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K8TA11LIS1IK1) AUGUST 28, 1891.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DICCEMBISU 1, 1921
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Watcrbury items in Allen News:
Evun nnil Ralph Surlier drove to
Homer Thursday to visit their uncle,
Jim Foltz, who has been confined to
his bed for the past seven months.
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Walthill Times: A. A. Nash dc
mirted Tuesday for Thurston where
he will spend the winter at the home
of his daughter. His family now are
pretty well scattered; with daughters
in New Mexico, in the Indian service,
he and his son were left alone. He
has rented hia residence, in the west
part of town, to C. N. Keid.
Walthill Citizen: Mrs. Geo. Galla
gher returned to South Sioux City on
Tuesday, after visiting her sister, Mrs.
V P. Kelley.
Attorney 0. F. Byron defended
Glenn Ball at Dakota City, and he was
found not guilty. Mr. Byron is gain
ing a splendid rortltation as a crimi
nal lawyer, and his sei vices arc being
bought on every hand.
Lyons Mirror: Mr. and Mrs. D.
U. Parmalee, of Parmalee, S. D., ami
nal, 27: M. P. Ohlman and Mrs.
Ohlman, Dakota pioneers, have been
celebrating the golden anniversary of
their marriage, they haing joined
their earthly fortunes at Dakota City,
Neb., In November, 1871. Mr. Ohl
man served as a clerk in the old
frontier hotel, the Northwestern,
Sioux City, for a period, and later
was in the employ of the early day
house of Tootle & Charles. Soon the
family home was established at the
Dakota territory capital- fankton
where it has remained to this hour.
This pair, hale and clear of mind,
and the parents of ions and daugh
ters who are achieving their own
happiness and success, irnk high
among Dakotans.
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Allen News: II. H. Garehime at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Blessing
of South Sioux City.
The Hiram Baker family visited
at the home of Mrs. Baker's parents
in South Sioux City over Sunday.
Mrs. John Allen has been sick with
the quinsy down nUSouth Sioux City
Mrs. R. C. Bauer and her son, M. W. j where she had been helping care for
Bauer, of Colome, S. D., retui ned to nor mother
their homes Monday morning alter
attending the "funeral of M. M. War
ner. On Friday, November 25th, the
Lyons Mirror-Sun, which has had the
same owner for more than 31 yenrs,
changes hands.
Charles H. Walton, who has been
connected with the paper since Octo
ber 1st, and Fred Kothe, of Musca
tine, Iowa, aie the new proprietors.
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Winnebago Chieftain: John Doer
ing is kept in bed with Mrs. Rheunnv
tism this week.
Mr. and Mr. V. W. McDrnald and
Mrs. H. C. Heckt attended the funer
al of Dr. McArthur in South Sioux
City Thursday of last week.
"Mrs. John Allen and Mis. Richard
Twamley of Allen; daughters of Mrf
Mary K. Blessing, attended the funer
al services Sunday afternoon' at South
Sioux City.
Cambridge, Ohio, Jefforsonian
Everybody at Hciner, Neb., is talking
about the day when Mrs. Mildred
Lothrop, telephone cperatrr -heroine,
will be presented with the Vail medal
Moses M. Warner died at his home I for heroism bnd a S1000 casS award.
in Lyons of pneumonia, November 17. j The whole town will turn out and
He was G6 "years old. His wife died cheer. And the mayor will give a
last March. They left a daughter, long speech and tell how Mrs. Loth
Mary, seven years of age. He was in rop saved the whole town from
the publishing business in Lyons for
thirty years. His father, Jesse Fi
Warner, was Indian agent at the Win
nebago Agency, 188488 in Presi-
drowning May 31, 1920, when the
cloudburst, came down from Walthill.
Of course the mayor will tell the
story with frills. But this is 'how
dent Cleveland's first term. It is the heroine, widowed mother of five
with sincere regret that we chronicle 'children, tells it
the passing ot this brother editor and
friend of many years.
"That night I was' awakened 'at "2
n. in. by the ringing of the phone
bell. A voice told me of the cloud
burst, and warned me that all the
Pnnpa .Tonrnnl: Mr. nnd Mrs. Cnn
rad Jacobson are spending the Thanks-lHomr folk would be drowned if I
giving vacation with Mrs. Jacobson's d" n 't get thagi to safety.
sister at Dakota City.
