HINTON GAZETTE
JULY 5, 1917

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Charles Rhinehart and family were guests at the C. W. Harrison home.

Miss Violet Harrison is spending the week in the country at the Andrew
Casper home.

Mrs. William Eaton returned this week from a visit at Fort Dodge,
Webster City and Iowa City.

Henry Schneider and Mark Long are in charge of the Schneider garage
during the absence of the proprietors.

Mr. and Mrs. William Schneider and son, Everett and Gus Held left the
fore part of the week to spent the Fourth at Lake Chatac.

Miss Cleo Smith and Mr. Wm. Thoelke of White S. D., were guest at the P.
S. Tronsrue home.

Mr. John Casper and Mr. A. G. Foss have spent the week in deverse trips
over the county, where Mr. Casper has been looking after his Montana
land business.

George Kounkle and family and Walter Crippen and family were in town the
latter part of last week and are visiting friends and relatives in this
vicinity. They came from Saskatchewan, Canada, and made the trip all the
way in Mr. Krunkle's Hudson automobile.

EAST PERRY NOTES
William Tullis helped George Manz put up hay.

Mrs. F. M. Rollins and little grandson visited at the Lawrence Loraditch
home Sunday.

Quite a number from this vicinity attended the dance at the Mathwig
pavilion Saturday.

Mrs. Forsyth passed away at St. Joseph's hospital Friday evening after
an illness of three weeks.

Dr. Cody of Merrill was called to the Harley Swisher home Thursday to
care for Mrs. Swisher who is ill.

The Misses Louise and Mary Anne Graham of Hinton were pleasantly
entertained at the Tom Sweeney home.

William Hensel has his new hog house, corn crib and granary completed
and the carpenters have begun work on a work on a machine shed.

William Loraditch left last week for a few days' visit with relatives at
Wisconsin and will probably visit his daughter at Dubuque.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Southward died last
Thursday night. The little one has been in poor health for some time.
Brief funeral services were conducted at the house Friday by Rev. Mr.
Breaw, of M. E. church, and the remains were shipped to Fonda, the
former home of the parents, for interment.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
July 6, 1917

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
Ed Lancaster is reported seriously ill at his home.

George Hughes was a Sioux City visitor last Monday.

M. L. Rayburn, of LeMars, visited at the Z. Rayburn home last week.

Miss Jessie Watson was reported on the sick list a few days last week.

Little Helen Warner was reported on the sick list a few days last week.

Chas. Ewin is on the sick list and is being cared for at the LeMars
hospital.

Mr. J. P. Albro visited over Sunday at Spencer and returned home Monday.

Quite a number from here are attending Chautauqua at LeMars this week.

A large number attended the Children’s day program at church last Sunday.

Mrs. Dr. Holster and daughter, Mrs. S. Kale of LeMars, were callers here
Sunday.

Ben Mills, of St. Paul, arrived here Sunday and will visit his mother, Mrs.
M. G. Mills.

Mrs. Bernard Miller went to Ruthven to visit her husband, who is working at
that place.

Mrs. James Lancaster and son, from Faulkton, S.D., are visiting relatives in
this community.

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hennrich autoed to Sioux City Tuesday and spent the day
visiting relatives.

Mr. Albert Ewin returned Tuesday after visiting a few days with his father
and sister at Corsica, S.D.

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Connor, of Kingsley, called Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Mary Daugherty.

Mr. and Mrs. Miles Kennedy autoed to Ireton Tuesday to see their daughter,
Mrs. Mae Bushby, who is seriously ill.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Britton and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bowen autoed last week to
Mission Hill, S.D., and visited friends.

Mrs. S. J. Miller returned to her home at Newton, Kansas, after a weeks
visit at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Rayburn.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hennrich and Mr. and Mrs. C. Knowlton and family, from
Ireton, were guests last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hennrich.

Ethel, Miles, and Helen Warner returned to their home at Mountain Lake,
Minn., after visiting a few days with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Kennedy.

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. March, of Akron, called here Sunday evening. Mrs. Jessie
Kennedy and children, Erlynne and Emerson returned home with them and will
visit a few days at Akron.

Miss Helen Becker returned home from Hazel, S.D., and was accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Chambers, who came down to spent the Fourth at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reeves.

The Foreign Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Will Cook next
Wednesday afternoon, July 11. The following program will be given:
Scripture lesson, Mrs. A. Reeves; prayer, Mrs. J. Lancaster; Some of the
Work the W.F.M.S. Is Doing in China, Mrs. Walkup; vocal solo, Mrs. B. C.
Criswell; Items of Interest of Missionary Work in China, Mrs. R. Hawkins;
instrumental solo, Mrs. Jessie Kennedy; reading, Mrs. J. M. Whitman; vocal
solo, Miss Lucile March; The Needs of the Society, Rev. Bertie Watson.

