Mrs. Ida Kniss, Dakota's oldest resident, celebrated her 92nd birthday Oct. 21, She was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania in 1874. She is spry for her age and lives alone, doing her own house work. For pastime she braids rugs, pieces quilts, and raises flowers. She walks to the post office daily and shops for her groceries at the local store. Her mind is keen and alert for one her age and keeps up on the current events which she discusses with her neighbors and friends. Her sense of humor seems to keep her young. She is loved by all the town folks and she has many friends and relatives who call on her regularly. She plans on spending the winter in the Paul Graybill home.

Ida Kniss celebrated her 95th birthday on October 21. But the celebration rally began more than 2 weeks before this when Mr. and Mrs. Clark Kniss of Waterloo, Iowa and Mrs. Vera Sprague of Los Angeles came to visit her on October 9. Sam's brother married Ida's sister, Jane, and these were their children. Then on the 16th Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Meyer of Los Angeles, California and Robert Meyer of Marshalltown, Iowa visited their aunt. These were the children of Ida's sister, Fanny, On the 19th Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Reichwein of LeClair, Iowa came. Mrs. Reichwein was sister, Lura Snyder's daughter, Thelma. Other relatives and friends visiting Ida were: Mrs. Herbert Murphy and children, Mrs. Carl Raih, Mr. and Mrs. ANdrew Cerroni, Mrs. Seward Lincoln, Mrs. Kenneth Miller, Mrs. Nellie Peck, Mrs. Carol McGinnis, Mrs. Fanny Gramley, Mrs. Sam Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Klingman, and Miss LaFerne Ley, all of Freeport, also Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mitchell, Miss Verda Mitchell, Mrs. Lucy Shoemaker, Mrs. John Ruef, Mrs. Harry Fehr, Mrs. Lloyd Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beidler, Mrs. Roy Baumgartner, Mrs. Clyde Fleugel, and Mrs. Henry Bastian all of Dakota. Ida received 76 cards and some gifts for which she thanks each one. The birthday cake the Mitchells brought was a fitting crazy patch quilt design. Ida spends most of her time piecing quilts -- but they are not crazy patches! Annie Downey, a life-long friend of Ida's, was 8 years old on the same day. Lucy Shoemaker, Fanny Gramley, and Anna Cerroni visited Ida Kniss the evening of October 20. She was having a birthday on Tuesday, October 21. It was suggested we go ahead of the day only to find she had already had nine visitors that day. (These ladies are from the Sunday School class Ida would be in if she were able to attend.) Andy and Anna Cerroni visited Ida Kniss in the Paul Graybill home October 14.

Note: If anyone knows anything more about Ida please let me now.. The article was 'undated'..
Illinois Marriages has a marriage of Samuel Walter Kniss to Ida Phoebe Beider 15 May 1900