Iowa Old Press
LeMars Sentinel
Friday, September 3, 1926
PLYMOUTH COUNTY NEWS
PRESTON: (Special Correspondence)
Elmer Borchers is sick with tonsillitis.
R. Dirks, from Madison, S.D., was calling at the Henry Collman home last
week.
The Preston Lutheran Ladies Aid met at the John Jacobs home Wednesday,
September 1.
Mrs. Edwards, of Craig, is staying at the Lour Collmann home while they are
on a trip in Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Borchers and daughter, from LeMars, visited at the John
Jacobs home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Collman and children left Tuesday for a visit at Luverne
and Maynard, Minnesota.
Mrs. E. R. Taylor and son, Victor, returned home Monday from a trip down
through Kansas and Nebraska.
Miss Irene Borchers was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital at LeMars Friday
and operated on for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Borchers and family were at LeMars Sunday to see their
daughter, Irene, who is at the hospital at that place.
A miscellaneous shower was held at the Fred Frerichs home last Thursday
evening in honor of Miss Pearl Frerichs, who is soon to become a bride.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs and Mrs. Fred Jacobs returned home last Saturday
from Wanko sanitarium where they have been taking treatments.
A large crowd from this vicinity attended the harvest festival at Craig last
Saturday afternoon and evening.
Frank McElhaney and family were at Sioux City to see George Gronemeyer, who
is at the Wanko sanitarium.
A large crowd of baseball fans drove to Sioux City Friday to see the ball
game between the All Stars and the House of David.
Henry Theilen and wife, from LeMars, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schaller and
children, from Remsen, were Sunday visitors at the Albert Collman home.
SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
Mrs. Frank Buss is in the hospital in LeMars.
The Epworth League had a picnic at Riversioux on Friday.
The ball game here Sunday resulted 10 to 9 in favor of Struble.
A number of our people attended the K. C. picnic at Oyens Sunday.
W. E. Hennrich went to Sioux City Saturday, returning with a new car.
Miss Tillie Pletchette leaves here Friday to attend school in Dubuque.
Will Dealy, of Sioux City, visited at the W. E. Hennrich home on Thursday.
Mrs. T. K. Chapman, son Robert, and Constance Chapman motored to Sioux City
Friday.
Paul Reeves, of Sioux City, spent the week end at the home of his father,
Robert Reeves.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Faulk, of Centerville, S.D., visited at the Frank Falk
home on Sunday.
Myrtle and Adrian Holster and Emerson Kennedy motored to Vermillion, S.D.,
Monday.
Emerson Kennedy returned home from Sioux City on Saturday where he has been
working.
Emerson Kennedy returned home Saturday after working with a cement gang for
a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Deane, Mr. Buss and Elmer Buss of Walnut, Iowa, are visiting
the Buss families here.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eason, of Alton, and son, Allie, visited at the Grant
Chapman home Sunday evening.
Mrs. James Colman, of Gilmore City, Iowa, was visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. R. N. Deegan, on Friday.
Rev. Arrasmith, of Sheldon, the district superintendent, was here Friday
evening holding fourth quarterly conference.
Mrs. Hugh Dealy and son, Kenneth, of Sioux City, were calling here on Monday
at the Uthe and Hennrich homes.
Mrs. John Morrisey and baby, of Sioux City, visited a few days at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Knop.
The Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. W. E. Hennrich Wednesday after the
business meeting a dainty lunch was served.
Mrs. Geo. Reichert and daughters, Marylin and Rea, of LeMars, spent the day
with Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Wardle, Thursday.
Rev. S. J. Wallace and family were calling on friends here Friday. They
were returning from Minnesota where they have been visiting.
Little Raymond Berkenpas is slowly improving. He has been a very sick child
with a form of blood poisoning caused by stepping on a nail.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Witt, son Lester, grandson Eldrid Morrisey, of LeMars, and
Mrs. Martha Mordoff were Sunday dinner guests at the Will Ewin home.
Miss Ethel Darville, of Gayville, S.D., returned to her home on Sunday after
spending a week with her sisters, Mrs. Roy and Irving McArthur.
