Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1918 — PRIVATE DAVID I. BURNS. [ARTICLE]

PRIVATE DAVID I. BURNS.

Word has rached here of the death of Private David I. Burns, who home was in Goodland, but who left here •With Company M. He died on his way across the Atlantic. He was with the 137th F. A., which was a part of the 38th Division. Burns was a highly respected young man and while Company M was encamped here prior to their departure for the south, he was married to Miss Julia Thompson, of this city, who is at present visiting in Wisconsin. v ■

William S. Parks left this forenoon for Larimore, Montana, having been called there by the death of 'his sister-in-law, Mrs. B. G. Parks. Her death was caused by influenza. Mrs. J. E. Snevely, of Chicago, came today, having been called by the very critical illness of her sister, Aunt Mollie JVood. She stopped here, thinking that. Miss Wood was here with her brother, Harvey W, Wood, Sr. She continued on to Monon on the afternoon train to the bedside of Mass Wood, whose death is expected at* any moment. Harry Jinkerson, who registered in Chicago, was called there today to report for army service at Camp Travis, Waco, Texas. Harry enlisted in Canada in 1917 and after three months service he was discharged for disability. He has received no physical examination in the present draft and it is probable he will be discharged when examined. His wife, formerly Miss Ruth Wiltshire, will remain here with her parents for the present.