LeMars Globe-Post
August 8, 1932

RIB CRACKED IN FALL OFF BRIDGE
Grading Crew Near Seney Has Several Mishaps

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)
A few men on the grading gang received minor hurts the past week. Mr.
Anderson was hurt when he fell from the bridge, fracturing a rib but doing
nicely at this time.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter De Jong motored to Orange City Thursday evening and
attended a reception held for their minister and wife, Rev. and Mrs. J. G.
Brower, pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church.

The ladies aid society met Wednesday with Mrs. Geo. Moir. After a short
business session the hostess served ice cream and cake. Mr. Moir also
entertained the threshers after the ladies left.

Mr. and Mrs. William Earlick of Sioux City visited one day the past week in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Becker.

Mrs. Grant Chapman and daughter, Miss Constance, and Mrs. Jessie Kennedy
motored to Sioux City for the day, Wednesday, and visited their sister and
aunt, Miss Lucile March and Miss Deanna Crowell.

Mrs. L. Penning, Mrs. Albert Penning, and Mrs. Raymond Hinde and daughter,
Betty Lee, motored to Hawarden on Thursday and visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Kennedy.

Mrs. C. E. Ewin and children of LeMars were guests of John and Miss Sadie
Alderson Thursday.

Friends here were interested to know that E. F. Schemmel, former depot
agent, is now at Sibley, acting as relief man.

Miss Marian Henricksen of Alton, who has been helping Mrs. Jeffers in the
store, spent a few days the last of the week in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Chris Henricksen.

Mrs. V. E. Moss and baby, who spent the past month with relatives near Des
Moines, returned here last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller and daughter, Elaine, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Olson
and son Leo Carl, who spent the past two months in the Rees house, left
Friday for Alton. Mrs. Miller expects to board some of the bridge men while
in Alton as her husband is one of the gang.

Mrs. A. D. Jeffers, Misses Geraldine and Lois Lancaster, were Sioux City
visitors on Wednesday.

Mrs. Lizzie Algier of LeMars is staying with Mrs. Susan Haviland.

Misses Lucile March and Deanna Crowell of Sioux City visited Friday with the
former’s sister, Mrs. Jessie Kennedy, enroute to Sheldon, where they spent a
few days in the Dan McArthur home and from there they went to the Iowa lakes
for a week’s outing.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel

Tuesday, August 9, 1932

PERRY PIONEER PASSES AWAY

NICHOLAS DORSEY LIVED ON SAME FARM FOR SIXTY-THREE YEARS.

Last rites for Nicholas Dorsey, a pioneer of Plymouth township (sic-Perry township), were held at his home Tuesday and interment made in the Logan Park cemetery in Sioux City.

Mr. Dorsey was 86 years of age and had lived on the same farm for sixty-three years.

Nicholas Dorsey was born in County Kildare, Ireland, on January 15, 1845, and his parents emigrated to Canada when he was a child of five years. He lived in Canada during his youth and when twenty-five years of age came to northwestern Iowa and homesteaded when land was a gift. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Dorsey, and two sons (sic-adopted sons), Albert Dorsey and N. S. (sic-Sylvester) Dorsey, living in Perry township.

LeMars Globe-Post Thursday, August 18, 1932 

MRS. MARGARET NILLES CALLED. 

Well Known Remsen Widow Follows Husband To Grave. 

Mrs. Margaret Nilles, 67, widow of the late Peter Nilles, well known Remsen pioneer, died at the home of her son, John, near Remsen at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. Mrs. Nilles had been ailing for some time, and for the past two weeks had been confined to her bed. Mrs. Nilles, nee' Margaret Frank, was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1865. Her parents were natives of Luxembourg, where they received their early education. The young couple remained in Chicago for ten years after their marriage and then they moved to Caledonia, Minn. Margaret Frank came to Plymouth county with her parents in 1876, residing with them on their farm in Marion township. In 1884 Margaret Frank was united in marriage with Peter Nilles, and to this union eight children were born: John, Nick, Dominick, Hubert, Joe, Mary, Peter and Anna. Her son Dominick preceded her in death a year ago this month. Mrs. Nilles was a devote member of the Catholic church and was always active in supporting the various societies of the church and the community. She leaves a great many friends and neighbors in whose hearts she had endeared herself to join with her children in mourning her loss. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Mary's church in Remsen. Rev. Father Schleier, the pastor, will officiate.