Harold Darville and Miss Opal Reid, of LeMars, were married in the first
part of August. Harold is well known here and Miss Reid slightly.
Congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey Chapman, daughters Thelma and Nelma, of Aurora, returned
to their home Monday after spending a week with their uncles and cousins.
Oscar Darville, Edith and Cerelle, of Gayville, S.D., visited here this
week. Ruth McArthur came with them. All went back but Cerelle, who is to
stay a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Harker, daughter, Lavina, son Billie, of Hawarden and
Miss Edith Harker, of Oelwein, Iowa, were callers at the Mrs. E. March home
Sunday.
The Community club met at the home of Mrs. Harry Reints on Thursday and a
number of cakes were sold. After the business meeting a dainty lunch was
served.
Mrs. T. K. Chapman, daughter Kathleen and Miss Constance Chapman visited in
Fredonia township Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pletchette.
Miss Erlynne Kennedy, who has been spending the summer with her mother, Mrs.
Jessie Kennedy, returned to her teaching at Janesville, her school starting
August 30.
Miss Deana Crowell arrived here from Walthill, Neb., Friday. She returned
to Sioux City Saturday afternoon. Miss Lucile March returned with her to
resume their school work there.
Mrs. Frank Becker, son Floyd and Mrs. C. W. Cook motored to Thomas and
Hazel, S.D., Friday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Chambers and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Woodhouse, returning Tuesday.
The Sunday school class had a party at Albert Hawkins where they arranged
for a play to be given next Wednesday, open to the public to raise money for
the class. All are invited to come. After the meeting games were played
and ice cream was served by the hostess.
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Much speculation is indulged in at Hull, Sioux county, about the cause of
large crevices which have opened in the earth on the John Wolfswinkle and
other farms in the Hull neighborhood recently. In several instances
investigation reveals considerable caverns leading from the crevices, large
enough to permit a man to crawl into them.
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From Boone [Iowa] comes the statement that warning has been issued by state
authorities against the picking of wild grapes in Ledges State Park
following actions of several persons in violating this law. The wild grapes
and vines furnish natural protection for wild bird life in the park and
further violations of the law will be vigorously dealt with authorities
announce.
LeMars Sentinel
September 7, 1926
LEMARS YOUNG PEOPLE WED
Harold Darville and Opal Reid Announce Marriage At
Sioux Falls
Announcement was just made last week of the marriage of Harold M. Darville
and Miss Opal E. Reid, of LeMars, which occurred at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, August 11. The young people drove to Sioux Falls that day and were
married by the Lutheran minister, but did not advise any of their friends of
their marriage until three weeks later.
The young man is a son of the late Henry Darville and after March 1, the
young people will make their home on his farm northeast of LeMars. His bride
is a daughter of Mrs. H.E. Reid, of this city, and graduated from the LeMars
high school last spring. Both are popular members of the younger set in this
community.
SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
Harold Darville and Opal Reid, of LeMars, were married in the first part of
August. Harold is well known here and Miss Reid slightly. Congratulations.
WED IN LE MARS SECOND TIME
SECRET MARRIAGE HERE JULY 8, FINALLY ANNOUNCED TO FRIENDS OF COUPLE
According to the Sioux City Tribune the last chapter in the romance of a
well known Trinity athlete and his bride, who were remarried two months ago,
was staged in LeMars. The Tribune says:
Doubts and questions concerning the marital adventures of Miss Marguerite
Blenderman, 4047 Madison avenue, and Quentin Armbruster, of Marcus, Ia.,
former Trinity college football player, are dispelled by the verifying
Saturday of the report of their second marriage, July 8, at LeMars, Ia.
The couple arrived at the home of Rev. L. J. Cooper, pastor of St. James
Catholic church, about 10 o'clock the evening of July 8, with a request that
Rev. Father Cooper marry them, he said. Miss Theresa Allin and Frank Burg,
both of LeMars were called in for witnesses, and the knot was tied.
Returning to Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Armbruster maintained the strictest
silence about the affair, even denying the marriage when questioned.
