LeMars Sentinel, LeMars, (Plymouth), Iowa, Friday, August 19, 1910

Death of Chris. Simpson
TWO BROTHERS TAKEN WITHIN FIVE WEEKS
HEAVY BLOW TO BEREAVED ONES
Youth Suffered Recently from an Attack of Diphtheria Which Left Him in a
Weakened Condition and Succumbs to Sudden Attack of Heart Trouble

Twice within six weeks the angel of death has visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George Simpson, on Fifth street, and bereft them of their children
and their bereavement calls forth the sympathy of the community.

On July 3d their fifteen-year-old son, John, was taken by death as he
was recovering from an attack of mumps and on Wednesday morning about half
past twelve their oldest son, Christopher (sic--Christian), aged seventeen,
suddenly succumbed to paralysis of the heart.

The youth had apparently recovered from an attack of diphtheria with
which he was stricken three weeks ago. He was not considered dangerously
ill at any time, most of the time being up and around the house, and the
quarantine on the house was lifted a week ago. On Tuesday he was around and
seemed to be gaining in strength and was in good spirits. Shortly after
twelve o'clock on Tuesday night he suffered an attack of illness and before
the doctor who was summoned could arrived had passed away. His death is
ascribed to heart failure consequent on the attack of the disease from which
he suffered.

Christian George Steele Simpson lived all his short life in LeMars,
where he was born on March 24, 1893. He was attending high school and when
not at school was employed in the Bennison store and also carried papers for
the Sentinel office. He was a good faithful lad, anxious to help his
parents and earn what he could and was ambitious to get along at his studies
and was looking forward with a youth's anticipation to a bright successful
career.

He and his brother John, who died July 3d, were great chums, even for
brothers, and like David and Jonathan, in death they were not divided.
Chris leave, besides his parents, a brother and two sisters to mourn his
early death. The funeral will be held at the residence this afternoon.
Rev. W. G. Moore, of the First Presbyterian church, will conduct the
service.

WOMEN WILL REIGN SUPREME
NO MALE TEACHERS ATTENDING
THIS SESSION
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LARGEST GATHERING IN TEN YEARS

There is an Increased Enrollment From
Neighboring Counties Drawn Here by
the Excellent Reputation of Plymouth
County's Institutes.

One hundred and seventy-five of Plymouth county's school teachers are
attending the largest-and the teachers say the best-institute ever held in
Plymouth county under the new law. There isn't a man in the crowd except the
county superintendent and the three male instructors and County
Superintendent Countryman says that so far as he knows there will not be a
male teacher in the county the coming year outside of the graded schools.

There is an increased enrollment of teachers from neighboring counties,
who come here because of the excellent reputation Plymouth county institutes
have won under the direction of Supt. Countryman. The corps of instructors
is made up of teachers whose reputation is statewide and it is quite
generally agreed they are giving Plymouth county teachers an institute of
unusual merit.

In addition to the regular work a series of night lectures are being
given to which the general public is invited. On Wednesday night Dr.
Bolton, of the State University, lectured on "Whatsoever a Man Soweth" and
delivered an excellent address. Last night Hattie Moore Mitchell, of Des
Moines, gave her lecture on "A Man, Two Women and a Sign Board." The
lecture by Dr. Betts on Tuesday night was abandoned on account of the storm,
but tonight he will give his illustrated lecture on "People of Many Lands."

The institute program closes at noon Saturday. Following is a list of the
teachers enrolled up to Wednesday evening:

Pearl Griffith
Delia Claerbout
Winnifred Conklin
Ida Whitmer
Anna Strouse
Dorothy Meinert
Irene Williams
Bleth Wilson
Eilenora Cook
Ruth Barkley
Lena Forbes
Maggie Kundert
Gertrude Pape
Helen Ringer
Mary Edwards
Gertrude McGraw
Agnes Pech
Edith Falkender
Mabel Taylor
Claire Pollock
Evah King
Hazel Lindermann
Bernice Laux
Minnie Grothaus
Esther Swanberg
Rose Wagner
Florence Lang
Elizabeth Etzel
Edith Harrington
Mabel Clark
Georgia Nicholson
Nellie Gibbons
Gladys Fry
Ottilia Baceberg
Alice Belau
Florence Mauer
Anna Kieffer
Mayme Burns
Alice Burke
Lucile Reichmann
Bernice Eiskamp
Kizzie Garner
Kathryn Mammen
Agnes Gainor
Margaret Mammen
Helen Dean
Anna Greff
Mayme McCoy
Mary Flaherty
Mildred Schrooten
Alice Levins
Emma Harms
Marie Wagner
Etta Hoffmann
Loretta Conolly
Florence Lieb
Bessie Young
Lizzie Shisson
Nona Carel
Leonora Kriege
Nellie Dauhn
Margaret Kennedy
Vera Hauswald
Nellie Shaw
Ellen Buehler
Mary Campbell
Myrtle Saunders
Mary Ahlers
Josie Winslow
Maud Kellerman
Gola/Gela? Weathers
Carrie Spies
Clara Hinspeter
Anna Bride
Josephine Ericksen
Elsie Butterworth
Margaret Hardie
Regina Wenner
Hattie Dunn
Meda Gallagher
Marcella Trout
Olive Umhoefer
Gertrude Tracy
Clara Peterson
May Gilmore
Anna Swearinger
Mae McCoun
Mollie Atkinson
Dehlia Mulder
Elizabeth Majeres
Laura Miller
Mary Little
Alma Tonsfeldt
Anna Brewster
Minnie Walden
Mabel Cook
Dorothy Rembe
Mary Hall
Bessie Robertson
Laura Brucher
Rosabel Beattie
Anna Petry
Olive Nicodemus
May V. Taylor
Nina Stinton
Evelyn Stillman
Ella Berner
Tjodie Grothaus
Lucy Teager
Kathryn Wagner
Edna Richey
Nellie Shea
Emma Nissen
Carolyn Lang
Jessie Dier
Agnes Hoyt
Doris Clark
Winnifred Fry
Clara Tarton
Mattie Koenig
Emeline Scribner
Louise Fiedler
Kathryn Burns
Ella Burke
Sophia Grahlmann
Fay Garner
Henrietta Johnson
Anna Schmidt
Rose Gainor
Alice Keenan
Monica Birkner
Florence Manz
Viola McCoy
Cassie Harvey
Emman Schrooten
Bessie Levins
Louise Harms
Ella Lage
Elizabeth Kass
Florence McDougall
Elizabeth Carel
Edna Whisson
Rose Phillips
Genevieve Phillips
Anna Hines
Minnie Strader
Winnifred Kennedy
Camilla Martin
Stella Shaw
Darlene Stowell
Nona Gooch?
Mary Adney
Lucille March
Mary Grant
Elsie Lehner
Ma'g't McManaman
Margaret Ahern
Lena Hinspeter
Margaret Crow
May Atkinson
Lavilla Kimball
Nellie Currence
Clara Homan
Olive Woodruff
Grace Redmon
Emeline Baker
Mamie Crow
Emma Koch
Eva Adams
Mollie Agnes
Leontine Elliott