Akron Register
July 19, 1917

ADAVILLE ITEMS:  (Special Correspondence)

Miss Madge King, of Haley, North Dakota, is visiting relatives and friends
here.

Mrs. G. H. Varce and daughter returned home this week after a month's visit
with her parents at Dumont, Iowa.

Clyde Pollock, of near Akron, is visiting in the home of his brother, Rex.

Miss Esther Brown has been quite ill the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stinton, Private Lester Stinton, Miss Blanche Stinton,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pollock, of Akron, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Rex Pollock.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tindall and children, of LeMars, were guests last Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown.

Mrs. Adam Tindall was hostess for the Ladies' Aid this week.

WESTFIELD WRITE-UPS:  (Special Correspondence)

The Camp-fire Girls spent a most enjoyable afternoon at Riversioux park last
Wednesday.

Don't forget the Cold Pack Canning Demonstration given by a lady from Ames
College, at Community hall on Friday, July 20th, at 10:00 a.m.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Warren returned Saturday from a week's visit at Lennox,
S.D.

Mr. and Mrs. E.C.F. Mohr left Sunday morning on an auto trip to Ayrshire,
Iowa.

Evening services at the Congregational church have been suspended during the
warm weather.

Miss Marie O'Neil, of DesMoines, arrived Monday morning for a visit in the
home of R. H. Cilley.

The Junior Girls Sunday school class will give an Ice Cream Social on the
church lawn, beginning at 3 p.m on Saturday, July 21.

Miss Gunderson, of Vermillion, who will take the principalship of the
schools here for the coming term, was a caller here Tuesday.

Phil Tracy and Pat Gant were callers at LeMars last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Foley, Madge Doyle and the Pope family visited the soldier
boys in came at Riverside, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Conway and children and Mrs. C. Martin spent Tuesday with
relatives in the city.  Mrs. Martin remained for a more extended visit.

There will be choir practice at 8:00 o'clock Thursday evening at the
Congregational church.

The most delightful affair of the summer's social calendar was the four
course breakfast given in the home of Mrs. W.F. Scott by Mesdames Scott and
Smith.  The early morning ride out in the country to attend a seven o'clock
breakfast was a rare treat and the ladies did full justice to the elegant
repast served.  The Misses Edith and Julia Cilley assisted in the serving.
At the close of the breakfast, which was served on the veranda, the ladies
enjoyed a few hours of bridge.  The time for departure came altogether too
soon and each one present agreed that it was one of the most happy events of
the season.

Mrs. T. J. Martin was called to the city Tuesday evening by the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. M.A. King.  At present she is resting as well as
could be expected.

Misses Rosina and Margaret Waters, of Sioux City, were guests in the M. W.
Conway home a couple of days.

Mrs. Jno. Bliss was a city visitor on Wednesday.

The Ladies' Aid are meeting today (Thursday) in the home of Mrs. A. Lilly,
with Mrs. Lilly and Mrs. S. P. Lilly entertaining.

T. J. Martin, Ezra Beaulieu and Melbourne Burnight left Tuesday evening for
Texas, the former to look after his crop of broom corn and the boys to enjoy
the sights of the south.

CHATSWORTH CHAT:  (Special Correspondence)

Miss Birdie Bennett left July 5 for a month's visit with her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Van Allen, at Deadwood, S.D. She will return by way of Aberdeen to
visit relatives at Langford.

Mrs. C. H. McFarlin left Saturday for a month's visit at the home of her
parents at Pierre, S.D.

There will be a big harvest dance at the opera house in Chatsworth on Friday
evening, July 27.  Music by the Bonney orchestra.  Everyone invited.  Come
and enjoy the evening. Tickets $1.00.

BORN:
A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cohen, of Akron, at the Maternity hospital in
Sioux City, Thursday, July 12, 1917.

A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Max Pollock, northeast of town, Friday, July 13,
1917.

A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Eric A. Nylund, northwest of town, Sunday, July 15,
1917.

A son, to Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bradley, northeast of town, Monday, July 16,
1917.

A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Appley, southwest of town, Friday, July
13, 1917.

A daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Chambers, of Akron, Thursday, July 119,
1917.

DIED:
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Abbott passed away Monday, July 16,
1917, at the home of Mrs. Abbott's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Munn, in this
city.  Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon by L.
M. Dorreen, pastor of the Christian church. Interment was made in Riverside
cemetery.  The community tenders its sympathy to the bereaved family.

