Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-01-26
COUNTY NEWS
NORTH: ALBION.

NOlt4u AA04ON.
Miss Minnie Weinhauf is on the sick
list but is reported better at this writ
ing.
Dan MCGEE was a caller at Otto
Volkman's Thursday.
Mrs. Gottlieb Batter spent Satur.
day at Mrs. Joe Hayes.
Mrs. VIM. Keune entertained num-
Der of North Albion and Golden Ridge
folks Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Bigalk and son Heine
spent Friday afternoon at Denis Nc
Gees.
John Michel and family, and Miss
Lerona Michel visited at the Chas.
Michel home Sunday.
Herbert keune spent few days the
past week at his brothers home Anil
keune.
Mrs. VIM Keune was a caller at the
August Weinkauf home Saturday.
Mrs. Alfred Kreuger entertained q
number of her relatives and friends
Friday evening.
George and Walter Volkman were
Granger callers Friday.
Elsie Huntington was an over Sun
day visitor at home.
Joe Hayes was q Cresco caller Sat
urday.
Mamie MCGEE is suffering from a
sore foot, but we hope she will soon be
able to walk around to see her friends.
Quite number of North Albion
folks attended the picking bee and sew
Snf-
urday.
Harold Mclbrath was an over Sun
day visitor at the Joe Owen home.
Heine Bigalk spent Sunday in Cres-
co, wonder why?
Last Thursday evening q number of
the relatives and friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Bigalk assembled at their
pleasant home and helped them cele-
brate their silver wedding. Mr.. and
we doubt if Mr.. Bigalk has yet recov-
cred. The evening was spent in pleas,
ant converse ton and music, both vocal
and instrumental. One of the COM
pany made very inspiring speech
which was greatly enjoyed by all pres
ent. The company went home at a
late hour, all wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Bigalk many happy returns of their
wedding anniversary. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bigalk received some very beautiful
silver gifts as remembrance from
their relatives and friends.
This community was shocked when
the message was read oyer the tele-
phone that Tom Hayes was dead. MIR.
and Mrs. Hayes had just returned
from his bedside at Oakdale, Iowa,
where the doctors and nurse had as.
sured them that there was no immedi-
ate danger. Two days after their de-
parture for home Tom became worse,
and although the doctors Immediately
sent word, MIR. Hayes failed to receive
any of the doctors messages until the
one given above was sent. Mr.. Hayes
went to Oskdale and brought home the
remains of his son, the funeral being
at the Catholic church here.
OBITUARY
Thomas Hayes was born Feb. 18th,
1887, in Albion township, Howard Co.,
Iowa, and grew to manhood on his
fathers farm there. He attended
school in Chicago and DEBORAH. gradu-
ating from both schools. While at
tending school in DEBORAH he contrac-
ted tuberculosis while caring for fell
low student The last five years of
his life was spent in Texas, Colorado,
Arizona and Oakdale, Iowa, in the pur-
salt of health, and although every
thing that could be done was tried.
nothing availed and he departed this
life Jan. 3rd, 1912. at the sanitarium in
Oakdale, Iowa, leaving his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hayes
and two brothers Phillip and Joseph,
besides many relatives and host of
friends to mourn his loss.
Amiable, he won all,
Intelligent he charmed all,
Fervent he loved all,
And dead he saddened all.