The couple last spring secured in district court here an annulment of their
marriage a few days after it took place at South Sioux City, following a
midnight elopement. A that time the bridegroom was a student at Trinity
college and Miss Blenderman was working as a stenographer in a downtown
office, where she is still employed. Mr. Armbruster spent the summer in
Sioux City and in Marcus, Ia., his former home. Friends say he plans to
enter Iowa university this fall for a medical course.
LOCAL NEWS:
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sammis and children, of Chicago, stopped in LeMars for a
week end visit while on their way home from a vacation spent in New Mexico.
Mr. Sammis is now manager of the Chicago office of Good Housekeeping
magazine, with which concern he has been employed for several years. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Sammis, now live in Chicago, Mr. Sammis being
with the legal department of the O.D. Jennings company. J. U. Sammis, Jr.,
also lives in Chicago and is a partner in a credit corporation.
Frances Starzl, who is employed on the editorial side of the DesMoines
Register, is spending the week in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Starzl.
Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Agte, of Wyndmere, N. D., announce the birth of a nine
pound son, Wednesday, September 1. All concerned are doing fine. Rev. F. W.
Agte will be remembered as a former student of Western Union college, and
also as the pastor of the Melbourne Evangelical church for there years.
LeMars Sentinel
Friday, September 10, 1926
PLYMOUTH COUNTY NEWS
ELGIN: (Special Correspondence)
John Mahlke is driving a fine new car.
Mrs. Beck spent several days at the W. P. Justman home last week.
School began with Miss Marie Woomer as teacher.
A good many from this vicinity attended the fall festival at Remsen last
week.
Miss Carrie Hanke, of LeMars, is spending several days at the B. F. Sieben
home.
Miss Leora Laughton went to Ruble Sunday where she will teach school the
coming year.
The Jos. Madden family attended the wedding of a relative near Moville last
week Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Justman have been entertaining relatives from Dell
Rapids, S.D., for some time.
Several young folks from this vicinity have gone back to high school and
some new ones have started.
Miss Christine Petersen, county superintendent, was a business caller in
this vicinity last week Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Siebens left last week by auto to visit relatives at
DesMoines, Clarion, Storm Lake, Varina and other places.
UNION: (Special Correspondence)
James and William Hoyt were State Fair visitors the first of last week.
Peter Bell has purchased a new truck to use as a school bus this year.
There were no services held in Union church Sunday morning owing to the
rain.
Miss Ruth Eyres left Saturday for Ruthven, Iowa, where she will teach school
this year.
Mrs. John Lindsay and children, Lavonne, James and Lucille, visited
relatives in Alton Thursday.
Mrs. Dirken and daughters, Minnie and Alma, and Pete Miller are visiting
relatives in South Dakota.
The superintendent and teachers of Union school held a teacher's conference
at the school Saturday afternoon.
Junior, Kenneth and Marjorie Koenig visited at the S. O. Locer home in
LeMars while their parents were in DesMoines.
Following choir and orchestra practice in the church Thursday evening a good
time and refreshments were enjoyed in the basement.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Featherston and daughter, Shirley, spent several days the
past week visiting relatives at Wagner, and Lake Andes, S.D.
Little Laurel Cliff, son of Jas. Cliff, had the misfortune to break his arm
while at play Saturday. Dr. Wendell, of Kingsley, was called to set the
fracture.
Mrs. Calvin Eyres and daughter, Arlene, went to Howard, South Dakota, last
Thursday with her brother, Harold Dotzauer, and family who had been visiting
here.
Russell and James Williams, Russell Thompson, David Harvey, Walter Eyres and
Harold Warner hiked to Gordon's Gulch one afternoon last week and camped out
over night, returning home the next day.
Elmer Rainboth suffered a serious injury to his arm last Saturday when he
got too close to a saw while sawing wood. First aid measures were applied
and he was hurried to a doctor in LeMars, where several stitches were
required to close the wound.
Among those who attended the State Fair from Union and vicinity last week
were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eyres and daughters, Blanch and Ellen, and Mrs.