CARD OF THANKS
To the neighbors and friends for the assistance rendered and sympathy
expressed during our recent bereavement, we wish to return our heartfelt
thanks. --- Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Munn.

NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS

Notice is hereby given that all weeds along the highways in Portland
township must be cut before August 1, 1917, or the Township Trustee will
have the work done and the expense thereof taxed to the property owners, as
provided by law.  By order of the Trustees of Portland Township.   Isaac
Harris, Clerk.

Dr. H. H. CILLEY

This community learns with profound regret of the death of Dr. H. H. Cilley
at his home in Long Beach, Cal., on Monday evening, July 16, 1917.  For over
twenty years Dr. Cilley was a practicing physician in Akron, and no man
could be more loyal to his profession nor more faithful to his constituents
than he was during all these years.  He was never too wearied from long and
arduous hours, during the summer's heat or the winter's cold and storms, to
answer the call for service to those in sickness and distress, regardless of
their station in life.  He was as sympathetic as he was kind, and no worthy
need or call every came to his attention that failed to receive a ready and
liberal response on his part.  Illness forced him to give up not only a very
lucrative practice here, but also deprived him of much of the enjoyment of
the fruits of his labors.  He made an heroic struggle against the physical
affliction during the past few years, bearing his suffering with true
Christian fortitude, but during the last few weeks, realizing the
hopelessness of his condition, he expressed the desire that his period of
suffering might come to a close.

Herbert H. Cilley was born in South Barnstead, New Hampshire, September 23,
1858, and moved with his parents to Westfield, Iowa, in 1880, where he lived
on what was called the Clark-Cilley ranch.  He was married to Miss Lillian
M. Boyd in 1885, and in 1888 took up the study of medicine with Dr. R.D.
Clark, Akron's pioneer physician.  In 1889 he entered Rush Medical college,
Chicago, Ill., where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1892. Then,
with his family he moved to Akron and entered the office of Dr. R.D. Clark,
which later became the firm of Clark & Cilley.  After the death of Dr.
Clark, he became senior partner of Dr. J. H. Kerr.  Dr. Cilley's health
began failing about seven years ago, which compelled him to withdraw from
the firm of Cilley & Kerr in 1913, when, with his family, he moved to Long
Beach, Cal., which has since remained their home.  While Dr. Cilley had
suffered for a number of years from an affliction of the spleen, an injury
he received in an auto accident while residing in Akron is also believed to
have contributed to his decline in health.  Dr. Cilley joined the Baptist
church on moving to Akron, and as a trustee and deacon took an important and
active part in its affairs during his residence here.  He was also a very
public spirited citizen, serving several years as a member of the Akron town
council and board of education, being president of the board at the time he
left here.  He also served as county physician in this district.  Besides
his devoted wife and four sons, George B., Emmett O., Chester C., and
Herbert A., all of Long Beach, Cal., he is survived by his mother, Mrs. G.
H. Cilley, of Akron; his brother, R. H. Cilley, of Westfield' and his
sister, Mrs. S. Visnow, of Akron.  A host of mourning friends in this
community extend their sympathy to the bereaved family.

Funeral services were held and interment made at Long Beach, Cal.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cilley, of Westfield, arrived at his brother's bedside
several days before his death.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
July 20, 1917

SMALLPOX AT SENEY.
The John Lancaster and Robert Reeves homes in Seney are quarantined for
smallpox and the authorities have ordered public meetings in the town
suspended. There have been half a dozen other families sick in that
community with what is now supposed to have been smallpox but the cases were
so mild a doctor was not called. These homes have been fumigated and every
precaution taken to prevent further spread of the disease. None of those now
sick are seriously ill.

BAND CONCERT AT CAMP FABER.
In place of their usual Wednesday night concert, which was abandoned because
of the reception at St. Joseph’s parsonage, the band will give a concert on
Friday night up at Camp Faber, where it can be enjoyed by the guardsmen in
quarantine as well as the general public.

A PRETTY HOME WEDDING
MISS LEONA SMITH AND HENRY G. MIELKE WED

A quiet wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Smith at six
o’clock on Wednesday evening, when their daughter, Miss Leona Smith, was
married to Henry G. Mielke, of Winner, S.D. The bride has lived in LeMars
and vicinity all her life excepting four years spent at Coe College. She is
honored by all who know her for her sterling worth. The groom, although he
has lived around LeMars but a short time, has a host of friends of the right
sort. His old home and farm at Gordon, Nebraska, but he is at present
foreman of Frank Iam’s ranches at Winner, where the couple will make their
home immediately.