Thn RnntVi Rir.nv r.'itv lUsiil otntos
that Dr. Davey met with an auto ac- t-heir neighbors who didn;t have tele-
cident with a car belonging to M. J. i'"--s- i- - e"i j"!"- iuuBneu
Perron at South Sioux City last t me,
I started tput the plugs in the
switchboard and tell phone sub
scribers to rush to the hills and warn
Thursday. uoth cars were damaged
Fonda, Iowa, Times:
"Then I sent my boy, Donald, who
is 10, to ring the fire bell. I knew
Mrs. Lillian the people would phone in to ask
McLaughlin was called to Emerson, I me where the fire was and that I
Nebraska, this week on a case of couiu warn mem. iney uui
nursing. blie will leave baturday,
and expects to be gone for the great
er part of the winter.
Died In
Jia oetween warnings l canei
the farmers for miles around, asking
them to bring food and clothing to
Homer, for I knew there'd be need
of relief.
"1 was so busy I didn't realize how
big wave
Sioux City Journal, 29
Missouri Valley, ..'November 28, clo4 the fioo l was cettinL
1921, John Muiphy, jr., 48 years old, , clp?teffi JTK a1"'
oi Missouri vaney, ui a-compucauon t imo the ofn drenching me
of diseases Mrs. J. R, Murphy t t. , , M 'switchboard went
mother pf the deceased, succumbed d d j gtrugled out into the dark.
lwu wuyits hu ui yiiuwu, ';. ivir.
'Murphy was a nephew of Henry
O'Neill, of Jackson, Neb., and Mrs.
C. H. Duggan, of Sioux City. The de
ceased is survived by his widow, Mar
garet, of Missouri Valley; his father,
People wete Ecream'ng. Drowning
animals wOro floating about.
"I found refuge in the second story
of a building, above the water leve).
1 don't know how 1 got there.
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.j. i. murpiiy, oi unawa, uiree sis-!,.. ... ., 0 ,.,. f,i ,. ,
5raA-!"?nrfk "e,a"i M&" wet and cold men who were doing
" uutv- inunn,i3, tviiiiuiii yegcue work
Murphy, of Fort Smith, Ark and And for m, thnt Mrs Lothrop will
Charles and Mark Murphy, both of rcceive, in a, few days $1000 in cash
.pnawa Funeral services wiU be nnd a littlo uolden tfjjsk ,raven with
held at On awn at 10 o'clock Wednes- tj,ose Words:
lay n.orning. ( "por noteworthy public service in
the face of increasing personal dan
Wayside Notes, in Sioux City Jour- ger and public disaste-, -displaying
Wl'iililliiilliliV
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Preaching 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.
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Mrs. Mildred Lothrop of Homer, Nebraska, Wins Theodore N. Vail Award
for Noteworthy Public Service.
Telephone People Honored With National Medals. ' '
Top, left to right Mrs. illldred Lotliroj). Ilonicr, Xebr.j lJIril'a-cye vlov of Homer; Frnnk II, Forrest,
Dakota City, Nebr. Ik
CenteiP. W. Oldfleld, PouBhlccopalo, N. Y.; Fmnl: G. "Wells, I'lttaburB, I'a.; John E. Moian, Syracuse, N.
Y.; Charles N. Cox, HarltnRcn, Tex. , . .' ,
Iower Mrs. Kate Day, Dallas, vTe., HnrolU U lvttBelle, Tooele, Utnh; Fred J, L. Bnyliav EnaWrovfdondo
It. I.; Miss Katlierlno Una, muu:i
When the Hurjington's Sioux City
Lincoln jiassen,ger train Nd. 17 ap
proaclied he signnl tower at this
place lasJ-JMiursejay at 12:40 it struck
a man who had evidently neon lying
alongside the track, and itianp,leo
him so that tk-ath was instantaneous.
