Caldwell Daily Messenger 14 Feb 1912
A Sad Death By Accident
Estle George Iles, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Iles of this city, and a switchman in the Rock Island railroad yards, was accidently killed Wednesday morning of last week about 2 o'clock February 7, 1912. In undertaking to effect a coupling between two cars he accidently caught his foot in an open frog, and not being able to extricate it in time, he was borne down by the approaching car and crushed so badly that he died in about twenty minutes. Being thus striken down so suddenly and unexpectedly while at his post of duty, it was not only a severe shock to his devoted wife, his parents, and his brother, but it was startling news to the entire community. In view of his untimely death, as it seems to us on the side of eternity, the profoundest sympathy for the bereaved one is felt by all, while words of commendation relative to the life and character of the deceased are freely spoken by those who knew him. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow railroad men, they contributed liberally to purchase a beautiful floral harp for the funeral. The A.O.U.W. has also expressed their regard for him by doing all in their power to give him a fitting burial and to comfort those who were most dear to him and his tiesof blood relationship, while the church keeps the pace with the other organizations and friends in tributes of respect and expressions of sympathy.
Estle G. Iles was born in Pratt, KS, Nov 20, 1888. While he was yet young his parents moved to Herrington, KS for a while and then to Caldwell, KS about seventeen years ago. Here he grew up to manhood and attended public schools. After leaving the public school he took a course in higher education in the Baptist University of Decatur, TX, for four and one half years.
While in that institution he first met Miss Faye Brindley of Maypearl, TX, who was attending the same school, and to whom he was united in marriage July 14, 1910. There he also united with the Baptist Church. After closing their studies in the university, the happy couple located in Caldwell where they have since resided and where Estle met his sad and untimely death at the age of 23 years, 2 months, and 18 days. He leaves a wife and a baby six months old, a father, a mother, and a younger brother Rolla, to mourn his early demise.
The deceased was a Christian, a clean moral young man, a beloved son, an affectionate brother and a true and devoted husband. A short time before his decease he said he felt that he was right with God. His position, which required him to work at night and sleep during the day, prevented him from attending church as he had been in the habit of doing before he went to railroading, but it was his purpose to consummate a change as soon as possible which would enable him to take part in the services of the church. There are thousands of people in the world whose vocations deprive them of church privildges. They are doing necessary work that somebody must do for the well-being of others. It is hard enough to live a christian life with all the helps of the church at their command, but how much more difficult it is for those who are necessarily isolated from this great grace! They deserve our sympathy, our prayers, and our charity, as we cannot rightly expect as blameless lives from them as we do from those who enjoy all the privileges and benefits of the public sanctuary two or three times a week. Hence they should be regarded as heroes in their struggles of life. Therefore, while we are sitting in our comfortable pews enjoying all the delightful and uplifting privileges of the house of God, let us remember the heroes and heroines who are compelled to forego these means of grace and even expose their lives in order to make it possible for the rest of us to enjoy them, and also to ride in ease and safety at the rate of 30 to 40 miles an hour, communicate with our friends in distant states once or twice each week, exchange commodities with remote sections of this country and other parts of the globe in a marvelously short time and reap the benefits of their labors in a hundred other ways; and as we thus remember them let us speak words of appreciation and encouragement to them while they are living and at the same time extend to them a helping hand when they need it. Let us do unto them as they are doing unto us.
The funeral was conducted from the Baptist church on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. February 9, 1912 by Rev. J.N. Kidd, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. ?.M. Myers, pastor of the Christian church and the remains were interred in Caldwell cemetery to await resurrection of the just.
--J.N. Kidd
A Sad Death By Accident
Estle George Iles, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Iles of this city, and a switchman in the Rock Island railroad yards, was accidently killed Wednesday morning of last week about 2 o'clock February 7, 1912. In undertaking to effect a coupling between two cars he accidently caught his foot in an open frog, and not being able to extricate it in time, he was borne down by the approaching car and crushed so badly that he died in about twenty minutes. Being thus striken down so suddenly and unexpectedly while at his post of duty, it was not only a severe shock to his devoted wife, his parents, and his brother, but it was startling news to the entire community. In view of his untimely death, as it seems to us on the side of eternity, the profoundest sympathy for the bereaved one is felt by all, while words of commendation relative to the life and character of the deceased are freely spoken by those who knew him. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow railroad men, they contributed liberally to purchase a beautiful floral harp for the funeral. The A.O.U.W. has also expressed their regard for him by doing all in their power to give him a fitting burial and to comfort those who were most dear to him and his tiesof blood relationship, while the church keeps the pace with the other organizations and friends in tributes of respect and expressions of sympathy.
