Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Con nt ry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Haiqtenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many LocalitiesFORMER GOODLAND GIRL DEAD MUs Helen Spinney Dies at Madison, Wis., Last Monday. Miss Helen Spinney, daughter of Mrs. Charles Spinhey, died at Madison, Wis., Monday. She had not recovered from the effects of the influenza, and 10 weeks ago underwent an operation for appendicitis, complications arising that caused her death. She was obliged to quit school owing to illness three wqeks before her graduation from high school. It was her plan to en|ter a hospital and take training for a professional nurse had not failing health prevented. Miss Spinney would have been 18 years of age on September 19. She was born in Goodland and spent her girlhood days in Goodlaud and Kentland, later moving with her parents to Madison. She is survived by her mother and one sister, Miss Vera Spinney, who has bean doing war work in Egypt, and is ' now on her way home. Her father died two years and three months ago. The remains were brought to Goodland Tuesday and funeral services were conducted from the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Hugh Murray.—Kentland Enterprise.