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Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1921 -
Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
January 5, 1921
Visits in Iowa
- A.O. Hinckley left Sunday for Sac City, Ia., to visit his
daughter for a couple of weeks.
-N.A. Larson was called to Slater, Ia., by the death of his
father.
-Clinton, Ia., Jan. 5 - Relatives early today still were awaiting
word concerning Miss Celeste Lamb and Robert S. Smith, who
disappeared yesterday morning. Miss Lamb's wedding to ensign
Harold Holcomb of Pasadena, Calif, was to have taken place last
night at Woodlands, home of Miss Lamb's mother, Mrs. E.A. Young.
Ensign Holcomb, thrice disappointed, left last night for his
home. The wedding had originally been planned to take place on
the Island of Guam in mid-Pacific last summer, while Ensign
Holcomb was on duty
with the United States navy, having headquarters there. It was
postponed and announced as a holiday event in Clinton. On the eve
of the date set it was announced that Miss Lamb had become
seriously ill and the marriage was again postponed. Then it was
announced for last night.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004 & Jan. 2006]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
January 8, 1921
Mrs. Viola McDowall of near Ottumwa, Iowa, is here visiting at
the home of her mother, mrs. S.V. Peterson, being called here by
the death of her brother, Clifford Peterson.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
January 28, 1921
Mrs. Mark Kelley who left Cheyenne about a month ago for
Rochester, Minn., to consult the Mayos regarding a serious
condition of health, is expected to return to Cheyenne on Sunday
next. The many friends
of the Kelleys will be gratified to hear that Mrs. Kelley escaped
an operation, and remained in Rochester only for diagnosis and
treatment. For several days she has been recuperating at Union,
Iowa, the home of her parents. On her return, she will be
accompanied by her sister, Miss Sabrin Lancaster, of Union, who
plans to make an extended visit in this city.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Fairbanks Weekly
News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska Territory
January 28, 1921
A Missing Relative
Another missing relative is inquired for; this time it is an
uncle, and he originally haled from the State of Iowa. Postmaster
T.H. Deal has received a letter from Alvina C. Severson, of
Inglewood, Lynn * County, Iowa, requesting that he assist in the
location of her uncle. the missing uncle's name is Mattheis
Nilson, or
Mathias Nilson, or Mathias Nilson Vig, and he is supposed to have
come to this country. Anyone knowing of the above named person
will confer a favor upon the lady by informing Postmaster Deal of
his whereabouts.
[*sic - Linn County is the
proper spelling]
[transcribed by S.F., June 2004]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
February 1, 1921
Charles Hammond and family have been enjoying a visit from his
brother-in-law, George Madsen of Persia, Iowa.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
February 2, 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gage have returned from a prolonged visit at
the home of Mrs. Gage in Iowa. Mr. Gage is the popular manager of
O'Connell's south side store.*
Mrs. Edith Spillman came in Friday from Des Moines, Iowa, where
she has been visiting her parents.
[*a note in the Feb. 3
edition says the Gage's were visiting her parents in Iowa]
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
February 8, 1921
Little Stories of Members of Sixteenth Wyoming Legislature
(By E.T. Payton)
Isn't is a fine thing to see a man and a woman with heads
whitened by time who somehow make you think of weddings and
honeymoons and the like? These thoughts come to my mind whenever
I see Senator Stephen H. Sibley and Mrs. Sibley together. However
they have been married long enough to have three children the
"baby" being thirteen, Dorothy, 28, the senator's
daughter by a former wife who died many
years ago. But Dorothy is "our daughter" to Mrs. as
well as Mr. Sibley. She was a teacher in the Cheyenne schools for
two years but is now Mrs. Dr. Royal of Lincoln, Nebr. Senator
Sibley was born at Elkhorn, Wis., Nobember 20, 1858, and moved
with his parents to Iowa when he was five years old. He attended
the common schools in Iowa and the Baptist college of Des Moines.
He graduated from the law department of the state university at
Iowa City in 1884 and took up the practice of law at Salem, S.D.
After a few years he returned to Des Moines and practiced law
there until he came to Wyoming in 1908 when he bought the
controlling interest in the Burns State bank of which he is the
president. The senator has been a leading spirit in the building
up of the famous Golden Prairie country. Mrs. Sibley is the
editor of the Burns Herald at Burns and she has made a
good paper of it. She and the senator are Presbyterians and both
take an
especial interest in church affairs. The senator is a consistory
Mason and a member of the Des Moines lodge. He served in the
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth legislatures of
Wyoming while his present term as senator will not expire until
after the 1923 session.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
February 10, 1921
Little Stories of Members of Sixteenth Wyoming Legislature
(By E.T. Payton)
It would be awfully nice if I had time to stick around the
legislative chambers a while each day for then I could tell the
voters back home just what part their senators and
representatives play in the making and unmaking of the laws. But
I haven't. Occasionally, however, I happen in just when things
are interesting, even exciting -- but usually I miss such fun.
