The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 20, 1914 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence BOLZ, Thursday, August 13, a baby girl.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 20, 1914 Gibson-Sharral. Miss Carrie GIBSON, daughter of Mrs. Mary Gibson and Mr. Clarence SHARRAI, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharrai were married in Topeka Friday b y the probate judge. They went down on the noon training that evening and are now living on the reservation where the groom has been farming.
The Mayetta Herald Thursday August 20, 1914 Word was received here telling of the sickness of Miss Francis ZIMMERMANN. She took sick with typhoid fever while in Arizona and sent for her father to come and get her. He got as far as Lawrence, Kan., when her condition became so that she could not travel. he is now confined to her bed with a high fever. R.L. MILLER commenced last Tuesday to fill his silos. He is filling with cane and as can is farther advanced than the corn it is in fine shape for cutting. On account of having five silos which hold about 2000 tons he has to ommence eary in order to get them filled before the corn gets too ripe for silage.
The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Rebecca Rouse. Holton.--Services for Mrs. Rebecca C. ROUSE, 89, Holton, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Funeral Home here with burial in Holton Cemetery. She died Wednesday night in a hospital here. Mrs. Rouse lived in the Soldier community many years before moving to Holton two years ago. She was born July 25, 1876, in Lee County, Va. Survivors include two daughters, Miss Grace Rouse and Miss Hazel Rouse, both of the home; three sons, Hobart Rouse, Holton, Sam Rouse, Circleville, and John Rouse, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Sidney Jeffries. Hoyt.--Sidney P. JEFFRIES, 84, Hoyt, died in a Sabetha nursing home Wednesday. Born near Linn Creek, Mo., July 25, 1881, he had lived in the Hoyt community the past 30 years. Mr. Jeffries was a carpenter and construction worker here. He was a member of the Hoyt Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, O. C. Jeffries, San Bernardino, Calif.; four brothers, John Jeffries, Sapulpa, Okla., Ernest Jeffries, Hoyt, Claude Jeffries, Shiatook, Okla., and Hans Jeffries, Tulsa, Okla.; and five sisters, Mrs. Alice EDWARDS, Eldon, Mo., Mrs. Susie CONNER, Seminole, Okla., Mrs. Walksie CARROLL, Rodondo Beach, Calif., Mrs. Maude FISHER, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Norma JONES, Osage Beach, Mo. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, with graveside services at 2 p.m. Monday at Eldon, Mo.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 13, 1914 Married.--William G. FARRELL and Miss Gertrude A. LASLEY were married in Topeka last Wednesday. They will live on Will's farm.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 12, 1914 A marriage license was issued in Topeka, Monday, to LeRoy TWOMBLY age 25, of Denison, and Miss Lena McALEXANDER, age 20, daughter of Mr. and Ms. S.W. McAlexander, of Denison.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 13, 1914 Grandma White Cloud, who died last week on the reservation, was one of the full blood Iowa Indians, on our reservation. There are several full blood Indians, but they do not belong wholly to the Iowa tribe. Grandma White Cloud was born at the Indian Mission near Highland and was about 67 years of age. A very short time bofore her death she was converted to the Christian religion and received a Christian burial in baptism. Her parents' original home was in Mississippi. They had no English name.--Hiawatha World.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 6, 1914 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dave PUCKEE, a girl, July 26.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 6, 1914 Julius DEMBITZKI was born May 8, 1853, at West Preaussen, Germany, and died Monday, July 27, 1914, at the age of 62 years, 2 months and 20 days. He came to this country at the age of 33 and settled in Holton where he married Mrs. Dorris KRAFT (nee MEULLER), Aug. 31, 1885. They lived there for seven years and then moved to Seneca, Kan., where they moved to the farm three miles east of Mayetta, where he lived until his death. He leaves to mourn his death only his aged wife, 72 years old. The funeral was held at the house Wednesday at 10 o'clock with Rev. McConnell officiating. The body was laid to rest in the Elliott cemetery.