Iowa
Old Press
The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
November 4, 1897
The street lamps the council bought from Alta were returned on
Saturday. They were not as represented, therefore not accepted.
And the prospects are good for our people to grope on in darkness
for an indefinite time.
Mr. J. A. Tretter received word Tuesday morning of the death of
his father at the home of his brother near Gilbert. He and his
sister, Mrs. C. F. Schroeder, left on Wednesday morning to attend
the funeral.
Henry Thom, of Sac City, an intimate friend of the writer,
received a fall from a scaffold on a house he was painting, last
Wednesday afternoon, from the effects of which he died next
morning. His funeral took place Saturday and was in charge of the
I. O. O. F. lodge of which he was an honored member.
Mrs. Catt's Lecture
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt was greeted with a very good house at
the M. E. church Monday evening, for her lecture on "The
Reason Why." The topic, of course, had much to do with the
reason for granting equal suffrage to woman.
Mrs. Catt is a woman of charming personality, an interesting
talker. She pointed out to her hearers that the hope of this
country is in the schools and churches and other mediums of
education, and said all these, in their very results, are
teaching the people that intelligent women are entitled to the
franchise. A novel feature of the evening was that all the ladies
in the audience with the exception of 27, removed their hats and
bonnets.
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The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
November 11, 1897
Elder Linder, of Bayard, at one time pastor of the Christian
church in Schaller, has recently made an important discovery
about himself. He has been celebrating the 23rd of November as
his birthday and has just found out that he was born on that day
in October instead of November.
The remains of David Rennie were removed from up near Newell last
Friday, and reinterred in the Galva cemetery.
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The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
November 18, 1897
Death of Mary Dineen
From the Newell Mirror we take the following account of
the death of a former Schaller girl, the family having resided
here some eight or ten years ago, Mr. Dineen running a shoe shop
here in those days.
Died, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Dineen,
southeast of town, Monday, November 8, 1897, of consumption, Miss
Mary Dineen, aged 20 years 7 months and 28 days. Miss Dineen was
born in county Limerick, Ireland, March 10, 1877, and immigrated
to Newell with her parents in 1881 when she was but four years
old. She has grown to young womanhood in this vicinity with the
exception of a few years which were passed at Storm Lake and
Schaller.
Miss Mary had always enjoyed the best of health until about the
first of July when she was taken with a severe cold which
terminated in quick consumption, from which she was a great
sufferer for about four months, when the angel of death put an
end to her sufferings.
Mary was a bright, active young lady and was the life of the
social circle in which she moved and was beloved by all of her
friends and companions. She leaves an affectionate father and
mother, three brothers, a sister and a large circle of friends to
mourn her early demise.
Rev. C. J. McConnell returned home Saturday from a few days visit
with his sister, and to see his little boy, who, he tells us is
doing finely and is getting to be a strong, healthy baby.
Just before going to press this morning, we learn of the death of
Mrs. Lester Flint at their home two miles northeast of Schaller.
Mrs. Flint has been sick for some time with typhoid fever and
finally succumbed to its fatal grasp.
Among those who were here from a distance to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Wm. Kelley, were Michael Keyes, of St. Paul, a brother of
Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Geo. Benn, of Ft. Dodge, Jas. Mulhall, of Rock
Valley, and Geo. and Will Spang, of Omaha.
Obituary
Mrs. William Kelley
Died - At the family residence north of Schaller, on Monday
morning, Nov. 15, 1897, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs.
William Kelley, aged 68 years and 4 days. Bridget Keys was born
in county Galloway [sic], Ireland, in 1829. Forty-seven years ago
she was married to Wm. Kelley and soon after they came to
America, locating in New York state, afterwards drifting west
with the tide of immigration locating in Dubuque county. After a
residence there of several years they came to Sac county locating
on the farm two miles north of Schaller where they have lived
ever since.
Mrs. Kelley was a good woman, loved by all for her good
qualities, unobtrusive, yet open handed and friendly, she
commended herself by the pure life she lived - absolutely above
reproach. She was an earnest adherent to the Catholic faith and a
loyal, consistent member of the church of her choice.
She was the mother of eight children, five of whom - Mrs. Jos.
Wiewel, of Rolf, Mrs. Alacia Hurley of Mason City, Joseph, of
Early, Walt, of Aurelia and Will, who is at home - together with
the aged father, are left to mourn her demise.
The funeral was held from the Catholic church Wednesday forenoon,
Rev. Father Costello officiating, and the interment made in the
cemetery at Early. The remains were followed to the grave by a
long procession of mourning friends. Peace to the memory of the
good woman who has gone from us.
A Card of Thanks
We desire to make public expression of our heartfelt gratitude to
our generous neighbors and friends for their kindly assistance
during the sickness of our beloved wife and mother. Their
numberless acts of good will can never be forgotten.
Wm. Kelley and family
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The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
November 25, 1897
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stoelting are the happy parents of a little
girl which was born to them last Sunday morning.
Married - At Cherokee, on Thursday, Nov. 18,
1897, Mr. Jas. W. Turner and Miss Francis B. Page, both of
Schaller. The groom is well known to almost everyone, having been
raised to manhood in this vicinity. The bride is a comparative
stranger having come here from Guthrie Center last March, and
until recently was a member of the writer's family. The young
couple left on Friday morning for Auburn, where Mr. Turner had
already made his arrangements to go into business. That success
and happiness may attend them is the wish of many.
Death again entered the home of Mr. Lester Flint last Saturday
morning and claimed a little child, the next to the youngest. It
had been sick for some time and after the mother's death last
Thursday morning it kept grieving for its mother and rapidly grew
worse until death came to it. The funeral of both mother and
child was held Saturday afternoon. In sickness they had been
together, and in death they were not long separated. There are
yet four sick in this family, one seriously so. Surely this
family are just now passing through the "waters of
affliction."
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