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Show DEATH OF FRANK H0BBS. 'TT The news of the death of Frank Hobbs comes as & personal bereavement to all who have enjoyed his personal friendship, or who have done business with him. He went into the great war a boy; he came out of it maimed in body, but improved in mind and twholly untainted by the demoralizations of camp life. In his office here he had been one of the most Intelligent men who ever held the place, and with the special courtesy which comes of mingled kindness kind-ness of heart and devotion to dutv, he won the friendship of all who have been brought into association asso-ciation with him. , His private life has been that of an upright, patriotic pa-triotic citizen, every duty performed in his home, in public everywhere. His death is a distinct loss to the Government and to the city. It is the passing of B man always true to duty; a conscientious man the books of whose life were always halanVed and ready for examination in his world or the world to come. As a boy he offered his life to his country, as a nan his life had every moment been devoted to duty nd that obligation with him applied to every relation rela-tion of life, public and private. His physical sufferings suffer-ings did not change in the least the sweetness of his nature. Not one reproach attaches to his name; rather he goes to his grave with the absolute respect and sincere affection of all who knew him well. |