Before the ceremony which was performed by Rev. H. V. Comin, the favorite
hymns of the bride and groom were sung. The couple, unattended, took the vow
in a room prettily decorated with the flowers of the season. The only guests
outside of the immediate family were Miss Agnes Eyres and Miss Anna Warner,
two close friends of Mrs. Mielke.

The bride was charmingly attired in voile trimmed with shadow and Irish lace
and carried a bouquet of bridal roses. After the ceremony a simple
two-course dinner was enjoyed. The traveling suit of the bride was off light
grey silk with hat to match.

The couple left on the early train Thursday morning for Winner. Mr. Iams is
breaking and improving three ranches in the vicinity of Winner and fitting
them for tenants. Mr. and Mrs. Mielke will live in the ranch house about
three miles out of town, which will be modern in every aspect.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, July 24, 1917

FIRST MEN DRAFTED FOR ARMY

(A)--Alien.
(S)--Single.
(M)--Married.

Akron Register
July 26, 1917

ANOTHER PIONEER GONE

The Grim Reaper again claims a harvest in the community, this time the toll
being one of Akron's most generally esteemed and influential citizens and
business men-T. L. Burnight, Sr.  A week ago Saturday Mr. Burnight was taken
sick, and Dr. Brunner was called, who found him suffering an acute attack of
appendicitis and advised that an operation was imperative.  Dr. Geo. W. Koch
was called from Sioux City on Tuesday for consultation and he also concurred
in the opinion that an immediate operation was necessary.  It was Mr.
Burnight's request that Dr. J. N. Warren, of Sioux City, perform the
operation, but he happened to be out of the city just at that time and did
not arrive here until Wednesday, when the operation was done in the Akron
hospital.  The patient rallied very favorably from the ordeal, and Dr. Koch
remained with him until Thursday noon, when he appeared cheerful and
stronger.  His chances of ultimate recovery seemed most hopeful Friday
night, when complications set in that led to the recall of Drs. Warren and
Koch from Sioux City.  The physicians and two attending nurses did
everything that medical skill could devise, but it all proved to no
permanent purpose, and Mr. Burnight passed from this life at about 6:30
o'clock Sunday morning, July 22, 1917, at the age of 58 years, 6 months and
6 days.

Thomas Lot Burnight was born at Bowen's Prairie, Jones county, Iowa, January
16, 1859, and about the year 1876 or 1877 came with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Burnight, and located on a farm on Indian Creek in Portland
township, Plymouth county, Iowa.  Like many other early settlers their first
home here consisted of a sod house, or dugout, where living was at least
comfortable, although attended by many inconveniences. The first few years
the family met with the adversities and hardships experienced by practically
all the pioneers of this section.  The subject of this sketch early in life
displayed the habits of industry and thrift that laid the foundation for the
structure of business success that crowned the efforts of his later years.
For a short time he taught country school and afterward took up the more
profitable occupation of herding cattle on Plymouth county's prairies on a
quite extensive scale.  A few years later, he became associated with his
uncle, Patrick Hopkins, in the livestock and grain business, Mr. Hopkins
being located at LeMars and Mr. Burnight in Akron, and this partnership
continued until about twelve years ago, since which time Mr. Burnight
continued the business here.  In addition to this, he has carried on quite
an extensive business in the buying and selling of farm property in this
section during the past dozen or fifteen years, until he had acquired a
number of properties that now represent a large financial value.  In his
estate are also included farms in the vicinity of Plankinton, Mt. Vernon and
Geddes, South Dakota.  Mr. Burnight always held an abiding faith in the
productiveness and future higher values of the farming lands of this
locality-especially in the Big Sioux valley.  He acquired several good farms
here while the selling price was far below their present value, and his
confidence and foresight netted a considerable and legitimate profit.  The
first place he bought was an eighty adjoining the present Strobehn farm,
northeast of town.  It was while he was a young man, and he needed the range
for feeding the cattle he was herding.  For this tract he paid the
munificent sum of $6.50 per acre, and in the tight financial conditions of
those days it became a great problem and worry as to just how he was to meet
the payments on the property. But he worked and persevered and finally
succeeded, and this same eighty now comprises a part of his estate.  Another
interesting instance of the trying time of Mr. Burnight's young manhood and
of his determination to overcome obstacles is related in connection with his
coming to Akron (then Portlandville) at one time for a couple of sacks of
flour and a ham, necessities that happened to be much needed.  The
storekeeper to whom he applied was not very intimately acquainted with him
and was evidently a bit suspicious of his financial resources, as he refused
to extend credit for goods.  Mr. Burnight then drove 22 miles to LeMars and
obtained the required goods in the store of Alex. Reichman after some
parleying and persuasion.  Arriving home, he discovered the ham to be wormy,
which required another trip to the county seat and more persuasion to effect
an exchange of hams.  That Mr. Burnight was very accurate and systematic in
his business dealings is attested that for something like twenty-five years
he shipped grain to Poehler & Co., a Minneapolis commission firm, and never
happened to make the personal acquaintance of any member of the firm, but in
the transaction of a very large volume of business during the quarter of a
century there never arose any trouble or disagreements between them.  That
the grain business was not aways as sinecure is shown by a fact related by
Mr. Burnight, that in the panicky days of the early 90's he bought corn at
Chatsworth at 7c per bushel and shipped it to this same Minneapolis firm at
a loss of 2c per bushel.  Mr. Burnight's word was as good as his bond, and
no man can say that he ever knowingly dealt unfairly.  The tenants on his
various farms will, without exception, testify to his uniform fairness and
to the fact that he was always ready to do just a little more than their
agreement called for, and never refused to extend any reasonable favor.
Probably due to his early training and the stringent measures required when
he was endeavoring to get a start in life, Mr. Burnight was a man of very
simple tastes, and was very modest and retiring disposition.  He had no
desire for social activities or frivolities, yet no one more enjoyed a
friendly chat or company of friends.  He was by nature kindly and
sympathetic, and his heart-strings were easily touched by want or suffering
from any worthy quarter.  He was ever loyal to the best interests of the
community in which he lived.  At the time of his death he was a director of
the First National Bank of Akron and a member of the loan committee.  Mr.
Burnight was a liberal provider in the family circle and most of his leisure
time was spent in the fine home that afforded him pleasure in his later
years.  He was married to Kathryn Carol, of LeMars, in 1881, and one son,
Thomas Louis, came to bless this union.  Besides these loved ones, there are
left to mourn three brothers and one sister-Jas. F. Burnight, of Westfield;
John Burnight, of Sioux City; Patrick Burnight of Glen Ellyn, Ill.; and Mrs.
Geo. Schafer of Chatsworth-also six half-brothers and one half-sister, all
of this vicinity.  To the devoted wife, son, brothers and sisters, the
community tenders its most sincere sympathy in the bereavement so suddenly
thrust upon them.  His untimely taking away is felt as a personal loss by
all who knew him.

