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I Si LIFE EIda Holmes,a Friendlesss Girl, Died at Mercy Hospital.At Ten O'clock Last Night—Had Led a Wayward Lift, but Repeotcd-Coasurap-t)M Caused Her Death.lief that she had been forgiven for everything. She was just 17 years old.The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock, at Prugh’s undertaking rooms. The remains will be buried in Aspen Grove cemetery.The best tailoring In the city is done by STRAUSE BROS.Ida Holmes, a friendless girl, died of consumption at 10 o’clock last night at Mercy hospital.The story of the young girl’s life, as toid by her to the Sisters at the hospital. is a very pathetic one. She came to Burlington about a year ago, an outcast, without money and without friends. She had ran away from her home in Jefferson City, and came to Burlington, seeking a new home and a place to earn her living. Her mother was dead, and her father did not know how to care for her, and to make her home pleasant, so that she would stay there, instead of seeking employment in the streets, and in where she ought not to be. The habit of running aimlessly about the city grew upon her, and she began to stay away from home two or three days at a time. At first her amusements were innocent enough but evil associations produced their inevitable effect, and her life became more and more immoral. Finally she had gone so far that she was afraid to go home, and, with difficulty procuring enough money for a railroad ticket, she came to Burlington.Some days after her arrival in this city she secured a place to work, serving or kitchen girl for a woman who was connected with the Salvation Army. The girl behaved herself with propriety, and served her new mistress faithfully. She attended the meetings of the Salvation Army, and seemed to take a groat deal of interest in the services.About the Fourth of July she was taken sick. She had been spending the nights at the Salvation Army hall, and had taken a very severe cold. Feeling miserable, and realizing that Iip must have medical attention, she went to the office of a local physician and applied for help. The doctor saw that she was poor, and could not pay for services rendered, so he turned her away. The girl was very weak and tired out, but she managed to reach the office of the county physician.Examination of her case showed that she was suffering from typhoid fever, and she was sent to the hospital.After a few days here she was removed to the county poor farm. She had recovered almost entirely from the fever, but the physicians had learned that she was suffering from a far more serious trouble. Consumption had already affected her seriously, and it was plain that she could not recover.About six weeks ago a number of the county officers, supervisors, physicians and a few others, visited the poor farm. The supervisors, when they found her there, ordered her removed to Mercy hospital. The rest of the story is very soon told. The girl failed slowly, but steadily, and at 10 o’clock last night she breathed her last. Her death was very peaceful, and without the least suffering.During her stay at the hospital the Sisters wrote repeatedly to the girl’s father in Jefferson City, but never received any reply. Mr. Holmes had given up all hope of reclaiming his child, and refused to have anything more to do with her.A number of charitable men and women have been very attentive to the girl while she lay at the hospital. She was provided with everything that could help to make her comfortable and happy. Before she died she asked to see a minister, and confessed to him, us well as to one of the Sisters, the sins of her life. She was truly repentant, and she died happy in the be-George Robinson Indicted by the the Federal Grand Jury,For Robbing the Dodgeviile Postoffice In April 1896 — Was in Jail Here for 30 Days for Carrying Burglar Tools.George Robinson, the young man arrested by a special officer of the “Burlington,” with a kit of burglar tools in his possession, while trying to enter the shops at West Burlington about Nov. 18th, is under indictment by the federal grand jury at j Keokuk for robbing the postoffice at Dodgeviile, and stands a good chance of serving a long term in the penitentiary.Deputy U. S. Marshal McCormick, of Keokuk, came up this morning to take the prisoner back to that town for trial. Robinson has been in jail since Nov. 19th, when he was sent up by Judge Gillespie on a charge of carrying burglar tools.The indictment against Robinson was returned by the federal grand jury April 29th, 1898. He was charged with breaking into the Danville post-office, this county, and carrying away stamps to the amount of about $50. John Beckman was postmaster at that time, and he also lost a sum of money. The crime was directly traced to Robinson, who lives in the vicinity of Dodgeviile and does not bear a very good reputation.The prisoner is also believed to be the man who assaulted Mr. Beckman a few months ago, relieving him of a large sum of money and beating him into insensibility and otherwise injuring him.There is good evidence that Robinson is the guilty person, but he will hardly be called to account for it, as lie is likely to receive a penitentiary sentence of from five to fifteen years for the post office robbery.Robinson was taken to Keokuk by Deputy McCormick this afternoon.SICK SCHOOL CHILDREN.A Teacher Speallt;« of the Cauve.I have charge of the second grade in the public schools here, and I trace nearly every case of headache among these children to improper feeding. When a sick child is asked what was had for breakfast, the reply almost universally Includes a cup of coffee. !An Illustration is that of my sister’s oldest boy, Will Wilson, of Lennox, la. For a long time he had no appetite for breakfast, but insisted on coffee, which they would give him, weakened some with cream, but no matter how little coffee he had, it brought on his bad spells. Since they have been using Postum Food Coffee in their family, tho boy is well and can have all of the Postum Coffee he wants for breakfast.I was ordered by my physician to quit the use of coffee some time ago, for my sick spells were directly traceable to rt, but I could not quit its use until I found Postum. Then the change did not disturb me in the slightest. The old troubles have disappeared.I have a long list of friends who use Postum and enjoy it very muc*, but in every case they have had o learn that Poi titm fs only good when it is boiled long enough to bring out the flavor. Margaret Scroggs, 27 W, 1st St., Hutchinson, Kan.
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Burlington Evening Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Dec 06, 1898
Page 5
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Burlington P.
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