Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — Disease Wanes at Alexandria. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Disease Wanes at Alexandria.

-Alexandria, Dec. 27.—-Influenza has almost completely subsided in Alexandria and vicinity.

Ernst Walter Town Ernst Walter Town- was born March. 28, 1885, in Newton county, Indiana, and was baptized July 21 of the same; year in the Lutheran church at Kniman, in which church he was also conflrmied June 10, 1900. He remained, true to his church and, having been a member of the church council for the past few years, performed the duties of his office diligently and faithfully. He was married to Emiiie Gall April 27, 1909, to which union were born four children, John, aged 8 years; Clara, aged 6 years; Walter, aged 4 years, and AB bertine, aged 3 years. His parents preceded him in death, his father, John Town, passing away September 8, 1910, and his mother, Pauline Town, January 13, 191?. One sister died in early infancy. Having became a victim of influenza, which turned to pneumonia, he was called by his Savior out of this vale of tears last Sunday, December 22, at 9 a. m., his age being 33 years, 8 months and 24 days. Burial was made irr the Lutheran cemetery at Kniman, the funeral being conducted by H. F. Krohn, pastor. “Commit whatever grieves thee at heart and all thy ways, to Him who never leaves thee, on whom creation stays, who freest courses maketh for clouds, and air, and wind, and who care fever taketh a path for thee to find.”

In Japan is a tall stone monument erected as a memorial to the horses killed in the Riussian-Japan-ese war. It stands in the public park of the town of Sano in the Tochigi prefecture. A photograph of the townsfolk gathered about it shows the headman of the district attired in a Prince Albert codt. General Viscount Oshima, one of the heroes of the war, wrote the principal inscription, from which it appears that 1,260 horses fromi the (County and vcinity are so remembered.

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