One of the representatives I have observed with interest is F.O.
Osborn and for
the reason that he seems to be always in his seat and quite often
gets to his feet with something to say, though never making any
long speeches. When he does talk it is to the point and he never
raises his voice beyond what is necessary to carry to his
attentive colleagues. Mr. Osborn was born in Pottawattamie
county, Iowa, 35 years ago, his father being from Virginia and
his mother from New York. They were Methodists. His father was a
republican in politics and by occupation a farmer. Young Osborn's
school advantages were fairly good and he attended the grade and
high schools as well as getting three years in the Sompson [sic
Simpson] college at Indianola, but he did not graduate,
preferring to get out and at
business. He was for seven years with Western Union Telegraph
company at Omaha, in charge of the accounting department where he
was paymaster for 350 people. Twelve years ago Mr. Osborn married
Miss Pearl Nash of Indianola, Iowa, and the marriage has been
crowned with three bright children. Five years ago they came to
Wyoming when Mr. Osborn started the State Bank of Hillsdale, of
which he is the
cashier. In religious belief representitive Osborn is a
Presbyterian. He is not a member of any lodge or society.
"Always been too busy." In the legislature he is on the
educational and revenue committees.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Wyoming State
Tribune
Cheyenne, Wyoming
March 11, 1921
Century Old Doctor Visits 33 Patients During Single Week
Puyallup, Wash., March 11 -- Dr. Lemuel I. North, of Puyallup,
who says he may be the oldest practicing physician in the nation,
recently celebrated his one-hundredth birthday. The week he was
100 years old he called on thirty-three patients and he gives
medical advice regularly to his practice here. The doctor was
born in Lee county, Ia., in February, 1821, and graduated from
Cambridge University, England. He served in the First Iowa
Infantry in the Civil War. In 1908, while visiting in Iowa, Dr.
North relates, he learned that a prize of 160 acres of land was
offered at a Pioneers' celebration for the person who could show
he was the first white child born in the state. He won the prize
and still owns the land.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2004]
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Middlesboro Daily
News
Middlesboro, Kentucky
April 21, 1921
Iowa Pioneer Live 75 Years in Same Spot - Couple Married
Three-Quarters of a Century Bought Their Farm for $160 in 1845
Mount Zion, Ia. [Van Buren co.] - Seventy-five years ago Daniel
Reneker brought Mary, his bride of a few days, to Iowa from Ohio.
Today they still are living on the original homestead they
established in the "wild West" in 1845. Reneker will be
ninety years of age February 24, and his wife is ninety-seven.
their marriage record and the number of years spent on the same
homestead probably can be equaled by few couples.
The couple attribute their long years of life to the fact that
they are God-fearing and believe in simple life and simple joys.
Mr. and Mrs. Reneker's married life of 75 years, in the eyes of
modern-day folks, contains few thrills. It has been mostly hard
work. Reneker, when a young man, left his home in Ohio to go West
to see the country. He returned in a short time to get his Mary.
Their honeymoon was spent floating down the Ohio river to the
Mississippi on a small boat. On landing at the Mississippi the
couple headed north for the cabin Reneker had previously erected
in the forest wilderness of Iowa, near the present site of Mount
Zion. There they went and there they are today.
The early years were spent in clearing the 160 acres of timber
Reneker had purchased at $1 an acre. Supplies were brought from a
trading post 45 miles away. Ground on their tract was broken with
the aid of oxen.
Five children were born to the Renekers. Four of them still
survive. All are boys. The eldest is Jacob, aged seventy-two, and
the youngest is Dr. George W. Reneker, aged fifty-two. The other
two "boys" are Joshua and Dallas Reneker. With the
exception of Dr. George, all the sons remained nera the old
homestead. Dr. George Reneker left home at the age of twelve.
Today he is a resident of Falls City, Neb., and is the state
representative from the First Nebraska district.
The present home of the Renekers was built in 1861 near the site
of the original log cabin. The couple have taken few trips away
from their home. They have made several trips to Falls City,
Neb., to visit their "boy," Dr. George, and once went
back to visit childhood scenes in Ohio.
[transcribed by S.F., February 2006]
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The Adirondack
Record - Elizabethtown Post
Elizabethtown, Essex co., N.Y.
Friday, May 8, 1921
Henry C. Abel Passes Away
Henry C. Abel was born in Elizabethtown, Essex county, N.Y., June
7, 1837. He passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert
Paul, in Oelwein, Iowa, April 13, 1921 following an illness of
several months. He was united in marriage to Annette BAker in
Moriah, N.Y.., in 1860, and in 1866 the family went west and
located in Clayton county, Iowa. Two years later they purchased a
farm five miles southwest of Fayette and resided there until
December 1907, when in consequence of advanced age they came to
Oelwein to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. Paul. Mrs.
