
and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosburg and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Budker visited with friends
in LeMars Wednesday.

Rev. J. J. DeWall went out to Perry Center Wednesday, where he had business
to attend to regarding his church work.

Several friends of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosburg came out to their home west of
Hinton last Sunday to spend the day.

About eight or ten of the boys from here went to Sioux City Wednesday
evening to spend the evening skating at the roller skating rink.

Rev. Geo. Hartman, a former pastor of the German Lutheran church of Lincoln
township, arrived here Monday from Alta to visit with old time friends.

Mrs. Frank Snyder had the misfortune Tuesday morning to step on the wet
sidewalk in such a way as to sprain her ankle quite badly and will be laid
up for some weeks at least.

Otto Hoesa returned from his new home at Dallas, S. D., Wednesday, where he
has been for several days remodeling the house he has recently bought. The
family expect to move some time next week.

Quarterly meetings will be held in the Evangelical church next Sunday.
Preaching Saturday evening, Sunday morning at eleven o'clock and in the
evening at eight o'clock. Rev. Wilman will have charge of the meeting.

UNION:

R. S. Eyres was in Sheldon on business Friday.

Phelan Bros. threshed for James Watson Monday.

Will Eyres repaired school house No. 2 Wednesday.

David Goudie was a Sioux City visitor Wednesday.

Arthur Hogg visited his mother at the Edwards home Sunday.

Sitzman Bros. threshed for Mrs. Pat Connor Friday and Saturday.

Messrs, Easton and Sauer, of LeMars, were here in an automobile Monday.

Miss Lois Eyres, of LeMars, was a guest of her cousin, Agnes Eyres, Friday.

Mr. Franklin lost a two year old colt Tuesday night after a short sickness.

F. W. Kehrberg made a trip to Sioux City recently to get repairs for
machinery.

Will Eyres, of LeMars, was in this vicinity in his automobile Friday and
again Monday.

Singer Bros. threshed for Goudie Bros. and others in that vicinity before
the rain.

Mrs. Ethel Becker, of America township, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Monday.
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"When you come to town put your team in the Plymouth County ten cent feed
yard."

HINTON: (Special Correspondence)

Fred Stevens is reported on the sick list.

Jas. Littleton was in Sioux City Tuesday.

Frank Snyder was a visitor in LeMars Saturday.

Mrs. P. Snowden was calling on relatives here Wednesday.

Henry Weinheimer, of Merrill, paid our town a pleasant call Tuesday.

Mrs. E. O. Reck is attending teacher's institute at LeMars this week.

Frank Hoesa, of Merrill, came down Tuesday to look after business here.

Mrs. Wm. Richardson and daughter visited relatives in Sioux City Wednesday.

W. Sanford, of Merrill, was here Wednesday to assist D. H. Hauff with his work.

Rev. J.J. DeWall was a business caller in LeMars Tuesday evening and Wednesday.

Mrs. Geo. Watts, of LeMars, came down Wednesday to visit at the W. G. Pearson
home.

Mrs. A. Phillips received the sad intelligence Wednesday of the death of her
brother in Wisconsin.

Mrs. D. Wilcox, of Sioux City, came up Monday to visit with her daughter, Mrs.
L. Crawford.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Clarence Reeves is busily engaged in re-shingling the school house.

Chris Lancaster and family, from near Maurice, called on relatives in town
Saturday.

A very small crowd was present at the dance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Rees Friday night.

Miss Mae Kennedy is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. C. Warner, in Mt. Lake, Minn.,
this week.

Master Miles McArthur returned to his home in Sheldon Sunday after a visit with
relatives here.

Walter Clark arrived here form Sioux City Tuesday morning to do carpenter work
in this vicinity.

The Woman's Home Missionary society will meet with Mrs. John Walkup, Wednesday,
August 26th.

Mrs. Wm. Lancaster and Mrs. Jonathan Alderson spent Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Jas. Lancaster, near Maurice.

Thos. Osborn and John Reeves returned from their trip in South Dakota where they
went to look after farms.

Mrs. Lou Kennedy has returned to her home in Missouri after visiting her
brother-in-law, Miles Kennedy and wife, for sometime.

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Simeon and the latter's mother, Mrs. Krudwig, of LeMars, spent
Sunday with Anthony Daugherty and wife.

Mrs. E. Penning left Tuesday morning for Mt. Vernon, S.D., where she will visit
her sister, Mrs. E. L. Mulnix, whose health is very poor.

