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Columbus Journal, June 28, 1893
DIED
ELSTON--It is a very sad duty we have to perform in recording the death of little Blanche Elston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Elston. In this beautiful month of June, with flowers and trees abudding, this little loved one was seized by dreaded diphtheria, which in five short days quenched out her cheerful and bewitching life, leaving a pathway behind strewn with sorrow and sadness. It is consoling to her friends and playmates to be assured that the withering of her life is only temporary, and that with the rising of the morning sun she will again bloom in a fairer land than this where flowers do not wither and the sun never sets in sadness. Blanche Ellston died Wednesday morning at 10:15, aged 10 years and 11 months, and was buried Saturday, owing to the contagious character of the disease but few of the young relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1893.html
Columbus Journal, June 28, 1893
DIED
ELSTON--It is a very sad duty we have to perform in recording the death of little Blanche Elston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Elston. In this beautiful month of June, with flowers and trees abudding, this little loved one was seized by dreaded diphtheria, which in five short days quenched out her cheerful and bewitching life, leaving a pathway behind strewn with sorrow and sadness. It is consoling to her friends and playmates to be assured that the withering of her life is only temporary, and that with the rising of the morning sun she will again bloom in a fairer land than this where flowers do not wither and the sun never sets in sadness. Blanche Ellston died Wednesday morning at 10:15, aged 10 years and 11 months, and was buried Saturday, owing to the contagious character of the disease but few of the young relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
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From the web site:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1893.html
Columbus Journal, June 28, 1893
DIED
ELSTON--It is a very sad duty we have to perform in recording the death of little Blanche Elston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Elston. In this beautiful month of June, with flowers and trees abudding, this little loved one was seized by dreaded diphtheria, which in five short days quenched out her cheerful and bewitching life, leaving a pathway behind strewn with sorrow and sadness. It is consoling to her friends and playmates to be assured that the withering of her life is only temporary, and that with the rising of the morning sun she will again bloom in a fairer land than this where flowers do not wither and the sun never sets in sadness. Blanche Ellston died Wednesday morning at 10:15, aged 10 years and 11 months, and was buried Saturday, owing to the contagious character of the disease but few of the young relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
...
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1893.html
Columbus Journal, June 28, 1893
DIED
ELSTON--It is a very sad duty we have to perform in recording the death of little Blanche Elston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Elston. In this beautiful month of June, with flowers and trees abudding, this little loved one was seized by dreaded diphtheria, which in five short days quenched out her cheerful and bewitching life, leaving a pathway behind strewn with sorrow and sadness. It is consoling to her friends and playmates to be assured that the withering of her life is only temporary, and that with the rising of the morning sun she will again bloom in a fairer land than this where flowers do not wither and the sun never sets in sadness. Blanche Ellston died Wednesday morning at 10:15, aged 10 years and 11 months, and was buried Saturday, owing to the contagious character of the disease but few of the young relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
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