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H. O. SAMUELL DIES OF HEART DISEASE ______ AND CATTLEMAN LIVED IN DALLAS 44 YEARS. H.
O. Samuell, 78 years old, a resident of Dallas since 1878,
died Sunday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock at the residence of his
son, Dr. W. W. Samuell, 3409 Worth street. He had been seriously
ill with heart trouble for several weeks. He was, for a number
of years, prominent in the public life of Dallas and was Police
Commissioner during the administration of Mayor Curtis P. Smith. - o o o - Came To America From Dublin Dies. William
J. Kinsella, 46 years old, a native of Dublin, Ireland,
who came to Dallas with his mother and two sisters when he was
but 12 years old, and who founded the Kinsella Hat Company, which
was dissolved several months ago, died Tuesday night before the
charter had been granted for a new and bigger hat company. [a photo of William J. Kinsella accompanied the above obituary] - o o o -
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MOTHER'S DEATH FOLLOWS SON'S _____ Twice in Past Few Months. Death has struck the Conine family twice in the past few months. This morning, Mrs. M. C. Conine passed away. A few months ago, a little son died. The mother leaves a husband and five children. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment in Pleasant Ridge cemetery. The family resides at the corner of Bank street [and] Forney avenue. - o o o - TO JAMES FUNERAL ______ ATTEND FINAL RITES AT CLEBURNE. The
special Scottish Rite interurban car, which will take Dallas
Masons to Cleburne today to attend the funeral services of the
late William James of Dallas, formerly of Fort Worth,
will leave the Dallas Interurban Station at 10:30 o'clock this
morning. It will reach Cleburne in time for lunch before the
convening of the grand commandery at 1 o'clock, after which,
the Grand Lodge of Texas will be convened in special communication
to conduct the Masonic burial service of Mr. James, he being
a past grand master of Texas. - o o o - Miss Lucy M. Burnett,
19 years old, died Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at her home,
514 South Brighton street. - o o o -
Colony is Buried
Mrs. Cesarine
Santerre Remond, 84 years old, one of the surviving members of
La Reunion, the little French colony which flourished in prospect
years ago along the Trinity River, was laid to rest in the old
French cemetery, two miles west of Dallas, on the Fishtrap road,
Monday afternoon. Her body was borne to the grave by six of her
nephews, John, Leo, Bert, Charles and the two Georges Santerre,
cousins, of Dallas. - o o o -
JAPANESE COTTON MAN. Funeral
services for Kiyokazu Hara, 35 years old, prominent in
Dallas cotton trade circles, and a leader of the Japanese colony
here, were held Sunday afternoon from the residence, 1717 Moser
street. The body was sent Sunday night to San Antonio for cremation,
after which, the ashes are to be sent to Japan to be given burial. - o o o -
MISS LIDA HOOE _______ OF ART SUPERVISOR IS LAID TO REST. Flags of
the Dallas public schools were at half mast Friday in honor of
Miss Lida Hooe, a teacher in the Dallas public schools
for more than thirty years and one who served for the last twenty
years as art supervisor. She brought to the Dallas public schools,
national recognition for the standard of excellence maintained
by the art department, and in doing so, became nationally known
as one of the most efficient and alert art directors of the public
schools of the country. - o o o - FARM HEAD DIES D. C. Burgess,
75 years of age, pioneer citizen of Dallas county, and for seventeen
years, superintendent of the county poor farm, died Thursday
afternoon at his home, 5919 Lindell street. He had been ill for
sometime. - o o o - Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence,
5919 Lindell street, for Capt. Dee C. Burgess, a native
of Alabama and one of the early residents of Dallas county, who
died Thursday at his home. Burial was in Grove Hill cemetery. - o o o - Milton O. North, 63 years of age, who has resided in Dallas for the last six years, died Saturday night at a local sanitarium, following a brief illness. His residence was at 714 Casey street. He had no relatives in this city, but a niece residing in Illinois has been notified of his death. The body is at the Loudermilk-Spark & Co., pending funeral arrangements. - o o o - Funeral
services for Mrs. J. C. Yancy, 82 years of age, who died
Friday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. L. C. Barton, 316
______ street, will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Grapevine, Texas. The body was taken overland Saturday evening
by Lamar & Smith Undertaking company. - o o o -