Miss Lilly Cheaden spent a few days last week with her cousin, May Reeves,
returning to her home in Sioux City Saturday afternoon.

D. S. Fuller, of Marshalltown, Iowa, who has been visiting at the Wm. Jeffers
home, went to Ruble the first of the week to visit his sister, Mrs. I. N.
Jeffers.

Mrs. Peter Van Puersen, of Maurice, called on her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Councilman, Monday. She was accompanied home by her son, James, who had been
spending a few days with his grandparents.

Dr. Mammen, of LeMars, was called to the home of Wm. Casler Sunday to adminsiter
medical aid to their infant babe who was taken very suddenly with convulsions.
The little one is much better at this writing.

Mrs. Will Buss gave a party at her home Friday night in honor of their nephew,
Ed. Buss' twentieth birthday. Although it had been raining all day and the
weather was threatening a large crowd was present and enjoyed a good time.

Henry and Anna Detloff, Della Webber, Jessie and Merrit Hawkins, Eva Buss, Maude
Lancaster, Mrs. T. J. Rees, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Deegan,
John Deegan, Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson were those from this neighborhood who
attended the carnival at Maurice last week.

UNION:

Singer Bros. threshed for Will Gosting, Harry Hoyt, Mr. Bullington and others in
that vicinity.

Mrs. George Farrell, of LeMars, came home with her brother, Dan Keegan, and
spent a few days.

Cecil McGruder's black horse, one of his matched team, was quite badly cut on a
wire fence recently.

David Maxwell, of Kingsley, spent Monday night with his brother, Hugh Maxwell,
and went to LeMars Tuesday.

Herman May is now the owner of the H. C. Wilson farm, making him eight hundred
acres of Union Township.

The farmer's company machine has threshed for Messrs. Keegan, Tucker, Mase,
Sampson, Hoffman, Bixby, and others.

Mrs. Hayden presided at the ladies' meeting Wednesday in the absence of Mrs.
Haner, who was in Bancroft, Nebraska.

A. H. Freeman's two young daughters and D. Bick's daughter, of LeMars, visited
this week at the Dotzauer home.

The ladies of Union Aid Society will meet Thursday afternoon, August 27th, at
the home of Mrs. R. S. Eyres. All are invited.

Clarence Hitt's little daughter, who fell against a barbed wire fence and cut
her face is doing as well as could be expected.

Messrs. Eastman and Kistle, of LeMars, were here to interest farmers in a
practical gas plant for lighting rural homes.

Mrs. Charles Kellner, of Summerfield, Texas, who is visiting here, was quite
sick last week at the home of her husband's parents.

Messrs. McLain and Franklin went to Duncan, Oklahoma, Tuesday, where they
purchased land last year. They expect to be home Sunday.

Miss Margaret Goudie, of LeMars, and Misses Marie and Myrtle Dotzouer were
entertained in the David Goudie home from Thursday until Saturday.

Miss Hazel Stokes entertained a houseful of young ladies Saturday afternoon.
Misses Lois Eyres and Margaret Goudie were among the guests.

Mrs. Alex. Phillips, of Guide Rock, Nebraska, and Mrs. Geo. Thornton, of Tilton,
Nebraska, visited their brother, Wm McCartney and wife, last week over Sunday.

WESTFIELD:

F. Briggs, C. Briggs and Lee May marketed oats at Jefferson Monday.

C. Briggs and J. Mansfield delivered cattle at Westfield the last of the week.

C. Carter and W. Lawrence hauled wood from below Jefferson Thursday.

Miss Francis Hopkins, of Westfield, will teach the fall term of school at No. 6.

Mr. and Mrs. West, of Sioux City, visited relatives in this vicinity over
Sunday.

John DeRocher, Leo Mansfield and Bert Cecil took in the sights at Merrill
Saturday.

The hard rain prevented the crowd from attending the dance at the hall Saturday
night.

Mrs. Tom Warren and daughter, May, of Westfield, were callers at the Ed.
McDongall home Thursday.

The Misses Emma and Hazel Matson, of Elk Point, came up Saturday for several
days' visit with relatives.

Several from this burg attended the ball game at Richland.
Richland and Westfield crossed bats. The game resulted in a score of 13 to 2 in
favor of Westfield.

Mr. Alloar had what might have been a serious accident. He was stacking and the
team fell into an old cave. It took several minutes to get them out but they
were saved just in the nick of time.

The S.S.Club held an ice cream social Wednesday evening azt the home of C.L.
Knapp at which a large crowd was present. All reported a fine time. The club
raised $12.70 which will be used to help repair the church.

