Mower County transcript., 1904-01-27
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severe It,issle lWithathe qai1isy during
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t'aTom Riley was down from Austin
last week Investigating the coall strike
in the interests Of the railroad: com
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nn"i = The Leroy friends are Sorry to. learn
" of the i'll health Of james Findley since.
his sojourn~ in Minneapolis He IS
troubled with rheumatism, Better re-
turn to Leroy. -. u =. -" j.:
Gus Hendvielson who holds a posi-!
ton in the, beet, sugar, factory at st.
Paul was iii Leroy last week and at
tended a meeting OF the A. T. and A.
M. lodge Tuesday evening. -; '!,,s ,'$
Special meetiug will be held in the
Baptist church this week Rev: spears,
the singer evangelist of the Moody In
stitute church and Rev. Roy Palmer
ton of Clinton Falls are expected Ito be
pesent It,, iIt1,i f"", ~ at,i's5 " ,'.; @ @ 6} }
Rev. R, P, JonesE J3dls gave one Of his logi
cal temperance discourses. att a HunlOn
meeting at the : Presbyterian. church
Sunday evening: His lectures are CON
vincing and originaE He will speak in
Spring Valley two evenings this week.
About two hundred people attended
the reception given under, the ausp1ces
of the Ladies Guild Friday evening to
Rev. and Mrs. j. r. Jones' A fine, pro
gram Was rendered and llght@resfFreesh- tsFl le,S
ments served. Several of the gentle,
men present made brief remarks and
kMr. r.. A. Schultz presented Mr. and
Mrs. Jones with a little cash reminder
of the esteem of, the Leroy people,.
John Hess, a shoemaker, who came
here from Cresco with his family about
year ago, committed suicide Thurs
day at about 1890 a. M, at, his shop on
Main street, by shooting himself in the
forehead with a revolver, No one
heard the report but he was discovered
very soon after.. A note was lying with
the weapon beside the body stating
that he was unable to work. Yet that
would not seem a sufficient reason as
he was seemingly in comfortable Cir
cumstances He was about 80 years
old. .,.
-. Mrs. William Alfred Boyd died. at
her home about eight miles north west
of the village of Leroy. Friday morn.
ing, Jan. %, of pneumonia, after one
weeks illness. Mary Ann Cronin was
born in Fondulac, Wis, in 1866. She
was married to w. A. Boyd at Leroy
in 1897. Three children, a girl five
years old and one year old and a boy
of three are thus left motherless. The
bereaved husband with his little ones
have the sincere sympathy OF all
Among others who mourn the untlmely
death are father and mother, five
brothers and two sisters, residing in
Renville Co., near Redwood Falls, Mimi
Funeral services were conducted Sun
clay afternoon at the home by Rev. >
w. SOmerville of Austin. lntermen1
in Leroy cemetery.
j On Tuesday of last week the sac
news came to Leroy of the death Of
Mrs L. A. Kingsbury. It was a great
shock to the community as only a few
months had elapsed since the sremoya
of the family from Leroy to- Mime
apolis, when she was in excel lent health
Eliza j. Findley was born at Farnan
Center, Canada, Sept, Is, 1864, the famil.
moving TO- Leroy when she was ,quit'
.n young. She was married to LA. Kings
bury Sept. l3, 1881, ; and died Of typhoi(
. fever at Minneapolis. Jan. 19, 1904. Th'
near relatives are:. Father and mother
husband, two brothers, three sisters an(
- four children, the Oldest son havilils
died about three years ago. i Mrs. Kings
bury was a devoted Christian, a mem
ber Of the Baptist church and also /;
member Of the order Of the Easter
Star and the Woman's Relief Corps
Fhe remains were" brought toLeRo.
Thursday. Funeral services were hell
at the Baptist church Fridaygat 1890
conducted by Revs&G w. Stone. RTh
many warm friends in Leroy deepl,
sympathize with the bereaved relatives
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