Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1916 -
Fairbanks Daily
Times
Fairbanks, Alaska Territory
January 12, 1916
Reuben E. Todd Is Inquired For. Has Not Been Heard from in 12
Years - Was in Dawson in 1903.
From Rev. Guy H. Madara, of Chena, the following letter was
received, which is self explanatory:
Chena, Alaska, Jan. 10, 1916
Fairbanks Daily Times, Fairbanks, Alaska
Gentlemen: I have an inquiry on my desk from Mrs. J.F. Tood, Lock
Box 381, Neola, Iowa, in which she asks for information
concerning one Reuben Earle Tood, who came to Alaska in 1910, and
has never been heard of since his arrival at Dawson on his way
in. He is about thirty-five years old now. Any information will
be gratefully received, either by the writer of the letter, or by
the undersigned.
Very sincerely yours,
Guy H. Madara
Any person who has any knowledge of the whereabouts of the above
mentioned man may communicate with Mrs. Todd, Rev. G.H. Madara,
or with the Times. Any information will be gladly
received.
[transcriber note: names and dates were typed exactly as they
appeared in the news article; the Fairbanks Sunday Times
also carried the letter, but in an abbreviated form. The date
given in that article was 1903, and the surname Todd. Neola is in
Pottawattamie co. Iowa. Transcribed by S.F., April 2007]
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Summit County
Journal
Breckenridge, Summit co. Colorado
February 12, 1916
Col. W.P. Hepburn Dies At Clarinda - Soldier and Former Member of
Congress, Succumbs to Heart Weakness - Framed Hepburn Law
Clarinda, Iowa. -- Col. William P. Hepburn, former member of
Congress, from this district, died here after a long illness.
Death resulted from kidney and heart trouble. Besides the widow,
a son and daughter survive him. Col. Hepburn, although twenty
years in Congress, became best known throughout the country
during the Roosevelt administration. It was called the Hepburn
law prohibiting rebates and discrimination by railroads. As
chairman of the House committee on interstate and foreign
commerce in the first session of the fifty-ninth Congress, he was
th eauthor of three acts out of five which the then President
Roosevelt afterward declared would cause that Congress to be
memorable in history because of its constructive legislation. Mr.
Hepburn represented the Eighth Iowa district. He also was an
efficient soldier in the Civil War and a lawyer of high
reputation. He was a product of the early pioneer days in Iowa
and got what little schooling he had in three winters at an
academy near Iowa City. He was born in Columbiana county, Ohio,
Nov. 4, 1833, removing to Iowa City, where his mother and
stepfather took up their residence on a farm when he was eight
years of age. After a brief experience in the schools the
community afforded he got employment in a printing office, where
he worked for four years. Later he read law at Iowa City and
Chicago, being admitted to the Illinois bar in 1854. He returned
to Iowa in 1855, married Miss Melvina A. Morseman of Iowa City,
and settled at Marshalltown.
[transcribed by S.F., May 2006]
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New York Times
New York, New York
February 16, 1916
The wedding of Miss Mildred Anne Joy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde R. Joy of Keokuk, Iowa, and Hugh J. Robertson of Iowa, took
place yesterday afternoon at the Hotel St. Regis. The Rev. J.T.
Stocking of Upper Montclair, N.J., officiated. Mrs. Ralph B. Joy
was the bride's only attendant. Harold Covington Pond was best
man. A dinner, followed by dancing, was held after the ceremony.
The couple left for California on their honeymoon.
[transcribed by S.F. February 2007]
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Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
February 22, 1916
[By Associated Press]
Emmetsburg, Iowa, Feb. 22- The Rev. M.H. Case, former pastor of
the Congregational church here, is dead at his home today, a
suicide by shooting. Yesterday he told a friend he wanted to see
the village undertaker. When the undertaker arrived he found the
minister dead.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Jan. 2004]
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Mt. Pleasant
Pyramid
Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete co., Utah
Friday, March 17, 1916
Local News
Albin Halstrom left Thursday to resume his work as electrical
engineer in Marshalltown, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2015]
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Fairbanks Daily
Times
Fairbanks, Alaska Territory
March 23, 1916
Race With Death Starts This Morn
On the stage for the coast this morning, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Webb
will start a race with death. Mr. Webb recently received a
telegram informing him that his mother, who is well advanced in
years, had undergone a serious operation, from which she probably
would never recover, and that her condition at the time the
telegram was sent was dangerous. Mr. Webb immediately decided to
start for Mount Ayr [Ringgold co.], Iowa, where his mother lives,
in the hope that he may reach her before death comes. Mr. Webb
will be accompanied by his wife. After he has seen his mother, if
he wins his race with death, Mr. Webb will go to Rochester,
Minnesota, where he will seek relief from the Mayo brothers. Last
summer, Mr. Webb injured his spine, and he has never fully
recovered from that injury. He is ging to see if the Mayos can
ascertain what the trouble is and cure him of it. If it is
possible for him to do so, Mr. Webb will return over the trail,
but Mrs. Webb will stay Outside until after the opening of
navigation. Mr. Webb will return over Lake Labarge if he does not
come in over the trail. During the absence of his parents,
George, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Webb, will live with Mrs.
