Iowa
Old Press
The Clarion Clipper
Clarion, Wright co. Iowa
Thursday, December 16, 1915
Clarion Lodges Elect Officers
Eastern Star - Friday evening, December 10th,
the order of Eastern Stars held their regular meeting. Two
candidates, Mrs. L.N. Archerd and Gene Boyington, received the
degrees. After this, officers for the new year were elected. The
result of the election was as follows:
Mrs. W.F. Smith, Matron
Mrs. Robt. Osier, Associate Matron
H.L. Scott, Patron
Mrs. Arthur Draheim, Secretary
Mrs. L.L. Kirkpartick, Treasurer
Mrs. Elwell, Conductress
Miss Mildred Humphrey, Associate Condructress
A.F. & A.M. - The Clarion lodge No. 325 A.F.
& A.M. at their last regular meeting elected the following
officers for the coming year:
Frank McCoy, Worshipful Master
S.L. Johnson, Senior Warden
Chas. De Vore, Junior Warden
L.M. Hartsock, Secretary
Frank Walker, Treasurer
G.J. Mack, Senior Deacon
F.S. Thornley, Junior Deacon
M.E. Mozingo, Senior Stewrd
Jack Carmen, Junior Steward
Arthur Draheim, Tyler
Clarion G.A.R. - The Lyons Post, G.A.R. recently
elected officers for the ensuing year as follows:
J.H. Penfield, P.C.
Wm. E. Walker, S.V.C.
Geo. H. Hardy, J.V.C.
A.R. Ladd, Adjutant
A.S. Fox, Q.M.
Thos. Wallace, Sarg.
Geo. H. Hardy, Chaplain
Dan Blexham, A.D.
A.S. Fox, O.G.
Thos. Wallace, S.M.
M.A. Mickelson, Q.M.S.
M. W. A. - At a recent meeting of the Modern
Woodmen of America of Clarion, the following officers were
elected:
Chas. Conklin, V.C.
Gene Boyington, W.A.
C.P. McVicker, Banker
M.B. Miles, Clerk
John Pearl, Escort
Geo. Barnes, Watchman
Jud Hersey, Sentry
Alf. Huntley, Manager
Dr. Sams and Dr. Tompkins, Physicians
Commandry - Mt. Lebanon Commandry No. 61 held
its annual election of officers last evening in their lodge
rooms. Following is the list of the elective officers:
E.B. Boblin, Eminent Commander
L.M. Hartsock, General Issmo
Henry Lang, Captain General
A.R. Ladd, Senior Warden
E.M. Callender, Junion Warden
G.J. Mack, Prelate
Fred Borel, Treasurer
R.V. Conn, Recorder
Unclaimed Letters
The following is a list of letters remaining unclimed in
the post office at Clarion, Iowa, for the week ending November
11, 1915. Same will be sent to the dead letter office if not
called for on or before December 25th, 1915:
M. Lovenstein
Mrs. Tom Johnson, R1 Box 41
Clarion State Bank
Mrs. Fred Powan
Mrion L. Barnes
Mrs. O.R. Billington
Ray Larrance
Monico Ortiz
Clarence Darnell
Agent, Minneapolis & St. Louis Road
Mrs. Alice Oler
Mrs. Lizzie Munius
Clyde Bonhett
Upper Boone News
-John Ross shelled corn Saturday.
-Opal Schoolcraft is very sick with pneumonia.
-Phill Kiley and family spent Sunday at the John Ross home.
-Mr. and Mrs. V.A. Blomgren of Kanawba were Renwick callers
Sunday.
-Lawrence Perkins left Monday for a week's visit with relatives
at Primghar.
-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reitema and family left Thursday for Minnesota
where they will visit relatives and friends.
Kanawha Items - from the Record
-The marriage of Gundeval Johnson and Nellie Hanson took place a
week ago. They are a popular Wright county couple and will make
their home neaer Kanawha.
-J.E. Olson has sold his residence on West Second street to Geo.
C. Cook, possession to be given in early spring. The place is now
occupied by Benton Olson, and as he owns some residence lots on
Main street we presume the deal will mean the building of another
new house next years.
Rowan News [transcriber: I 'think' the following
is Rowan news items, it didn't have a header]
-Mrs. Dr. Gordon who was called away by the death of a sister,
has returned home.
-Little Bernice Bailey, who has been so very sick for so long, is
at this writing on the way toward recovery.
-Fletcher Howell is on the sick list. Along with other ailments
he has been suffering with a rising in the head, which has proved
very painful.
-It is reported that by a fall from a wagon, Jerdon Brinkman met
with a somewhat serious accident. Two ribs were said to be broken
outright, and another one fractured.
-A car driven by Ross Farmer east of town last Saturday, skidded
and turned over, but slight damage resulted.
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS
Bayard, 19 year old son of Dr. Z. Fuller of Sac City, was badly
injured and narrowly escaped death in falling from a moving
freight train which he attempted to board at Carroll.
Catherine Cooper, aged 3 years, was severely burned when she
pulled a tea-kettle filled with boiling water over on her at her
home in Nevada. she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Cooper.
J.R. Deel, who recently married Miss Alice Betts, a well known
Sioux City girl in Omaha, is being sought by the Woodbury county
authorities on the charge of selling mortgaged property. A secret
indictment against Deel was returned by the grand jury several
weeks ago.
Miss Susie Penrose, of Logan, aged 47, died on the road between
Logan and Magnolia on her return from Montana, accompanied by a
nurse and relatives. She had been in failing health for several
years and went west in the hope of recuperating. The Penrod
family is prominent in Harrison county. [transcribers note:
surnames typed as in the article]
O.M. Parrington, champion rattlesnake catcher of Waukon, died of
injuries received three weeks ago. Parrington, while making a
tour of the rocky bluffs along the Mississippi river, slipped and
fell, sustaining internal injuries. He lay about ten hours, alone
and unattended, and the exposure joined with his injuries in
causing his death.
A body, supposed to be that of Orlie Lamb, a former resident of
Creston, who was burned to death in Kansas City, was brought to
Creston, but the identity of the corpse was questioned by the
widow, Mrs. Abbie Lamb, who, on viewing the body, voiced the
suspicion that another body had been substituted by the general
hospital for that of her husband. As complete identification was
impossible because of the burns, Mrs. Lamb was finally induced to
accept the body.
William Heillishelm, an experienced hard wood sawmill man of
Richland Center, Wis. has moved his plant to the 1500 acre tract
of timber at Hart's ranch, at Waukon, owned by Hon. W.S. Hart of
Waukon, and the timber will be sawed into finishing lumber,
furniture, wagon and sled stock, etc. There are approximately one
million feet of oak lumber on Hart's ranch and O.J. Hager of
Waukon also has a large tract nearby. The Guttenberg Excelsior
company are cutting 10,000 cords of excelsior wood on the Hart
ranch, and with the setting up of this saw mill it will become a
center of industry. The land is located near Waukon Junction.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2016]