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LeMars Globe-Post
March 17, 1924

SENEY: (By Special Correspondence)
The W. F. M. S. met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Arthur Reeves. A dainty luncheon was served by the hostess at the close of the business.

Edward Detloff shipped hogs to Sioux City on Tuesday.

Arthur Stoll, who loaded a car last week for Ocheyedan, where he expects to farm, loaded another one of machinery here on Tuesday.

Robert Reeves spent the weekend with relatives in Sheldon.

The W. H. M. S. will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Earl Chapman. Let us have a good attendance.

John Lancaster and daughter, Miss Ina, who have made their home in Haxtun, Colo., for the past few years, arrived here on Sunday and will again make their home with us.  Their car of household goods arrived on Tuesday and they are busy getting settled in their old home, recently vacated by the Roy McArthur family.  Mrs. Lancaster stopped off in Nebraska to visit a few weeks with relatives and will arrive later. The community is glad to welcome these good people back.

Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Wallace and children were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Reeves.

Mrs. A. D. Jeffers, Mrs. Iona Clark and sons, Franklin and James, spent Saturday in LeMars.  James had a b-b shot removed from his finger, where it was lodged next to the bone when a playmate accidentally shot him, a few days before. The finger is getting well fast.

The children and young folks are spending many pleasant hours evenings at the hall, roller skating.

Mrs. J. H. Walkup, accompanied by Mrs. S. J. Wallace took her little grandson, Willard Anstine, to LeMars last Saturday to have his tonsils removed, but as he had such a bad cold, no operation was performed.

George Hughes of Haxtun, Colo., arrived on Tuesday and is visiting relatives and friends here this week.

Charles Ewin received word on Tuesday that his brother, Will, of Sioux City, was seriously ill and on Wednesday would enter the hospital for an operation.  Charley left on Wednesday morning to be at his bedside. Will’s friends here wish for him a speedy recovery.

A few friends spent a very pleasant evening on Tuesday with Mrs. Iona Clark. After a social hour of visiting the hostess served a dainty lunch.

Friends here were shocked on Wednesday morning to learn of the death of C. C. Caverly, a well-known salesman of Sioux City.

A number from here heard the missionary, “Methodist Sam,” talk in LeMars on Thursday of last week and enjoyed it greatly.

Floyd Becker received a badly sprained ankle last Tuesday, when he jumped from a load of hay. His many friends hope soon to see him as well, as ever.

A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Cronin last week on Wednesday.

Frank Fulk shipped hogs to Sioux City on Thursday.

Word was received here by friends that the 10-month-old baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Eberlein, of Howard, S.D., and former residents of here, had died a short time ago. The baby was the last of triplets, the other two dying when very small. The parents have the sympathy of this community. 

Earl Chapman shipped cattle to Sioux City on Wednesday.

Edward Wagner shipped a load of hogs to Sioux City on Tuesday.

Peter Jager was a Sioux City visitor on Monday.

Will Mandelkow, of Mankato, Minn., is visiting a few days with E. H. Riter.

Mrs. Iona Clark received one of the prizes in LeMars at the community sale.

H. R. Dealy, of Sioux City, visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Uthe.

John Ivy, of LeMars, who has been doing the carpenter work on the Grant Chapman home, finished the work on Wednesday.

J. R. Hinde had hogs and cattle on the Sioux City market on Thursday.

Will Utech shipped a load of cattle and hogs to Sioux City on Wednesday.

ELGIN:  (By L. Laughton)
Willie Lorberg, of Westfield, has been visiting at the Frank Tschampel home.

Mrs. John Mandlekow spent several days in Minnesota last week.

Mrs. Laurence Wilde and daughter, Phyllis, spent a few days in Minnesota last week.

George Laughton, Joe Ruhland, Olie Koch and Ed Durband were Sioux City business visitors Friday.

The W. B. Hasbrook family, of Union township, moved this week to the Durband farm, vacated by Mr. Trieber.
Ed Detloff had a shipment of hogs on the Sioux City market Tuesday.

Frank Ruhland, George Laughton, Ed Durband and Olie Koch each had a car of hogs on the Sioux City market Friday. 

KINGSLEY:  (By Special Correspondent)
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gale Foft, Friday, March 7, a girl.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Houck were Sioux City visitors last week.

Mrs. George Phelps visited her mother in Sioux City last week.

H. A. Miller spent Sunday, last, here, with his family.

Ralph Rippey was a Sioux City visitor last Tuesday.

Mrs. L. F. Kliebenstein entertained the bridge club at her home Monday afternoon.  Refreshments were served and all who we present report a very good time.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Page and son, Ernest, and Miss Myrtle Atkinson, were Sioux City visitors Tuesday of last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Leonard, of Morningside, were here Tuesday, looking after business and visiting old friends.