J.E. Moody, and the Webb home will be closed.
[transcriber notes: The 1885 U.S. census, Ringgold co., Poe twp.
shows J.A. Webb's family: father Alford G. age 48; mother
Lucitta, age 43; Sherman A., age 20; John A., age 18; William D.,
age 16 and Olla J., age 13. The 1915 Iowa State census enumerated
one Lucretia Webb, a 72 year old widow in Mt. Ayr. Transcribed by
S.F., April 2007]
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah
April 10, 1916
Deaths and Funerals
Odermatt - Peter Odermatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Odermatt died at 12:55 p.m. yesterday at his residence, 2218 Read
avenue, of a complication of diseases from which he had suffered
nearly 18 months. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, March 13, 1883,
and had lived in Ogden 12 years. Prior to his illness, the
deceased was employed as a railroad brakeman. He was a member of
the Woodmen of the World and Eagles lodges. Mr. Odermatt is
survived by his wife, formerly Mrs. Priscilla Covington, one son,
two daughters, and the following brothers and sisters: Charles A.
and Henry Odermatt of Ogden; Noah Odermatt of Minneapolis, Minn.;
John Odermatt of Manchester, Iowa; Mrs. Margaret Faust and Mrs.
Jennie Simmons of Bellevue, Iowa; Mrs. Tena Leonard and Mrs. Lulu
Wiley of Oakland, Cal. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2
p.m. in the Second ward meeting house and interment will be in
the city cemetery. The members of the Eagles and Woodmen of the
World will attend the funeral service in a body. Remains may be
viewed at the Lindquist chapel from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Second
ward meeting house.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2015]
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Petersburg Weekly
Report
Petersburg, Alaska Territory
Saturday, April 22, 1916
A well-known Alaska printer and editor, Bert Howdeshell, of
Juneau, went back for a visit to his old home in Iowa. He writes
a few lines to the Dispatch, telling of changed conditions. While
Mr. Howdeshell's experience is unfortunately not novel, he gives
reason for the deterioration of the once bright and prosperous
towns of the middle west that might well serve as a warning to
the newer country of the Pacific coast and Alaska. He says:
"This is the land where wealth accumulates and men decay.
The inhabitants are a population of 'pinchers.' They have
enriched the mail-order houses and despoiled their own cities. I
visited the place of my birth a few days ago. An appreciative and
hero-worshipping public has converted it into a dumping-ground.
Rusty cans, abandoned dry-state booze bottles, frozen potatoes
with tears of grief in their eyes; old mattresses, hairless with
age; deceased cats, and last year's jimson weeds now adorn the
spot where I first saw the light."
[transcriber's notes: 1870 U.S. census, Nashua, Chickasaw co. IA;
Albert Howdeshell, age 7 mo.; parents Jacob R. & Emily and 4
older siblings.
1900 U.S. census, Bradford twp., Chickasaw co. IA: Bert
Howdeshell is age 29, b. 11/1870; living with his parents Jacob
R. & Emily and brother Frank; occupation is Printer.
His father, Jacob Howdeshell, was a Civil War veteran in Co. G,
27th IA Inf.
Bert died of alcoholism in 1917 and is buried in Juneau, AK
(online death certificate - Ancestry) - transcribed by S.F.,
August 2017]
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Fairbanks Sunday
Times
Fairbanks, Alaska Territory
May 14, 1916
A letter received by a friend in Fairbanks tells of the safe
arrival of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Webb in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. They reached
there about the 12th of April and the letter was dated a week
later. Mr. Webb states that his mother's health is greatly
improved and that when she heard Mr. and Mrs. Webb were coming to
see her she brightened up. She has improved so much that she is
now able to sit up several hours a day. Mr. Webb did not state
when he would start for Fairbanks, but he expected when he left
here to come back on one of the first boats if possible.
