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LeMars Sentinel

March 2, 1926

PLYMOUTH COUNTY NEWS

PERRY CENTER: (Special Correspondence)

Mrs. A. Karrer was ill several days the past week.

Mrs. George Berger visited relatives in Sioux City last week.

A number from here attended a party at Gust Swanson home last Saturday evening.

A community sale will be held at the William Berger farm Friday, March 5.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Von Drak, of Sioux City, were visitors at the Mike Von Drak home Saturday.

Mrs. A. C. Clemensen enjoyed a week’s visit from her daughter, Mrs. Vance Hunter, of Sunnyside.

Andrew Petersen and family went to Westfield Tuesday and spent the day at the Lawrence Dilley home.

Miss Minnie Seppick returned to Sioux City Wednesday after a few days visit with her friend, Mrs. Lee Kelly.

Miss Anna Petersen returned home Sunday after a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Lawrence Dilley, at Westfield.

Miss Mabel Clemensen was absent from school at the Sioux City high school a week on account of illness. She was able to return to school Wednesday.

The March meeting of the Women’s Division of the Farm Bureau will be held Thursday afternoon, March 4, at the home of Mrs. E. P. Heizer. The sewing lesson “Trimmings and Accessories” will be given.

The Alex Beaulieu family, just over the township line, was quarantined in for smallpox, several members of the family being ill. The school in that district was closed and Dr. Sloan, of Sioux City, was out Friday and a number in that neighborhood were vaccinated.

LeMars Globe-Post
March 11, 1926

SENEY: (By Correspondent)
Geo. Siegersma hauled a truck load of hogs to Sioux City for Same Uthe on Friday.

A baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lancaster in the hospital at LeMars, on Friday, March 5.

The social in the hall last Friday evening was greatly enjoyed by those attending.  The program consisted of music by old time fiddlers and also contests on the harmonica.  After the program games were played until supper was announced, the boys doing the honors of serving pancakes, syrup and coffee, which every one declared were delicious.

Adrian and Miss Myrtle Holster, Miss Annette Kinney, and Emerson Kennedy, who attend the university of Vermillion, spent the weekend with their parents.

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hennrich motored to Ireton on Monday and visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hennrich.

E. H. Riter, who was called to the bedside of his father, Jacob Riter last week, returned home Tuesday evening from Rock Rapids.  He reports his father is still very sick.

The W.H.M.S. will meet next Wednesday afternoon, March 17, in the home of Mrs. C. W. Reeves.  As the box for the orphanage is to be packed and a quilt to be tied, the members and friends are asked to come as early as 2 o’clock if possible, so as to get the work out of the way at this meeting.

The W.F.M.S. met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Frank Becker.  After the meeting a dainty lunch was served by the hostess.

Miss Cecelia Deegan of LeMars visited in the J. R. Hinde home Friday and attended the social in the hall, returning home Saturday.

Last Friday evening the Seney male quartet broadcast from KWUC in LeMars. [Research Note—this likely is a radio station associated with Western Union College, LeMars, Iowa.] The quartet received numerous congratulations and requests for other selections.  Friends from a distance report having heard them.

Geo. Siegersma hauled a truck load of hogs to Sioux City Monday for C. W. Reeves.

J. F. Deegan purchased a new Ford.

Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Wardle were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reickert of LeMars Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. John DeRaad and family of near Alton moved onto the H. C. Detloff farm recently vacated by Will Buss and family.

The families of W. A. Ewin, C. E. Ewin and Mrs. Iona Clark and neighbors and friends to the number of almost 40, motored to the home of Mr. and Mrs. August Witt of LeMars on Tuesday evening where they enjoyed some music and dancing until a late hour, when refreshments were served.

Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thompson, daughter Virginia of Kingsley; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bos, son Willie; Mr. Weidle and Mr. Crawford of Sioux City, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Lancaster, Sr., on Friday.

Nick Enfers shipped a car load of hogs to Sioux City on Wednesday.

LeMars Sentinel, approx. date 12 Mar 1926

ARE WEDDED FIFTY YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Lancaster Came Here as Bridegroom and Bride
Settled Near Seney
Have Resided in that Vicinity Ever Since

Surrounded by their children, grandchildren and a few life long friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lancaster, of Seney, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary Wednesday, March 10, [1926] at their home.  The
happy occasion was made the scene of a joyous gathering in which it was
a pleasure to participate.  The members of the family and friends
assembled early in the day and at twelve o'clock a bounteous wedding
dinner was served.  A feature was the wedding cake, in gold and white,
served by the mother and children. 

Mrs. Alice Cooper, of Hawarden, a life long friend, who was present at
the wedding fifty years ago, was also present at the golden jubilee and
made the presentation of a fine gold headed cane to Mr. Lancaster and a
beautiful golden necklace to Mrs. Lancaster.

Honeymoon On Prairie
Edwin Lancaster and Mary Alice Alderson were united in marriage at
Argyle, Wisconsin, Friday, March 10, 1876, and on the Monday following
their wedding day left for Iowa and came to Plymouth county and settled
on the prairie where Indians wandered in those days, buffalo and deer
roamed and wild game abounded.  They built a one room house on the farm
a mile and a half north of Seney.  Here they lived facing the blizzards
of the long cold winters, the prolonged droughts of the burning summer
days, the scourge of the grasshoppers and the devastation of the prairie
fires which prevailed before climatic and other conditions bettered.
They saw friends leaving disheartened by the drawbacks, but they had
faith in the future and continued to toil and at length attained their
goal and when better times came, prospered and enjoyed many seasons of
productive crops and abundant harvests.

Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster lived on the farm they entered as bridegroom and
bride for thirty-eight years and then decided they were entitled to some
respite and more leisure and moved to a small, modern farm adjoining
Seney, in the spring of 1913, where they now reside.

Autumn of Life
Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster have five children and eleven grandchildren all
living in this vicinity.  The children are Mrs. R.A. Hawkins, living
north of Seney; M.J. Lancaster, who resides on the home place; Ira
Lancaster on a farm east of Seney; Mrs. Ed Buss, living east of Seney;
and Vincent Lancaster living at home, being a partner with his father in
the thoroughbred stock and poultry business.

Edwin Lancaster was born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1852, and with his
parents moved to Argyle where he grew to manhood.  Mrs. Lancaster was
born in Yorkshire, England, in 1853, and when a girl of ten years old
came to America with her parents, who shortly after their arrival
located in Argyle, Wisconsin.

LeMars Sentinel, Friday, March 19, 1926, Page 1, Column 2:

WOUND PROVES FATAL TO BOY

NINE YEAR OLD SON OF EARL McARTHUR VICTIM OF TRAGIC ACCIDENT

Donald, the nine year old son of Earl McArthur, a well known bantam
weight boxer, died Wednesday night, as the result of being shot below the
heart by boy companions with a revolver Tuesday evening. Earl McArthur is
well known here having grown up at Seney. The Sioux City Journal says of
the accident:

"The boy's condition was said by physicians to be critical from the
first. The bullet from a .32 caliber revolver punctured his left lung and
ranged downward, lodging against the spine. Early Tuesday (Wednesday?)
afternoon an operation was performed in an effort to save his life, but his
state was believed to be hopeless, even then.

Donald was playing with Warren Brindley, 9, and Raymond Woods, 10, at
the Woods home in South Sioux City Tuesday night. Raymond declared that
Warren, discovered the revolver beneath a pillow on one of the beds in the
house and took it out to play with it. A controversy arose, apparently,
about whether or not the gun could be "fixed" in such a manner that it would
not shoot. In some manner, it exploded, the bullet entering Donald's left
side.

Frightened, the boy's companions fled to their respective homes. The
wounded boy staggered to the door of the house, where he fell and was
discovered by Charles Woods, brother of Raymond, and owner of the pistol.
Warren Brindley is the son of Mrs. Maude Brindley, of South Sioux City.
Miss Eunice Brindley, sister of Warren, stated that her brother told the
family nothing of the affair when he came home. The facts were not learned
until the boys were questioned at school Wednesday morning.
When Warren Brindley was questioned by South Sioux City police, the
school authorities, and his relatives, he stoutly maintained that he had not
fired the gun, however, Miss Brindley said. No action will be taken by
authorities.

In addition to his parents, Donald is survived by two brothers, Harold,
12, and Robert 4. He was born in Sioux City in 1918 and moved with his
parents to South Sioux City four years ago.

Earl McArthur was slated for a match with Sailor Larson Wednesday
night, in Sioux City. The tragic death of Earl McArthur's son is something
that will bring a pang of sorrow to his hundreds of friends. Coming as it
did on the eve of an important fight, the tragedy that visited Earl's home
was doubly unfortunate.

LeMars Sentinel

March 23, 1926

EARLY HOTEL KEEPER

L. H. Martin Was Resident at Akron for Several Years

Akron Register-Tribune: This community learned with much regret of the death of a former resident of Akron, L. H. Martin, at his home in Sioux City on Wednesday morning of last week. While attending a horse sale at the Sioux City stockyards about two weeks before, Mr. Martin contracted a severe cold, which resulted in complications that caused his death.

Lorenzo H. Martin was 72 years of age. He was born at Maquoketa, Iowa. For a number of years he was in the livery business at Hawarden, but sold out there at about the time automobiles began to be generally used in this section of the county. He left Hawarden with his family twenty-five years ago this spring, moving first to Mitchell, S.D., where he lived on a farm for a few years, afterwards residing in Sioux Falls and Minneapolis. About twenty years ago Mr. Martin located in Akron and conducted the Kendall Hotel for five years, also serving a term as member of the city council. Fifteen years ago he moved to Sioux City and has been engaged in the real estate business there since. His death came as a distinct shock to his many friends here and at Hawarden.

Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Anna; three sons, Will H. Martin, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Charles A. Martin, of Elsinor, Cal.; John Martin, of Corona, Cal.; and four daughters, Mrs. H.A. Evans, of Sioux City, Mrs. Norman Thompson and Mrs. C.S. Woodward, of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. August Fredell, of Akron. He is also survived by sixteen grandchildren.

Funeral services were held in Sioux City last Friday afternoon.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

W.G. Bolser to J.B. Butler, lot 1, 16-91-49, $1.00.

S.W. Fredell to M.W. Richey, N ½ 25-93-48, $1.00.

Alex Beaulieu to Lizzie Beaulieu, W ½ SW ¼ 32 and S ½ NW ¼ 5-91-47, $1.00.

Town of Kingsley to E.D. Trotter, lot 78, block 1, Kingsley cemetery, $20.00.

Carrie Trometer to Irene Zensen, W ½ lot 5, block 19, Frost’s add. Merrill, $3400.00.

Dist. Twp. of Hungerford to Ind. Dist. Of Hinton, lot 14, Hoese’s sub. div. (now Hinton proper.)

D.L. Waterbury to W.J. Brunner west 9.02 acres NW ¼ NW ¼ 5-92-48 and W ½ NW ¼ 32-92-47, $1.00.