James Oswald and daughter, Dorothy, of Cleghorn, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Pratt,
Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Koenig and Mr. and Mrs. Chas.. Eyres. The latter went
from DesMoines to visit relatives of Mrs. Eyres in Missouri.
SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
John Lancaster spent the weekend at Sioux City with Rev. G.A. Moir, of
Crescent Park church.
Miss Geraldine Lancaster was operated on last Tuesday at the Sacred Heart
hospital for appendicitis.
Mrs. Ralph Obermire and son, Ralph, visited at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Iona Clark, last Thursday.
Rev. L. E. Wardle occupied the pulpit of Rev. Nixon in LeMars Sunday
evening. The league was led here by Margaret Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Weston, son Loren, motored to Sebecca, Minnesota, Friday
and to visit Mrs. Weston's people for two weeks.
Miss Lillian Orr, Zoe Norris and Deana Crowell and Lucile March, teachers of
Sioux City, visited in the Mrs. E. March home on Monday evening.
J. G. Marsh and son, Fred, of Jackson, Neb., visited Sunday with Mr. Marsh's
son, J. E. Marsh, our relief agent, while Mr. Weston is away.
Mr. and Mrs. John Folkers and brother and sister-in-law from Illinois are
visiting a week with relatives here and attended church here Sunday.
Miss Helen Brodrick, of Dubuque, is visiting in the homes of her cousins,
the J.J., J.H., and R.W. Deegan, T.K. Chapman and Martin Pletchette.
Mr. and G. R. Moir motored to Akron Saturday, Mrs. Moir going with her son,
Carl and family, to Lincoln, Neb., for a few days visit with friends there.
Miss Constance Chapman returned to her school work in North Dakota leaving
here Friday afternoon and arriving at her destination Saturday evening.
The W.H.M.S. will have an all day meeting on the 15th at the home of Mrs.
Earl Chapman. Members to bring a covered dish and thimble, needles and
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles McArthur and daughters, Ethel and Joyce, motored to
Quimby Monday returning Tuesday to visit their friends, Rev. and Mrs. Bert
Dyson, who have just returned from a three month trip to England. They had
a very enjoyable time renewing old country customs.
MERRILL: (Special Correspondence)
Mrs. Dave Tooker returned from a visit in Chicago Tuesday.
E. Ward of Sioux City spent Sunday at the N.W. Huble home.
Maxine Hale spent last week at the Wm. Ratan home in Hawarden.
Eldon Harris, of Morningside, was a Merrill caller one day last week.
Charles Holstrom, of Hornick, spent Labor day at his home in Merrill.
A number from this vicinity attended the Labor Day picnic at River Sioux.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hartman are the parents of a daughter born Sunday, August
29.
A ten pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Utesch Wednesday, September 2.
G. Guttekunst, of State Center, spent the week end at the Frank Todd home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harker, of Sioux City, spent Monday at the J.T. Harker
home.
Miss Inez Hauff, of Hinton, spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the C. C. Hauff
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arndt are moving this week into the June house in the Park
addition.
Misses Lyle and Mabel Tooker called at the W.F. Wisser home near Oyens
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Campbell are the parents of a daughter born to them
Sunday, August 29.
Misses Abeta Dennler, Lola Jones and Viola Hauff spent Saturday with Miss
Inez Hauff at Hinton.
Alvin Hancer left Sunday for Sioux City where he will soon begin his college
work at Morningside.
Miss Clarice Hauswald left for Council Bluffs Monday where she will teach in
the public school.
Mrs. Florence Calhoun returned to Merrill Saturday after spending the summer
at Birmingham, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Huff and daughter, Viola, spent Sunday at the A. W. Crouch
home in LeMars.
Mrs. Wm. Jahn and children, Lucille and LeMont, spent last Wednesday at the
Dick Jahn home at Struble.
Willis Fox returned home from Chicago where he has been visiting with this
aunt, Mrs. Ida Henickson.
Lucille Danne, Clara Petersen, Ainsworth Lang and Ed Tolsma motored to
Vermillion, S.D., last Sunday.
Miss Clara Grebner left of Exira last Friday where she has accepted a
position to teach the coming year.