Harold Leonard, of Clark, S.D., visited relatives and old friends here last Tuesday.

Lloyd Wissler, of Washta, visited over Sunday here with his parents.

John Peterson, of Pierson, was a Kingsley visitor, Wednesday.

John Cathcart, of Sioux City, was looking after business here last Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gilmour are visiting relatives and friends at Sioux Falls, S.D.

Betty Liechty entertained a few of her little friends at a party Wednesday afternoon. All who were present had a very nice time.

Miss Mary Leager, of Sioux City, spent a few days last week here with her friend, Mrs. Henry Miller.

Mrs. Jones, who has for the past few months been visiting here with her mother, Mrs. J. G. Stauffer, left last week for her home in San Francisco, Cal.

Mrs. Harry Sibley spent Sunday last with her sister, Miss Hall, at Sioux City.  Miss Hall is in a hospital there, recovering from an operation.

Ernest Pratt came up from Moville and spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Mary Pratt.

Mrs. Mamie Shearer, who has been very ill at her home, west of Kingsley, went to Sioux City last week and entered the Methodist hospital, where she will receive treatment.

Floyd Phelps was a business visitor at Sioux City last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark were Sioux City visitors last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adams were business visitors at Sioux City last week.

Hugh Mason, who has been quite ill at his home here, is reported somewhat better.

Mr. Ditto, of Sibley, Ia., visited here over Sunday with his wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Mockler left last week for University Park, Ia., where they expect to make their future home. We understand that Mr. Mockler has a government job.

George Krapfl visited Sunday at Sioux City with Mrs. Krapfl.

Phil Kalin and Harry Grubb were transacting business at Sioux City last week.

George Evans and M. J. Foft, of Sioux City, were looking after business here last week.

George Lang received a message last week from Merrill, informing him of the serious illness of his mother at that place.

LeMars Sentinel
March 18, 1924

G. H. RAGSDALE CONDUCTED THE SENTINEL NEWSPAPER IN THE PIONEER DAYS

G. H. Ragsdale, who purchased the Sentinel newspaper from its founder, J. C.
Buchanan, in the eighties, died last Thursday. Mr. Ragsdale came here from
Chariton, Iowa, and was later joined by E. D. Chassell, of Osage, and the
Sentinel was conducted under the firm name of Ragsdale & Chassell for several
years. The DesMoines Register says:

"George H. Ragsdale, 80 years old, died early yesterday afternoon at the
home of his daughter, at Evanston, Ill. Death came as a result of a stroke
of paralysis, which he suffered recently. Private funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Dunn's funeral home.

Mrs. Ragsdale served in the army during the Civil War, being severely
wounded. He received an appointment to West Point later, but did not
complete the course. He moved to Chariton, where he purchased a paper,
later going to LeMars where he published a newspaper. He led the fight for
prohibition in that district against great odds.

Mr. Ragsdale was for several years state printer, later establishing the
Iowa Lithographing company, of DesMoines, serving as president of the
company for many years."

RECEIVES ARMY COMMISSION

R. A. Gaynor, Former LeMars Boy, Is Member of Reserve Corps

Sioux City Tribune: Ralph Albion Gaynor, 2727 Jones street, president of
the Gaynor-Bagstad company, 306 Pierce street, has been commissioned a
lieutenant colonel in the sanitary corps of the United States army,
according to word reaching Sioux City from the war department late Thursday
afternoon.

Mr. Gaynor is serving his second term of the American Surgical Trade
association. It was through this office the came in contact with war
department officials which resulted in the department requesting him to
apply for the reserve corps commission, he said.

Gaynor explained he has been working with the war department in secret work
with the idea of insuring suitable sources of surgical supplies in case of
another war. His commission is that of lieutenant colonel in the sanitary
division of the Officer's Reserve Corps.

MRS. FRANKLIN DIES
Lived at Seney For Several Years at One Time

Mrs. Henry Groetkin, of Elgin township, was called to St. Paul, Minn.,
Thursday by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Susan Franklin. Mrs. Franklin
died Friday, following a brief illness. She was about 62 years of age. Mrs.
Franklin lived at Seney for a period of time a few years ago, when her son,
John Franklin, was station agent at that place. She leaves two sons, James
and William Franklin.

The funeral services were held yesterday at Shakopee, Minn.

LeMars Sentinel
Friday, March 21, 1924

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ludwig, residing near Oyens, mourn the loss of their
little eight months old son, Elmer, who succumbed to a complication of
diseases, Tuesday, March 18.  He was the youngest in a family of eight,
and four sisters and three brothers miss the sunbeam of the household.

