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ROCKFORD. FLOYD COUNTY; IOWA,THURSDAY.JUNE 23. 1904.

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:' " cenlU" for other'. Ind.a beeame mOlt belpful and

wu a min of eunetl

A Brave Soldier arid a Oood Citizen , Oone to His

Reward. I In ai, tlmea;O:I;:~~:~;.:::~IH

polled and b6lancl'ld, ahra" to be W t on lb. rlgbt Iide ot public I. UM me moral qUfIIUOIla, Ind hla atroo, ""~:Jli i lion. ner prompted him to aeUou. Set dall1 lire for tortY-lnen 1ean thereb,

Amollg the nrled duUell which till UOIl. umy .. nice · ito-polled Il pon beoam. a powerfullnlloul!nco for good 10. tbe lot' of' the publleher of A 00.",,1 he ebould be denied wbat he .a rich· oommuo!t1. He wu an bis lire one n •. Wllpaper Done lite mure·palnful to Iy deserved and lhAt w,!llch otben frland, aodlnppoMn of

form tban tbla;'f recording the ?btalned. During his lUe be ':'!I:~~~;O:~f hll choice, of wblch he wu at tbe an active and .alned-Dloember of the ohan.~mben, alwa71

A. n. poet anhll ..... blch "a' 'he member, the faU.bful w,,,''' .•

As A D USIHue M ,4.If.

In 18.57 with J.~. Chlhb be ran .. gen-etRl wae for " eeveral

10Wlg long and eyeD to \.he lut whea weakened b1 dlleue, hll love of qUip, humor Ind pleualll jOlt neyer len blm.

died· 1.1 he had lived, bapPl

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a Imlle on hie face, wei· aelrlend and guide to

to a better !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ii~~~~~~p;I;;.ce. : lor a periOd. of yo;;;;: I I "'._"'<II'~' hean dlfBcU!t1. until 1.lt year, wben the In.flrm. Upon the Innouncement 01 '''':;~:I:~~: II;::

of age compelled \be ,Idog l!P meeting wu called of aU onr the position. T he .bank under htl mell and acUOQ taken to .ecure the dOl­

manegemcnt wu · kt,OWD~ lar ·and ing of aU bUl lnMl boules during lbe ~~~I~::~~~:E:~~~~:~~:~~~:;II ~::::.:':"';'lll;Wa)'1l-COn9erVau.,e, reliable lind. fUllen l Ifl rvlce" whlcb were beld on Monday afternoon on tbe' ·lawn In

. of AlII Lyon and Sarah Ann Skinner, Itrong. _ of \.he r .. ldence of \.he deceued. ReT. remlUned with Ills "rather Ob tbe farm I t Ie proper to here refer to tbe rood

h 14 . I ' do" ' by"" Lyon 10 ""lIn',· 01 '~.. putor of the Oonl. Church e was yean 0 age, attending m ~ '-, ...... '1, oonducted the :";;,1::; I Academies at l:!Iout,b Woodetock, proved . agrlcuUure, a prolelslon In a m ..... ge of hope, good

llarm. I I,,,,,,, and Uudley, )18ee. lJ a he ~lwaYI took eo active Intere~t. comfort, ·rI "t" lewlng the life 10

::~:;;:W~I~":b:~I: .. ::~mott pleulng and o"'lollllt .1 ,

I. He

el hla nd ty­ak h

Lh Lhc

Bryan, Wit-

and peaceful ";'.,;1.'11,. of l(Mdamee 11,1".,.

'II !~;~~~.:,~: Kucl:, Meun F, TrIgg and wlCb Mill Nellie Crowell -u rendered t"!'o or tlire. of the old

ravorltet of Mr. Lyon and whleh b. requelted mlgbt be lung at hll funeral. The doni offerings ,,"Ire vel)'

prorliae and beautiful. A. ahear and lie-Ide tendered b1 \be builn ... men

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on CIL1, I Qonl CroeI, the rUt or N,tlonal . nank and numberleu oLher

lrlbuLee from loving frIend. al mOit . c"Bk.t. - .. - - -

Tbe bUlln€.'ea·lnoll, the me~bel1l or lIlO

II'U, .. <, Ill ,. Ind .... IA rge !lllInberor c1UZe"",~~:; In hll remah~. tu t h., cl'mei ery, III

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lho touchlug flllllli ",.nlco or th":~:;:: r ...... Army Wil l gh eo and All th At .va. __ _ o( t ill' ~ravo ,old ler, -tbl l good _ thl. t.emlcr hUllband lind lllLber, thl, f,, !thrlll lind lrU8 (rlend ~' .. !uwcred 1.0 II (If'''''' I.maullll l"d b, a "," .. "I th of en . IJcol uvl'd. n!' llcc t.o.td and moufuf'd 1111 whu kIn' '''" hIm.

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gOVlruur ~~t WPI'k.,

KII·e. hl~

~ /lnd ty· lung"

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with tho ' J{ n IlId Wat·

\hlc mo"·11

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THE LATE CAPl'AIN 0, H, LYON,

City, a qat. , Cf,*, the rift of tbe l'htloll&1 n.nk. and llumberleM other

lIoral tribute • . frum lovl~" '['end • . a.!!nt:at lLId Ihe caak.el. . ,

Tile bUllue&llDell, Ole mel!'lUera of 1.011.(

U .. A. H. aud a la rge number of ~Itlzenl (oill lu.ed hI. remillu. to the cemell'ry, wbere Ihe toucL.lu/C rltulll lervlce fJf tiu, GranO

Army WII. given alld all that "'a. ;;~:::] of thlt lj,rav6 wldler,tull good

I t.ell(.!cr hudJlnd lind father, till . faithful and 1m" frIend' .....