Wm. Murphy returned to Merrill last week after taking a short coaching
course at Dakota Wesleyan, at Mitchell, S.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bogner and family returned home the latter part of last
week from their motor trip through Indiana.
Wallace Hemphill returned Sunday from Toronto, Kan., after having spent the
summer there and other places in the south.
Misses Dorothy Mieras and Annis Ogilvie and Marion Mieras, of LeMars, spent
the week end at the J.C. Van Nimwegan homes.
J. G. Grebner returned to Merrill Friday after a months visit at the home of
his son, J.W. Grebner, and family at Webster, S.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Determan have rented the Kale house formerly occupied by
the Casler family and are moving to Merrill this week.
Misses Marie Delp and Alga Nase, nurses at the Lutheran hospital in Sioux
City, spent Saturday and Sunday at the Wm. Jahn home.
Miss Doris Williams, who has been spending the summer in the west, returned
to Merrill Friday where she will teach the Merrill high school.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hauswald and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Knapp and son, Ronald, were
Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Knapp.
Misses Bertha and Eva Lehman returned from Rutledge, Mo., last week where
they have been visiting since Miss Eva completed her work at Cedar Falls.
Among those from Merrill who took the excursion train to Chicago Saturday
were P. P. Sullivan, C. H. Kale, J.B. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. A.
Naffziger.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weinheimer visited last week with their daughter, Gladys,
at Ortenville, Minn. Lloyd Weinheimer, who has been spending the summer at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weinheimer at Columbia, S.D., returned with
them to Merrill.
Miss Eva Lehmann left Monday for Los Angeles, Cal., where she will make her
home. She was accompanied as far as Rutledge, Mo., by her brother, Clifford
Beauford, who has been visiting in Merrill the past week.
Miss Neva Martine and Mrs. Louise Jessen were hostess at a miscellaneous
shower given Monday evening at the Bert Martine home, complimentary to Mrs.
Earl Spies. After an evening of enjoyable entertainment a delightful
luncheon was served. The guests included Mrs. Earl Spies, Mrs. John Hauser,
of LeMars, Mrs. Geo. Ruedy, Mrs. L. Hauser, Mrs. Marie Jahn, Mrs. Bert
Schneider, Mrs. Chas. Kale, Misses Clara and Emma Petersen, Edna and Hilda
Manz, Vera and Verda Halweg, Louise Larson, Ina Bauerly, Eileen Hauser,
Violet Anderson, Lucille Jahn, Mable Tooker, Gladys Langhout, Gladys Dennler
and Fern Spies.
LeMars Sentinel
Friday, September 17, 1926
WOMAN FALLS INTO OLD WELL
WIFE OF MERRILL FARMER HAS THRILLING EXPERIENCE WHEN EARTH COLLAPSES
To be imprisoned in an old well for two hours, was the thrilling and nerve
impinging experience of Mrs. G. M. Maxey, the wife of a farmer, residing
near Merrill last Friday, according to the Merrill Record which says of the
accident:
"Mrs. Maxey was alone, Mr. Maxey being sick in bed and had gone to the
garden to dig some potatoes preparing to getting the noon meal. Suddenly
the earth gave away and Mrs. Maxey found herself in the bottom of an old
well about eight feet below the surface. She was considerably bruised by
the fall but soon collected her wits and called for help. Neighbors heard
her call but were unable to locate her. After being in the well for about
two hours, she realized that she would have to effect her own rescue. She
took off her apron and made a rope from it and threw it over the hoe which
had fallen across the top of the opening and pulled the hoe down. With the
aid of the hoe she finally worked her way to the top. She was considerably
bruised and the exertion and excitement put her on the sick list for a time
but at present she is recovering nicely.
The well wan an old one and had been covered for years. Mr. Maxey not even
knowing of its existence.
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Merrill Record: Mrs. Carrrie Trometer, of Merrill, and Chas. Peters, of
LeMars, were quietly married at LeMars last Thursday. Both of the
contracting parties are well known in Merrill, the bride having lived in
this vicinity for many years while the groom is a prosperous farmer in the
LeMars vicinity. They will make their home in LeMars where the groom is
erecting a fine new home.
