Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-01-18
Obituary.

Obituary.
The Wahpeton Globe has a long
obituary notice OF the late Don R.
Davidson, from which the following
ia taken:
Donald Rae Davidson was born at
Glencoe, Ontario. July %, 1862, where
be spent his boyhood days. At the age
OF seventeen he went to Marshall, Mime
sofa. and began to study Law. The
four yeers from 1881 to- 1885 he at
! tended the University OF Minnesota and
was admitted to the bar and began to
practice law at Marshall in the spring of
1885. May 1S, 1887, he was married to
Miss Alice A. Watson. who has been his
loving helpmate through life. He start
ed in the banking business as cashier at
Ashby, Minnesota, and remained there
until 1889, when he came to this city
and assisted in the organization OF the
Citizens National hank. and was elected
cashier OF that institution which position
he filed to the day OF he death.
''He was a thirty-two degree Mason. g.
member of the K of P and A. 0. L. w.
lodges and took on active. interest in
maintaining those fraternities.
10 1898 he was appointed postmaster
OF this city. and has conducted that Of
fee with bis usual care and ability. max
ing the best officer we have ever had.
Besides a loving and devoted wife and
daughter, relati yes and friends in Wah-
peton, he leaves to mourn his loss, four
brothers and three sisters: A. u. David
son, OF Duluth: a, R. Davidson, Little
Falls, Minnesota; VIM. Davidson. Hutch
inson. Minnesota; James Davidson, Mrs.
Mary House, Mrs. Flora Olinger OF Mo-
dole, Iowa and Mrs. Nellie Kirby OF Hib-
bing Minnesota Mr.. Davidson
was mutually endowed with the faculty
OF making friends, was one OF those great
hearted men who are always willing to
help those IN need and there is hardly a
! man IN Wahpeton but whom is indebted
! to him for favors and deeds of kindness.
In his death we lose a warm
friend and the community has lost a
high minded, energetic. public spirited
citizen, one who was ever ready and
willing to be at the front ofevery worthy
enterprise for the upbuilding OF the city
and the maintenance OF public and pri-
vate charities. 4 ~
Robt. Murfit OF Royalton has been
granted a pension of So per month.
City revenue orders registered
prior to March Is, 1900, are now
payable.
NJ. NJ. Ring OF Milaca was in the the
city this week. He deals in advertis-
ing novelties.
! Prof. l.. B. Sunderlin, principal OF
the local schools many years ago,
is now located at Tintnh, Mimi.
John A. Nelson has bought s. P
Bricks insurance agency. He has
not yet decided on an Office location.
L. E. Richard and John Nester
have been appointed trustees Of st.
Francis Xavier church for the year
1901.
The poetical editor of an exchange
went to the welding OF Ebenezer
sweet and Eliza Lemon and wrote
up the following notice the next
day: How happy extremes do
meet, Eliza and Ebenezer; she's no
longer sour but sweet, and he's a
lemon sQueezer.
The National Clerks Urion has
paid to Mrs. JendrO, mother Of Miss
Rose Jendro, lately deceased. $50,
amount of death benefit. This is
one of the benevolent features of the
Union, whose capacity for good is
not limited to the securing OF short
or hours and bitter treatment for it's
members
The Little Falls people who went
o. w. L. ol~ g.