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RETIRED RAILROAD MAN DIES AT HOME HERE WEDNESDAY _____ Thomas
Clarence Burns, 77 years of age, a resident of Dallas
for thirty-nine years, retired railroad man, died Wednesday morning
at 6 o'clock at his home, 2106 Park avenue, following a lingering
illness. - o o o - CHARGE IN FATAL SUNDAY ACCIDENT _______ Children, Claiming He Was Only Specta- tor; Says He Picked Up Boy Victim. Arrested
early Tuesday morning by deputy sheriffs as the driver of the
death car which crushed the life out of George Judy, aged
8, and injured two other children on the Orphans' Home road Sunday
at noon, O. D. Bohannon, 31 years old, farmer living near Buckner
Orphans Home, was formally charged with negligent homicide and
failure to stop, in Justice of the Peace F. H. Alexander's court. Says He Was Witness. Were Picking Flowers. Sec. I, p. 1, col. 1-2; continued on p. 10, col. 6. - o o o - |
FATAL ACCIDENT AT RAILWAY CROSSING Two
suits asking an aggregate of $50,000 damages from the H. &
T. C. railway as the result of a crossing accident, in which
Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Thompson and Mrs. Alice Thompson,
Dallas people, were killed February 22, were filed in Dallas
district court Tuesday morning. - o o o - FOR MURDER OF TAXI CHAUFFEUR _______ ACCOMPLICE SLEW DRIVER HERE JANUARY 25 Accused
of the brutal murder of Ed Reed, negro taxi driver, on
the night of January 25, a negro who gave the name of Levenie
Twitty, was lodged in jail here Tuesday morning after his arrest
on a farm about thirty miles south of Strawn, Texas, Monday afternoon.
The black, according to officers, made a full confession of the
crime. Plotted With Woman. Left for Strawn. - o o o - TUESDAY MORNING; FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Mrs.
Jean Reis Cave, 34 years of age, wife of Dr. Harrison
B. Cave, died Tuesday morning at 4:30 o'clock at the family residence,
4920 Abbott street. - o o o - |
Mrs. Jennie Sexton, 44 years of age, a resident of Dallas for seventeen years, died Friday morning at a local sanitarium. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel at the Weiland Undertaking copmany, Rev. A. O. Collie, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove Hill cemetery. She is survived by her husband, John Sexton, a daughter, Miss Lora Sexton, and three sisters. The body of Roy C. Mauldin, who died Wednesday in Calexico, Cal., will be received in Dallas Saturday morning by the Ed C. Smith & Brother Undertaking company. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mauldin, 2613 Merlin street, Dr. L. N. D. Wells, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove Hill cemetery. Sister
Catherine, 48 years of age, of Sherman, Texas, died Friday
morning at 3:10 o'clock at St. Paul sanitarium, following an
illness of eight months. C. L. McGuire, 25 years of age, 3306 Oak Lane street, died Thursday at a local sanitarium. The body is at the chapel of the Loudermilk-Sparkman Undertaking company, pending funeral arrangements. He is survived by his wife and three children, his parents and a brother. Russie Smith, 25 years of age, 3201 Dawson street, died Thursday afternoon at a local sanitarium. The body is at the Brewer Funeral home pending funeral arrangements. Funeral service for Isadore Frenkel, 77 years of age, who died Wednesday night at his home, suddenly, were held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the chapel of the Weiland Undertaking company. Dr. David Lefkowitz officiated. He is survived by his wife and three sons. Mrs. Nathan Benedict, 69 years of age, died Thursday at her home, 506 Sunset avenue. The body is at the chapel of the Loudermilk-Sparkman Undertaking company pending funeral arrangements. Mrs. Benedict is survived by her husband and one son, H. H. Benedict of Dallas; two brothers, Allen Hall of Dallas and Phil Hall of Shidler, Ok., and three sisters, Mrs. S. A. Fishburn and Mrs. M. J. Hamilton of Dallas and Mrs. J. G. Street of Oklahoma City. Sec. II, p. 11, col. 3-4. - o o o - |
The body of Mrs. Sophronia Brown, 80 years of age, who died Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Neal, 4810 Bryan street, was sent Saturday by the Ed C. Smith & Brother Undertaking company in Sulphur Springs, Tex., for burial. Mrs. Brown is survived by three sons, Robert and W. W. Brown, of Kempner, Texas, and J. H. Brown of Haskell, Okla., and two daughters, Mrs. W. B. Cox of Artesia, N. M., and Mrs. Neal of Dallas. Funeral services for Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Benedict, who died Thursday at her home, 506 Sunset street, will be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the residence. Dr. Glenn L. Sneed, will officiate. Pallbearers will be George M. Gross, J. H. Gillespie, J. A. McLean, W. A. Logan, Sam