II gral'a belllHllled hllt. wflllltb Ilr ~Iuve-d, rupect.<~ and mourned

who kllllW hlw.

The World', Mo.I SueuMfui AUOfIleY·

William Nellon Cromwell of York t:lty, who rilturned fr.om Pari, the other day, after bavlng colllpletcd tbe lale of tbe Panama canll to the Unlt.ed

1lI0il remark.l.1. ,figure .~ the Amerlel ll bar. ABide from hi' other claim. of cel·

II""'Y, he poaleneB tbe unIque dl8tlnc· having received the most enorm·

.'ngle reel ever paId forle,al

~- -nt'address For Belling tbeW"nllmacanal-ln

,Oi~"~'~d~'~·~'rj, 'fif':~~~;:I~"~"~".~~P~"::"~':i':~'~,~I~,,,~"~I,~,~t;:I~';':'~'~'d:II!C~' "~'~'t'~~L~'~'~'~n;:r~"~'~n r~'i'~:·;~:P~'~':'od~?;:'.~r:~i:tjl;::;:;,'~r~th;.~;wt~"~t:~d:lm:;:,~"~'~t.~.:n~d::::i~~;f~ lI.JI ! Brlea f'utered fI alore li t == I Ich(evemenU of the

to Ced!!.r ~'a!l~" wnrklng- In n .t.&te, and prob· pald'I,OOO,OOO. In relUty be got much

and In August 1857, came t.o:,,€::::ill:~i~;'~~:n~one of lila varied buainesl more,and ~,l!OO.would be neuet the pour

which remained bl. home up to him 80 much plelBur. and mark. A\ any rat. It "'II lel'eral hun-of Ills dcath. ~Ie wnll·! 11.11 thfl II1ipervl810n and man· dred thoulI.nda of dolla" more thin Johll 23, 1867, ip. Helle A. Bradford of ;1118 fflrm flo·d ltll fine herd! of E. Pareooa waa paid for draWing the

",IOg;reBO' 11 ~:;~:'::~:,~:~~~,,'~,":ldd to them werc llOrn IlIld 8wino. bomb· proof charter ot the luglr truat. tform: . Auna Pattl!n imd • lIla bUlllnell~, alwaYI honorably con- For reorganlalug tbe great firm of ,It , among brought him a competence. and "In,,,,,,, is prlvl'lte .. Ii Howell 4'. Co .. In 1891, he got Itlr np blt- h,mlly. le well provided for. ftorotb. court a tee ot 1260,000, and re-

'acliooB of II ~~~:~~~~;,~ POI.[TICAL CAUEER; eehed a .plendid BUYer ,,"Ice from tbe negro be- U, of Des Moines and Edna _ .i firm md other llr. Lyon Wllj 1l . lIfa\ong Hepublleao, F~r .ettllo" the affal" of Price,

during the storml dal' when the """ .... peop.1e of Iowa ... era ·flghtlng the Cormick & Co., he 18 II!.ld to h ..... a

tnffic, w·as a st.aunch and ed 1100,000 In one fee.

Prlncel, ten fiowed Into bls

11~::~:~~~:~~:~~::ii't;'::;~::- - -'-" -,.0 prdblbltlonJ.t. Ue alwaYI ~k an hll worlc In reorglnlzing ttie lind Intelligent Inter~lIt In the educational II :::~~;~,;~~~:~'~ railroad, and In organizIng and p(ll\llcal afl'a.lrB ofbls town/Illite 0'11 compaoy:and

cou·ntry, lie was th. first Mayor National Tube '~:~~~~E.~II~:: Hockford, a po!ltlon which be beld • four )~enNJ, In .1877 he Wft,S a lected

for four ye8rs, aDd lie origInated and aa ... pined

of the ~o8t Important 1I1.,.,tI"n pertalnlng·to tbe banklni Inter­

now up!ln_ou·r statute book!!,. , lIe was 11.190 a delegate~lo the Nstionlll Ite­publican Conv('ntlon ID 1884. Ue wa. ne\'er a seeker tor .offiee aDd lucb II he held w('re alwlI.XII casaB of the office

·",,11 ,'"tlO,d by the government II. raw", ,,,,th'lseeklng tho man. :011 '· - befare lliB death · by the . pall~age of As A MA~ A~l? Fnnaw

d apeelnl Rct granting llllll 1\ peQslon. No The writer, having {or nearly 30 yean

In thll part of th~ Hta;e ever . did II :;:i~::;!:",~nn InUlllaLo ~~:~~~:r~~:!~::'::: II to the yNtlrl\IIS In securing the deccased, feell p"n.',," !thnll hf' , nnil It wall the

fate, that, uotwlthstand. poitray his msny ~';:~~'i:,o;;~":,;;:', .Olht'TB, Hila Ihe 8olf-evl· JIe·wal ner and al"'IYI ... .whlch hlslu.rlg and· ard· loolr.ln~ aD the brl,llt .

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