Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1918 -
Deming Headlight
Deming, New Mexico
January 18, 1918
IOWANS VISIT SOLDIER RELATIVES
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Godden and their daughter, Miss Marjorie
Godden, arrived here Saturday to visit their sons, Sgt. W.H.
Godden and John H. Godden of the 109th ammunition train and
Harold Godden, of the 2nd Iowa band. Their home is Emmetsburg,
Iowa, and they have been close friends of H.H. Jacobs and of Fred
Sherman for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Godden and their daughter
are staying at home of Mrs. Elsie Fergusson during their stay in
the city.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Jan. 2004]
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Range Ledger
Hugo, Lincoln co. Colorado
January 19, 1918
Midst the graves of seven of her nine husbands, Mrs. Emma Cameron
Van Sickle, 89, was buried in the front yard of her home near
McGregor, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.F., July 2005]
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Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota
February 27, 1918
-L.J. Rood of Waukon, Iowa, returned to his home today, after
having attended the funeral of his son-in-law the late Elef
Flaskerud.
-Miss Ingrid Jensen who has been re-employed by Mr. S.E. Carlson
of the Litt Cutlery Co., Spencer, Iowa, will leave Thursday
morning.
[transcribed by S.F., Jan 2012]
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Big Piney Examiner
Big Piney, Wyoming
February 28, 1918
Mrs. Noble Dies
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Noble passed away at Burlington hospital at
11:30 o'clock yesterday morning. She had been a patient at th
einstitution for some three months. Sarah Ellen Webster - Noble
was born near Pilot Grove, Iowa, in Lee county, march 29, 1854.
she grew up in Henry county, and was married there to Z.T. Noble
Oct. 7, 1872. Five years later they moved to Nebraska and from
there to Wyoming, where they made their home until three years
ago, when they returned to Southeastern Iowa. They made their
home some three miles from this city on the Augusta road.
Deceased is survived by the husband, an adopted son, Charles P.
Noble, of Big Piney, Wyo.; a sister, mrs. Alice Pickard, who
lives near Mt. Pleasant; an aunt, Mrs. M.N. Sharts of Burlington,
and five nieces and one nephew. Many friends will hold her in
kindly remembrance. Mrs. Noble was a member of the Order of the
Eastern Star at Danville. -- Iowa exchange.
Mrs. Noble was one of the oldest residents of Big Piney, living
in this section of the country about 35 years and was always held
in the highest esteem by all who knew her, and her untimely
passing will be mourned by a host of firm friends all over this
section of Wyoming. May her rest be peaceful.
--
Atty. H.W. Pitkin of Sioux City, Iowa, arrived in Piney this week
and is visiting with Guy Decker, foreman for A.W. Smith. Mr.
Pitkin is a nephew of Mr. Smith.
[transcribed by S.F., March 2009]
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Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
April 23, 1918
Miss Margaret Scheehan, Calumet, Michigan, and William Sherman
Deneen, Emmetsburg, Iowa, were quietly united in marriage at 8
a.m. today in the St. Clements church, the Rev. Francis Murphy
performing the ceremony. The groom is the local representative of
the International Correspondence School. He and his
bride are making their home at 624 New York avenue.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Jan. 2004]
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Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota
June 18, 1918
-Rev. and Mrs. Olaf Brevik of Thompson, Iowa, are visiting the
latter's father, B.J. Hermanson in Bancroft.
-Miss Ione Palmer of the Speltz Grain & Coal co. is enjoying
a two weeks' vacation with her cousin at Hampton, Iowa
[transcribed by S.F., Jan 2012]
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Deming Headlight
Deming, New Mexico
July 19, 1918
IOWA SOLDIER MARRIES HERE
Sgt. William H. Godden of the 109th ammunition train and Miss
Margaret Guerdette of Crookston, Minns. were married at the
Cathlic rectory on Friday by Rev. J.M. Carnet, pastor of the
Church of the Holy Family. Sergeant Godden came here with the
Iowa regiment form his home at Emmetsburg, where he was engaged
as superintendent of several large farming properties, and he is
now mess sergeant of his organization. He and his bride are
spending a brief honeymoon at the H.H. Jacobs ranch west of town.
Mr. Jacobs is another Emmetsburger and is an old friend of the
Godden family.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Jan. 2004]
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 30, 1918
Marriage Licenses
Warley S. Bedeger and Erma M. Seager, both of Marshalltown, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.F., July
2016]
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Aberdeen American
Aberdeen, South Dakota
August 6, 1918
OBITUARY NOTICE.
