, 1922-01-26
HANNA NOTES
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Another tragedy has been aII,
TO III" long list Of fatalities rhl'
seem to haunt this little burg. An
other home has been mai" d~"sOIarr
by an unexpected visit from tn" grim
messenger that stillcd. without Il
moments warning. a childish vote" n
il rang with happy laughter. Elmer
Hill, aged twelve years left his homr
Sunday afternoon 10 join two of hi
Schoolmatcs in play. Within thirty
minutes. he was brought in a Corpse.
Walno k~ninonen and George EskclI
and Elmer engaged in a boyish
wrestling match in a shed adjoining
the Hill home. In the midst of the
tussle Elmer suddenly complained of
feeling i'll and asked the boys to call
his mother: thinking he was feign-
Ing his companions at first paid no
heed to his pleas for help. but drag
ged him to the open door and threw
water on him. The little fellow con
tinued his complains, saying GO get
my mother and tell her | am awfully
sick; the boys by the time thor
oughly frightened. called for help
and When Mrs. Hill reached her
sons side he was past all aid. Dr..
Smith was hastily summoned and
after an examination stated that the
child's neck was broken. Many COn
fli'ting stories Ar" i'll circulation re
garding the tragedy; the boys who
participated in the tusSlc were com
pl"tely stunned and so brWildcr"d
that they are at a loss to give any
explanation as to what could hav"
caused their companions death. They
were having a pillow fight and a
wrestling match. Elmer suddenly
crumpled in Il heap on the floor and
said his head hurt. and that is al
they can tell. No blame is attached
to the boys. 1t is just one of those
uneXplainable happenings that sc
forcibly demonstrates the fact thai
"When in the midst of life We are in
death" The funeral has been ar
ranged to take place next Sunday
pending the arrival of out-of-towr
relatives. Pupils Of the seventh
grade, of which the little boy was {
bright NlCmber, will attend in a body
The parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Hi
have the sympathy of the entire com
munity.
lobe While had his foot injured il
the mine Tuesday morning.
w. p. Peake came up from ARA
ME Tuesday morning and will spent
a few days in Hanna on business.
J. T.. Emge of Salt Lake City wa
a Hanna visitor Monday in the in
terests of the Mcdonald Candy Co.
F.. NJ. Haynes Of Rawlins spen
Tuesday in Hanna.
St. Margaret's Guild will holt
their annual meeting for the purpos
of electing officers for the ensuing
year on Tuesday afternoon Januar,
31st at the home of Mrs. Otto Fred
erick. All members are urgently re
quested to be present.
Mrs. Lennie Matson's home wa
the scene of a happy little party las
: Saturday evening. Miss Lempi Mat
son was the inspiration for the affair
which was given as a surprise to hel
, by a number of her friends, in homo
t of her birthday. Various games an
dancing occupied the early hours c
: the evening. after which an elaborat
| supper was served. Those preser
| were Mrs. MatSnn. Misses LEM
, Matson. Hiida Peterson. Ida an
Lempi Annala. Ida Siltamaki. II
Lcpponen. Lempi and Mania Holm
| Messrs. Ernest Matson. Matt Matsol
Frank Maxi. Bill johnson, Elme
TuOmi, Wilmer Matilda. Johnnie Al
nala. Andrew Aho and Wagner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Amoss an
daughter. Agnes. returned Tuesda
morning from Ogden. where they at