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Show I News From Smithfield H' SMITHFIELD, Oct. 14. Funeral Ht services were held yesterday at the H; cemetery over the remains of Mrs. H Serena Peterson Rasmussen, wife ot H ' Karl Rasmuwen who died on Thurs- H day at Logan following an operation Hi for gall stones. H" Counsellr Richard Roskelley eon- H ducted roe services. A doable quar- H"v tette furnished the Blnglng "Josub Lover ot My Soul," and "Lofty Hv Beams me sacred Dawning," were H': "Ung' Hwi,, Elder Johnson of LOgan was the Mfr "rrt speaker. He told of meeting H4 , the deceased, a girl ot sixteen and H' her family while on his mission "to H" Denmark. How well the family H v treated the aiders and assisted in v the branch. He was lnstrnmental H fa baptising the family Into the Wk church. . K Jee J. Melkle and Joha H. Pet- Hi erson ajso spoke very consolingly to H: the bereaved husband and brother, F-- "A" Beautiful Country" was ren- dered by a male quartette. Singing "Oh My Father." Elder Nephl Martlneau dedicated the grave In a" most Impressive speech.- Members of the Woodmen of the World acted as pall bearers. Owing to the orders that all pub-lice pub-lice places be clostd the services were held la the cemetery where a large crowd assembled to pay honor and respect to the family. . Mrs. Rasmussen was twenty-si J years old, and she leaves a husband, one son, a father, one brother here and one In the U. S. army abroad, besides a hott of relatives and friends. Mr. Rasmussen has the sympathy of the community In his hour ot trial. i The following letter from Major R. T. Merrill at Camp Caster, Mich., tells us ot the epidemic of lnfluen- I sa at that Camp. I would like to tell you about .the terible epidemic bat i words could not express what an awful aw-ful thing We are pausing tbiougb. Some day I may take -courage to tell a few of the things. Wo have over nine thousand cases and I daro not tell of the deaths. When this thing Is over every medical ofllcer and assistant will deserve a crown. I never saw such untiring devotion to duty. If we can only hold out We only get a few hours sleep. I have four large buildings with dou-bio dou-bio doors, filled full of sick, groaning groan-ing boys and our only help is the fellow soldiers to work under our direction. We had a little relief today. One of my officers wrote to Chicago and the women there sent a lot of rags. Another officer gave me a' bolt ot toweling so I had some taljors In the company make me some towels. If I were only near homa I would canvas the county for rags to wash their faces. I hope this terrible thing does aot strike oat there. Be sure and ase the spray, la the throat and aoae every day aad It the grip starts out there they should close every ev-ery public plaee tar there la so much pneumonia with tt aad it 1 fatal. The symptosM ara jaat Uke a cold then high fever with severe headache head-ache aad cough, which lasts about three days. A patient ahould be put to bed at onoe aad kept there until un-til all fever Is over. Give asperln or dover powders for pain and to make them sweat, put Ice bags to the head." Mr. Louis Merrill fell from his horse on Friday evening and re malned unconscious about fourteen hours. He Is thought to be out of danger and rapidly Improving. Mrs. Jack,MUUlag received a' card Saturday stating that her hatband had arrived la France. Bishop aad Mrs. Wm. L. Wlan and sob Mlltoa went to Salt Lake City oa Sunday moralng upon hear; lag that their sea Glen, who Is at the U. ot U. training school, was ia the hospital. Glen did aot thlak he was skk but as a precautionary measure against- lafluensa he remained re-mained at the hospital. ' . Mr. aad Mrs. Daniel Corbett'aad Mesdames George Roskelley aad George Miles returned on Wedne. day'from a week's stay at Salt Lake. Mr. Herbert Pitcher's new home .oa South Main is Bearing completion I Mr. James Smith ot Preston purchased pur-chased his mother's home hereanri lq having It remodeled and an addition addi-tion built oa. Mr. Arthur Pitcher has remodeled and added a new front porch to hit house. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips ot Logai were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George .Sant on Friday. |