The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-01-08

located at Roche Perce Sask. Canada.
Last fall son was kiIld in action
somewhere in Frnce.
NJ. @. Brady of Winterset, Iowa,
was holiday guest at the home of
his daughter Mesdames Cox and Har-
ried.
The electric light system was sure
/ " on the 'bum" New Years eve. The
social hop at the opera house was not
called off but lights were furnished
and the young people enjoyed the old
fashioned gas lamps as well as the
modern lighting system. A few Ian
terms were carried to the church and
the Endeavors proved the old saying.
Where there's a will there's always
way" The town was in darkness
IN the closing and the opening hours
of the year.
! Mrs. Fred Wilson, who has been
very III with pneumonia, died at her
j home near here on Tuesday morning
of last week. Her aged mother was
at her bedside when the end came.
The fact that the husband was III and
unable to be out of the house makes
the death doubly sad. Four little
daughters are left with out mothers
love and care. The community SYM
lpathize with the husband who is left
without the helpmate whose one ambi-
ton was. her home and her family.
! The deceased was a little over thirty
seven years old. Eleven years ago she
was married to Fred Wilson at POca-
hantas, Iowa. Four years ago they
/ located near Morgan. She was de-
vout and faithful member of the Cath
Ole church. Wednesday her remains
were shipped back to the old home
town in Iowa where the aged mother
gently laid to rest the fourth member
of the family in the last month. A
husband a daughter and soldier son
having preceded Mrs. Wilson to the
last resting place in the last thirty
days.
When the word came to town on
Sunday that Gus Lenig had passed
away after a short illness with influ-
enza, the news seemed scarcely Gre
ditable. Only a week before the eldest
daughter had died with the same dis
ease, after being i'll only nine days.
The farm home is some distance from
neighbors and not on a telephone line
The father and the mother and two
other children were all i'll when Else
the Ii year old daughter died with
! out care, the family did what they
could, and it was not until late Sunday
afternoon, that the boy got out of q
sick bed to dress and summons help 20
family done what they could, and it
was not until late Sunday afternoon,
that the younger boy out of sick
bed to dress and summons help to
plan for the burial of the dead girl
The lad was so weak when he reached
the neighbors that it was necessary
to get a conveyance in which to take
him home. On Tuesday Rev. Herrwig
had charge of the brief funeral SER
vices and interment was made in the
: city cemetery. The death Of the ia
Their comes as terrible blow to The
family who are slowly recovering from
the effects of the influenza. A large
circle of friends deeply sympathize
: with the sorrowing widow and the re-
manning two children.
Miss Mae Werring, stenographer al
the State Bank, received the sad intel
ligence on Sunday morning of the
death ola brother in California. He
: had been a sufferer from tuberculo-
! sis for some time and leaves young
: wife and 3ehild to mourn his loss. He
was forinerly a resident of Sleepy Eye
! and was a successful dentist there
!. Ibefore his failing health necessitatec
!, a change of climate.
Perhaps one of the happiest New
J Years parties was held at Grandma
, Carliles from three to five o'clock il
the afternoon. Mrs. Garlic, ST., ha!
!, been shut in now, for over sixteeI
T years. A peculiar form of rheumatism
has rendered her almost helpless AM
kept her. confined to her wheeled chair
greater part of the time when sh'
was not bed ridden. The wonderful
way in which she has borne her suffer
ing has endeared her to the hear+i
! of those about her, and her man!
: friends count it joy to spend an af
!. ternoon with her. The guests car
; ried with them hot coffee and de
licious lunch and very enjoyable af
ternoon resulted.
Miss Mable Albrecht gave a patri
otto party to schoolgirl friends OF
Friday evening. The games and mu
: sic were all in the line of a truly pa
4 triotic spirit, and the girls reporte,
5 the affair as most enjoyable event