JOHN N WALLACE

MR. JOHN N. WALLACE, FORMERLY OF MOUNT AYR, BUT RECENTLY OF KANSAS CITY, DIED IN THAT CITY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4,  AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS.  WE HAVE NOT YET LEARNED THE PARTICULARS OF HIS SICKNESS AND DEATH. INCIDENTALLY IT HAS COME TO US THAT HE HAD A SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIPPE AND THAT AN UNEXPECTED TURN IN THE DISEASE CAME AND HE PASSED AWAY. MR. WALACE WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP AT NEW CONCORD, OHIO.  IN EARLY MANHOOD HE CAME TO MOUNT AYR AND WAS KNOWN AS RELIABLE YOUNG MAN. HE LEARNED HIS TRADE, THAT OF PRINTER, IN THE RECORD OFFICE. HERE HE WAS ALWASYS PROMPT AND TRUSTWORTHY. ALL INTERESTS COULD BE COMMITTED TO HIM WITH ASSURED CONFIDENCE.  HE WAS A MAN OF UNSULLIED INTEGRITY AND ALWAYS LIVED UP TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF HONOR AND MORALITY.  HIS CHARACTER WAS RESPECTED BY ALL.  HIS MODESTY WAS PROVERBIAL.  HE NEVER ASSUMED A VIRTUE WHICH HE DID NOT POSSESS AND PRACTICE.  HE WAS EVENTUALL CALLED TO WORK AT TARKIO, MO., AND THERE WAS GENERAL REGRET BECAUSE OF HIS LEAVING. ABOUT ON YEAR AGO MR. WALLACE MOVED TO KANSAS CITY.  WHILE IN MOUNT AYR HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS BELLE LAWHEAD AND TO THEM HAVE BEEN BORN FOUR CHILDREN. THE REMAINS WILL BE TAKEN TO TARKIO, MO AND MRS. WALLACE AND CHILDREN WILL PROBABLY LIVE IN THEIR HOME AT THAT PLACE. THE DEATH OF MR. WALLACE CASTS A DEEP GLOOM OVER HIS MANY FRIENDS IN MOUNT AYR, BUT THEY MOURN AS THOSE HAVING HOPE, FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN, AND FULL OF FAITH AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE RECORD HAS KNOWN HIM WELL AND HAS ALWAYS BORNE WITHNESS FOR HIS NOBLE MANHOOD.