LeMars Sentinel
28 Aug 1908

STRUBLE: (Special Correspondence)

Our town hall is being treated to a coat of paint.

Roy Barber is back from a trip up into South Dakota.

Henry Heeren, from west of Mammen, called Monday.

Wm. Nicholson threshed out all his grain from the shocks.

Father McNally celebrated mass at St. Joseph, last Sunday.

Misses Carrie and Grace Wood were LeMars visitors on Tuesday.

Albert Lubben is busy hauling sand for the work on his new house.

Mr. and Mrs. James Forma were taking in the Sioux county fair.

O. Mitchell, of Leeds, was transacting business here the first of the week.

Some of the family of Theo. Plueger are ill and Dr. F. F. Null is in
attendance.

Dick Westhoff and wife, from south of town, were trading in Struble the
first of the week.

The date of the Struble carnival is set for September 3d, Thursday.
Remember the day and date and don't forget to come.

Two young fellows came in on the passenger Tuesday and have put in a
shooting gallery next to Mrs. Kaiser's furniture store.

Fred Harms, president of the Mammen creamery, took out a large vat which is
used in the cooling plant which was recently installed in the creamery.

Nick Willer, the Preston township stock buyer, was transacting business here
Tuesday. Mr. Willer has purchased a farm four miles west of where he
resides and will move on it in the spring.

For Gold Coin remedies and tonics, worm expeller, Triosol disinfectant and
dips in wholesale lots see J. A. Sayer. Call and we will give a trial pail
free the next thirty days. Foods are guaranteed under Act June 30th, serial
no. 4901, pure food law.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

G. Hughes lost a valuable milk cow Saturday night.

Henry Husted, of LeMars, was a caller in town Tuesday.

George Orr spent Sunday with friends in Worthington, Minn.

Miss Lucille March is visiting her friend, Laura Foulds, near Burbank, S.D.

Detloff Bros and Harry Reintz shipped hogs to Sioux City Wednesday night.

Miss Johnson, of Ireton, is the guest of her friend, Mae Kennedy, this week.

A gang of county bridge carpenters are at work putting in a new bridge near
town.

Mrs. Grant Chapman visited her sister, Mrs. Dan McArthur, in Sheldon last
week.

Will Sanderson and son, of Sioux City, are visiting relatives in this
neighborhood.

Paul Hansen and wife, of Chicago, have moved into the Anthony Daugherty
residence.

Will Connor and family, near Kingsley, visited at the Anthony Daugherty home
Sunday.

John Alderson spent a few days last week looking at land in South Dakota,
returning Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Krudwig, of Leeds, spent Friday with the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Daugherty.

A car load of cattle and a double deck car of sheep arrived here Friday from
Omaha for Joe Kruse, of Struble.

Miss Mae Marcue and lady friend of LeMars, visited the former's sister, Mrs.
Wm. Criswell, the first of the week.

Quarterly conference was held in the church Wednesday, conducted by District
Superintendent, Robert Smylie.

D. F. McArthur and wife are enjoying a visit from their nephew, Frank
Chafer, from Oklahoma, who arrived here Saturday.

Miss Mae Kennedy returned home Tuesday from Mt. Lake, Minn., where she
visited her sister, Mrs. W.C. Warner, the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. John Penning drove to Ashton, Wednesday, near which place they
will live next year. John expects to do the fall plowing before his return.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rees, Mr. and Mrs. August
Witt, Arthur Reeves and Jonathan Alderson attended the Sheldon fair last
week.

Miss Jessie Reeves went to Sioux City Thursday, where she will visit R. M.
Kiernan and family a few days. She will also visit the Wm. Foulds home near
Burbank, S.D.

Rev. James Rayburn and wife, of Omaha, Nebraska, visited with their uncle
and aunt, August Rayburn and wife, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev. Rayburn is a
minister of the Presbyterian church.

Will Detloff shipped a car load of grain, horses and machinery, necessary
for farming, also some furniture, to Mildred, S.D., Monday, where he has
taken up a claim and will put improvements on it this fall.

Mrs. Harry Britton and son, Lora, of Spencer, Iowa, arrived here Saturday
evening to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albro, also her son, Wesley, who
is quite sick at the home of Henry Darville north of town.

Will and Frank Buss and their sisters, Mrs. Sol Perry and Mrs. Thos Perry,
of Sioux Falls, S.D., left for Darlington, Wisconsin, their old home, Sunday
night, where they will be present at a family reunion at the home of their
parents Tuesday.

