LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, March 12, 1918, Page 3, Column 3:

     Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Jeffers of Stanton township, mourn the loss of their
fourteen months old baby which succombed (sic--succumbed) to illness on
Saturday.  The funeral was held yesterday at the Methodist church, Rev. J.
J. DeWall conducting the services.  The parents have the sympathy of many
friends and neighbors in their bereavement. The little one was named Rebecca
Elaine and was born (unreadable--but Rebecca Elaine was born December 26,
1916).

LeMars Sentinel, Friday, March 15, 1918, Page 4, Column 2:

    Seney--A large crowd from here attended the funeral of little Elaine
Jeffers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. (sic-W. I.) Jeffers, of Merrill, in
LeMars on Monday afternoon.

LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, March 26, 1918, Page 1, Column 4:

FORMER RESIDENT KILLED

BARRIE McARTHUR IS VICTIM OF FATAL ACCIDENT.

Barrie McArthur, 40 years old, was killed and Paul Sargisson, 20 years
old, was injured when they were thrown into a creek four miles east of Luton
shortly before noon Thursday, when the bridge over which they were riding
collapsed.
The men were on their way to a field to work on the C. L. Flyter farm
when the accident occurred. They were crossing a small bridge over a stream
driving a four-house team hitched to a wagon. A rabbit is said to have
jumped out from under the bridge frightening one of the horses and causing
it to lunge, and the bridge collapsed.
McArthur fell under the wagon and was instantly killed. Sargisson was
bruised and shaken, but is not thought to be seriously injured. He was
taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City.
Mr. McArthur lived in the Luton vicinity for several years, where he
engaged in farming. He is survived by a wife and one child.
Barrie McArthur was a former resident of Plymouth county and lived on a
farm with his parents when a boy in Elgin township. He lived in LeMars at
one time after leaving the farm and of late years lived in Sioux City and
vicinity. His brother, Dan McArthur, who is employed in LeMars, went to
Luton on Friday to attend the funeral.