Julitz, Carl died 1905

JULITZ

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/10/2014 at 19:24:41

Carl Julitz Dead

Carl Julitz, a well-known Akron character passed away at his room in the City hotel building yesterday afternoon, January 25, 1905, at about 4 o'clock, after a few days' illness of asthma and complications, induced by the severely cold weather.

His condition was not considered dangerous until a short time before death came, at which time A. G. A. Palm was with him. Several of his friends called at the bare little room and kindly offered assistance, but the sick man would accept nothing. His only request was for plenty of cold water which was supplied. He did not wish a fire in his room, although the cold was intense, but Supervisor Robertson had a stove put up in the room on the afternoon of his death.

Mr. Julitz was a native of Germany, but very little is known here of his past history, although he has lived in this vicinity for nearly twenty-five years. He was a harnessmaker by trade and first worked in a shop at the old town of Calliope. He came to Akron something like eighteen or twenty years ago and worked in the harness shops of H. L. Waterbury and B. A. Jeffers, both now deceased, and at one time had ammassed earnings to the amount of about $2,000; but drink and other misfortunes caused his savings, to dwindle to nothing, until he finally became a county charge. He was cared for at the county poor farm at various times and had consented to go there again shortly before his illness, but always preferred to eke out a precarious living at odd jobs of harness repairing, being unable to do manual labor on account of a crippled foot. He was a man of more than ordinary mental attainments, being well versed in the scriptures, and history. His age was about fifty-five, and he is thought to have a brother and sister living, but their whereabouts are unknown and there was nothing in his effect with reference to them.

The remains will be turned over to some medical society, as required by state law, unless people here interest themselves in raising a burial fund.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, January 26, 1905
Akron, Iowa
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The funeral of Carl Julitz, who died Wednesday of last week, was held Saturday noon in the City hotel building. Rev's Moore and Blackman conducted a brief service, and to the few present, pointed out a moral lesson in the life of the poor old man who died in poverty and almost friendless.

Acting as pallbearers were J. R. Jeffers, Ed Waterbury, A. Von Hagel, M. H. Jans, A. G. A. Palm and Henry Kimball. Interment was made in the Akron cemetery. Through the kindness and generosity of friends the remains were given a respectable Christian burial and thereby saved from the remoteless disposition of a medical institute.

J. R. Jeffers circulated a subscription paper that raised something like $40 for the purpose from the good people of Akron.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, February 10, 1905
Le Mars, Iowa