Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-05-06
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! boTH 10 MT. anu MIS-. .. bTduy
April 30th, a son.
Mabel Arnold was out of school
last week by illness.
Mrs. Geo. Emery is laid up with
sprained ankle which she got il
alighting from wagon Monday.
Mr.. Winthrop who stays with his
daughter, Mrs. Morton is in very
poor health.
| So much rain as made fine pas
ture, but it has hindered the farm
ers from getting in their grain, the
grain that was sown between show
ers is up looking fine.
Everyone attend the L. A. S. at
Mrs. VIM. Hilleman's May 14th.
DR.. Kessel of Cresco was over last
week for consultation with DR.. En-
mons in regards to the illness of
Pearl Feltis VINO is on the road to
Wellville.
H. Ward, c. Reed and E. Reed
took in The Traffic" at the hub
Monday evening.
Mrs. Clara Graham has concluded
her visit and returned to New York.
Ben Nolte spent last week in De-
corah.
Mdms. j. Ackerson and w. Pea
cock spent few days last week in
Mabel
Misses Alice and Dorothy elise
were guests from DEBORAH last week.
Carl Mullum was down from Har-
Llony on business Saturday.
Miss Anna Peterson was having
dentist work done in DEBORAH sever
al days last week
Mr. and Mrc Pow Clico Of To a
were guests at E. Headingtons last
week.
Guy Masters drove over town
Wednesday. Soon after one of his
horses was taken very sick, a veter-
mary from Mabel was summoned
and everything is being done, butt
not much improvement has been
made yet.
Miss Florence Reed is spending a
few days with Harmony friends.
R. Wilbur drove to Cresco Friday
for his wife, who is much improved
in health, her mother accompanied
her home.
Will Peacock is back from his
Canada trip.
Sheriff Fleming was a caller in
our burg Saturday.
Supt. Mershon gave one of his
excellent addresses Sunday morning
he was driven TO DEBORAH in the af-
ternoon by Rev. Hatfield and family
Merle Smith, Jesse Reed with their
wives autoed to the hub Saturday.
The teachers in our vicinity took
in the Big Five meeting at Decor
all last week.
The remains of Mrs Cummings
was brought here for burial Friday
by her sons Harry and George and
nephew. Several of her friends
gathered at the cemetery, where
services were conducted by Rev.
Hatfield
Emma Foster was born near De-
Kalb, ILL.,, April 8, 1S4S, she grew
to womanhood in the vicinity of her
birth and in Jan. 1863, she was
united in marriage to VIM. Cum
mings; two years after this date the
husband felt the call to the ministry
and united with the Wesleyan con-
ference, remaining in this connection
until 1877, when he came to the
Methodist Episcopal church and unit
ed with the Upper Iowa conference
in which relation he continued for
% years. During their second year
at Burr Oak, Iowa, the husband was
called to his reward on June 10,
1900, during all these years Mrs.
Cummings knew all the joys and
burdens of itineracy.
To this union were born nine
children, four whom survive the
mother, l. A. Cummings, Kansas
City; G. H. Cummings, Conover, Ia.
Mrs. Lulu Trexler, Cheney, Kan.
Harry r. Cummings of Lohrville, Ia:
a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Cum
mings, whose husband died March
IA. lives in Rockwell City. Thirteen
grandchildren are left Mrs. Cum
ming's death leaves but one living OF
her brothers and sisters: Mrs. B.
Hovey of Los Angeles, CAL; Mr.. E.
w. Townsendy, Lake City is her
nephew Besides these near rela-
tives there are others left more dis
family related, who will miss her,
Mrs. Cummings moved to Lake City
Immediately after the death of her
husband and has since resided in that
city She was led to make this her
home to be near her sister, Mrs.
Townsend. Mrs. Townsend died in
the summer of 1913, and very short
ly afterwards dear brother died
quite Unexpectedly. To this doubled
sorrow third was added in the
death OF her son Frank of Rockwell
City, and now death has claimed her. |
Mrs. Cummings was never strong in
body and for the past two or three
years has been an invalid and a shut
In for the greater part of the time.
She gained sufficient strength last
summer to make visit to her chill
dren in the south. but since her re-
turn home has been out of her home
but few times. During the last
few weeks of her life was almost
constant sufferer. Mrs. Cummings
died at Lake City, Ia, April 20, 1914
aged &c years and twenty days.