The accident occurred ahout 1)50 feet
north of the Hmlintrton and North
western crossiue;,' . No one soems to
have seen the man fit the time 'the
eiiRinb .struck him. "The train was
hrounht to a bt p and the train crow
made a hurried examination, of the
man, lindimr that llfo.Avaft.oxtinct.
Paul Kinkcl, (lay mail at, the- signal
tower was left in charge of,the body
Until oil iccrs, were DOtlAod. .Coroner
Geo. V. Lcnnycc, and- Ar- K Hennessey
of the We.stcottMindevtfikinK company
of Sioux City avrivcd-ilml made a
-eaich -of the clothing, finding a note
hook, in which was written the name
of Charles Noble, Clark, S. D., also in
enso of accident to notify Ed Dowd
of Clark. S. IX Sixty cents in silver,
a pocket kniTe, comb, tooth brush
and a few minor articles w,cro also
tound in his pockets. ',,.
A telegram was sent to Mr. Dowd,
as directed, but his reply stated that
ho knew of to relatives of tha.doad
.mtiii. Another telegram uvsis sent
asking him where the body"should be
buried and his iejly was to. bury it
here. The remaihs were removed to
the Westcott undertaking parlors in
Sioux City .
The man appeared to be n laborer,
about 50 years old, weight 175 pounds
and height live fcot seven inches.
Ho was well dressed, wearing n
Tilub serge suit, khaki -shirt, wooles
underclothing, black hat, browiushoes
dark colored "overcoat and blue over
alls.
A rnrji. nresuhinbly tho one killed,
was seoh by lowbrnan Kinkel to pass
the tower afoot a Ebort timo ueioro
the traln appioached thii ' crossing,
but thore being so many travolors
along the riftht of way, he paid no
putticular attention to him. ..The ac-
idcnt was reported in to uoauquarters
by Agent J. N. Byergo.
To a little 'NebrnaUa woman, '"tlib
mother of five boys, three of whom ure
World Wn'r veterans, has come n modal
and with it a $1,000 nward, one of the
highest' of such honors eer paid ti wo
man in the United States.
The woman is Mrs, Mildred Lothrop,
telephone opciator In UieMittle town of
Homer, Nebr.
The honor Is n special gold modal
and cash awnrd of $1,000, provided out
of n fund left by the late Theodore N.
Tall, president of the Amciiean Tele
phono and Telegraph Company.
Mr. Vnll's Ideals of "Service First"
Jinve been perpetuated In a memorial
fund established in bis name for the
purpose of recognizing in u .substantial
way, tho heroic performances of Bell
telephone men mid women In behalf
of the public, ,
There are 'three kinds of medals
awarded each year under this plan.
There Is first the silver modal with
$250 cash, which has been awarded to
nlnq Hell employees In this country for
exceptional performances during 1012U.
Second, Is the gold medal with $500
cash, reserved for employees ,whr,se ex
ceptional deeds ol service aie still
more outstanding. ,
Third and last, Is the special gold
mednl, only one of which can b award
ed each year and which Is given only
in the cases of utmost heroism, .self
sacrifice and exceptional sen he.
It Is the big special honor that has
come to Mrs. Lothrop. .Since this Is
the ilrst year of the existence of the
Vail Memorial Medal Plan, the honor
coming to Mrs. Lothrop Is ewn'uioie
pronounced. Her performance, torselj
recited in a citation accompanlng Hie
medal, was :
"For noteworthy public .service,
In the face of Increasing personal
danger and public disaster, dis
playing the highest coinage, loy
alty and lovotlon In sa lug -human
lives.
Jjl,rfi, '."WSSlfe.)?
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receiving word of nn approaching
Hood, she took her place at the
Hwltehboaid, warning tho people
to Hoe for safety and calling for
help from the surrodndlng country,
continuing her elTo-ts until the ris
ing water disabled the switchboard,
when she barely escaped from the
Hooded building."
The Hood mentioned lp the citation
was when a cloudburst caused Omahn
Cieok, which Hows through Homer,
Nebraska, to sweep the town between
two and three o'clock In tho morning.
Clad only In a thin nightdress, Mrs.
Lothrop, notified of the nppiouching
Hood from up the valley, sat nt her
switchboard for 125 minutes wltli the
roar of the oncoming Hood In her ears,
warning eieryone with whom she could
connect.