Estle G. Iles was born in Pratt, KS, Nov 20, 1888. While he was yet young his parents moved to Herrington, KS for a while and then to Caldwell, KS about seventeen years ago. Here he grew up to manhood and attended public schools. After leaving the public school he took a course in higher education in the Baptist University of Decatur, TX, for four and one half years.
While in that institution he first met Miss Faye Brindley of Maypearl, TX, who was attending the same school, and to whom he was united in marriage July 14, 1910. There he also united with the Baptist Church. After closing their studies in the university, the happy couple located in Caldwell where they have since resided and where Estle met his sad and untimely death at the age of 23 years, 2 months, and 18 days. He leaves a wife and a baby six months old, a father, a mother, and a younger brother Rolla, to mourn his early demise.
The deceased was a Christian, a clean moral young man, a beloved son, an affectionate brother and a true and devoted husband. A short time before his decease he said he felt that he was right with God. His position, which required him to work at night and sleep during the day, prevented him from attending church as he had been in the habit of doing before he went to railroading, but it was his purpose to consummate a change as soon as possible which would enable him to take part in the services of the church. There are thousands of people in the world whose vocations deprive them of church privildges. They are doing necessary work that somebody must do for the well-being of others. It is hard enough to live a christian life with all the helps of the church at their command, but how much more difficult it is for those who are necessarily isolated from this great grace! They deserve our sympathy, our prayers, and our charity, as we cannot rightly expect as blameless lives from them as we do from those who enjoy all the privileges and benefits of the public sanctuary two or three times a week. Hence they should be regarded as heroes in their struggles of life. Therefore, while we are sitting in our comfortable pews enjoying all the delightful and uplifting privileges of the house of God, let us remember the heroes and heroines who are compelled to forego these means of grace and even expose their lives in order to make it possible for the rest of us to enjoy them, and also to ride in ease and safety at the rate of 30 to 40 miles an hour, communicate with our friends in distant states once or twice each week, exchange commodities with remote sections of this country and other parts of the globe in a marvelously short time and reap the benefits of their labors in a hundred other ways; and as we thus remember them let us speak words of appreciation and encouragement to them while they are living and at the same time extend to them a helping hand when they need it. Let us do unto them as they are doing unto us.
The funeral was conducted from the Baptist church on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. February 9, 1912 by Rev. J.N. Kidd, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. ?.M. Myers, pastor of the Christian church and the remains were interred in Caldwell cemetery to await resurrection of the just.
--J.N. Kidd
Caldwell Daily Messenger 14 Feb 1912
A Sad Death By Accident
Estle George Iles, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Iles of this city, and a switchman in the Rock Island railroad yards, was accidently killed Wednesday morning of last week about 2 o'clock February 7, 1912. In undertaking to effect a coupling between two cars he accidently caught his foot in an open frog, and not being able to extricate it in time, he was borne down by the approaching car and crushed so badly that he died in about twenty minutes. Being thus striken down so suddenly and unexpectedly while at his post of duty, it was not only a severe shock to his devoted wife, his parents, and his brother, but it was startling news to the entire community. In view of his untimely death, as it seems to us on the side of eternity, the profoundest sympathy for the bereaved one is felt by all, while words of commendation relative to the life and character of the deceased are freely spoken by those who knew him. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow railroad men, they contributed liberally to purchase a beautiful floral harp for the funeral. The A.O.U.W. has also expressed their regard for him by doing all in their power to give him a fitting burial and to comfort those who were most dear to him and his tiesof blood relationship, while the church keeps the pace with the other organizations and friends in tributes of respect and expressions of sympathy.
Estle G. Iles was born in Pratt, KS, Nov 20, 1888. While he was yet young his parents moved to Herrington, KS for a while and then to Caldwell, KS about seventeen years ago. Here he grew up to manhood and attended public schools. After leaving the public school he took a course in higher education in the Baptist University of Decatur, TX, for four and one half years.
While in that institution he first met Miss Faye Brindley of Maypearl, TX, who was attending the same school, and to whom he was united in marriage July 14, 1910. There he also united with the Baptist Church. After closing their studies in the university, the happy couple located in Caldwell where they have since resided and where Estle met his sad and untimely death at the age of 23 years, 2 months, and 18 days. He leaves a wife and a baby six months old, a father, a mother, and a younger brother Rolla, to mourn his early demise.
