Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-06-12
PlERZ

! June 10 Friday morning the toll
ing of the St. Joseph's church bell
announced the death of Mrs. P. H.
Berg and the surprising and un-
expected news spread like wild fire
from house to house. About three
weeks ago Mrs Berg became ill and as
the sickness became serious she was
taken to the hospital in Little Falls a
week ago last Monday, and as she
igrew worse, medical aid from Mime
apolis was called, but all was of no
| avail. Mrs. Berg died last Friday
morning at 2 49, Cause of death was,
as we are Informed, complication of
diseases. She was born in Germany in
1859 and came to America with her
, parents in 1862, and the family settled
in Henderson, Mimi, but not long
, after coming to Minnesota her father
died and In 1881 she and her mother
moved, to Pierz. Shortly after they
! arrived here her mother married
Herman Westbrook. She IS. still
deceased maiden name was Susan
e Molitor and she married P. H. Berg
S shortly after arriving at Pierz, where
they have lived since. Two children
a were born to the couple, Lille and
Walter Berg. Mrs Berg was lady
d highly respected by ali who were
e intimately acquainted with her.
n Although she preferred a quiet life
and was not seen very often at parties
d OF enter ainments, she had large
circle Of friends. Deceased was q
S. faithful member of the German
Catholic st. Joseph's church and also
OF the Catholic Christian Mothers Of
= Plerz, under the direction Of which
society the burial ceremonies were
conducted. At 10 O'Clock Saturda,
forenoon the remains We're taken t.
the st. Joseph's church. where father
| Stlegler read requiem, after which
interment was held at the st. Joseph
cemetery. Relatives from outside wh<
attended the funeral We're: MI anC
Mrs. Matthias Feuger of Hastings an6
John Molitor Of Henderson. Mrs
Fueger was a sister and John Molito1
was brother of the deceased. We are
requested by Mr.. Berg to kindly thank
all who helped and aided him and his
daughter and son in the great bereave
ment May the deceased rest in peace.
Vim. Anderson of Vineland stopped
here a few days this week doing
business with our merchants. He
informs us that Vineland now has 9
rural telephone line which connects
with the Northwestern line. They
81 can phone to any place in the country
now.
John Kopveiler of sebeka, Wadena
county, Mimi, was here visiting with
Mrs. Jos. Ries, few days the latter
lpart of last week.
Sister Eulalia, o. s. B., of Mime
apolis, will hereafter take charge of
the church choir and play the organ in
the st. Joseph's church.
Robert Kluge, our boss bricklayer
went to Bismarck; N. D., last Mon
day. He will be employed there until
late next fall.
Paul Eller IS here visiting with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eller, our viii
in New Trier at his his trade %'' as as
harnessmaker all last winter.
We are having a spell of very
unpleasant weather at present. Last
week Friday and Saturday heavy
/ thunder showers and electric storms,
accompanied by high winds and
deluge like rains were alternately
changing Lightning struck John
Langer's barn and killed valuable
horse. The barn of John Pauluson on
the old Gerw1ng farm was also struck,
but at both places not much harm was
done. The Pierz and Little Falls
telephone line, owned by Chas
Gravel, was damaged not far from
Anton Tembruel's farm, 10 to Is posts
being split and blown over. In
gardens much damage was done, and
if this kind of weather keeps on grain
I will suffer. North and east of Pierz we
are informed many fields are nearly all
under water. It is time this deluge
like rain would stop, or else the
prospects for good harvest will not
be very favorable. A change of wind
{ brought change of temperature last
/ Monday. It became much cooler and
Tuesday one could see many walking
s. around with fur overcoats. The storm
last Friday done much damage tf