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_ VOLUME I FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , MARCH 4 , 1904. ' NUMBER 9 '
I Q ; " Death of Martha Krossa.
The death of Miss : : Martha
Krossa occurred at the home of
V. G. Lyford " on last Sunday
U morning. Miss Krossa was . a
i victim of typhoid fever and although -
though the crisis was considered -
ed as past , and her friends began
to have strong hopes of her recovery -
covery , a change for the worse
occurred suddenly and she passed
i away.
For over three years she had
live in this city following her
profession , that of a trained
nurse. She was one especially
+ " endowed by nature for this line
of work. Hers was a christian
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character and hers was a nature
overflowing with sympathetic
tenderness. Her very presence
ip the sick room was an inspira-
tion to the weary and disheartened -
. -ed sufferer , and there are many
in this town who owe their very
, lives to her kindly ministrations.
- She had become beloved by all
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and her death brought the profoundest -
, found est regrets to very many
f \ friends , She was yet a young
t'I : ' , ; woman , active in her field of use-
' : f.- fulness ahd doing geol < l day by
.1 Vii ; ; , . day , but the destroyer of an .mo -
t. , . r tal life takes no heed t 0 these
{ ' , " things. She who had lead . . many
f , ; : back from the gates of" + death
k ; . . went down into the valley of the
i. , : shadow. . But the good that she
r. ' # dId lives after her and the sweet
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' , influence of her goodness and her
j ' . : , tender ministrations shall linger
long in the memory of the living.
a' . ; Martha Krossa was born at
, Kiel , Prussia , : March 27 , 1874.
. When yet a child she came with
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i ' , - her parents to this country and
for the past ten years had made
f L , her home with the family of V.
G. Lyford. While living at
Humphrey , Neb. , she decided up-
: . on the career of.a trained nurse.
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I , , : She went to ChIcago and fitted
' . herself for this work and then
t' came to this city , Mr. Lyford
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" " ' ' having removed l here in the mean
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: . - ' time. She was very successful in
r' - her work and made many friends.
Irr She leaves her father and fodr
'i ' ' brothers. Short funeral services
ll were held at the Lyford home on
IJ : Monday afternoon and the remains -
: t : ' mains were . taken to Lone Wolf ,
( r , . , O. T. , where her father and two
brothers reside.
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Josephine Sieele.
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: Mrs. Josephine Steele died at
her home in Chicago Wednesday
morning after a long illness. Her
death removes from this world a
< woman who was known and be-
, loved in this city. She was the
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daughter of Mr. and : Mrs. Isaac
Schuyler and although born in
Colorado , January 28 , 1870 , but
a short time later her parents removed -
moved to this city and here she
developed into the true and no-
ble woman that she was. As a
girl she made friends and won
the love of playmates by her
kindly disposition , her high re-
gard for aU that was true and
good , and her cheerful disposi-
tion. As she grew older these
traits developed more and more
until she entered the sphere of
womanhood and from this new
found and wider environment
these beautiful traits of character
drew new friends who loved her
for what she really was-a true
type of womanhood. Her ideals
were of the highest , her character -
ter of the noblest and those who
knew her so long and so well
have learned of her death with
the profoundest of sorrow.
On October 31. , 1.888 , she was
married to Joseph C. Steele and
carried into her home life all the
natural requisites of the home-
maker. Her home life found its
basic principle in the virtues of
her womanhood. When two little -
tle daughters had come into the
home circle she took up the du-
ties of motherhood in the spirit of
one who finds therein a new field
for the development of higher
Meals and lived that she might
give to them by precept and example -
ample the same beauties and
strength of character that had so
wrought their influences in her
own life. In 1902 the family removed -
moved to Chicago where her
death occurred. To the husband
and the two little daughters , as
wen as to the aged mother and
the brothers and sisters has come
a great sorrow that is shared by
many friends.
The remains were brought to
this city yesterday accompanied
by \'Ir. Steele and Mrs. Jennie
Hill , a sister of the deceased.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon.
Bowling Contest
In the bowIiAg ' contest for Feb-
ruary , the first prize was awarded
to Frank Gossett , the score in the
contest being as follows :
Frank Gossett , 180 ; Fred Pax-
ton , 177 ; Charles Cornell , 176 ;
George Holt , 169.