[transcribed by S.F., April 2007]
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Wyoming State
Journal
Lander, Wyoming
August 8, 1916
Lander has two newspapers. The oldest paper is democratic and
bears the name of the Wind River Mountaineer, and the
editor is Henry J. Wendt, formerly of Iowa. The other newspaper
is The Wyoming State Journal, edited by Arthur H.
Maxwell, formerly of Waukon, Ia. Mr. Maxwell is a nephew of the
late Judge Granger of the Iowa Supreme court. Both offices are
well equipped and have the reputation of making good incomes.
[transcribed by S.F., Dec. 2013]
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New York Times
New York, New York
September 10, 1916
Special to The New York Times. Williamsport, Penn.,
Sept. 9 -- Miss Margaret Ellen Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Long of this city, and Lieutenant Robert Alfred
Lavender, U.S.N., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Lavender of Rockwell
City, Iowa, were married at 8 o'clock this evening at the home of
the bride's parents, 730 West Third Street. Chaplain John B.
Frazier, U.S.N., officiated. The bridegroom and his attendants,
Lieutenants Henry M. Kiefer and Morris D. Gilmore, U.S.N., were
in full dress uniform. The bride was attended by the Misses
Gladys Lessey of Derby, Conn., Edith L. Miller of Harrisburg,
Penn., and Katharine M. Wolfe of Chatham, N.J. Lieutenant
Lavender is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.,
class of '12. He has specialized in radio science, and was one of
six naval officers selected a few years ago and sent to Paris to
represent this Government in determing the logitudinal distance
between Paris and Washington. He is at present radio officer of
the destroyer force of the Atlantic fleet. The bride is a
granddaughter of the late Thomas McFall McIlhenney.
[transcribed by S.F., June 2010]
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Chicago Daily
Tribune
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
October 1, 1916
Mrs. Ellen Callaghan of Spencer, Iowa. Was Born Sept. 29, 1816.
One hundred years ago last Friday Mrs. Ellen Callaghan of
Spencer, Iowa, was born and baptized Ellen Regan in County Cork,
Ireland. In 1837, the year Michigan was admitted to the union,
she was married to Daniel Callaghan. They had eight children,
four of whom died in infancy. In September, 1860, the family came
to America, locating first at Green Lake, Wis. Thirty-three years
ago they again moved, this time to government lands in Clay
county, Iowa, near the present site of the village of Royal. Five
years ago Mrs. Callaghan took up residence with her son John in
Spencer. Her four surviving children are Owen, aged 77, and John,
aged 68, of Spencer; Patrick, aged 75, of Sioux City, and
Michael, aged 70, of San Diego. Patrick and Michael are both
veterans of the civil war.
[transcribed by C.J.L., March 2005]
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New York Times
New York, New York
October 1, 1916
Newport, R.I., Sept. 30 -- Mrs. Evans, wife of Commander Waldo
Evans, on staff duty at the Naval War College, announces the
engagement of her niece, Miss Jeanette Ashton of Grinnell, Iowa,
to William T. Sherman of Chicago. The wedding is to take place
here the latter part of December. Miss Ashton has been visiting
Commander and Mrs. Evans at the Naval War College since early
Spring. Miss Ashton and Mr. Sherman were graduated together from
Grinnell College.
[transcribed by S.F., June 2010]
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah
November 5, 1916
Tremonton Society
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gephart have as their guests Mrs. Gephart's
mother, Mrs. Addie Anthony of Boulder, Colo., and her aunt, Mrs.
C.A. Monatt of Hampton, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2015]
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Petersburg Weekly
Report
Petersburg, Alaska Territory
Saturday, November 25, 1916
N.O. Nielsen "Nels" took passage on the Seattle,
ssouth-bound, Wednesday. He will make a business trip to Iowa.
[Note: see December 16, 1916 issue below - transcribed by S.F., August 2017]
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Petersburg Weekly
Report
Petersburg, Alaska Territory
Saturday, December 16, 1916
North McGregor (Iowa) News: Nels Nielsen, of Petersburg, Alaska,
has arrived here to look after his property interests and for a
few days' visit with old friends, before going to Wisconsin to
visit his parents.
[transcribed by S.F., August 2017]