LeMars Sentinel
Dec. 5, 1919
WAIVES KENNEDY CHARGE
Journal Publisher Dispenses With Preliminary Libel Hearing
Sioux City Journal: W. H. Sammons, president of Perkins Bros. Co.,
publishers of the Journal, yesterday waived preliminary hearing before
D. C. Browning, Justice of the Peace, and is held to the grand jury.
Mr. Sammons is charged with criminal libel in connection with the
publication of a story implicating Culver Kennedy in the attempted
robbery of a bank at Hornick, Ia. Actions were brought by young
Kennedy's father, C. R. Kennedy.
Culver Kennedy was indicted by the Plymouth county grand jury at this
term of court on a charge of being implicated in the Westfield bank
robbery.
SUFFER LOSS BY FIRE
Granary and Corn Crib Destroyed at Peter Gehren's Farm
Fire on Saturday night destroyed the granary and corn cribs at the farm
of Peter Gehrens, living north of Remsen, entailing a heavy financial
loss. Many hundred bushels of oats and corn were destroyed by the
flames. Owing to the extreme cold weather it was difficult to check the
flames which had gained a big headway before the fire was discovered.
The husking of corn had just been completed and all this season's crop
of corn was in the cribs. The cause of the fire is unknown.
ATTEMPTED HOLD UP
Boy Starts Horses in a Gallop and Gets Away
Carol Parkinson, of this city, was held up by two unmasked men near
Dalton Saturday night at about 7:30 as he was driving a hay rack to the
farm of Albert Parkinson, his uncle west of Dalton. The men stopped his
horses and were about to board the wagon when Parkinson took a pitchfork
from his wagon and prodded the horses with it. The horses started out
on a gallop and a runaway resulted but the boy was not injured.
LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
December 30, 1919
A PRETTY WEDDING
ALBERT BOHLKEN AND JESSELYN COLSON MARRIED
WEDDED ON CHRISTMAS DAY
The marriage of Miss Jesselyn Colson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colson of
Clinton, Mo., took place Christmas day at the St. Paul M.E. parsonage, Rev.
Steinbrenner officiating. They were accompanied by the bride’s brother,
Lawrence S. Colson, of Mason county and Miss Lydia C. Bohlken, sister of the
groom.
Following the ceremony, they returned to the groom’s home where a sumptuous
three-course dinner was served. The home was beautifully decorated in
Christmas colors of red and green.
Miss Colson has spent the past two years teaching in this vicinity and has
made several friends.
Mr. Bohlken has lived all his life in this county except one year spent on
the Mexican Border and another in France and has won for himself a host of
friends.
The bride wore a traveling suit of navy blue serge with accessories to
match.
After a short wedding trip to different points in Minnesota, they will be at
home to their friends in LeMars.
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Miss Carrie Karley and John Swisher of Merrill Vicinity Were United In
Marriage at Merrill in the Presence of Many Friends.
Miss Carrie Karley and John Swisher were married Tuesday, December 23, in
the Lutheran parsonage at Merrill, Rev. A. Killian, local pastor,
officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of relatives and
friends after which a splendid reception was held at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Karley.
In the evening, an elaborate wedding dinner was served in the capacious
dining room which was especially and artistically decorated for the
occasion, the bridal colors predominating.
The happy young couple start out in the married life with bright prospects
of a successful and prosperous voyage. After a short visit among relatives,
they will go to housekeeping on one of Mr. Karley’s splendid farms near
Merrill.
OLD SETTLER DIES
John Fletcher Lived Near Adaville for Many Years.
Akron Register-Tribune: John Fletcher, who had been a resident of western
Plymouth county for nearly thirty years, died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Charles Kanago, in Akron, Ia., Monday evening, December 22, of heart
trouble, at the age of 77 years, 10 months and 20 days.
John Fletcher was born February 2, 1842, at Islam, Cambridgeshire, England.
He came to the United States at the age of 23 years and located near
Morrison, Whiteside county, Illinois, where he resided twenty-six years,
when he removed to Plymouth county, Ia., in the spring of 1891. Here he
farmed until the year 1908, when he retired from the farm and has since made
his home with his children. He leaves eight children, six sons and two
daughters, thirty-five grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. His
children are located as follows: Charles B. Fletcher and Mrs. Ida Morehead,
at LeMars, Ia.; Mrs. Lottie Kanago, of Akron, Ia.; Earl, of Sioux City, Ia.;
T. E., of Burke, S.D.; Walter, of Clinton, Minn.; W. R. and F. W., of
Reliance, S.D., who have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.
Mr. Fletcher united with the United Brethren church at Adaville, Ia., in
1912, and has lived a sincere Christian life. He was an industrious citizen
and a good friend and neighbor.
Funeral services were held at the Kanago home Wednesday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock, conducted by Rev. M. E. Spahr, pastor of the M.E. church, after
which the body was taken to Morrison, Ill., for burial in Union Grove
cemetery. The remains were accompanied to Morrison by Walter and Fred
Fletcher and Mrs. Charles Kanago and her daughter, Doris.
HONEYMOON IN BERMUDA
LeMars Girl Becomes Bride of Wealthy New Yorker
Friends in LeMars have received announcements of the marriage of Miss
Dorothy Freeman and George Alexander Young, which took place on Christmas
day at the home of the bride’s mother in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. After the
wedding, the bride and bridegroom left for New York from where they will
sail for the Bermuda Islands to spend the winter months. On their return
they will be at home to their friends at Hotel Bretton, New York City.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Jennie Freeman, who formerly lived in LeMars
and is an accomplished and popular young woman. The bridegroom is also a
LeMars boy and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Young, who were well known
and wealthy residents of LeMars in the eighties and nineties.