Iowa Old Press

Akron Register
February 3, 1916

NORTH RICHLAND ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Mrs. Olof Hofstad called on Mrs. Joe Appley one afternoon this week.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Springer and children and Miss Nell Adams visited at the
Kurth home Wednesday evening.

Frank Simeon and wife and son, Darrol, visited at her parents home, near
Akron, one day this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kjose were Akron callers last Friday.

Wm. Boden and wife visited her parents east of Akron this week.

Clarence and Louis Kjose were Akron callers Saturday.  Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Hacker, east of Akron, visited her sister, Mrs. Anthony Hacker, in this
vicinity Sunday.

Clarence Kjose shelled corn for Frank Simeon, Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Alfas are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on
January 29th. 

Ole Lawrence was an Akron business caller Monday.

Wolof Hosted was in Akron on business last Wednesday.

WESTFIELD WRITE-UPS:  (Special Correspondence)

Mrs. H. Felts has taken the place of Miss Blanche Beaulieu in the
Silverberg store.

The dance Friday evening was very well attended and a very enjoyable
time was had by all present.  The excellent music furnished by the Lilly
six piece orchestra was a great treat.

Mrs. T. J. Martin and mother were passengers to the city Saturday, Mrs.
Martin returning Monday and Mrs. Hopkins going from there to Bloomfield,
Nebr., for a visit.

Don't forget the fine entertainment to be given in the Main building by
the teachers and pupils of the Westfield High School Friday evening,
February 11.

Mrs. Ned Spaulding enjoyed a week end visit from her sister, Mrs.
Eyerly, of Vermillion.

Shippers to Sioux City market Wednesday were:  O. Moe, Gus Martin and W.
Derocher.

Miss Jennie Lilly was hostess to the Tuesday club in the home of Mrs.
Hall.  Interesting papers were read by Mrs. Pearl Clementson, Mrs. Grace
Spaulding, Mrs. Marion Cilley and Mrs. Evalene Mohr.  Miss Esther Boyd
was a guest of the club.  The Tuesday club is planning an art exhibit,
to be given Wednesday evening, February 9th, in the Main building.
Prof. Howard, of Vermillion, will give a lecture on art in connection
with the viewing of the pictures from the Louvre Gallery.  This will be
a free attraction, to which an invitation to the public is extended.

Mrs. Geo. Main was a passenger to the city Tuesday and was accompanied
home Wednesday by Mrs. Josie Lilly, who is just recovering from her
recent operation.

CHATSWORTH CHAT:  (Special Correspondence)

T. J. Webb was called to Centerville Saturday to attend the burial of a
grand child, the 7 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Yant, of
Deadwood, S.D.  She died Friday at the home in Deadwood and was brought
to Centerville to be buried beside the brother who died four years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Yant have the sympathy of their many friends in this
locality.

Evan Harris and Geo. Dalgliesh are attending the short course at Ames
this week.  About thirty boys went from Sioux county Monday morning.
They will sure have a pleasant and profitable time.

Mrs. G. A. Johnson, of Montrose, S.D., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Wakeman, this week.

The autos are all taking a lay-off these days, owing to the cold weather
and the amount of snow.

Ethel Adams was a passenger to Hawarden Saturday between trains.

The Bennett family took dinner at the Stephenson home Sunday.

There will be a basket social at the Mount Hope school house Friday
evening, February 4.

Bert Angle, of Hawarden, was looking after his elevator interests here
Saturday.

Henry Crow was able to return home from the hospital at Akron Monday,
where he underwent an operation about ten days before.

A.H. Stephenson returned last week from Kansas, where he had been called
by the death of his mother.

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Miss Minnie Rumper spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Merrill.

Lester Stinton returned home Saturday from a three weeks visit with
relatives at Lucas, S.D.

Harry Attrill's sale, February 21.

Mrs. Anna Greene is staying with her mother, Mrs. Lucetta Hoffman.

Miss Ruth Johnson, who was called home last week by the serious illness
of her father, returned Wednesday to Toledo, Iowa, where she is a
student at the Leander Clark College.

