Miss Martha Thomas, a sister of Lou Thomas east of town, died at a hospital at Charleston, Illinois, last Friday evening at 8:00.

About two weeks ago Miss Thomas with her sister, Miss Ella, left for Lerna, Illinois, and after a short stay at that place she was taken to Charleston. She underwent an operation for a tumor there, the effects of which resulted in her death.

She was highly respected by her many friends here and will be greatly missed from among us, and the sympathy of all goes out to her sorrowing ones. The sad blow seems doubly hard for them, as it is the second dear one to be taken from them within a year; the father, Noah Thomas, having died last August.

She leaves a sister and two brothers, all living here.

The Republican-Faber, Stockville, NE; May 26, 1904