Abel passed away in May 1908, and Mr. Abel continued to make his
home with his daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Abel were the parents of four children, two sons and
two daughters. One daughter, Florence, died in infancy and one
son, Charles E., passed away July 11, 1905. One son, George R.,
and a daughter, Myra J. Paul, both of Oelwein, survive him.
Following prayer at the Paul home, Friday at 12:30, by Dr.
Cleworth of the M.E. church, the body was taken to Fayette, where
the last services were held from the M.E. church, conducted by
Dr. D.M. Parker at 2:30, followed by interment in the Fayette
cemetery by the side of the wife and mother.
Mr. Abel was a man who made and retained friends. He was a
pioneer of Fayette county, coming here following the close of the
Civil War. He was a kind husband and father, and many of the old
neighbors, not only in Fayette and Oelwein but in Essex county,
as well, sympathize with the loss susutained by the son and
daughter.
[transcribed by S.F., February 2008]
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Summit County
Journal
Breckenridge, Summit co. Colorado
May 14, 1921
News to Date in Paragraphs.
Harry Leroy Parker, Derby, Iowa, a student at the State
University at Iowa City, Iowa, was drowned while canoeing on the
Iowa river. The body was recovered an hour later.
[transcribed by S.F., May 2006]
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Decatur Daily
Review
Decatur, Illinois
September 8, 1921
VETERAN EDITOR DIES SUDDENLY
Ottumwa, Iowa, Sept. 8- John W. Rowley, for 74 years editor of
the Keosauqua Republican, dropped dead there last night
while addressing the city council. Mr. Rowley won state wide
prominence when he sought the nomination as governor on a
platform which opposed the capital extension act.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Sept. 2003]
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Decatur Review
Decatur, Illinois
December 13, 1921
No Clue to Slain Teacher's Murderer
Waukon, Iowa, Dec. 13 -- No clew (sic) to the murderer of Miss
Edna Magneson, school teacher who was beaten to death late
yesterday afternoon at her school near town, had been discovered
this morning, Mrs. Gunda Martindale, sheriff of Allamakee county,
says. Bloodhounds were taken to the scene of the crime during the
morning. Mrs. Martindale has held the office since May 1, when
her husband, incumbent of that office since Jan. 1, 1921, died,
and she was appointed to fill the unexpired term.
Attack Woman's Rights as Jurors
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 13 -- The right of women to serve as
jurors was upheld by the Iowa supreme court in a decision handed
down this morning in the case of the State vs Walker, appealed
from the Hamilton county district court. Charles Walker charged
that conviction was due to women on the jury. He also charged it
was unconstitutional for women to perform jury duty. the case was
reversed, but the right of women to serve as jurors was upheld.
[transcribed by S.F., June 2004]
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Daily Journal
Telluride, San Miguel co. Colorado
December 14, 1921
Tuesday afternoon Omer D.G. Boardman and Miss Nellie Cassity were
married by Justice of the Peace Frank Watson. The groom is from
Waukon Junction, Iowa, and the bride is from Placerville,
Colorado. Following the ceremony the young couple left for
Eureka, where they will make their future home.
[transcribed by S.F., July 2005]
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Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio
December 14, 1921
Admits Killing Teacher Because She Jilted Him.
Waukon Ia. Dec. 14 -- Ernest Throst confessed today that he
murdered Miss Ida Magnuson, pretty 24 year old school teacher, in
her isolated country school house near Dorchester. "I killed
her because she turned me down," Throst told Allamakee
county authorities.
Another murder.
The second murder mystery concerns the death of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Van Brockland on a farm twelve miles from Decorah. they
were slain Sunday. Elmer Van Brockland, a brother of the slain
young farmer,
is under arrest.
[transcribed by S.F., Nov. 2003]
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Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio
December 29, 1921
Woman Sheriff to Spring Trap to Kill Slayer.
Waukon, Ia., Dec. 28 -- a woman's hand, it is expected, will
spring the trap when Earl Throat, confessed slayer of pretty Inga
Magnuson is hanged on March 9. Mrs. Gunda Martindale, sheriff of
Allamakee
county, is required by law to conduct the execution. "I have
to spring the trap on Throat and I'll do my duty." Mrs.
Martindale said today. Then Throat was captured after Miss
Magnuson had been found slain in her lonely country school house,
it was Mrs. Martindale's strategy that prevented the slayer being
seized by an
angry mob of farmers. The woman sheriff captured the slayer after
an exciting pursuit by bloodhounds.
[transcribed by S.F., Nov. 2003]