We hope the ground hog didn't see his shadow, as we don't care to have
six weeks more as cold weather as we have been having.

Mrs. Chas. Green is visiting relatives and old-time friends in Des
Moines.

Friends here received word of a son born January 28 to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McElhaney, near Akron.  Mrs. McElhaney is better known here as
Miss Jennie Schuyler, who formerly taught the Adaville school.  We
congratulate.

The Woman's Missionary society of the U.B. church met Wednesday with
Mrs. Andrew Andersen.

Col. Chas. Green was called to Westfield Tuesday to do veterinary work.

Geo. Markinson returned home from Wisconsin, where he was called by the
illness of his grandmother.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown and son, Bertsel, were Sunday guests at the
J. D. Tindall home.

Volda, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Erickson, was able to be
brought home from the hospital in Sioux City, where she was operated
upon for appendicitis.

A SILVER WEDDING SURPRISE
About forty friends and neighbors most successfully and completely
surprised Mr. and Mrs. A. Weidenfeller at their home in Akron last
Sunday evening, that date being their twenty-fifth, or silver, wedding
anniversary.  They gathered at the Theo. Montagne home and at 9 o'clock
marched forty strong in upon the unsuspecting “Bride” and “Groom.”  Mr.
and Mrs. Weidenfeller were equal to the occasion and gave their unbidden
guests a hearty welcome.  Cards and visiting provided entertainment
during the evening and at midnight an elegant supper was served.  At a
late hour the guests departed, after presenting Mr. and Mrs.
Weidenfeller twenty-five silver dollars as slight token of their
good-will, and wishing their host and hostess many happy returns of the
day.  Mr. and Mrs. Weidenfeller, who are among Akron's most highly
esteemed residents, were married in Seattle, Wash., twenty-five years
ago and Akron has been their home for the past twenty years.

--- By One Present.

OBITUARY

Mrs. Peter Blum Sr., who passed away at the home of her daughter Mrs. Adam
Waldschmidt, at Harrington, Neb., January 26, 1916, was taken sick with a cold
a few days before last Christmas which developed into a severe attack of la
grippe, and this proved more than her advanced age could withstand; although
everything within the power of human aid was done for her relief. Her age was
72 years, 4 months and 11 days.

Elizabeth Knecht was born in Oberhecksdadt, Frankfurt on Main, Germany,
September 15, 1843. Coming to the United States in 1868, she made her home in
Illinois, and on March 1, 180, she married Peter Blum at Sublett, Illinois.
That place remained their home until 1879, when they came west to Odebolt; Sac
county, Iowa.

In the spring of 1888 they and their family came to Plymouth county, Iowa and
located on a farm four miles east of Akron. A few years later they farmed one
season east of Le Mars but returned to the Akron vicinity. After retiring from
active farm life Mr. and Mrs. Blum made their home in Akron most of the time.

Mr. Blum who was born at Budesheim, near Bingon on Rhine, Germany, died at
their home in Akron, November 23, 1910, of heart trouble aged 68 years, 4
months, and 4 days.

Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Blum eight of whom survive as follows:
Peter J. and Mrs. Herman Hitzemann, of Akron, Iowa; George of Hartington,
Nebr.; Jacob M. of Akron, Iowa; Francis, of Logan, Iowa; Bernard; and Edwin,
of Akron, Iowa, and Mrs. Adam Waldschmidt, of Hartington, Nebr..

One son, a twin to Edward, died August 31, 1882, at the age of nine months.

Mrs. Blum is also survived by a brother; George Knecht, of Odebolt, Iowa.

During the past four years Mrs. Blum had made a home with her youngest
daughter; Mrs. Adam Waldschmidt, at Hartington, Nebr.

She was a woman of most kindly nature, always helpful and sympathetic to those
in trouble or distress; but it was within her own family circle that she
lavished her devotion and lived up to every precept as a wife and mother. In
the hearts and homes of her children she will be sorely missed; and to them
the sympathy of many friends is extended in their bereavement.

