Iowa Old Press

LeMars Globe-Post
December 9, 1929

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)

Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Becker were Thanksgiving day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Nixon at Sioux City.

Mr. and Mrs. Grant Chapman left on Sunday for Carlsbad, New Mexico, where
they will spend the winter with their daughter, Miss Constance, who is a
teacher in the high school.

W. L. March of Cedar Falls arrived on Thursday of last week and visited his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth March, a few days, returning home Sunday.

Miss Myrtle Hinde who attends Morningside College, spent her Thanksgiving
vacation in the home of her mother, Mrs. J. R. Hinde.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lancaster were among the dinner guests entertained in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pech, near Struble on Thanksgiving day.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Siggins and son, Jules, and daughter, Shirley, of Sioux
City, were dinner guests on Thanksgiving day in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Butler.

Mrs. Bert Criswell, Miss Virla Cook and John Arthur Cook were Sioux City
visitors on Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hawkins and son, Richard, and daughter, Blanche, were
Thanksgiving day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zimmerman, south of
LeMars.

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hawkins entertained the following guests at a 6 o’clock
dinner on Thanksgiving day: E. M. Lancaster, Vincent Lancaster, Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Lancaster and daughters, the Misses Geraldine and Lois and son,
Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Buss and son Vincent and daughter, Elaine, and
Mrs. Alice Cooper.

Mr. and Mrs. John Osborne entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kunath and son,
Lyle, at dinner on Thanksgiving day.

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Donlin and daughters, Elaine and Esther of Hinton vicinity
visited Thanksgiving day in the home of Mrs. Donlin’s mother, Mrs. C. W.
Cook.

Misses Lucile and Erlynne (Kennedy) March of Sioux City spent their
Thanksgiving vacation in the home of their mother and grandmother.

A few friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Chapman on Tuesday
evening of last week to visit before Mr. and Mrs. Chapman departed for
Carlsbad, New Mexico, to spend the winter. Light refreshments were served
and best wishes extended so that Mr. and Mrs. Chapman for a quality pleasant
winter in the South.

W. L. March, Mrs. Jessie Kennedy and daughter, Miss Erlynne autoed to
Vermillion, S.D., on Sunday and visited in the home of their brother and
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. March. They returned here Saturday
afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hawkins were hosts on Friday to the following dinner
guests: Mrs. Richard Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ellis and children of Sioux Falls, S.D., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hawkins and Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Hawkins and daughter, Harriet.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Britton had as their Thanksgiving day dinner guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Britton and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schmidt and daughter, Shirley,
all of Spencer.

Will Becker, of Waubay, S.D., arrived on Saturday and visited a few days in
the home of his brother, Frank and wife.

Roy McAthur shelled corn last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Becker spent the weekend in the home of her mother, Mrs.
Lulu Nixon, in Sioux City.

Mr. and Mrs. D. F. McArthur entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ira Eldredge, Ronald
Eldredge and Bobbie Thornburg, all of Rock Valley and Floyd Moore of Marcs
on Thanksgiving day.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Hawkins were hosts on Saturday at dinner to the following
guests: Mrs. Richard Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ellis and children, all of Sioux Falls, S.D., Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hawkins and
daughter, Harriet, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hawkins, and son Richard and
daughter, Miss Blanche.

Mrs. Elizabeth March was hostess on Thanksgiving day to the following
relatives: Mr. and Mrs. J. F. March, of Vermillion, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Dan
McArthur, Mr. and Mrs. Miles McArthur, Ethel and Joyce McArthur, of Sheldon;
W. L. Lancaster, of Cedar Falls; Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Chapman and son Robert
and daughters, Kathleen and Lorraine, Misses Lucille March and Miss Erlynne
Kennedy, of Sioux City.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Mars and children motored to Orange City on Sunday and
visited her mother, Mrs. Bowers.

Joe Deegan and wife are enjoying a new coupe.

Wilmer Engblum, Harold Olson and Donald Palm left the past week for their
homes in Minneapolis.

