Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, November 29, l900

A little son of MR. and MRS. A.M. MARTINDALE died Monday, aged eighteen months. The funeral was to have been held Tuesday afternoon, but when the funeral cortege reached the Leon Cemetery, it was found that the grave was almost full of water, and the remains were brought back to the home and kept until yesterday morning when another grave was dug and the little body laid in its final resting place.

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