The funeral was held yesterday morning at St. Catherine's church in
Oyens.
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Mrs. Henry Hodapp, of Oyens, was a week end visitor in LeMars.

PIONEER WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. A. K. Kehrberg Was Resident of Stanton Township Since Girlhood

Mrs. Mathilda Kehrberg, of Stanton township, died suddenly at her home
Wednesday night at the age of nearly 69 years, from heart failure.  Her
death came as a great shock to her children as she has been in apparent
good health up to the day of her death.

Mathilda Klampe was born in Germany, March 28, 1855, and when a child of
five years, came with relatives to this country.  She lived in Minnesota
for some years before coming to Plymouth county.

In 1878 she was united in marriage with Albert K. Kehrberg, who was
homesteader in Stanton township.  Mr. Kehrberg died June 10, 1922.

Mrs. Kehrberg leaves to mourn her death, four sons, Albert, Elmer, Ben,
and Walter and two daughters, Lilly and Amanda Kehrberg.  Her eldest
son, Edward, preceded her in death, and one child died in infancy.

Mrs. Kehrberg was a devoted wife and mother, and a homemaker for her
children, whose care was her chief thought.  She was highly esteemed in
the community where she spent nearly fifty years of her long and useful
life. 

The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the family home in Stanton township.

ARE QUIETLY MARRIED
Elmer Featherston and Laura Dempster Wed Yesterday

     A quiet wedding took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the
Dempster home, 221 Second Avenue SE., when Miss Laura Dempster, of this
city, and Elmer Featherston, of Kingsley, were united in
marriage.  The ceremony was witnessed by a few relatives and was
performed by Rev. J. W. Davis, pastor of the Hildreth Memorial church.
     The attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tucker.  The bride was
attired in a pretty traveling suit of reindeer tan color, with
accessories to match.  A three course dinner was served following the
ceremony and the young couple left on the evening train on a trip to
Omaha and  other points.  They will be at home to their friends on a
farm fifteen miles southeast of LeMars, after April 15.
     The bride and bridegroom were born and grew up in this vicinity.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Featherston, of this city, and
the bride is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Dempster.  They
are both popular in a large circle of friends.
     The bride has been engaged in stenographic work for the government
on the Indian reservation at Sisseton, S. D., for several years, and
spent the last year in California.
     Mr. Featherston is a registered pharmacist and worked for some time
in the Deuel & Thompson store until last year, when he engaged in
farming.  He served with credit in France during the World war.

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)
James Cronin shipped hogs to Sioux City Tuesday.

Charlie Kunath left Monday for Sioux City where he expects to work.

Chas. Ewin visited his brother Will in Sioux City the latter part of the week.

Middleton Lancaster was operated on in a LeMars hospital Tuesday for the removal of tonsils.

Milton Moore, of LeMars, visited the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hinde.

Miss Ethel Eyres, county superintendent of schools, of LeMars, was visiting schools here Wednesday.

Mrs. Martha Mordoff, of LeMars, visited Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Ira Lancaster, and family.

Emerson Kennedy visited Saturday with his aunt, Miss Lucile March, of Sioux City.

Mrs. Alice Chapman, of Aurora, Iowa, who has spent the past three months in the Elam Chapman home, returned home last Friday.

Pauline and Marjorie Riter visited Saturday and Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. M. Myers, of Sioux City, and returned home Monday.

The W.H.M.S. met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Earl Chapman.  At the close of the meeting , a dainty lunch was served by the hostess.

Will Mandelkow, of Mankato, Minn., who has spent the past week in the E. H. Riter home, left Tuesday for his home.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hinde and children were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Eldridge, of Rock Valley, last Sunday.

Friends here were sorry to learn of the death of Mrs. Susan Franklin, of St. Paul, Friday, a former resident of Seney.  Mrs. Henry Groetken, her daughter was called there last week.

Mrs. Elizabeth March had as her guest Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. F. March and son, George, of Akron, Mrs. Dan McArthur, Mr. and Mrs. Miles McArthur and daughters, Ethel and Joyce, of Sheldon.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Britton and children, who have lived at Mission Hill, S.D., for the past few years, have moved onto the farm of Mrs. Britton’s grandmother, Mrs. Susan Haviland.  Friends here welcome them back among us.

Corwin Taylor, returned missionary of Korea, gave a very interesting illustrated lecture here in the church last Tuesday evening.  On account of bad roads, the church was not as well filled as could be wished but was profitable to those attending.

Mrs. Iona Clark and nephew, Howard Ewin, visited their brother and father, Will Ewin, who is seriously ill in St. Vincent’s hospital in Sioux City, where he was operated on for pneumonia last week.  He is progressing favorably at this time, which his friends here were glad to hear.