On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hawkins were hosts to a company of relatives
including Mrs. Richard Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Ellis and children of Sioux Falls, S.D., Mr. and Mrs. Will Hawkins, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Hawkins, son Richard and daughter, Blanche.

T. C. Parker of LeMars was calling on friends here on Wednesday.

Elam Chapman had the house he purchased recently of C. E. Ewin, moved to his
farm four miles north of town the past week. Men from Cleghorn had charge
of the work.

The Ladies Aid served dinner in the hall Wednesday noon and held their
meeting after.

BRUNSVILLE: (By Special Correspondent)

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Simeon and Alvina and Mrs. Anna Didier were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. August Luken Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Renken were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Diediker Monday
evening.

Delco Joe has been busy the past week installing a Delco-Light plant at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Thomas. Reginald Simeon and Thomas Vernon have been
assisting Delco Joe.

Miss Alvina Simeon spent the weekend visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Diedier of Sioux City.

Mr. and Mrs. Foster Rowe have returned from a wedding trip in Wisconsin.
They will live on Mr. Rowe’s farm south of here.

Mr. and Mrs. Gert Heeren and Mr. and Mrs. Foster Rowe were LeMars callers
Monday evening.

Mrs. George Bauerly was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Simeon
Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Joseph Simeon and mother, Mrs. Anna Didier, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
August Luken on Monday.

Many from here attended the funeral of Mr. Neunaker held in LeMars Monday.

Mrs. Herman Harms, Mrs. Dick Harms and Mrs. Floyd Dickman were LeMars
Christmas shoppers Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Haage were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cassen Tuesday
afternoon.

STILL MISSING.
Nothing further has been seen of Roger Lobdell, who escaped from Eldora,
November 26. A young son of Bert Rollinger says he saw him get off a
freight train at LeMars, covered with soot, on the day he was supposed to be
in Sioux City with a stolen car. Aside from this, and the report that he
was seen at Leeds, he seems to have disappeared.

LeMars Globe-Post
December 12, 1929

CAR LEAVES ROAD; FIRE DESTROYS IT
Billy and Johnny Kounkel Not Injured On Neptune Road

Billy and Johnny Kounkel, riding in an Essex sedan, escaped injury when
their car left the road a mile north of Neptune Saturday night. The care
turned over twice, damaging the top but not injuring the occupants.

Paul Ritter came along soon afterward, accompanied by Harvey Ideker. They
saw the car in the ditch and picked up the two men, who they brought home
safely. Save from a little shaking up, they were not hurt.

Sometime after the car was abandoned it must have caught fire, because later
in the night it was seen to be burning briskly. The car is a complete wreck,
nothing remaining but the frame.

Another theory advanced is that someone stripped the car and set it afire to
destroy the evidence.
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At a meeting held at the county agent’s office in the courthouse on Saturday
afternoon a Plymouth County Poultry Association was organized and plans for
holding a poultry show in connection with the corn show in February were
discussed. Walter Nussbaum was elected temporary chairman and the
organization will be completed at a later meeting when more persons can be
present. Adding a poultry show has been discussed for several years and next
winter will become a reality.

MINNESOTA SHERIFF DID QUICK WORK

The quick thinking of the sheriff of Worthington, Minn., and prompt
cooperation of local officials resulted in three arrest of Victor Jensen,
28, of Struble, Richard Van Voorst, 23, of LeMars, and Vincent Van Goor, 17,
also of LeMars. The sheriff is Eldon Rowe of Nobles County.

Accompanied by the Chief of Police of Worthington, the Minnesota sheriff
came to Struble and searched Jensen’s home. Suspicion was attracted to
Jensen by the fact that he had previously been implicated in the theft of a
radio. He had been working in the vicinity of Worthington and was known to
the sheriff there.

The robbery of a garage at Round Lake, a small town near Worthington, took
place Monday night. The thieves took a radio, and a quantity of candy,
cigarettes and notions now carried by many roadside garages. Acting on a
hunch, the Worthington officials descended on Jensen’s home at Struble and
found some of the stolen goods. Jensen confessed and implicated his two
alleged companions.

