LeMars Sentinel
Friday, March 6, 1903
A YEARLY REPORT OF UNION S.S. MISSION
The following is a report of work done by John Nelson, Union Sunday School
Missionary from March 1, 1902 to March 1, 1903.
This work has been done I the following counties one month in Wright, and
the rest in Sioux, Cherokee, and Plymouth county. Sunday schools organized
11 with 38 teachers and 301 schools. Schools reorganized, 2 with 6 teachers
and 34 scholars. Visit to schools for the first time, 65 with 278 teachers
and 4402 scholars. Schools revisited, 40 with 169 teachers and 1514
scholars. Sermons and addresses delivered, 167. Visits to families, 2371.
Persons joining the home department, 99. Bibles and Testaments sold or
given away, 90. Books and periodicals sold or given gratis, $183, 75 worth.
Out of these books, 700 came from the Moody colportage library. Souls have
been saved, and many hearts and homes have been gladdened by the
distribution of these books, and of a large quantity of good reading matter,
which our friends throughout the counties had saved up for us. Thanks to
all, who have assisted the missionary in bringing the little ones to Jesus.
BORN:
On Tuesday, March 3, to Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Reeves, of LeMars, a son.
On Monday, March 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stoeffel, residing east of town, a
son.
On Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. Newton Jeffers, of LeMars, a son [born Feb. 27,
1903.]
On Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. P. Wilhelmi, residing north of town, a
daughter.
Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday March 13, 1903
Death of Mrs. John B. Hoffmann.
Mrs. John . B. Hoffmann, wife of
John B. Hoffmann , died at her home
Liberty township, on Tuesday
morning of lung fever. She was fifty
years of old last August. Her maiden
name Doblen and she was born at
New Haven, Conn., and came west
with her parents to Iowa. She was
married – thirty-two years ago in Liberty
Township and leaves eleven children
Six sons and five daughters . The
funeral will be held this morning at
Catholic Church at Ellendale.
~Transcriber Note: She was Mrs. John P. Hoffmann.
Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 17, 1903
SAYS IT WAS A FAKE.
W. E. Lockhart, Former President of Bush League Says Reorganization was
Never Intended.
The following dispatch has been sent out from Sioux City to the Iowa daily
papers and also appears in the Chicago papers:
That the reorganization of the Iowa-South Dakota baseball league was a
gigantic fake to unload players has been acknowledged by W.E. Lockhart,
former president of the league. Mr. Lockhart says the meeting and the
'reorganization of the league at Sioux Falls was purely at [unreadable
word], and that everybody on the inside knew that the game was up. Sioux
Falls, Rock Rapids and Sioux City were for independent hall. Sheldon was
non-committal, and Le Mars was for reorganization. Le Mars and Sheldon were
not on the inside and thought the reorganization serious, and J. U. Sammis
of Le Mars, revenue collector for the northern district of Iowa, was coaxed
into accepting the presidency of the league. It is said the league was
nearly so successful in players as was expected.
That the re-organization of the Iowa-South Dakota league was a very doubtful
proposition has been well known by those interested in base ball in this
section of the country. In justice to Mr. Sammis it should be stated that he
was elected president of the league at the meeting held in Sioux Falls in
February, without his knowledge or consent. He was absent in New York on
business when the meeting was held and did not know of his being made
president until nearly a week later on his return. Le Mars was nor
represented at the meeting. Mr. Sammis had arranged with Robert Black that
the latter should be present at the meeting but Black could not get away to
attend.
After Mr. Sammis returned from New York, Mr. Lockhart came up from Sioux
City to talk over base ball matters although he intimated at that time that
the league might not be reorganized, it was agreed to leave matters stand as
they were until a meeting should be held in April. .While here Mr. Lockhart
sought to throw the ones of the impending disruption of the league on the
Sioux Falls people stating that they were strongly in favor of independent
ball, that Yankton and Fort Dodge which were invited at one time to join the
league were also in favor of independent ball.
It is a sensible plan to abandon the league if it were a losing investment,
but Mr. Lockhart's manner of so doing, if he is correctly quoted by his home
papers, was to say the least undignified, and showed lack of courtesy to
those with whom he was associated as director of the league, and savors
strongly of the "Sioux City way" which is becoming a stench in the nostrils
of people who reside in neighboring towns.
LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, March 24, 1903, Page 4, Column 5:
Oswald--Kohl Wedding.
A quiet and very pretty wedding took place on Wednesday , March 18, at
the home of Conrad Kohl when Miss Bena Kohl of Union township and Mr. Jas.
Oswald of Cleghorn, were united in marriage in the presence of near
relatives.
At the appointed hour the bridal party marched into the parlor which was
prettily decorated with ferns, smilax and carnations to the strains of
Lohengrin's wedding march and its music in softened tones mingled throughout
the entire ceremony, which was performed by Rev. J. W. Robb, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Union township.
The bride was charmingly dressed in a beautiful gown of cream silk and
carried a lovely bouquet of bridal roses. The groom wore the conventional
black.
After the congratulations the guests partook of a nice three course
dinner, the table being decorated with ferns and carnations. The happy
couple left on the evening train for Cleghorn where a reception was tendered
them at the home of the groom's mother.
They received many useful and costly presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Oswald will go to housekeeping on the groom's farm north of
Cleghorn, where they will be at home to their many friends after May first,
who wish them a long, happy and prosperous voyage on this sea of life.