Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-04-20

pOlutluS FRANK moran, william hOen-
en- and Gottleib Schlag, three resident
freeholders who are not interested in
the work Of construction, to be view
ers of the proposed work and the route
thereof. Their work will be to view
the proposed work and the land dam
aged or Benefited thereby. They are
required to make report to the au-
ditor within thirty days Of their first
meeting.
DIED
At Chicago on Sunday morning at
$3.50 occurred the death of Mrs. A. R.
Davidson Of Winnipeg, formerly Of
this city. The news Of her death came
as a distinct shock to the people Of
this community as it was not gener
ally known that she had been ill. A
nervous breakdown suffered by Mrs.
Davidson following the death of her
mother, Mrs. A. Tanner of this city,.
last fall, caused Mr.. and Mrs. David
son to leave for the south to spend
the winter, with the hope that the
change would be beneficial to Mrs.
Davidson. Enroute Mrs. Davidson was
taken seriously ill at Chicago. Every
effort was exerted to restore her to
health, but without avail, and her
passing away came as stated above.
Laura M. Tanner was born and
raised in Little Falls, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Tanner, both deceased.
She received her education at the local
schools and at St. Mary's school at
Faribault. About twenty-five years
ago she was married to A. r. David
son, then a resident Of Little Falls.
Mr.. Davidson was at that time cashier
of the First National bank of this
city, now being president of that in
stitution.
About ten years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Davidson and son A. R., moved to
Winnipeg, Canada, where they have
since resided. Mr.. Davidson is heav-
lily interested in the Canadian North
ern railway and in real estate in Can
ada.
While resident of this city Mrs.
Davidson was prominent worker
along charitable lines. She had host
of friends whose sincere sympathy f.:
extended to the bereaved ones. To the
5bEQthers and sisters of, the deceased
shef passing comes as a double burden
of sorrow, the hand Of the grim reaper
having also been laid on their mother
but few months ago.
Surviving the deceased are her hus-
band and one son, A. R. Davidson, Jr.
She also 1eaves four brothers and two
sisters. They are H: H: Tanner of
Minneapolis, Mrs. w. II. K. Meyer. and
L. V. Tanner of this city, Mrs. w. w.
Hunter of Coleraine, G. L. Tanner Of.
Saskatoon, Canada, and Louis R. Tan
ner Of Detroit, Mich. All except Mrs.
Hunter were here for the funeral.
Out-of-town people here for the fun
eral were Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Kir-
by, Mrs. A. D. Davidson and Oscar
Olinger O. Duluth, Theodore Void of
Minneapolis, Miss Jeanette Jordan, E..
r. Hadin, Chester E. Latham and E.
A.. Field of Winnipeg, E. r. Srupp of
Toronto, Mr.. and Mrs. s. R. Wilke of
Grey Eagle and Misses Lou and Edith
Martin of Minneapolis. -
The remains arrived here Tuesday
afternoon at O'Clock and were taken
directly to the Church of Our Saviour,
where services were held at $3.50 p. m.
Rev. George Archbold Ray offciated.
Interment was in the family lot at
Oakland cemetery.
Newbry Briggs, one Of the pioneer
residents of this county, who has been
at the old soldiers home at Minnea
polls for some time, passed away there
Fri'ay morning at about 9 O'Clock
from acute cerebral meningitis, after
an illness Of few weeks duration. He
was 73 years of age.
1locooSo1 u1as horn in Ponror Moinn .
1914. He came to this state in 1855,
locating in this county three years
later. He lived on a farm in Buh town
for twenty years. Mrs. Briggs passed
away here in 1915.
Surviving the deceased is one son,
Nicholas Briggs Of this city. He also
leaves two brothers, Judson R. Briggs
of this city and Ben Briggs of Cass
Lake.
The funeral was held from the M.
E. church Monday afternoon at $3.50
and interment was in the Catholic
cemetery at Belle Prairie, beside the
remains of his wife. The G.. A. R.
ritual was used for the services at the
cemetery.
4 Mrs. Peter A. KoKett of Swan River
passed away at her home Wednesday
evening at about o'clock. She was
found dead in the yard, having gone
out to feed the calves. b.
Deceased was born in Prussian Po-
land So years ago. She came to this
country at the age of 16 years. On
July 6, 1883, she was married to Peter
A. Kokett Of this county, at st. Paul.
They have made their home on farm
in Swan River ever since.
Surviving the deceased are her hus-
band and four children John and Mar
tin Kokett, Mrs. Celia Kupka and Ag-
ness Kokett, all of Swan River.
The funeral will be held from St.
Stanislaus church, Sobieski, this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock, Rev. Fr. Gospodar
officiating. Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
E Louis McNairy is confined to his
home with an attack Of the grip.