Coming to LeMars, the Minnesota men notified Sheriff Hugh Maxwell and Chief
of Police Frank Smith. For some time the two fugitives could not be found.
Finally Constable John Lubben and Officer Fay Terpenning picked them up as
they were getting into a car near the foundry. More of the alleged stolen
goods were found on their persons and in the favorite haunts.

Sheriff Maxwell took Van Goor to Sioux City where he was wanted for
complicity in robberies there, but he didn’t turn out to be the one they
wanted. Sheriff Rowe, who took the other two to Minnesota, will come back
for Van Goor tomorrow.

LeMars Globe-Post
December 19, 1929

CRAIG: (By Special Correspondent)
Mrs. Herman Johnson, who was taken to the Sacred Heart Hospital a couple of
weeks ago for “dead foot” was at first thought to respond to treatment, but
later more serious complications set in and it was necessary to remove the
foot. This is a sad misfortune to befall one of Mrs. Johnson’s years.

Mrs. Tom Woodall living east of town, is reported to be seriously sick.
Owing to her advanced age of past 80, her condition fails to improve.

County Superintendent Peterson of LeMars visited schools in district Nos. 1
and 2, last Friday. The pupils and teachers are always glad to receive those
periodically visit. As Miss Peterson is a great favorite among the schools.

Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Noble were called to Correctionville Thursday by the
sickness of their grandson, Melvin Norris. He was taken sick on Thursday
and Sunday was removed to a Sioux City hospital, where his sickness was
diagnosed as peritonitis. He died shortly after reaching the hospital.
This manly little fellow had reached the age of 9 years and 3 months and
leaves to mourn his loss his parents, and older sister and two brothers and
two sisters younger. Funeral was held from the family home Tuesday and
burial was in the Moville cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Nanninga spent Sunday at Beresford, S.D., with the
Martin Nanninga folks.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Johnson went to Dalton Sunday to visit Mrs. Johnson’s
brother, Ed Raber, who recently returned from Rochester, Minn., where he was
operated on.

Again the season has arrived to receive all friendships and business
acquaintances. Such seem to be the spirit of our town. A beautiful lighted
Christmas tree adorns our most prominent intersection and the business men,
through the source of many lovely calendars and other seasonal gifts wish to
extend greetings to all. The writer cannot help but comment upon those put
out by the Personal Service Oil & Gas Co. and Craig Lumber Co. The gas
company sells a high grade of gasoline and motor oils, called the Red Hat.
So to express his season’s greetings, Mr. Green has for distribution a
cunning red hat of the type “our Uncle Sam wears” made of a plastic material
and can be used as a useful ornament to a man’s smoking table and many
ladies are placing them to many various uses. John Schmidt, our genial and
up to date president and manager of Craig Lumber Co., has given out a very
large and lovely calendar, a window scene highly tinseled and as a further
business advertisement gives pencils and a “memory saver.” Mr. Schmidt
states business has been good in 1929, several houses, barns and cribs and
much repair work being built. Prospects for 1930 are good. Our Farmers
Savings Bank, one of the most improved and safe banks of the county, have
issued a calendar upon which one may place the “plus and minus” from day to
day and monthly. Upon asking Mr. Renken what he thought of this 13 month
year, which some big concerns are planning upon using, he said he and his
able assistant, H. F. Ladwigs, were mighty busy with 12 months, without 13
shorter ones.

Druggist Snyder handles a complete and fresh line of drugs and Mrs. Snyder
serves the most delicious hot and cold lunches and pies like mother us to
make, only a wee bit better. The calendar they issue; one man said his wife
simply could not keep house or keep track of the neighbors without it.

Louis Eilers, our garage man, and A-No. 1 machinist, states he has had a
very prosperous year, having sold 19 Chevrolets and two Durants, and many
used cars. He repairs cars on short notice and is the official AAA station.
He, too, has a nice calendar.

The L and E Cash store have enjoyed a good business, being on a cash basis
they are able to sell a high grade merchandise at a low price and ‘tis here
where they cut you off a good juicy steak for any meal. All their meats are
kept under the most modern methods. They also furnish a substantial
calendar.

