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Show f(ounty k) L ) EMERY On Friday evening October 20, Professor Pro-fessor Mose Johnson who has been teaching a class in elocution presented "The Fatal Marriage" to a large and appreciative audience. With the exception excep-tion of himself the characters were all home talen , and deserve much praise for the playing they did. Mr. James Simonsen who ha3 been a resident of Emery for a number of years died at Ephraim at the home of his sister Mrs. J. Sorenson from cancer in the stomach. He was taken to Mt. Pleasant to be operated upon, but the doctors there finlin his c mlkion so' serious.did not operate upin him and he wasVemoved to Ephraim wnere he died October 20th and was buried at the same place. He leaves a young widow with one babe (a son), an aged father, a brother, three sisters and a host of friends to mourn his demise." His relatives who all live at Emery attended the funeral which was held at Ephraim October 22J. Mrs. Mary A. Wakefield was seriously ! injured a couple of weeks ago, by l slipping off from a frosted pole early one morning while attempting to feed pigs. It is feared she has a floating kidney and will hav; to undergo an operation. Mr. Chris Jensen's family was increased in-creased last week by the arrival of a boy. " Mr. Hyrum Neilson of Emery and Miss Maggie Englestead of Mt. Carmel Utah, were married in the Manti Temple October 11. They wdl make their home in Emery where b)th have a host of friends who wish then a long and happy life. Tney will give a dance to the public on Friday night. Mr. Wm A. Petty has gone to Ferron where he has been employed to do some building. Mrs. G. M. Burr returned this w"eek from a visit in Sanpete and Sevier counties. Mr. G. T. Olsen is visiting his home town. EE RRON Last Monday morning the whole town was shocked by the news of the death of one of our most popular young ladies, Miss Alvira Funk. The young lady had been visiting in Manti with relatives and friends since the first of the month ' and upon being stricken with appendicitis, appendi-citis, was taken to the Mt. Pleasant hospital, where she underwent two operations, op-erations, the second one of which prov-. ed fatal. Miss Funk was born at Manti, Sanpete San-pete county, July 22. 1838. In 1894, she with her parents moved to Ferron, where she has since resided. She leaves a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs Ezra K. Funk, of Ferron, and four brothers and four sisters, viz., Mrs. Joseph Hanson, Han-son, E. K. Funk, Jr., and John Funk, of Ferron; Mrs. W. G. Stringham, Mrs- Lewis Larsen, and Mrs. Antone Hou gaard, of Manti; and William Funk of Baker City, Oregon. The deceased attended both the E. S. A. and Manti high school, gaining a host of friends at both institutions. She was also an active worker in the local Young Ladies association. Mr. Manuel Fostrum is home again. He intends to stay the winter this time. v Prof. Johnson is here training a class of forty students in elocution. Mr. and Mrs. George Petersen had the misfortune of losing their baby boy. Mr. Antone Hougaard of Manti and Mr. A. G. Iverson of Price were here on business the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Eira Funk, Sr.. George and K. Funk an! Miss N ivelU Tarnoo v left for Manti Tuesday, where they will attend the funeral of Miss Funk. Mrs. Silmar Taylor of Salt Lake City is here visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Nelson. CLEVELAND Miss Grace Cox who has been suffering suffer-ing with Typhoid fever is improving. -slowly. It will be a few weeks yet before she will be able to go into the school room, however. Everyone is busy harvesting. The frost and rains did a great deal of damage, here to alfalfa seed and grain. . Mada Axelsen who has been ill for the past week is back in the store again. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pehrson (formerly Miss Groa Johnson) who were married in Salt Lake temple in August, are at : home and will -give a free dance Friday night, October 27. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Christensen of Hiawatha have been visiting Mr. Christensen's mother this week. Lewis Larson, an E. S. A. student, ' visited his parents here last Saturday and Sunday. He reports school as being firstclass. LAWRENCE Andrew Mortensen, after a weeks severe attack of typhoid pneumonia, died at his home in Lawrence, October 22d. His death came as a shock to the community as they little expected him to be called hence so soon. He was born in Denmark, Septemder x 18, 1855. When but five years old he came with his mother and grandmother to Utah. They joined his father'at Mt. Pleasant, afterwards building a home in Richfield, from which place they were driven by Indians. They returned to northern Sanpete settling at Fairview where Andrew became ward organist, which position he held about twenty years. After his father and mother died he came to Lv.vrence, where he has resided untyl death called him home Here he has held several publ ic offices and has been very instrumental as a citizen of Lawrence. He leaves a wife, two sisters, and a host of friends to mourn his loss. Funeral services were held in the meeting house Tuesday. The house was filled to overflowing with sympathetic friends of the bereave! Bishop C. M. Miller presided. The opening hymns were: "Mourn not for They Who Peacefully Lay their Wearied Bodies Down," and "It is Well With Thy Soul." The sermons were all devoted to praise of the departed as an honest and energetic Latter-Day Saint. The closing hymn was, "Rest for the Weary Soul." It can well be said .of our brother: The reiper "Deat'i" has gathered in The ripest of the sheaves, And people here novv tmarn for him Far more than one believes. Calm resignation that he taught, ' Be ours by grace to gain; And His own consolation, soothe His own bereaved ones' pain. |