Monday, February 20, 2023

Fairmount, Indiana Obituary Lesson: It was just a Cold [1890]

To day if ye will hear his voice  
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14
 
"GEORGE W BUTLER
George W. BUTLER, an old resident of Fairmount, is dead. 
He was aged seventy-five. 
His demise was sudden and unexpected and was the result of a severe cold contracted during a short visit to Lincolnville.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 13 December 1890 Page 6 Columns 5."