The deceased was a Christian, a clean moral young man, a beloved son, an affectionate brother and a true and devoted husband. A short time before his decease he said he felt that he was right with God. His position, which required him to work at night and sleep during the day, prevented him from attending church as he had been in the habit of doing before he went to railroading, but it was his purpose to consummate a change as soon as possible which would enable him to take part in the services of the church. There are thousands of people in the world whose vocations deprive them of church privildges. They are doing necessary work that somebody must do for the well-being of others. It is hard enough to live a christian life with all the helps of the church at their command, but how much more difficult it is for those who are necessarily isolated from this great grace! They deserve our sympathy, our prayers, and our charity, as we cannot rightly expect as blameless lives from them as we do from those who enjoy all the privileges and benefits of the public sanctuary two or three times a week. Hence they should be regarded as heroes in their struggles of life. Therefore, while we are sitting in our comfortable pews enjoying all the delightful and uplifting privileges of the house of God, let us remember the heroes and heroines who are compelled to forego these means of grace and even expose their lives in order to make it possible for the rest of us to enjoy them, and also to ride in ease and safety at the rate of 30 to 40 miles an hour, communicate with our friends in distant states once or twice each week, exchange commodities with remote sections of this country and other parts of the globe in a marvelously short time and reap the benefits of their labors in a hundred other ways; and as we thus remember them let us speak words of appreciation and encouragement to them while they are living and at the same time extend to them a helping hand when they need it. Let us do unto them as they are doing unto us.
The funeral was conducted from the Baptist church on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. February 9, 1912 by Rev. J.N. Kidd, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. ?.M. Myers, pastor of the Christian church and the remains were interred in Caldwell cemetery to await resurrection of the just.
--J.N. Kidd
A Sad Death By Accident
Estle George Iles, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Iles of this city, and a switchman in the Rock Island railroad yards, was accidently killed Wednesday morning of last week about 2 o'clock February 7, 1912. In undertaking to effect a coupling between two cars he accidently caught his foot in an open frog, and not being able to extricate it in time, he was borne down by the approaching car and crushed so badly that he died in about twenty minutes. Being thus striken down so suddenly and unexpectedly while at his post of duty, it was not only a severe shock to his devoted wife, his parents, and his brother, but it was startling news to the entire community. In view of his untimely death, as it seems to us on the side of eternity, the profoundest sympathy for the bereaved one is felt by all, while words of commendation relative to the life and character of the deceased are freely spoken by those who knew him. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow railroad men, they contributed liberally to purchase a beautiful floral harp for the funeral. The A.O.U.W. has also expressed their regard for him by doing all in their power to give him a fitting burial and to comfort those who were most dear to him and his tiesof blood relationship, while the church keeps the pace with the other organizations and friends in tributes of respect and expressions of sympathy.
Estle G. Iles was born in Pratt, KS, Nov 20, 1888. While he was yet young his parents moved to Herrington, KS for a while and then to Caldwell, KS about seventeen years ago. Here he grew up to manhood and attended public schools. After leaving the public school he took a course in higher education in the Baptist University of Decatur, TX, for four and one half years.
While in that institution he first met Miss Faye Brindley of Maypearl, TX, who was attending the same school, and to whom he was united in marriage July 14, 1910. There he also united with the Baptist Church. After closing their studies in the university, the happy couple located in Caldwell where they have since resided and where Estle met his sad and untimely death at the age of 23 years, 2 months, and 18 days. He leaves a wife and a baby six months old, a father, a mother, and a younger brother Rolla, to mourn his early demise.
The deceased was a Christian, a clean moral young man, a beloved son, an affectionate brother and a true and devoted husband. A short time before his decease he said he felt that he was right with God. His position, which required him to work at night and sleep during the day, prevented him from attending church as he had been in the habit of doing before he went to railroading, but it was his purpose to consummate a change as soon as possible which would enable him to take part in the services of the church. There are thousands of people in the world whose vocations deprive them of church privildges. They are doing necessary work that somebody must do for the well-being of others. It is hard enough to live a christian life with all the helps of the church at their command, but how much more difficult it is for those who are necessarily isolated from this great grace! They deserve our sympathy, our prayers, and our charity, as we cannot rightly expect as blameless lives from them as we do from those who enjoy all the privileges and benefits of the public sanctuary two or three times a week. Hence they should be regarded as heroes in their struggles of life. Therefore, while we are sitting in our comfortable pews enjoying all the delightful and uplifting privileges of the house of God, let us remember the heroes and heroines who are compelled to forego these means of grace and even expose their lives in order to make it possible for the rest of us to enjoy them, and also to ride in ease and safety at the rate of 30 to 40 miles an hour, communicate with our friends in distant states once or twice each week, exchange commodities with remote sections of this country and other parts of the globe in a marvelously short time and reap the benefits of their labors in a hundred other ways; and as we thus remember them let us speak words of appreciation and encouragement to them while they are living and at the same time extend to them a helping hand when they need it. Let us do unto them as they are doing unto us.
The funeral was conducted from the Baptist church on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. February 9, 1912 by Rev. J.N. Kidd, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. ?.M. Myers, pastor of the Christian church and the remains were interred in Caldwell cemetery to await resurrection of the just.
--J.N. Kidd
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