FLAMES STARTING IN BATTTERY STATION ARE QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED
The upsetting of a blow torch, the flames of which communicated to some cans
of varnish, occasioned a small blaze at the Nicholson Exide Battery Company,
36 Central Avenue, Monday evening. Firemen, a number of whom were attending
a special meeting of the city council, were notified of the blaze by
Policeman John Boyle, and slipping quietly out of the council chamber
quickly extinguished the incipient fire without sounding a general alarm.
AWARDS SMALL SUM
Plaintiff in Damage Suit Arising Out of Auto Accident
Sioux City Journal: Cutting down the amount of damages asked by Miss Eileen
Ward from $2,000 to $500, a district court jury granted her a judgment for
that amount in a suit brought against Miss Helen Betz and Mrs. C.F. Betz for
injuries suffered in an automobile accident. The case was tried before Judge
C.C. Hamilton.
The collision which resulted in the suit occurred four miles north of
LeMars, on the Alton road, July 31, 1925.
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Misses Clara Luken and Alvina Marx left Tuesday morning for Los Angeles,
California, making the trip in Miss Marx car. Harold and Misses Helen and
Edith Umhoefer, of Cumberland, Wisconsin, accompanied them. All members of
the party expect to locate in California.
CLAIMS BRIDE WAS KIDNAPPED
BRIDEGROOM AND MOTHER IN LAW SEEK ASSISTANCE OF THE SHERIFF
Sheriff Hugh Maxwell was called up yesterday to investigate a kidnapping
which took place in the west part of the county Wednesday. The Sioux City
Journal gives the following account of the affair.
"Two days after her marriage, Grace Amcamppiano Sigmorile, eloped or was
kidnapped by two men in an automobile from the home of her mother, Mrs.
Annie Amcamppiano, who lives on the Broken Kettle road, just across the line
in Plymouth county.
Greatly agitated, Mrs. Amcamppiono, accompanied by her son-in-law, Mike
Sigmorile, rushed to the sheriff's office here Wednesday and asked him to
call out vigilantes, or any other organization that could help and
immediately get on the trail of the men she alleged were her daughter's
kidnappers.
Neither Mrs. Amcamppiano nor Mike could talk very good English, and it took
considerable time, and a great deal of loud talking and waving of hands
before the sheriff could ascertain the woman's story.
The mother declared that her daughter and Mike had eloped last Monday to Elk
Point, where they were married. When the mother learned of the affair,
however, she insisted on her daughter remaining at home until the wedding
could be solemnized in church. The daughter, who Mrs. Amcamppiano declares
is 16, had given her age to the clerk of courts at Elk Point as 18.
Wednesday morning she was in the yard in front of her mother's house, and
Mike was just driving up in his car, when an automobile speeded past him,
suddenly stopped, two men jumped out, seized the girl and drove away with
her.
Mike claims he knows the men, and states they are friend of a rival who had
been an unsuccessful suitor for Grace's hand. It all happened so quickly
that Mike could not tell whether or not his wife had attempted to fight off
the men, but Mrs. Amcamppiano was insistent that her daughter was kidnapped,
because she declared, "She no like this other fellow, she just like Mike."
The sheriff told the couple that he could do nothing for them as the affair
had happened in Plymouth county. They left to consult Mrs. Amcammppiano's
attorney, A. H. Bolton."
LeMars Sentinel
September 21, 1926
GROOM VOWS VENGEANCE
Mother Expresses Disgust on Being Confronted with Legal Technicalities
Sioux City Journal: Where is pretty raven haired Grace Amcamppiano
Sigmorile, 16 year old bride of two days, who was kidnapped or eloped
Wednesday from in front of a relatives home on the Broken Kettle road?
Two days and two nights have passed since the girl bride's disappearance and
no word has been heard from Grace or her abductors.
Did the girl voluntarily elope with a rival sweetheart two days after her
marriage to another? Or was she forcibly dragged away and is she now being
held captive in some disreputable dive?