J. Hall and F. M. Wilson. Funeral services of Mrs. John Sexton, 44 years of age, 603 Cameron street, who died Fraiday at a local hospital, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel of the Weiland Undertaking company. Burial was in Grove Hill cemetery. She is survived by her husband, one daughter and four sons. Funeral services for Roy C. Mauldin, 20 years of age, who died Wednesday in Calexico, Cal., will be held Saurday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family residence in Dallas, 2613 Merlin street. Burial will be in Grove Hill cemetery. The body was received in Dallas Saturday morning. Pallbearers will be E. H. Edwards, E. C. Freeman, V. H. Glasgow, H. W. Carter, L. R. Halsell and C. C. Perkins. Surviving Mr. Mauldin are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mauldin, 2613 Merlin street; two brothers, Howard of Calexico and Jack of Dallas; three sisters, Misses Ruth, Iva and Jane Mauldin of Dallas. P. B. King, 47 years of age, 4302 1/2 Colonial avenue, died Saturday morning at a local sanitarium. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the chapel of the Ed C. Smith & Bro. Undertaking company. Burial will be in Arlington cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bell King; one son, John C. King, and a daughter, Miss Vivian King, all of Dallas. Charles
S. Wynns, 74 years of age, pioneer railroad man, died
Saturday morning at the family residence, 5847 Richmond street,
following an illness of several months. Mr. Wynns was born in
Houston, Texas, and spent many years in railroad services, retiring
from active business two years ago on account of ill health. - o o o - |
William C. Forde, 43 years of age, died Monday at his home, 2214 Wall street. The body is at the chapel of the Weiland Undertaking company pending funeral arrangements. Mr. Forde is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Ida May Zack, Miss Lahyna Forde and Miss Gennell Forde, and a son, Charles Forde, all of Dallas. Mrs. Nell P. Geer, 34 years of age, died Monday at her home, 6614 Gaston avenue. She is survived by her husband, two children, one brother and a sister. The body is at the chapel of the Ed C. Smith & Brother Undertaking company. [last line is illegible, due to scratched film] Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Frances Ludwig, 79 years of age, who died Monday night at the home of her son, B. F. Ludwig, 2210 Kirby street, will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Brewer Funeral Home. The services will be private. Burial will be in Grove Hill cemetery. Mrs. Ludwig is survived by one son and a brother who resides in Ohio. Funeral services for Mrs. Emilie Blohme, 77 years of age, who died Monday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Ernest, 5901 Reiger avenue, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Blohme is survived by two daughters and two brothers. Sec. I, p. 6, col. 5. - o o o - |
WE wish to extend our sincere thanks to the many friends and relatives for their kind thoughts and beautiful floral offerings in the death of our husband and brother and uncle. Mrs. Jack Phillips, Mrs. Cornelia Brookfield, Mrs. Clyde Bealnear[?]. - o o o - |
DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER HERE ______ Company of Birmingham, Alabama Robert
C. White, 65 years of age, of Birmingham, Ala., died following
a brief illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Phelps,
3608[?] Armstrong avenue, Friday morning at 2:30 o'clock. Mr.
White arrived in Dallas five days ago from Birmingham, his home. Sec. II, p. 10, col. 1. - o o o - |
Cherished Desire to Revisit Old Country on Eve of His Departure Emil
Gruner, 45 years of age, who, as a youth, emigrated to
America, will not realize his long-cherished ambition to re-visit
his native land. He died Saturday at his home on the eve of his
departure on the trip to see the "home folks." - o o o - |
HURT IN FALL TO BE BURIED HERE _______ Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary Kramer, 74 years of age, 3101 Live
Oak street, who died Tuesday while visiting in San Antonio, Texas,
will be held Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the St. Joseph's
church. Burial will be in Grove Hill cemetery. - o o o - END FOR STRANGER ______ SERVICE FOR BARBER, WHO DIES SUDDENLY With the
failure of relatives to claim the body of John Speahl,
or Spahl, 50 years old, a barer who died here Dec. 7,
members of the Salvation Army gathered in the chapel of the Ed
C. Smith & Bro. Undertaking Company at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon and conducted a simple funeral service for him. Thirteen
Salvationists, most of them women, were present. Can't Locate Relatives. Simple Service at Grave. - o o o - |