Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-27
HENRY DAGGETT
Manager of Daggetts'
Dray Line and
Transfer.

A new era of advancement marking
the progress of the extensive business
interests of the firm of E. Daggett 4
Sons will be inaugurated November J.,
when the undertaking and embalming
department, under the management Of
F. l.. Daggett, will move into new,
commodious and entirely .up-to-date
quarters at 1926 Yves. Second street.
Although this branch OF the business
was the last to be launched, being a
trifle over six years of age, 1T. is sug-
gestively the first to demand larger
quarters. The new building was built
by the Messrs. Daggett strictly for the
undertaking business and is for that
reason, marvel Of convenience. The
structure is 100 by twenty-five feet and
consists of two sto- es and a base
ment The front part of the first floor
will be occupied with the large gen
eral Office and smaller private Office.
Back of the general offices and re-
ception room, an elegant chapel and
show room combined, occupy the larg-
er part of the first floor The caskets
are at all times invisible to the eye
when not on exhibition. The room Is
convertible into a show room or ap-
pIOpEldlS place lOl uOluiHE SSi WIZ,
as the director wishes.
4 fine trimming room and work
room, replete with all the latest appli-
ances are in the rear Of the first floor.
The morgue takes , the whole base
ment 1t is fitted with modern
morgue table and latest conveniences.
The entire establishment is mar.
vel of modern times and will com
pare favorably with the metropolitan
establishments of the country.
The entire upper floor of the build
ing is being constructed especially for
the Ottumwa Conservatory of Music,
In charge of Professors B. o. Worrell
and Ed Weeks, two of the most com
petent instructors of the state. In ad-
dition to the instruction rooms, an
auditorium for the holding of recitals
and concerts will be fitted out.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Dagsett.
But the finest establishment cor
ceivable could elicit no commentators
remarks if the people in charge-tha
persons to whom is intrusted the last
sacred duties-were not themselves
tried and proven 1t is sacred mat.
te-, this turning the beloved dead over
for the last sad cares before interment
a question that requires the greatest
amount of dependence upon the per
former of the sad duties.
The work IS an art. The modern
funeral director of today has more
than the preparation o the body for
burial to do He must have a winning
personality; must lave that rare abi
ity to enter into strangers home at
the most sorrowful times of life and
be deemed worthy CT the deep respon
sibilities current at such period
The details of the ceremony must be
planned, flowers tastefully arranged
and through i all, ever uppermost :
careful regard of the family and rela
tives must be maintained.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Daggett have
proven themselves competent in all de
tails Of this work. Both have been in
, tifnately associated with Oftumwa anG
her people for years. In addition tt
their natural pleasing temperaments
they have combined teachings and in
structions of one OF he greatest all
thorities on the work, Prof w. P
Hohenschuh of -oya City. Mr.. anG
Mrs Daggett have received course
of private tutelage under this teacher
the highest to be secured, and have
now added to that the. experience gair
ed by six years of active, and salts
factory demonstration of their art.
Lady Assistants Rare.
One feature of the establishment
that commends itself highly to tn
community is the lady assistant, Mrs
Frank L. Daggett herself. She is ont
xof the few of the state and rank.
among the best. She is a licensed