Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
LEV !! J ! MOLINE il,
| PASSED AWAY
athed His Last on vva.,,,..
DAY Afternoon, Oct. IL.
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Clrcle Of Friends ...Was Univer.
sally Esteemed by the People ol
the City and Country
Lewis Moline, Jr:, of the firm Of
johnson, Moline & Co., of this, city.
passed away from the scenes of this
lie at the home of his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Lars Moline, on East Beck.
or avenue, Wednesday afternoon at
1885 O'Clock, after a very brief illness,
at an age of thirty. seven years.
The city was shocked last wednes-
day afternoon as the news of the
death of the popular young
business man quickly spread. At the
Presbyterian church fully thousand
people were gathered to witness the
funeral of two of the victims of the ac-
cident of last Saturday. This addi-
tional loss was whispered from mouth
to mouth and all were awe-stricken
under pail of regret. But very few
had learned of his serious illness, and
therefore the news of his death was
entirely unexpected.
The deceased had felt little out of
sorts for day or two. Friday even
ing last he spoke of probably having
taken slight cold. Saturday morn
ing be did not go down to the store
but stayed at home about the house.
On Sunday he did not feel any better,
but dressed and was up about the
house. On Monday he also was up
and dressed. DR.. Mclaughlin had
attended him and the case was dag
nosed as being erysipelas. Monday
evening he appeared to be somewhat
better. Rev. G.. Peterson, of the Beth
ell Lutheran church, called during the
evening and had q talk with him. he
thought it needless that anyone stay
up with him during the night. Early
Tuesday morning his mother went to
his room and was startled to see him
already up, and she saw at once that
he acted strangely. The doctor was
summoned at once. Mr.. Moline, Sr.,
states that when he saw him that
morning he at once began to dread
the worst. Lewis spoke the last ra-
tional words with his father during
the morning. He inquired about
the sickness, its probable duration,
etc. He grew more delirious as the
day passed. Drs. Mclaughlin and
Rains were in consultation during
the morning and again later in the day.
The case had developed into brain
fever or meningitis.
The deceased did not regain con-
sciousness before he died. Wednes-
day morning DR.. Peterson was also
summoned on the case. The contrib
uting cause of the fever was an abscess
of the brain above the left eye. After
noon an operation was performed IN
the hope of releaving the patient, but
he breathed his last as stated at thlr'
ty.tive minutes past three O'Clock. All
members of the family had been sum-
moned on Tuesday. His Svea rela'
tives came on Tuesday morning and
his other absent sisters came up from
Minneapolis on the evening train.
Lewis Moline, Jr., was born at Mock"
lind. Mas, Fahlun Tor stora Koppar-
bergs) Ian, West Dalarne, Sweden
September II, 1866. He was the first
horn of Lars and Anna Moline. When
the deceased was but four years old,
his parents emigrated to America.
Thev arrived at New York on the
Brooklyn, Of the 1nman Steamship
Line, on July 5th, 1870. They located
AZ scranton, Pa, where they remained
,ntil April l, 1871, when they left for
the great northwest to find themselves
= home. After . brief stay at St
paul. while the. father was LOOKING
about through Swedish settlements TT! ot':' Tor
!. suitable place 70 locate, they ar
rived ,n K.ndlyohi county IN the lat
= ter part Of Aprti, and settled on the 1's
o,d homestead .in Whitedeld, near
I ssvaa Here Lewis grew up. on the
! :. s. g - "a attended the district school,
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I sa''s11apl 0nessA -. IA made very rapid
n.s. .nd finished the business and
plSs assle.ninp studies With good stand.
.ss. noo.1n 81 Ser pseaptember p, 1881, he entered
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