The remains of Mrs. Blum arrived in Akron from Hartington, Nebr., last
Thursday evening accompanied by her children and their families who live out
of town.

All her children were present at the funeral services here which were held in
St. Patrick's Catholic church Friday forenoon at 10 o'clock. Father D. K.
Hurley paid a splendid tribute to the life and character of the departed and
administered comfort to the sorrowing ones.

The six sons of the deceased--Peter, George, Jacob, Francis, Bernard and
Edward Blum--acted as pallbearers, tenderly and reverently bearing her mortal
remains to the last resting place beside her husband in the Akron Catholic
cemetery.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, February 18, 1916

ARE MARRIED AT AKRON
AMBROSE FEAUTO AND ANNA
BURYANEK MARRIED
 
TO LIVE IN SIOUX TOWNSHIP

Principals in Ceremony are Members
of Well Known Families Residing in
the West Part of the County and are
Popular Young People

A pretty wedding took place at the
St. Patrick Catholic church at Akron
at eight o'clock on Monday morning,
February 14. 1910, when Ambrose E.
Feauto and Miss Anna Clara Buryanek,
both of Westfield, Iowa, were
united in the holy bonds of matrimony,
Rev. Father D. K. Hurley officiating.

The bridal couple were attended
by Miss Ella Feauto, a sister
of the bridegroom, and Ernest Harbeck,
an intimate friend of the groom.

The bride was attired in a most
becoming gown of white satin messaline,
with trimming of richly embroidered
silk net and chiffon; over all
a wedding veil fell In graceful folds,
caught up with orange blossoms and
the bride also carried a white prayer
book. The bridesmaid was robed in
a pretty dress of white crepe de
chine, with trimming of lace and wore
a large picture hat.

The groom is the oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Feauto and is a worthy
young farmer, well known in the community
and is a young man of exemplary
habits and character.

The bride is the youngest and beloved
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Buryanek. These young people are
well known, having lived here all
their lives and have any number of
friends who wish them a happy and
prosperous future.

They will be at home to their
friends after March first on the N. R.
Knapp farm in Sioux township, which
the groom has rented for the year.

LeMars Sentinel
February 22, 1916

DEATH OF A PIONEER
John F. Fruechtenicht Succumbs to Long Illness
Lived here Thirty-Five Years

Decedent was a Native of Hanover and Came to America When a Young Man and
Lived in Dixon, Illinois Before Coming Here

John F. Fruechtenicht, a pioneer citizen and a well known resident of LeMars
for the past thirty-five years, died at St. Vincent's hospital in Sioux City
on Friday night. His death was due to cancer, from which he had suffered for
the past three years. While getting shaved in a barber shop a barber cut his
lip, engendering a small sore, which developed cancer. Mr. Fruechtenicht
suffered greatly in his long illness and death came as a relief. The body
was brought here Saturday evening.

John Frederick Fruechtenicht was born on February 10, 1831, at Esens, East
Friesland, Hanover, Germany, where he spent his boyhood and grew to manhood.
In 1857 he came to America and located in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1858 he was
united in marriage with Almuth Marie Jurgens, with whom he lived a long and
happy wedded life until her death on December 26, 1903.

To their union eight children were born, one of whom, a boy, died in
infancy. The children who mourn their father's death are: Mrs. Eliza Ducia
of Lyndon, Illinois; Mrs. Len Fritz, Estherville, Iowa; Mrs. Maria Hart,
White Lake, South Dakota; Mrs. Emma Schauer, Herndon Kansas; Mrs. Tillie
Duerig, Long Pine Nebraska; Will Freuchtenicht, of St. Joseph, Mo., and Otto
Fruechtenicht, of Sioux City.

Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Fruechtenicht moved to Dixon,
Illinois, going there in 1854, where they lived until 1881 when they came to
LeMars, which has been the home of the family every since. Mr. Fruechtenicht
was a carpenter by trade and was a skilled mechanic. While in Dixon he
became a member of the Masonic fraternity and also the order of Odd Fellows.
He was a member of the United Evangelical Church and a regular attendant at
services until his health failed.