In the March contest the prize
will be a regulation ball of the
best make , to be awarded to the
player making the greatest number -
ber of pins in three straight
games.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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Dr. M. L. Gemmel is very ser-
iously ill.
Elmer Coupe has been attend-
ing to business matters in St.
Joseph this week.
l\tlarch came in like a lamb.
'l hcrefore order another ton of
coal and keep your winter shirt
011.
F. C. Worral of Norcatur , Ilan ,
arrived in the city Wednesday for
a visit with his brother-in-law ,
M. Sweeney. .
The first robins have coma
But we may yet have a final
touch of winter and what will the
robin do then , poor thing.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Schmu ker
arrived in the city yesterday.
They will occupy their cottage
at Eighth and Chase streets.
Frank McDermand returned to
his home in Kansas City Wednes-
day. Prank is still feeling the
effects of his recent severe fall.
\'Irs. Elza Martin , residing
northeast of the city , is critically
ill and her condition is causing
much anxiety on the part of her
friends.
D. McPhee is having the inter-
ior of his meat market nicely
papered and painted. When the
work is done it will be a very attractive -
tractive place.
Hon. Cass Jones of Rule was '
in town Tuesday. Mr. Jones
represented Richardson county in
the last session of the legislature
and will be a candidate for re-
nomination.
Walt Mason of Beatrice announces -
nounces that he will soon begin
the publication of an illustrated
weekly. WaIt's upen pictures"
win form no unimportant part of
the "scenic" features.
It has been found necessary to
lay a new floor in A. W. Seff's
clothing store. It is a good sign
when the floor in a store wears
out. Lots of people must walk
on the floor that wears out.
Will Jenne is taking a rest from
his duties as a traveling sales-
man. The Sphinx boys are al-
ways glad to see Will come hem < ; <
because he is one of the few of
their number who can do that
new piano justice.
Fred Beaulieu took advantage
of the fine spring like weather on
Tuesday to drive out to his farm ,
e.- and see that the plows were sharp
and the horses shod and the hired
man taking his physical culture
exercises regularly.
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If subtile influence I
a sl nce permeates
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your being , and you don't Imow.
yhw 'ou'\re it. If feel -
) \ got you : : t.---
yourself drawn irresistably to the t
sunny ! side of the street where the
ragged edge of a plan ] walk becomes -
comes as a luxurious couch , you've
got it. If you can't keep your ,
jack-knife in your pocket and if
you can't ' , keep the blade out uf a
soft pine stick , you've got it. If
the sunlight goes through and
through you like X rays and
warms your frost bitten liver till
you feel as though you had just
taken a dose of tincture of radium ,
you've got it. If you feel at peace
with the whole world and would
rather commune ' with your inner
self than talk politics with your
neighboryou've got it. There may
be a blizzard tomorrow and if so .
the symptoms will disappear but
but they will return again on the
first balmy warm day and you
will find that you have suffered a
relapse. Spring fever is contagious -
ous and no matter how often you
have it , you never become im-
mune.
It was a balmy aft ruoon and
all along the street the people
stood rejoicing in the sunlight's
genial heat. The merchant op-
ened wide the doors and let the
awnings down , a sense of spring-
tirttes sweet content had settled
o'er the town. But in that gol-
den afternoon when all with
peace was sweet , there came the
sound of rushing winds and dust
clouds in the street. From out
the north-land's cheerless waste
there swept a chilling breath and
10 , the spirit of the spring was
wen nigh froze to death. And
wailing voices rent the air as . , . , .
high as heaven's dome-sad was
the fate of those who left their
overcoats at home.
Rev. Chas. Koehler preached
at the Presbyterian church last
Sunday. Rev. Koehler is a for- .
cible talker and never lacks for a
good congregation when he re-
turns to preach to the people of
his home town.
This is going to be a hard year
on tax dcdgers. : Many a' man
who has never known exactly
how rich he is will have a pretty
definite idea ' thereof after the
deputy assessor gets through
with him.
The streets of this city are in
the best condition that they have
ever been at this season of the
year. The street commissioner
has had them thoroughly drag-
ged giving them a hard smooth
surf ace.