The Oloff Store of general merchandising and a most complete line of
hardware, where your credit is as acceptable as your cash. Highest prices
paid for produce and on Saturdays many special bargains are evident,
together with every day prices which complete with any neighboring town.
Their calendar also falls in line.

The Craig Mercantile store’s calendar will be retained as a souvenir as this
business place is going out of business and will be missed for its up to
date stock of groceries and other stocks.

Sinkey and Fredericks issue two calendars. It appears as though one of them
might appeal to the younger generation. Mr. Fredericks, the man in charge,
is noted for his cordiality and prompt attention to business. They handle a
complete line of farm implements and hardware. One need not buy an Aladdin
over the radio as here is found a complete line suitable from the home to
the palatial residence.

We boast of another dealer in farm implements under the ownership of the
Riter Implement Co. The senior Mr. Riter is a pioneer in this business and
noted for his integrity and the many good buys he makes he passes on to his
different business concerns. They also handle harness and shoes and keep an
expert repair man, Ed Schuette, in charge.

Lyle Galland conducts a clean, pleasant and up to date barber shop where all
the latest styles in haircuts and barbering are to be found and where great
and small receive the same courteous and close attention.

Blacksmith Groenjes is capable of fixing any thing from an ice pick to an
aeroplane. If one of “them things” did drop down here.

We have a trucking concern who are ready to serve you night and day, either
Miller Bros. or Fred Johnson.

Our veterinary, Dr. Carter, is still a “freshman” in our town, being here a
few months, but has met with much success and will promptly attend to your
ailing animals.

The farmers are justly proud of their elevator which handles many thousands
of bushels of grain yearly, paying the highest prices, besides handling
flour and feeds and doing all kinds of grinding, under the able guidance of
Louis Husby.

Last but not least, our pool hall owned by Gerd Oltmanns, where many
pleasant games of cards and pool are played and tons (?) of candy and smokes
devoured.

And of course, we have an up to the minute newspaper which enjoys a large
circulation. It is owned and edited by Frank Noahr, who is also postmaster.

All told Craig is a mighty pleasant place to live with its fine church, a
good school and homes. Each year many farmers retire and move here with
buying or building homes. This little town can be reached by good graveled
roads paroled daily by a highly efficient man, Ray Southwick. A Garden Club
is planned for next year to beautify the home and town generally.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
December 27, 1929

DEATH CLAIMS AGED SETTLER
MRS. JAMES T. HARKER WAS WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF MERRILL

Mrs. Jas. T. Harker, a resident of Merrill for many years, passed quietly
away at her home in Merrill, Monday morning, December 23, at 6 o’clock.
Death was due to old age and its attending infirmities.

The funeral was held Thursday from the Barnett Funeral home in Merrill and
interment made in the Merrill cemetery.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
December 31, 1929

LAST RITES FOR MRS. J. T. HARKER
WAS RESIDENT OF MERRILL FOR THE PAST FORTY-ONE YEARS.

Last rites for Mrs. J. T. Harker, a pioneer resident of Merrill, were held
at that place Thursday afternoon and were largely attended by friends of
long standing and old neighbors. Rev. A. F. Schuldt, pastor of the Methodist
church, conducted the services. The interment was made in the Merrill
cemetery.

Rosena A. Holmes was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, on August 2, 1860, and
died about 6 o’clock Monday morning, December 23, at her home following an
illness of many years duration.

In 1870, with her parents, she came to LeMars and settled on a farm in Union
township. Eight years later, April 2, 1878, she was united in marriage with
Jas. T. Harker.

For forty-one years the Harkers have lived in Merrill, where the husband
pursued the blacksmith trade, and where they made many friends among the old
settlers as well as the later arrivals.

Mrs. Harker leaves to mourn the separation, her husband, and five children.
The children are: Charles, of New York City; Mrs. L. G. Walker, of Blunt,
S.D.; Mrs. Jas. Frost, of Lost Nation; John, of Sioux City; and Mrs.
Clarence Miller of Merrill. Three children preceded her in death. She is
also survived by one brother, Elmer Holmes, of Fort Dodge, and two half
brothers, one half sister and six grandchildren.