Mrs. Mary H. Conner died at her home at 311 Seventh Ave. S.W. at
2:30 p.m. yesterday at the age of 62 years, 3 months, and 26
days. She had been sick for but a few days. Funeral services will
be held at Wilson Chapel Tuesday at 3 p.m. by Rev Stansell. The
remains will be shipped to Maquoketa, Iowa for burial. She leaves
3 daughters, Mrs. S.D. _aylock, Mrs. Fred Harkson, and Mrs. Alice
all of Aberdeen and one son Henry Conner who is in the Army and
on his way to France. Mrs. Conner came here about 5 years ago,
before that, she had made her home in Maquoketa.
[transcribers Note: The 1900 U.S. Census for Maquoketa enumerated Mary as being born April 1856. She married her husband, William, in 1883. Their children: Henry A. born Nov 1899; Margaret, born January 1894; Alice, born April 1887; and Emma born July 1884. -transcribed by M.J.M., April 2009]
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LaCrosse Tribune
& Leader Press
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
September 12, 1918
Barleycorn Enlisted to Aid Red Cross
Newton, Iowa (Special) - Willy-nilly, Old John Barleycorn must do
his bit for the Red Cross, as is evidenced by the recent seizure
of two hundred and thirty gallons of liquor which was seized here
during the last few months and turned over to the Red Cross to be
sent to Des Moines, where is will be used for treating the men in
the hospital there who have been gassed in France.
Scouts Find Walnut
Decorah, Iowa (Special) - According to reports received here, the
Boy Scouts of Sac county have succeeded in locating over one
thousand black walnut trees for the government's use in making
gunstocks.
Woman Drives Taxi
Waterloo, Iowa (Special) - Her husband joing the army, Mrs. Ethel
Holland of this city, a mother of two children, drives a taxi and
is making an immense success of the work.
Oldest Apple Tree in Iowa Remains in Grove Near Monona
McGregor, Iowa (Special) - Every now and then comes the claim
from some part of Iowa that a certain favored resident is the
oldest pioneer in the state. A gnarled old apple tree near
Monona, Iowa, as it drops fruit this September, lifts its
venerable head to the breeze to register the claim that it is the
most ancient apple tree in the state.
The tree is a forty-niner, dating back to the year of the rush of
gold seekers to California. It is the last survivor of the apple
orchard known to all Iowa horticulturists which Page P. Olmsted
had the hardihood to plant in 1849 at Monona, or Poverty Point,
as it was called then.
Four generations of Olmsteds have lived on the homestead, have
sat in the shade of the old tree, inhaled the fragrance of its
bloom and eaten of its fruit. Of the first generation there was a
soldier in the Mexican war, of the fourth generation there are a
number who are serving their country now in France. Mrs. Clara
Olmsted Curtis and daughter, Mrs. Clara Curtis Otis and two sons
now live on the homestead. In the memory of Mrs. Curtis linger
pictures of the days when the Indians used to beg apples from her
as a curiosity and a rare treat.
Some years ago apples from the old tree were exhibited at the St.
Louis National Exposition and carried off a prize.
This is the story of the planting of the orchard of which the
hoary tree is the only survivor.
In the summer of 1840 Page Olmsted and his brother David,
Vermonters, came across the Mississippi from Prairie du Chien.
With a small tent and a couple of guns and blankets they tramped
the wilderness of northeastern Iowa looking up a location.
Finally they hit upon a place to their liking and drove the
homestake near Cold Spring in what is now Monona township,
Clayton county and built a cabin. Two miles from the cabin was a
Winnebago Indian village of 200 inhabitants and its chief
Whirling Thunder. A small farm had been broken and fenced by the
U.S. government and was operated in connection with the school a
few miles away on Yellow river.
At the time the Olmsteds took up their claim there was not a
white person north of them in Iowa or Minnesota northwest to the
Rockies except at the fur agencies.
David Olmsted rose to prominence, serving as a member of the Iowa
constitutional convention in 1844, a lieutenant in the Mexican
war and had charge of the removal of the Winnebago Indians from
Iowa to Minnesota. In Minnesota he became wealthy and influential
and was elected president of the council of the first Minnesota
legislature.
Page Olmsted was a farmer by nature and while his brother sought
and gained public honors he stayed by the land and gradually
accumulated large holdings. These he farmed differently from his
neighbors for he was a scientific farmer as the expression is
today. One of his ventures was an apple orchard and the success
he had with it was the talk far and wide through the country and
the instigator of apple growing in northern Iowa. The trees were
grown from seeds which Mr. Olmsted obtained from apples brought
from the east.
Long ago most of the trees of the orchard died out, having served
their day of usefulness. This one remained however, to tell the
story. Despite its great age the tree is still hale and hearty
and may have many harvests yet before it, who knows?