UNION SCHOOL NOTES.
The school board had its regular annual meeting for the purpose of reorganization for the coming school year last Monday evening.  At that time Dan Keegan and A. E. Eyres, the re-elected members were sworn in.  H. C. Hoyt was re-elected president and Fred Featherston was elected vice-president. The board also took steps to secure some chemical fire extinguishes for the school building.

E. T. Snively, a brother-in-law, of Supt. Smith, visited the schools on Thursday.

Miss Peck was called home by the death of her grandfather, over the weekend.  Mrs. D. S. Wormley taught in her place last Monday.

Work on the operetta, “Miss Cherryblossom” is progressing satisfactorily.  About twenty-five people in costume will take part in the musical comedy.  A special platform is being constructed to accommodate the cast.  The play will be given on Friday evening, March 21, at 8 o’clock, in the high school assembly room.

LeMars Globe-Post
March 27, 1924

GRIM REAPER TAKES TWO AT KINGSLEY
Fred Laud and Samuel Erb Die at Old Ages—Both Leave Familes to Mourn Loss

Kingsley, Ia., March 27.—(Special)
Fred Laud, a resident of Plymouth county for many years, died at his home here Monday night, March 24, at 11 o’clock. His death was very sudden, he was downtown in the afternoon and seemed to be as well as usual, talking and laughing with his friends. In the evening he went to bed a little before his wife and when she came to go to bed heard him breathing hard, and by the time the wife and daughter got to him he was dead.

Mr. Laud was 78 years old. He leaves a wife and three sons and four daughters to mourn his sudden death.

Mr. Laud lived for many years on his farm, three miles east of Kingsley. He moved off the farm about four years ago.

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Kingsley, Ia., March 27.—(Special)
Samuel Erb died at his home here Monday, March 24, at 3 p.m., aged 67 years and 6 months.

Mr. Erb had a stroke of paralysis six years ago and had been an invalid since that time. Mr. Erb located in Woodbury county, Ia., many years ago, was one of the first settlers and lived on his farm, three miles south of Kingsley, until he moved to town.

He leaves a wife, three daughters, and one son to mourn his death.

LeMars Sentinel
March 28, 1924

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)
Mrs. A. D. Jeffers was a week end visitor in Sioux City.

Irving McArthur is sick at his home with an attack of appendicitis.

Utech Bros. had hogs on the Sioux City market Thursday.

Joe Deegan took a truck load of hogs to Sioux City Monday.

E. F. Anstine and Frank Becker shipped hogs to Sioux City Monday.

Frank Bortscheller shipped hogs to Sioux City Tuesday.

Geo. Utech shipped a load of cattle to Sioux City Wednesday.

Miss Peterson, of near Hinton, was a business caller here last Thursday. 

Samuel McSparron and Roy McArthur had cattle on the Sioux City market Thursday. 

Milton Moore, of LeMars, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Hinde and family.

Mrs. Elam Chapman will entertain the Ladies’ Aid Society  next Wednesday afternoon, April 2.

Will Frericks, of Orange City, was an over Sunday visitor in the Will Pech home.

The Ladies’ Aid Society of Seney will hold a pantry sale in LeMars at Long’s Grocery store next Saturday.

Miss Pearl Kilzer, of Merrill, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Jake Foreman.

C. W. Reeves and nephew, Clarence Reeves, attended the holiness convention in Sioux City the week end.

E. A. Thorson, of Akron, was a caller in the home of Mrs. Elizabeth March last Friday.

Mrs. A. S. Knowlton had a hemorrhage of the nose last Tuesday and a physician was called to check the flow.

Miss Constance Chapman, who teaches at Emery, S.D., spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Chapman.

Mrs. John Lancaster, who has spent the past few weeks with relatives and friends at Haxtun, Colo., arrived here on Sunday.

Celia Mars is sick with diphtheria and the children of the school have all taken the test, so as to be allowed to attend school.

C. L. Britton made a trip to Mission Hill, S.D. last week for a load of household goods, having just moved here.

A number from here attended the revival meetings in LeMars at the Methodist church last Sunday evening and no services were held in the church here.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Donlin, of Merrill vicinity, moved onto the Beaver farm west of here.  Mrs. Donlin lived here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cook, before her marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Albro, who have spent the winter their daughter, Mrs. Harry Britton, and family at Spencer, returned the last of the week and will spent the summer here.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cliff and children moved to Leeds Monday where they expect to maker their home. While we are sorry to have them leave here, we wish them happiness in their new home. Floyd Moore took a load of furniture on his truck for them.

Chas. Ewin visited his brother, Will, in a Sioux City hospital Monday. A second operation was performed Saturday when part of one of the ribs was removed. Mr. Ewin is in a weakened condition, but hopes are held out for his recovery. He formerly lived here and is well known.