Iowa
Old Press
Humeston New Era
Humeston, Wayne co. Iowa
December 5, 1917
18-Year-Old Boy Dies
Leslie Sutton, eighteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Sutton
of Lucas county, died Tuesday of heart trouble. He had been ill
during the summer but his condition was not considered serious.
The funeral services were held at the home at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Fred Warner of the Derby M.E.
church. Interment was made at Derby cemetery. Leslie was a
bright, promising youth, industriou, kind to his parents and
those about him, and he was held in high esteem by all who knew
him. The father and mother have the sincere sympathy of many
friends in the passing of their son.
Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our most sincere and hearfelt thanks to the
many dear friends and neighbors who so kindly ministered to us in
our sorrow. Also for the many floral tributes. We are truly
grateful.
W.E. Sutton and family
May Hickok
Movies of Soldier Boys
New York, Nov. 28 -- Complete historic moving pictures of the
famous Third Iowa Regiment, now the 168th U.S. Infantry,
representing Iowa in the Rainbow division, have been made by the
Universal company. One copy is to be filed in the archives of the
war department in Washington. The first public showing is
reserved exclusively for Iowa.
Col. Ernest R. Bennett and his officers and men co-operated in a
special military scenario, for the purpose of showing their
friends back home who were unable personally to visit Camp Mills
on the Hempstead Plains near Garden City, L.I., every angle of
the daily life and training in the school of the soldier. This is
the first war in which the American soldiers will be perpetuated
in motion pictures. Only faded still photographs of his father
and grandfather remain to picture their part in the wars of this
country.
Licensed to Wed.
The following marriage licenses have been isued by County Clerk
Andrew T. Dotts:
Thomas Conady Horn, Leon, 21 and Edna lee Calvert, Leon, 18
Cecil E. Hook, Corydon, 23 and Icel L. Brown, Seymour, 22
Thomas E. Kincade, Harvard, 27 and Mary M. Alexander, Harvard, 20
Verl A. VanBenthusen, Seymour and Fay Scott, Promise City
Suicide at Seymour
Charles Overton, a farmer, killed himself in a barn at his home,
ten miles from Seymour, Friday morning. He fired a revolver
bullet through his head. The cause of the suicide is unknown. His
father is said to hanged himself a number of years ago. He leaves
a wife and children. The body was taken to Missouri for burial.
Mrs. M.A. Ulm Died Yesterday
Mrs. Margaret A. Ulm died yesterday morning at the home of her
son, A.A. Ulm, in Randolf, Nebr., after an illness of several
months. She was 69 years old, and had been a resident of Humeston
for many years. She is survived by five sons, W.F., J.S., A.A.,
Dave, and Hugh, and three daughters, Mrs. Ella Tabor, Mrs. Ed
Herbert, and Mrs. D.E. Nellor. The body will be brought here and
the funeral services held at the M.E. church at 2:30 Thursday
afternoon, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J.O. Carder.
Administrator's Notice
In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Wayne
County. In the matter of the Estate of Aurilla N. Rickert,
deceased. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as
Administrator of the estate of Aurilla N. Rickert, late of Wayne
county, Iowa, deceased. All persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or her estate will make payment to the undersigned;
and those having cliams against said deceased or her estate will
present them in manner and form as by law required, for allowance
and payment. Dated this 14th day of November, A.D., 1917. George
D. Rickert, Administrator of said Estate.
Property Auction
The residence property of Mrs. A.N. Rickert will be sold at
public auction on Saturday, Dec. 15. See paper next week.
Lieut. McKinley Here
Second Lieut. Leo G. McKinley spent Thanksgiving with his mother,
Mrs. Clara McKinley. He went to Keokuk Saturday to spend a few
days on business before reporting for duty. He has just completed
three months training at Fort Snelling and does not know where he
will be stationed.
Auto Atoms
The Doze Motor Co. received a carload of Fords this week. The
Doze Motor Co. reports the sale of Ford touring cars to L.R.
Garton, J.S. Fortune, Alfee Williams, C.S. Rees, and P.A.
Robinson, all of Humeston; J.H. Schooley JR, E. Acheson and P.N.
Elder, of Allerton; S.J. Clausen, W.C. Ward and G.W. Roberts, of
Garden Grove; Ray Taylor of Leroy; Frank Keller of Weldon; and a
Ford roadster to B.E. Rushing of Humeston.
Mrs. Adda McNay returned home yesterday from Merna, Nebr., where
she was summoned by the illness of her sister.
[transcribed by S.F., July 2006]