Mrs. Amcamppiano, Grace's mother, is almost frantic while the 26-year-old
husband, Mike Sigmorile, is calm, but with a sullenness apparent underneath
his calmness as that of a man who is waiting his time, knowing that the day
will come when he will meet his wife's abductors.
In Mike's blood runs the heat of southern Italy, which time does not cool
and whether tomorrow or 10 years from now, one feels that it will be an ill
day for the hated rival who, Mike believes, stole his young wife, if the two
meet before the law has chance to avenge the husband.
Although Mike was but a short distance away when his wife was seized by two
men and thrust into an automobile, which speeded away, and he says he knows
the men who were in the car, no warrant has been issued for the arrest of
the men. If kidnapping is the charge, the warrant would have to be issued
in Plymouth county, as the crime was committed there.
Whether or not Mrs. Amcamppiano and Mike fully understand this is hard to
say, for they neither speak nor understand English very well. It is
apparent that Mrs. Amcamppiano is very disgusted with officials.
"For why they no arrest these men, ain't it their business?" she asked. "I
go one place, they send me some place else. I go there and they say you go
some other place. No one arrest these men and they got my little girl.
Maybe I never see her again. She didn't want to go with the men; they took
her. She no like this other fellow; she just like Mike."
Mike and Grace were married at Elk Point Monday, following an elopement.
Upon Mrs. Amcamppiano's request, after they made known their marriage to
her, they did not live together, deciding to wait until the marriage could
be solemnized in church.
Grace is large for her age and has the typical youthful beauty of olive skin
and dark flashing eyes, peculiar to the maids of Italy.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Kern expect to celebrate their golden wedding
anniversary next Monday, keeping open house to their friends. All of the
children are expected for the occasion and also Rev. Peter Kern of Ft.
Madison, who married the couple 50 years ago and again 25 years ago attended
their silver wedding. He is Mr. Kern's brother. Their anniversary occurs
on Sunday, September 19, but the occasion will be observed the following
day.
LeMars Sentinel
September 28, 1926
SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
A railroad crew is putting in a new bridge south of town.
Eldon Riter, who has been away at work all summer, returned home a few days
ago.
Geraldine Lancaster came home from the hospital Monday after being there two
weeks for appendicitis.
Little Raymond Berkenpas was able to be taken home from the hospital in
LeMars a week ago and is still improving.
Dwight Riter suffered a painful injury while playing football at the school
grounds in LeMars, having his head badly cut.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Weston and son, Loren, returned from their vacation trip
to Sebeca and Brewster, Minnesota, having been gone three weeks.
Among losers in the recent flood is Frank Becker, who has two large
cornfields almost under water. Grades on bridges and culverts here were
badly washed.
E. H. Riter went to Rock Rapids a week ago to visit his parents and brother
and family. He and Lester Riter went on a hunting trip 200 miles north in
Minnesota.
Friends here are interested to learn that Miss Lois Henricksen, a former
resident here, now of Alton, has entered the Sacred Heart hospital in LeMars
for training.
Mrs. J. H. Denning and daughter, Lillian, of Oaks, N.D., visited a week with
her sister, Mrs. Z. Rayburn, then went to Fairfield to visit a brother and
family before returning home.
Next Sunday will be the last Sunday before conference and Rev. J. Wardle
will administer the sacrament and wishes for a large attendance. Tuesday he
will go to Sioux City to attend conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodhouse and two brothers, of Thomas, S.D., spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Becker, returning home again on
Monday. The bad roads delayed them getting here.
The children and grandchildren of Mrs. Ed Rees gathered Wednesday to help
celebrate her eighty-second birthday, giving her a surprise. A family
dinner was a feature. Among those present were the families of Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Rees, Will Rees and F.B. Rees.
The Community club will meet at the hall September 30. The program will
open with roll call and singing. An address by Miss Christine Petersen,
county superintendent, will be given. Mrs. J.R. Hinde will speak on
cooperation with the teachers in the school. Raymond Hinde will give some
musical selections.
