Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-31
Death OF Oliver Wolcott Grimm.

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Galeton, Pa, Friday morning, Jan.
/ %, occurred the death of Oliver w.
Grimm, caused by an attack of ac-
cute brights disease. He retired
Monday night as usual, but not ap-
pearing at the customary hour an
investigation was made and he was
found in an unconscious condition
from which he never recovered.
Convulsions followed at frequent
intervals until he expired three days
later. For the past three years MIR.
Grimm suffered the effects of brights
disease but never let the fact be
known to his relatives and friends.
Oliver w. Grimm was born at
'Laporte where he spent his boyhood
days, and at an early age taught
school in different parts of Sullivan
county. He was young man in
his thirties, of congenial ways and
well fitted for a professional career.
He was registered as a law student
at the Sullivan county bar, and in
cidently took up the carpenters
trade for employment. In this line
of work he became attached and APP
parently abandoned the study of
law. Much of his spare time was
devoted to writing poetry and edi-
torials for vasious publications. For
the past several years he resided in
different parts of Potter county and
contributed largely to the newspapers
in that section. His writings were
accepted with much appreciation as
is shown by the following statement
taken from the Argus:
"Local contributors to the average
weekly newspapers are very scarce,
but when one is found he is entitled
to credit for his articles. In this
particular, we point with pride to
the poem on the death of our late
beloved president, which appeared
in last weeks issue of the Argus.
Oliver w. Grimm, the writer, is a
character which needs cultivation
and acquaintance to bring it to its
best level. A modest workman
with carpenter tools, he has yet found
time to contribute many of the most
touching and best worded poems,
which have appeared in the columns
of our exchanges. Grim is the auth
or of The Dinner Pail Brigade
Uncle Hopkins Memorial Day,
and other poems of merit too mum
erous to mention. His modesty
which appears a part of him, is the
only thing to prevent his appearance
as Il writer of much ability, and
whose merits are entitled to the re-
cognition of an unpredjudiced pub
lic."
Mr.. Grimm's ability was perhaps
shown to its greatest advantage in
the last few years of his life when he
championed the cause of socialism.
He wrote for the leading socialist
papers of the country, and in 1903
became editor of the Cross Fork
News which was made a socialist
paper under his management for
about one year when he quit the
EDITORS chair as he found the re-
muneration too inadequate for his
needs. In 1903 he was placed on the
Potter county socialist ticket for
Member of Assembly and received
very complimentary vote.
His sister, Miss Harriet, who is
teaching school at Portage, arrived
at his bedside the day before he ex
pired, and brought his body to La
porte on Saturday. Funeral servi-
ces were conducted at the home Cf
his mother by Rev. L. F. Ripple,
Monday afternoon.
Deceased was unmarried, eand be-
sides his mother, is survived by
three sisters. Mrs. M. A. Seitz, of
Eureka Springs, Ark; Mrs. Paul
Tismer, of New York; Miss Harriet
Grimm of Portage