The funeral services, held Tuesday forenoon in the Church of St. Patrick,
were the most largely attended ever held in the church, and many who came to
pay a last tribute or respect were unable to secure even standing room in
the edifice.  Rev. D.K. Hurley conducted the service and delivered a fine
eulogy upon the useful and upright life of the departed.  A mark of respect
was the closing of local business houses during the funeral, from 10:30 to
12 o'clock.  A large number of friends accompanied the remains and the
mourners to the Catholic cemetery, where interment was made.

Relatives present from out of town were:  John Burnight and family, of Sioux
City; Jas. F. Burnight, of Westfield; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schafer, of
Chatsworth; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Hopkins, of Chicago; Mrs. Ellen Hopkins, of
Sioux City; Thos. Hopkins, of Quinn, S.D.; Mrs. Wm. Mullen, of Bloomfield,
Nebr.; Mrs. Twohig and son, of Sioux City; William Trautt, of LeSueur, Minn.
Among the friends from a distance were Jas. F. Toy, president of First
National Bank, of Sioux City; W. J. Downey, manager of Rice Bros Commission
Co., at Sioux City; E. A. Fields, of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Redmond and Attorney John Keenan, of LeMars.

CARD OF THANKS

We desire to acknowledge our sincere appreciation of the many kind acts and
offers of assistance and for the sympathy expressed during our recent
bereavement; also for the beautiful floral offerings.---Mrs. T. L. Burnight,
Sr., and Family.

BORN:
A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Mont. Campbell, south of town, Friday, July 20, 1917.

HINTON GAZETTE
JULY 26, 1917

EAST PERRY NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Loraditch left Tuesday evening on a sight seeing
trip to Texas.

M. T. Mansfield and son, Joe, and Joe Flynn autoed to Le Mars.

Joe Flynn of Granite, Okla., visited at the M. T. Mansfield home last
week.

Mrs. Joe Easton of Merrill was a guest in the William Tullis home.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gruber and family visited at the John Jebsen home.

Al Sweeney and friend, Mr. Fitzgibbons of Sioux City, visited at the Tom
Sweeney home.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
William Schneider and wife spent Sunday at the country home of Joseph
Swegler.

Herb Soules and Robert Knox returned Monday evening from a several days
visit at Lake Shetek.

Miss Malissa Schneider and Miss Sybil Schindel were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Kehrberg of Kingsley the past two weeks.