LeMars Sentinel, May 15, 1891

In America township, exclusive of the city of LeMars, there are five sub-districts, five good school buildings. 

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LeMars Sentinel
September 4, 1891

SCHOOL HOUSE CASE

Miss Carrie Byrnes has been hearing a school house case at the courthouse
most of the week which was appealed from the sub district of America
township. The directors located a school house on the southeast quarter of
section 2, America township, on land owned by Paul Brauch and had it
condemned for school house purposes, and the damages apprised. Mr. Brauch
did not want the school house there, as it is eighty rods west from the
corner but offered them the corner acre. The corner that he offered is low
land and considered not fit for school house purposes by the board and they
declined to accept. Mr. Brauch appealed from their actions to the county
superintendent and the evidence was heard this week. The arguments in the
case have been postponed until Tuesday when a decision will be rendered.
James Struble appears for Mr. Brauch and P. Farrell for the board of
directors.

SCHOOL COMMENCES.

The LeMars public schools will commence the fall term next Monday. The
teachers are all in the city, with the exception of two who will be in
today.

The following composes the corps of teachers for the coming year, and the
positions they will occupy:

HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING

Principal, Jennie Carpenter; assistant, Susan Paxton

Room No. 1, Minnie Kerberg; No. 2, Clara Snowden; No. 3 Lon V. Stowe; No. 4,
Emily Harding; No. 5, Carrie Decker; No. 6, Clara V. Smith; No. 7, Alice
Louden; No. 8, Lizzie McCuskey.

FRANKLIN STREET BUILDING

Room No. 1, Emma Kerberg; No. 2 Nellie Powers.

CLARK STREET BUILDING

Room No. 1, Bertha Cadwell; No. 2, Lizzie Emmons; No. 3, Clara Cadwell; No.
4, Emma Martin; No. 5, Ella Croft; No. 7, Jessie Craig; No. 8, Maggie Henry.

W.H. Oliver has been engaged to teach penmanship four hours each day in the
public schools.

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LeMars Sentinel, April 24, 1893

ARRESTED FOR INCENDARISM.
PETER BRAUCH AND HIS SON PAUL ACCUSED OF BURNING A SCHOOL HOUSE.

This morning Sheriff Boyle arrested Peter Brauch, the ex-merchant, and his
son Paul, under the accusation of setting fire to the school houses that
have been burned in their district. It will be remembered that a school
house was burned last spring while being moved to a new location in America
township. Another school house was built on the new site and that was burned
last fall, one Sunday night just before school was to have been begun.

The parties were arrested by order of the court and gave bonds in the amount
of $5,000 to await the action of the grand jury.

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