Through her efforts, not a lire was
lost and thousands of dollars worth of
property' sacd.
Finnk H. Forrest, telephone manager
at Dakota City, Nebr., was awarded
a sler modal and $1250 cash In recog
nition of his services In connection
with the same disaster. The citation
accompanlng Mr. Foriest's medal
toads:
"For courage nnd devotion to
duly in the service of an Isolated
ami threatened community. On
June 1, lir.'O, at the risk of his Hie
he fought his way for miles
through a Hooded alley to it'ach
the stilckon town of Homer, where
he loostabllshed, by telephone,
communication with the outside
world, summoned aid and as
sisted vln the work of restoration."
Mrs. Lothrop, Homer, Nebr., and Mr.
I'oi rest, 'Dakota City, Nebr., mo both
employees of (he Northw ostein Hell
Telephone Ciiipany, which Is one of
the 18 Associated companies which,
$?&$&&
iimimim linn, xyl
ograph Company, form whntJs known
u.s the "Hell System."
Eight other slher medals. Were
awarded by the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company's Theodoio N. Vull
Medal Committee, as follows:
Fred .1. L. Jiuylin, Hast Providence,
It. L, who entered a burning house,
rescued a small child, gave aid and
comfort to a fatally burned woman,
ind alone put out the tire.
Chillies N. Co, Harllngen, Texas,
who found a broken rail, climbed a
pole nnd notified a train dispatcher,
preventing the wreck of a heavily load
ed passenger train.
Mrs. Kale Day, Dallas, Texas, who
prevented a panic during a lire In n
rooming house for operators.
Harold Lellelle, Tooele, Utah, who,
after being out jiourly all night In a
hllzard locating' line trouble, sought
and lescued from freezing an Injured
and helpless companion, carrying him
In the daikness for over n mile over a
rough swamp, and dtlvlug with him 21
miles for medical attention.
Miss Knthcrlue Llnd, Mahaffey, Pa-i
who, when the town Of Mahaffey was
swept by lire, hastened to the threat
ened telephone building where sjio re
mulnod alone at the switchboard,
maintaining emergency service despite
the rapid spreading' of flie mound her.
John 13, Monin, Syracuse, N. Y., who
suw n soilous automobile accident,
used his equipment to lescue two per
sons, summoned aid and then by first
aid treatment siiod the life of ono of
the. victims.
P. AV. Oldfleld, Poughkeepslc, N. Y
who saved an electrle4 light employee
who had come In uoutucl with a duu
geiouH eunent.
Finnic O. "Wells, Pittsburg, Pa., who
saved the life of jinothor. lineman who
had come In contact with a circuit
curr.vlug a dangeioua electilc current.
I'OUSTV NCHOOtoMVIl
W. E. VOSS, Superintendent.
The county attendance Touioer
hones to comnlote his ,nst lound
tho highest courage, loyalty and
votion in saving human life"
de-
Emerson Enterprise: Robert Luso
hrink and oldest son, nnd Louis Hock
well of near Homer, attended the lu
neral of H. II. Stolze Tuesday after
noon. In the death of Herman Stole,
which occurred at the" farm two
miles northeast of Emerson lust
Saturday morning, our community
mourns the lossof a prom'nent citi
zen, u progressive lender and a man
who did things. Also a pioneer who
more than did his part in the de
veloping of Northeast Nebraska from
its virgin and primitive condition ot
over a third of a century ago -to its
broad and fortilo acres- the best ag
ricultural and stock raising district
in the. corn belt section of the Unit
ed States. And.IIeripun Stolze died
on the home farm- ho moved onto
with his parents In 1883.
Herman Stolze was a friend of nny
man In trouble, his word once given,
was never broken, The eleven yearn
that he resided in Emerson were ones
of activity. You could always find
him ready to use his influence as well
as time and money in any legitimate
enterprise that was for the better
ment of Emerson and vicinity. He
was a momber of the Masonic order
of this place. Was also a conscien
cious christian man and a member of
St., Paul's Lutheran chinch, at which
edrflee Hiu funeral sdrvices were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon by Huv.
