Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — NO FLOWERS FOR THIS GRAVE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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The Woman Had a Revolver and Defied tits. Veterans.. Eliza Spangher is the widow of a veteran who fought for his country during the ciyil war. She lives at Myerstowh, Pa. The local Grand Army post and tue widow had a quarrel last year and the latter celebrated Memorial day with a warlike demonstration. She notified the G. A. R. men that she would not permit them to decorate her husband’s grave, and she and four men went to the village cemetery. One of the men was stationed at each end of the burial plot, while the widow took up her position at the foot of the veteran’s grave with a loaded revolver

in her hand. The G. A. R. men passed by without leaving flowers or flags and the woman went' home satisfied.

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