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 6, 1914 Miss Florence CLARK, stenographer at the Missouri Pacific offices, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Clark, and Hershel MEDLOCK were married Wednesday in Holton, Kansas. The marriage was a surprise to the bride's parents, who knew nothing of it until they received a telegram announcing that it had occurred. The telegram was sent immediately after the ceremony. The bride is an attractive young girl and a particularly capable stenographer, filling a position in the office of the claim agent of the Missouri Pacific. Her father is supervisor of bridges and buildings for the Missouri Pacific on the Omaha division. The groom is a fireman at the west end station. It is understood he has resigned his position there and will go into the grain business in Arrington with his father, who owns an elevator in Arrington.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday August 6, 1914 Miss Vivia Ruth WINNER and Mr. Lester Boyd POLLOM were married at Hutchinson, Kansas, last Friday evening, July 17. Both of the young people are well known in North Shawnee county and are popular with the young and old. Mrs. Pollom is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.F. Winner, of Rochester, and has attended Topeka High School and Washburn College. Mr. Pollom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Pollom, of Indian Creek, and has won great popularity as an athlete, having played football and baseball at the Kansas State Agricultural College where he graduated a year ago last spring. Mr. and Mrs. Pollom will make their home at Wamego where Mr. Pollom is employed as athletic coach and teacher of manual training in the Wamego High School for the coming year.--Shawnee Chief, North Topeka.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 30, 1914 Girl Hurt In Motorcycle Accident Dies. Miss Lizzie RATZ, the young lady who was hurt in the motorcycle accident at Birmingham, Sunday, died from her injuries, Tuesdsay afternoon. The body was taken to Half Mound for burial. The young man with whom she was riding is in bad shape and his recovery is doubtful. It is thought that his back is also broken. At present, he is not improving.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 30, 1914 James PIERCE, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pierce, was kicked in the eye by a horse Thursday evening. The horse had gotten out of the lot and as he was helping drive him in, one kicked, narrowly escaping losing his eye. His eye is badly swollen at present but the eyeball was not injured.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 30, 1914 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. SIGMUND, July 14, 1914, a daughter, the space of whose earthly existence was measured by a few hours. A short service was held at the home July 15, by Rev. Jenkins, interment in the Netawaka cemetery. These worthy young parents have the sympathy of the community.--Holton Recorder.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 30, 1914 Leg Broken in Runaway. Mrs. Maggie WITCHEWAH, an Indian, had her leg broken at the ankle in a runaway, Thursday. She was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. JOE-ETAH, and Dr. Bliss called to set the fracture. It was a bad break both bones being broken and one pushed through the flesh. She is about sixty years of age. Cash HALL met with a very painful accident on Monday, while thrashing. He caught his hand in the machine. One finger was torn off and his hand badly crushed. Dr. Talbot was called to dress the hand.--The Hoyt Weekly News.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 30, 1914 S.W. McALEXANDER had a narrow escape from being gored and crushed to death by the same animale that went after Ollie Mc. last week. Steve is badly bruised but not seriously or fatally hurt, only three ribs and a wrist being broken. We would advise shipping this bovine battleship to Mexico at once. Later.--He was shipped today.--Denison Items, Holton Recorder.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 30, 1914 Julius Dembitzkie Dead. Julius DEMBITZKIE died Monday night at eleven o'clock, from an attack of paralysis. His sickness was only of short duration, being bedfast only ablut a week. The funeral was held Wednesday at the house and the body was laid to rest in the Elliott cemetery. J.M. Goheen, funeral director, had charge of the funeral. Rev. McConnel conducted the services.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 16, 1914 A marriage license was issued last Thursday at Topeka, to Mr. Frank HUHILL of Circleville and Miss Vinnie SCOTT of Mayetta. Miss Scott is a daughter of Willard Scott who lives on the Big Soldier on the reservation.
The Mayetta Herald Jackson County Thursday July 16, 1914 Margaret C. WISEHMEIER, age four years, died Monday night, July 6 (Could be 8), at her home four miles northeast of here, after a weeks illness of infantile paralysis. The body was taken to the Holton cemetery Wednesday for burial. Rev. O.C. Mitchell, of Birmingham, had charge of the services at the grave. A quartette from the Methodist choir of Holton furnished the music. She is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wisehmeier. (Note: This surname was also spelled Wishmeier, Wischmeier in the article.)