Oilman, he delivering two sermons
Gorman and English.
The remains were laid to rest in
Emerson cemetery at which place the
Masons had charge, exemplifying
their beautiful burial ceremony. De
fpito the cold weather a largo crowd
attendod the funeral, hundreds he
ing unable to get into the church,
Herman Slolzo was born in Dahlin,
Soxony, Cjormnny, Septembor 10,1807,
At the Hire of three years ho came to
tho United States- with hitf parents?
seining in Wisconsin, jater they
moved to Chicago and In 1880 to Oak
land, In 188a thev came to Emerson
and moved onto the farm whoro ho
hones to ' comnlc
this week through all hut two school
districts. Wz llnd that it is not
necessary at this timo to call in thebo
two districts, for there is no onso in
them that may even he questioned.
In some other districts, " wo have
found but n case or two that merely
needed a littlo attention, while in a
few exceptional districts tho attend
ance was so bad and tho Interest in
the schools so poor that it almost
seemed that the patrons vnnted to
forget thnt they had a school in tho
district. Even the largest of theso
schools can point to but ono or a
very few pupils who Irrtvo been regu
lar in ntttendnnco Up to. this time.
These things nro not tho fault of
his year's teachors, for I know tho
listory of tho school attendance of
iheso schools for years. Tho trou-
tle in theso districts scorns to ho
ith the parents themselves, for
loighhoring districts tuo supporting
heir schools, under apparently simi
lar circumstances, with a fine or reg
jlar attondance. The attitude to
wards schools and tho value Of. on ed
ucation dilforo widely eyen irt adjoin
ing dibtricts. The ono sot of,' pa
trons is right for schools; while tho
other is oil' wrong, and does not seem
to renlizo that it will take at least a
Well rounded common school educa
tion hereafter to have any standing
at all as a citizen fit for a Democ
rncy. 0
The enrollment oLthe institute was
88, while a perfect enrollment would
have been 1)1. On tho basis of per
fect enrollment nnd attendance, tho
teachers mny bo classified 'ns follows:
Those abbcnt without a known ex-
cubo 5, absent with proper excuse 2,
unsatisfactory attendance A, satisfac
tory attendance !H perfect attend
ance 52, One of tho public school
teachers and four of the parochial
school. tcnchor havo not accounted
for their abscmie. Wo have 71) pub
lic school teachers nnd 13 parochial
school teachers.
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March 1, 1807, he was united in
marriage to Miss Emma WUkc of Em
erson. To this union a daughter was
born, mother and child dying Mnrcli
11, 11)00. November 25, 1901, ho was
united in marriage to Miss Uerthij.
Rchcr of Emerson. To this union
two sons nnd two daughter won)
born, Fred rnd Henry, and daughter,
Alvina survivo him, the other daugh
ter, Freda, preceding him in death,
flesides the children, he leaves to
mourn his death his widow, Uerthu
Stolze, and brother, Henry Stolze.
Herman II. Stolze was 51 Vears. 2
months and u days old at tho time of
uls death.
Low Xonspiipei'. -Prices .
The , Evening State Journal 'has
been reduced to $3.50 a yeaor $l.Su
with Sunduvj The AlornfnirVJournnl
$4 00 a year or .$5,00 with1 Sunday.!
Ths mukos the Journal tlm biggest
newspaper bargain in Nebraska,
u u u n dj n u m n u d u m
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Thursday, Decen)brr 1st
In Church Basement
Thetfridlen of tho M. E. Church
will hointholr1 annual lhtznar this
Thursday afternoon and evening in
the church basement.
"A !il n( nrtlflnS Rillfnlil ftt linl.
"idry gjfts, as: well as for general
"Jbhfulnes3, will be hold during tho
. nftmunnti nnrl kiitrtt tiff
, A"Q o'clock supper will 'b'o served
at -05'conts por"prit'e. ,v;
A "vi,tn Kloiihnnt'' 'h)i1o will be
tin, fonllifn nf llln o(ontifr toftqlnn.
ifrid Hcre ft whcio jou'll- got your
money S'W(U in uuiun,
k An JnfoVmal program will' be given
given during the evening.
.Everybody Welcome
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