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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [Palo Alto] !! Ruthven Free Press; Palo Alto Co, IA; Feb 12, 1919
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:13:17 -0500


Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, February 12, 1919

OBITUARY OF W.H. BARRINGER

Eagle Bend, Minn., News - Wm. Henry Barringer passed away at his home in
this city on Thursday night, January 30, after a short illness of kidney
trouble. He was born in Sauk county, Wis., on May 27, 1854, and moved to
Ruthven, Iowa, at the age of 25. The following year he was married to Miss
Flora E. Ryder. He was nearly 65 years of age at the time of his death and
besides four sisters and three brothers leaves to mourn his death a wife and
seven children. The children are Osa of Rock Creek, Minn; Mrs. Paul Jones of
Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. Culver of Dickens, Iowa; Mrs. W.J. Slitter Orlo, Jay
and Cleo, who live in this city and vicinity, were all with him at the time
of his death. Mr. Barringer has always enjoyed fairly good health until a
few weeks prior to his death.
The Barringer family moved to this county some nine years ago, coming
from Ruthven, Iowa. They have made their home in this village the greater
part of the time and the community extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved
family.
The funeral occurred at the residence on Saturday afternoon, the
services being conducted by Rev. Allen of the M.E. church. The remains were
laid in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

BRADY-WHITFORD

At the parsonage of the M.E. church, at Spencer, Iowa, Feb. 8th,
occurred the marriage of Miss Iona Whitford and Mr. Harley Brady, both of
Terril, Iowa. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Whitford of
Terril, a graduate of high school. She also completed a course in the State
Normal school at Cedar Falls, Ia., and has since been a very successful
teacher in the public schools of Clay and Palo Alto counties. The groom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Brady, north of Ruthven. After a high school
course he engaged in Agricultural work and is one of Palo Alto's most
enterprising young farmers. The many friends of these young people in
Ruthven and vicinity where they are well known extend hearty
congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Brady will reside on a farm ten miles north of Ruthven.

SAMPSON - FITZGERALD.
Mr. S.T. Sampson and Miss Myrtle Fitzgerald were married on Monday of
this week. We understand they will start housekeeping on the Hesvik place
east of town. Particulars next week.

MRS. MARRY JOHNSON
Mrs. Mary Johnson passed away at her home in the north west part of town
last Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Funeral services will be held today,
Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m. from the Lutheran church.

BAKERY REOPENS.
The old baker north of the Milwaukee tracks reopened today under the
managership of Mrs. C.L. Simmons, who is employed by C.A. Taylor of
Emmetsburg. Mr. Taylor has a first class bakery in Emmetsburg and will
supply his bakery here from his Emmetsburg bakery. We are glad to again see
a bakery in Ruthven. See Mr. Taylor's ad in this issue for particulars.

2ND ENGINEERS RECOGNIZED.
Two Local Boys in Honored Detachment.

The Second Engineers, in which Ernest L. Bale and Irvan Gaard of this
city are serving, have been cited for bravery and have been decorated with
the Croix de Guere. It is also important that this is the only company of
engineers in the A.E.F. to receive this coveted honor. In speaking of their
bravery and dauntless courage the Stars and Stripes of January 3, has the
following to say:
"Vierzy had finally been captured, but all the ground traversed by the
attack was covered with wounded and no further progress could me made that
night. The American troops, such of them as remained, dug themselves in, and
the next morning the 2nd Engineers followed the Engineers' prerogative of
digging all day, advanced through the remnants of the 9th Infantry and the
6th Marines, through those of the 23rd Infantry and at 7 o'clock drove
forward again more than five kilometers to Tigny, where on the edge of Bois
d'Hartennes and less than a kilometer west of the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry
highway, the depleted American units were brought to a stop, but entrenched
themselves, and aided by the men of the macine [sic] gun battilion [sic],
held every inch of their gain."

HAWKEYE STATE NEWS

The following Iowans have been killed or died of accidents or wounds
during the last week:
Corp. Floyd Ernest Griggs, Albion; Myron J. Brooks, Luasa; Harvey G.
Pierce, Missouri Valley; Thomas E. Langon, sergeant, Council Bluffs; Corps.
Louis E. Wenieke, Burlington; Clifford W. Kinhead, Rippey; Hans P. Sorensen,
Adair; Louis J. Turner, Oskaloosa; Pvts. Garbrand H. Haase, Carroll; Marvin
E. Peterson, Linn Grove; Louis J. Snider, Alden; John F. Kounenburg, Ashton;
Anthony ? Roederer, Burlington; Robert W. Todlock, Mediapolis; Tom Reese,
Carbon; Anthony Baleer, Cedar Rapids; John H. Reneker, Douds; Peter F.
Tempus, Independence; Charley Vetter, Nashua; Roland P. Roeder, Grundy
Center; Fred V. Rosenbaum, Calmar; Charles Wilkins, Ottumwa; James Kelter,
Ottumwa; Henry H. Hildegrand, Winfield; Mitchell Houchin, Burlington; Clare
S. Mahoney, Stanley; Carl A. Harrington, Redding; Jake Weisman, Marble Rock;
Johnny J. Rost, Hartley; Chris N. Johnson, Moorhead; Thorolf Simonson, Webb;
Kristian Jensen, Newell; Robert T. Lock, Hartley; Ernest E. Benson, Center
Point; Joe Middendorff, Breda; Walter R. Picket, Osceola; John Rottman,
Wilton Junction; Chester E. Rutledge, Des Moines; Louis Spring, Tipton;
Floyd Allen, Scranton; Clair Daniel, Prescott; John W. Dinham, Murray; Paul
E. Fackier, Atlantic; Niale Drake, Masonville; William Huismann, Titonka;
Milton J. McElroy, Indianola; Peter Smith, Newell; Francis P. Scannell, Des
Moines; Chauncey Schmidt, Muscatine; Chris M. Christensen, Ellsworth; John
Ehrig, Gladbrook; Francis E. Kellog, Volga; Harry Reese, Wilton Junction.

Although Ury J. Odell of Bloomfield was worth over $25,000, he refused
to purchase Liberty bonds, War Savings Stamps, or donate to the Red Cross.
Odell also made a number of utterances against the government and its allied
activities, resulting in his being declared guilty of violating the
espionage act in United States District court at Ottumwa. Odell is middle
aged and served in the Spanish-American war, of which he is ashamed, he
declared in court. He will be sentenced soon.



Cathy Joynt Labath
Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm
Iowa Old Press
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