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SAD NEWSlcv-REACHESTHIS CITYOf The Death of Elmer R. Gold*smith at Petoskey, Michigani’salla!-INIhinsheml ten t r at-hei y.vor-; heV Soflie-in-I I I w 111-NEWSPAPER EDITORAnd a Former Well Known Hamilton School Teacher Has Passed Away—Was a Young Man.Tin* of death called ElmerK. Goldsmith from- this life thismorn ins’.A Sketch of the Life and Work of Elmer Goldsmith.Elmer I?. Goldsmith, editor andpublisher of the I’etoskey EveniiiNews and The Resorter, of I’etoskey.Mieh., and formerly a well known•I lit mi It lt;ui school teacher is doad.A ft cm* an illness of a little over five•lays, of bowel trouble, tlie* ond cameTlitirsilay inoniiu.ic at 4:30 o'clock,and a tolcifi'am readied this citv*some lime later informin'' the relatives and friends of Mr. Goldsmith of the ad news. The telegraph message did not Ininy any details as to the death, simply statin, “God's will has been done. The end came at I:d0 a.m.Mi. Goldsmith was taken -iek hv•an attaek of bowel trouble last Sal-urdav and at lirst it was ihoujrht it I that lie was siilfei iii it 1: appemliei-i a 111 i s hut later the doctors derided that it was an obstruetion of the bowelsa|-1 due to telescoping °f I he intestines land a very serious trouble, and one li is I wli ilt;-h unless relieved promptly would on I likely prove fatal. An operation was |»eiTormed and although the patient stood the .ordeal well, in* never rallied from the shock and Wednesdax,heyan to sink rapidly.Ilis father, wife and .1. W. Slon-eker and daeoli Sommers were with him at tin- end.Elmer Goldsmith was a vounjr man, just in the flower of his manhood, beiii • * I veai s old. He was i I In I It* r county produet, ;» son of .L M In istiau ami Rarbara lt;ioMsmith. of ncart'olliusvillc. whore ho was born•lira-• tari\MI,|and raisod on a farm. In tin* count Visimmlschool# he received his earlv eduea-•lion and completed it in the Normal I college at l.ehaiion. Warren countx. He t uni'll t school near Collinsville for a time but his abilities as an in-tructor and educator were reco-lized and he was called upon to take har;*e of the Columbian school in this city as its principal. In this eapaeitx he served for six years, yiv-iii splendid satisfaction to the pupils, their parents and the hoard id education. He was a popular teacher I and wa beloved bx his pupils and I those associated with him in the school work.About four years ««o, on account of ill health he resigned bis position in the schools and embarked in ie\\*paper work in I’etoskey, Mieh., •hoosiii that famous summer resort as a location because of an affliction.IT.i«?dofcdIUOtI'W•ex.Illlol,ha\ level, which annoved him everx|'0_ H I I jiliimmer and f«i v» hieii lie had foundI relief at 1’ctoskev.Cl* I ■‘fc * *There he bee.tine .1 (Mil owner ami* ■ nil-fix.wit• iim•dilor of ilu* 44Kesorlrr,’’ a paperutblishcd daily during the resort sea-11 mhi ami a weekly paper known asI ho IVhwkrv Nows, published ovoryweek in (lie year. llo was associatedin the work with a man bv tho name.*1’ (hureiihill. As a nowspapor odi* or Mr. (iohUmith, as in everxtiling be attempted, wa a saeeess. The UoMUior iiihIoi* his •lireetion heeamonote popular (bail ever mid it wasnot long before in eoimeetiou withthe woi'klv, tho namo of tho IVtoskox • ,Ihtilx News was issued ami was a uieees* from tho vorv start.In tho affairs of his ehoson town, Mr. lt;ioblsmitli was at otioa rocoqy I nized hv his follow townsmen as a I mam of judgment and worth. He was honored by his political parly both locally and in the yreat statewof Michigan, in the partx councils '1 111 and as a candidate for oltiec. Always popular wherever he went, he made friends rapidly in his new home and in hi death, l’etoskey, Mieh.. mourns the loss of a man respected ami esteemed hv all her citizens, onevVaI:msi vvti\n-
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Hamilton Evening Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1904
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Lane P.
OH, USA 06 Sep 2017
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