In spite of the coolness of the evening a large crowd attended the ice cream
social at the parsonage under the auspices of the Ladies Aid society
Wednesday night. A good program was rendered and an enjoyable time
reported. The proceeds amounted to $18.75.

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Councilman entertained relatives from Denison, Iowa, on
Wednesday of last week. They had been out on a pleasure trip in their
automobile and on their return called on Mr. Councilman and wife, who
accompanied them home Thursday.

Mrs. Sophia Ahrens, of Wright county, died at the home of her sister, Mrs.
C. L. Weber, Sunday morning at the age of sixty-seven years, ten months and
nine days. She was born in Lippe, Detwold, Germany, October 15, 1841. She
was a long patient sufferer from gall trouble. She was a member of the
Congregational church of Clarion, Iowa. She leaves to mourn her loss two
sisters, Mrs. C. Hanke, of Germany and Mrs. C. L. Weber of Seney. Rev. C.
F. Hartzell conducted the funeral services at the Weber home Monday and the
remains were shipped to Clarion, where they were laid to rest beside those
of her husband who preceded her in death several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. C.
L. Weber and Lou and Della Weber and Will Reeves accompanied the remains to
their last resting place. A large number of friends were present at the
funeral.

UNION:

Mrs. Zach Eyres and Mrs. D. Eyres of Castleton, N.D., were guest of R. S.
and Thomas Eyres families Sunday.

Jake Koenig, of LeMars, and Mr. Keiser, of Keota, Iowa, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. James Goudie at dinner Friday.

Mrs. Hugh Maxwell and children returned Tuesday from a week's visit with
relatives near Plainview and Randolph, Nebraska.

Mrs. George Jerman and children, of Salem, S. D., visited last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Kehrberg, and other relatives.

Charles Keller and family departed Tuesday for their home near Summerfield,
Texas, after a visit with their parents and other relatives here.

Miss Alice Gosting and L. A. Dotzauer were chosen delegates to the county
Sunday school convention to be held in Merrill, August 29th and 30th.

A sociable is to be held at the Presbyterian manse Friday evening, August
28th. Ice cream and cake will be served. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.

The Ivers machine, run by Charles Gibbons, threshed for Mr. Dotzanuer,
Wesley and Charles Eyres, Ezra Pearce, Dave Carpenter, Mr. Franklyn and Mr.
Inglett during the past week. Henry Witt, of Hawarden, is separator man
with this machine and Luke Laven hauls water.

WASHINGTON: (Special Correspondence)

Shock threshing is nearly finished in the neighborhood.

Ed. Dunning went on a land seeing trip down in Missouri last week.

Frank and John Buryanek, of McPherson, Kansas, are visiting relatives here.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hancer entertained a large company of neighbors last
Sunday.

Hog cholera is quite prevalent in this neighborhood. Some of the farmers
report the loss of their entire herd.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mattes and family visited at the home of Mrs. Mattes'
parents, Chas. Buryaneka, near Westfield.

The Misses Grace, Clara, and Esther Duus, of LeMars, and Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Hansen Sundayed at the Julius Peterson home.

Miss Lena Kaiser, who has been visiting Mrs. H. W. Richards the past six
weeks, returned to her home at Kendalville, Indiana.

Jack Hauser, of Salem, South Dakota, was down on a business trip last week.
Miss Viola Clarey accompanied him on a visit to her grandparents.

Miss Ida Leonard and Miss Florence Manz were elected as delegates from the
Union Sunday school to attend the Sunday school convention to be held in
Merrill, August 30th.

JAMES: (Special Correspondence)

J. E. Nuessle marketed a lot of fine potatoes to Sioux City this week.

Mrs. R. N. Sherrills returned to her home in Cleghorn on Tuesday evening.

Philip Julch was marketing wheat to Hinton during the latter part of last
week.

Miss Matilda Julch was visiting on Monday and Tuesday with friends in Sioux
City.

Misses Grace Barrett and Celia Murray, of Perry township, were LeMars
visitors on Last Saturday.

John H. Mohr returned home Monday evening from a week's visit to LeMars and
other points.

J. E. Nuessle and family and Miss Hope Bornholtz were calling on friends in
Leeds Sunday afternoon.

Victor Bollinger and Peter Jensen shipped jointly a carload of fat cattle to
Sioux City on Wednesday morning.

The James Ladies Aid Society met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
O. J. Pence, in Perry township.