Mr. Fruechtenicht was well known in a large circle especially among the
older residents. He was a good citizen and neighbor and was respected by
many.

The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Bosley undertaking
parlors, Rev. O. Halsebus, of the Emanuel United Evangelical church
officiating; and the remains were laid to rest beside those of his wife in
the city cemetery. The sons and daughters came to attend the funeral.

LeMars Sentinel, Friday, February 25, 1916

DAVID OSBORNE DEAD

DECEASED A PIONEER SETTLER NEAR SENEY

LIVED HERE FORTY-SEVEN YEARS

Was a Native of Kent, England, Where He Was Born in 1837--

He Leaves Six Children and Many Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren

David Osborne, a pioneer of this section of the country, died at his hime (sic--home) in Sherman township, Sioux county yesterday morning shortly after one o'clock. His death was due to hardening of the arteries and heart trouble. He was nearly eighty years of age. Mr. Osborne was a native of Kent, England, where he was born on September 5, 1837 (error--actually 1836). He grew to manhood and was married in England to Miss Maria Reeves and in 1869 came to America and shortly after located north of Seney, where he made his home with his sons living three quarters of a mile from the Plymouth county line.

Mr. Osborne is survived by six children: John Osborne, living in Fredonia township; Thomas, Steven and George, in Sherman township, Sioux county; Mrs. Geo. Reeves, Mission Hill, S. D.; and Mrs. F. J. Claydon, of [Mc]Minnville, Oregon. Three children and his wife have preceded him in death. There are also twenty-eight grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

The funeral services will be held on Saturday at 10:30 in the Seney church, Rev. H. V. Comin, pastor of the First Presbyterian church officiating, and the remains will be interred in the LeMars cemetery.

Mr. Osborne was a fine man and a good citizen who enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He was a loving husband and father, a good neighbor and friend, and in his death the community loses one of the men who were instrumental in building up the life and progress of the northwest prairie.

SALE SEASON CLOSING
Only a Few More Farm Auction Sales This Season

The sale season is pretty near over in this section, but four farm sales
are advertised in today's Sentinel.
On page two A. P. Dornbush, executor, announces a sale to be held
Saturday, February 26th, on the Bentert Eilks place six and one-half
miles northwest of LeMars.  The property offered includes six horses,
thirty-one cattle, forty-five hogs, grain and a lot of machinery.
Nic Carstensen on the Herbert Richards farm two miles north of Merrill,
announces on page six his sale of horses, cattle, shoats and machinery
to be held Monday, March 6th.
Dave Harvey's sale Tuesday, March 7th, on section 4, Union, is announced
on page seven. He will sell twenty eight horses, including some good
stallions; sixty hogs and machinery.
L. O. Eastman will sell Monday, February 28th, on his farm in section
30, Union, eight horses, corn in the field and crib, oats and hay.

Mr. and Mrs. John Brehm and son, Floyd, left Thursday for an extended
trip through the East.  They will visit at Mr. Brehm's old home near
Milwaukee, where he has not been since he left in 1864.  They will then
go to Chicago to visit relatives and from there to Baltimore, which is
Mrs. Brehm's birthplace.  They will also visit in Washington before they
return home.  Mr. and Mrs. Brehm expect to be gone about a month.

J. W. Blackburn was called to Lincoln, Illinois, last week by the
critical illness of his mother and arrived there only two hours before
she died.  The Blackburn store was closed Monday on account of the
funeral.  Deceased was seventy-five years old and had been afflicted
with heart trouble for years.  Her five children were with her when she
died.

Rev. M. P. Arrasmith, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in
Odebolt, and Messrs. Bruce and Cathcart, two of his church officers,
were here Wednesday to attend the meetings being conducted by the
Andrews-Wilgus party.  They arranged for the evangelists to conduct a
series of meetings in Odebolt.

Roy Hilger, who for a year or two was with the Hansen Hardware company
and has been assisting in Cooper's Clothing store recently, goes to
Paullina next week to take a position in the Cooper-Linderman clothing
store.