[transcribed by S.F., August 2012]
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New York Tribune
New York City, New York
Friday, October 4, 1918
Page 9
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 – The casualty list made public by the
War Department to-day contain the names of 720 officers and
enlisted men. Of these 150 were killed in action, 121 are
missing, 389 are severely wounded, 34 died from wounds, one died
in an aeroplane accident, five died of accident or other causes,
fourteen died of disease and six are wounded, degree
undetermined.
The Casualty List - Iowa:
Baker, Frank L., Marion (M).
Berges, Arthur, sgt., Burlington (K).
Bloom, Alva H., Norwich (W).
Bonner, James H., Logan (W).
Colburn, Clarence L., Dunlap (W).
Cooper, Lawrence, Clarinda (K).
Darling, L. W., Shenandoah (D W).
Davis, C. B., Cedar Rapids (W).
Ferguson, M., corp., Jefferson (M).
Hatfield, Roy E., Greeley (W).
Henry, Rennie, Villisca (K).
Hoover, R. J., Fort Dodge (W).
Lewis, Russell, Red Oak (W).
M’Grath, C. B., corp., Ontario (W).
Pierce, Wm. L., Council Bluffe (K).
Roberts, Donald, Waukoma (W).
Wisch, George, Walnut (W)
[transcribed by W.L., Nov. 2004]
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New York Tribune
New York City, New York
October 5, 1918
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4th The casualty list made public by the War
Department today contain the names of 759 officers and enlisted
men. Of these 104 were killed in action, 119 are missing, 444 are
severely wounded, 15 died of disease, 4 died of accident and
other causes, 64 died of wounds, 2 were slightly wounded, 6 were
wounded degree undetermined and 1 was taken prisoner.
Character of casualties is indicated as follows: (K) killed in
action; (W) wounded; (D A) died of accident or other causes; (D
W) died of wounds; (D D) died of disease; (M) missing; (P)
prisoner.
IOWA:
Hupp, Allen T., capt., Corning (W)
Hanford, J., lieut., Cedar Rapids (W)
Kiz, Frank, lieut., Cedar Rapids (W)
Ashby, Harry, Bloomfield (W)
Bellmer, Harold, Dunkerton (M)
Beumer, Lawrence J., Rock Valley (W)
Bowers, Roy C., Sioux City (W)
Boganfeif, Adlai, Merrill (W)
Bolan, Edmund, Fort Dodge (W)
Ewing, Howard M., Postville (M)
Hartshorn, Charles E., Farragut (K)
Hebb, Addison, Pisgah (W)
Grover, Alvah G., Council Bluffs (K)
Gallagher, James M., Rockwell (K)
Kirchoff, Arthur W., Hartley (K)
Lawson, George E., Clarinda (W)
Long, Dwight, Crawfordsville (W)
Kinney, Leo W., Creston (W)
Kibling, Elnor, Estherville (W)
Sidmore, Earl E., Bristol (D W)
Watson, Edwin V., Hazelton (D D)
Zelle, Arthur, Waverly (W)
[transcribed by W.L., Nov. 2004]
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Big Piney Examiner
Big Piney, Wyoming
October 10, 1918
Obituary of Edward E. Daiber (by his sister, Mrs. P.C. Dings)
Edward E. Daiber was born at Keota, Iowa, Sept 30, 1881. He
graduated from the Hight school at the age of sixteen and later
from the Capital city Commerical College, Des Moines, Iowa. He
then entered the retail shoe business with his father, and after
several years went to cheyenne, Wyo., where he entered the
clothing business with his brothers, William and George - in 1914
he sold his interest in the store and being an athlete and a
great lover of the out-of-door life he in partnership with mr.
Hersig bought the old Ross ranch at Mewfork. Last year his
brother-in-law, P.C. Dings, a banker at Ardmore, Oklahoma, bought
the Hersig interest. Deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Daiber who with three brothers and four sisters are
left to mourn his untimely death. The remaining children are:
mrs. Chas. Little, Des Moines, Iowa; Henry Daiber, Toledo, Ohio;
Wm. Daiber, Ardmore, Oklahoma; Mrs. H.D. Williams, Keota, Iowa;
Geo. W. Daiber, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. L.E. Hulse, Waukegau, Ill.;
Mrs. P.C. Dings, Ardmore, Oklahoma; all of whom were present at
the funeral services. His father, Michael E. Daiber, and sister,
Mrs. John Hamilton, passed to the great beyond some ten years
ago. Edward was a member of the Consistory, the Mystic Shrine and
Masonic lodge, and the Elks lodge of Cheyenne, Wyo.
(by Mrs. P.C. Dings, 111 D st. S.W., Ardmore, Okla.)
[transcribed by S.F., March 2009]
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Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho
November 23, 1918
American Casualties Reported Yesterday. Included in this list was
the name of IRA O. BUNSON, of Maquoketa, Iowa. Bunson died of
disease.
[transcribed by M.J.M., April 2009]