Mrs. E. R. Bradstreet and children returned home last Saturday from a few
days visit with friends in Sioux City.

Nellie Litterick returned home on Sunday from a week's visit with friends in
the vicinity of Moville, Woodbury county.

Miss Ethel Givens started Tuesday morning for Sheldon, Iowa, where she
intends to visit for some time with friends and relatives.

J. H. Claney, his wife and two daughters, of Spokane, Washington, arrived in
James Tuesday evening. They are visiting at the home of Alex Claney.

A dance was given last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Anna Ludwig
three miles east of James. Sherrill's orchestra, of Cleghorn, Iowa,
furnished the music for the occasion.

OYENS:

Gengler Bros, shelled corn for Wm. Holton last Saturday.

Agnes and wm. Mooney were county seat visitors on Tuesday.

A number from this locality attended the ball game in Remsen Sunday.

Thos. Considine delivered eighteen hundred bushels of corn in town the past
week.

Messrs. Shay and Peters, residing southeast of here, were guest at the John
McCoy family in LeMars Sunday last.

A number from here will take in the Wild West show in Sioux City and also
Uncle Tom's Cabin in LeMars Thursday.

Alphonso Orban was the victim of a runaway accident this week. The buggy
was quite badly broken and the horse was quite badly cut as it ran through a
fence.

August Prange, operator of Washta, was among his Oyens friends Sunday. Mr.
Prange was our operator for three years and a year ago went to Washta.
August is always welcome.

Raymond Mullvaney, who has spent the past three months in the Holton home
returned to home in Chicago Saturday evening. In our last weeks issue we
made a mistake and instead of Mullvany we stated his name as Harrigan. We
are always will to correct mistakes if you will tell us about them. During
Raymond's stay he made many friends, who deeply regretted to see him leave.

HINTON: (Special Correspondence)

Herb Soule was a visitor in Sioux City Wednesday on business.

Mrs. Bart Luce was a visitor in Sioux City Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Arthur Olsen is reported on the sick list the past few days.

Mrs. Clarence Bennett is still sick at St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City.

Mrs. H. P. Schindel was taken quite sick Monday. Dr. Prentice was called.

A son was born to Dr. and Mrs. Geo. Prentice Tuesday, August 25th.

Bart Luce returned Wednesday from Des Moines, where he attended the state
fair.

Several members in the Fred Stevens family have been on the sick list the
past week.

Mrs. R. C. King was here Tuesday to have their household goods shipped to
Russell, Minnesota, where has has employment.

Mrs. T. D. Graham and son, George, went out Tuesday evening to visit at the
home of relatives west of town for a few days.

Mrs. O. C. Brown and sons, Clarence and Milton, returned Monday from quite
an extended visit with relatives in Illinois.

Dan Schein, of near Pierre, S. D., formerly a resident of this locality,
came down Tuesday with several loads of cattle for Sioux City markets from
his ranch in Dakota and will visit his sister, Mrs. Philip Garvey.

Miss Edith Harrington, of LeMars, visited at the W. G. Pearson home
Wednesday.

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at S. E. Green's Drug store.

~Fifty farmers around Hawarden have organized an elevator company.

DROWNED IN BROKEN KETTLE

JOHN MATHWIG MEETS SAD FATE WHILE OUT FISHING

EFFORTS TO SAVE HIM WERE FUTILE

Eighteen-Year-Old Boy Falls in a Hole in a Creek, and Although Companions Try Hard to Save Him Their Help Was Too Late

John Mathwig, aged eighteen years, the son of Julius Mathwig, a well known farmer to Liberty township, while seining for minnows in the Broken Kettle creek last Sunday was accidentally drowned. He was fishing in company with two of his brothers and a brother-in-law, Tom Waddell. The four were all in the water. Laughing and chatting with his companions, John Mathwig, stepped into a deep hold and went under. Within a few seconds from the time he went down his relatives started to his assistance, and his elder brother, George, made a desperate effort to save him and was nearly drowned himself but was rescued by his brother-in-law, Waddell, who then made an effort to save the younger boy. John Mathwig was a good swimmer and it is thought he must have been overtaken by cramps. He was brought ashore within a few minutes of the time he went under and efforts were made to resuscitate him but without avail.

The boy had lived all his life on the farm with his father.

The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at the home and the interment made in the Liberty township cemetery.

The deceased lad was a nephew of Mrs. Albert Scott,of this city, and Dr. Mathwig, living near Oyens.