Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-11-14
A Double Sorrow
Claims Brothers
Two Langdon Homes Lose
Parent and Husband In
Spread of Epidemic

ner of the we'll known pioneer real
estate firm in Langdon, of Sturm e.
Price, died at his home in this city
on Thursday Of last week at five
O'Clock a. m., after an illness lasting
q little ever week. in which he con-
tracted the prevailing epidemic of in.
fiuenza, which later developed into
pneumonia and the end finally being
directly due to the spreading of
poison through the system of the
patient. the organs fatally affected
being the stomach end. Kidneys.
Mr.. Price was horn on the 3rd day
of August, 1870, at Columbus. Wis.
the family continuing to reside there
and in Milwaukee until the deceased
was boy of about sixteen years of
age, when they removed to St. James,
Mimi, where the father. Mr.. j. M.
G. Price, established a lumber and
building material business, which in
later years was conducted under the
firm name of Price & Son.
1t was in 1901, when the Prices
disposed of their lumber interests at
St James and in company with
Messrs Andrew and George Stmm.
of the same town developed real
estate and farm land holding property
here in Langdon, which has developed
in more recent years to one of the
financially sound institutions of the
city.
At the age of twenty r occurre d
the marriage of Mr.. Geo. w. Price
and Miss Minnie Aldritt. two
daughters, Miss Dorothy and Miss
Ruth being the result of the union.
These together, with the mother of
the deceased, Mrs. Price, Sr., and a
brother, Mr.. Harry E. Price, whose
death from the same character of an
illness followed yesterday morning
at three clock, compose the me mbers
of the family residing in Langdon.
The deceased has always since max
ing Langdon his home taken an active
interest in the affairs of the COM
munity and since the entering of this
country into the worlds war, beer
among the foremost of our townsmer
in the various activities which this
unevesal event resulted in. Ii
church affairshe was among the
founders of tie Baptist chu1ch.
which denomination, however, has
been without an edfice in which to
worship since the cyclone of 1909, but
has continued TO maintain it:
organization. On Saturdays trair
the remains were taken to Minneapolis
where interment followed Monday ir
Woodlawn cemetery, Bsfo~e leaving
the home a private fune;. j strvl:e
was held for the family AID a few
immediate friends, being conducted
by Rev. Ting]ey of Crane Forks,
an old friend Of the Prices. The
members of the local lodge of the
Odd Fellow order, of which the
deceased had been a member for
many years acted as an escort from
the home to the depot. To the
widow. daughters and the mother OF
the deceased the sympathy of all our
people is extended
Yesterday mCro:ng earl..', at about
three o'clock Death entered another
Langdon honey and when Mr.. H. E.
Price breathed hle last another break
was made in the Price family circle.
The Harry Price ONE has had the
influenza epidemic in it's midst
among various members of its famils
for nearly two week, and for the pas,
few days the condition of the fathel
and eldest child, Helen, has beel
under almost constant medical atten
tion and careful nursing.
At the ii of the death and fu
neral OF his brother last week it wa
practically certain that the conditio
of the patient held out little If an,
hope for recovery and the return t
the city of the relatives of the fami
ly attending the George w. Pric
funeral in Minneapolis was hastene
by the evident approaching end o
the younger brother who lay on hi
death bed here in Langdon.
Deceased was in his tkirty-nint
wear and was the youngest of tn
Price family. Coming to Langdo
shortly after the arrival of hi
brother he for some years was asso
3 ciated with his elder brother Q
Sturm & Price, in the real estate bu
, siness. Later he entered into tn
furniture and undertaking business
which has had his entire attentio
the past twelve years. In 1902 h
was married to Miss Nellie Click
the family left with Mrs. Price be