AKRON:
So far as known, this is the first time the Big Sioux river ever went on a
real spree as late in the year as September. The past years it has been not
uncommon for it to get full to overflowing in the spring and late in June or
early in July. The river front was the mecca of hundreds of sightseers
Saturday and Sunday. The stage of water was so high that it backed up into
the sanitary sewer and got into the basements of several of Akron's stores,
but the damage done was light, as there was time to removed endangered
stocks there.
Frank Carr, a former well known resident of Akron, died at his home in
Hawarden Saturday noon, September 18, 1926, after a brief illness. He had
been working with M. M. Talbott's well drilling crew near Hinton, this
county, and not feeling very well last week, he was prevailed upon to see a
doctor and consulted one at Merrill, who either did not know the nature of
his illness or did not tell Mr. Carr, but advised him to go home, which he
did. A Hawarden doctor was then called and pronounced his illness to be
black diphtheria, of the worst type. Anti-toxin treatment was administered
and everything else possible done, but to no avail. Mr. Carr was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carr, who resided in Akron a number of years ago. He
spent a part of his boyhood days here and married a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Schluter, of this city. The family has been living at Hawarden several
years. He is survived by his wife ...[the last few lines of this paragraph
are not legible.]
CRAIG: (From the Independent)
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Null went over from Remsen Sunday for a visit at the
George Null home in Preston township.
John. H. Johnson and wife, son Otto, and daughter, Lizzie, motored to Dell
Rapids, S.D., Friday and visited with relatives until Tuesday.
Rev. Wm. Zibell and family are enjoying a visit from his brother, Henry
Zibell, who arrived from Blue Island, Ill., Sunday and will remain two
weeks.
While train service has been cut off by the flood since last Friday no mail
was received to Craig until Tuesday when two pouches were brought from Sioux
City by a combination freight and work train.
Craig will practically be turned over to Lutheran ministers the first of the
week. The Iowa conference of the Ohio synod will meet here Monday for a
three days session. The first meeting will be held Monday evening and all
day Tuesday there will be continuous conference. There will be twenty-two
ministers present from as many different places.
HINTON: (From the Merrill Record)
Inez Hauff has returned to attend college again at Vermillion, S.Dak.
Mr. and Mrs. Merl Shaffenburg visited in Sergeant Bluffs on Sunday with her
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Levins entertained a group of friends Saturday night by
playing cards.
Mr. H.C. Hoke of Mc Connellsburg, Penn., is visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. O.C. Brown this week.
Mrs. Ralph Brehm and son, Jack, returned from Dayton, Ia., after a three
weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Burke. They returned with
her on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brown and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brown and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown and family, of Merrill, were dinner guests at the
home of O.C. Brown on Sunday to help celebrate Mrs. O.C. Brown's birthday.
MERRILL: (From the Record)
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Schroeder left Friday for their home in Holland, Minn.
Fred Hancer, who underwent an operation in Sioux City last week, is home
again and doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. John Krambeal of Ipswich, S.D., spent the week end at the W.E.
Dennler home.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Parker motored to DesMoines Monday, being called there by
the state highway department.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed LaBahn and family and Mrs. W. Pattison left last week for a
several weeks auto trip through Colorado.
Mrs. J. Lucey moved this week to the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. Lambert,
west of Merrill, where she expects to make her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Troutman spent the week end at Cushing, Ia., at the home of
Mrs. Troutman's brother, Albert Balkeman, Jr. Mr. Balkeman is
superintendent of the Cushing school.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nigg entertained about fourteen guests at their home
Friday evening in honor of Marquette Lucey, who left Saturday for Omaha.
Bridge furnished entertainment for the evening, after which a delightful
luncheon was served.
MAURICE: (From the Times)
James Mieras motored to Hudson, S.D., Tuesday.
Henry Hop returned Wednesday from the Orange City hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Van Roekel welcomed a baby boy at their home on Wednesday
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Den Ouden of Edgerton, Minn., arrived here Saturday fro a
visit with relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Dulker and son, Wesley, and Miss Marguerite Temple returned
Saturday from Fulton, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Heemstra of Oskaloosa, Ia., arrived here Saturday for an
extended visit at the Frank Popma home.