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Subject: DIED--ARTHUR HENRY SHIELDS.

Date: Sunday, May 27, 2001 10:44 PM

Decatur County Journal

December 9, l897

Died--In Grand River Township, November 28, l897, ARTHUR HENRY SHIELDS,

only son of W.H. and AMY S. SHIELDS, and only grandson of the editor of

this paper, age 3 years, l0 months and 28 days.

No one can know unless it be those who have passed under the bitterness

of such a bereavement with what a sore heart we pen these lines. So

bright and winsome a lad, forward for his years, so loving and

affectionate he grew into the hearts of all who made his acquaintance.

He was the light and joy of his home, the object of the fairest hopes,

but in one short week all these bright hopes have faded and turned to

sorrow too deep to be told, but there is nothing left but to bow in

submission to the decrees of Providence and look to the future to

assuage the present sorrow.

--Grand River Local.

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