S.L. JOSEPH
Obit 1909
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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MONDAY , JAN. 25, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
S.L. JOSEPH DIED SATURDAY MORNING
PROMINENT PARAGOULD MERCHANT SUCCUMBS TO PARALYTIC STROKE AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN ST. LOUIS.
FIFTY - FOUR YEARS OLD NATIVE OF GERMANY.
CAME TO PARAGOULD TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO AND BUILT UP A MAMMOTH MERCANTILE BUSINESS - WAS THIRTY SECOND DEGREE MASON - FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON IN ST. LOUIS
S.L. JOSEPH DIED SATURDAY MORNING AT 11:45 AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER , MRS. SYDNEY A. SCHARIFF , NO. 4707 WESTMINSTER PLACE , ST. LOUIS . THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH CAUSED NO SURPRISE AS PARAGOULDIANS KNEW THAT HE WAS IN A VERY CRITICAL CONDITION AND NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE. MR. JOSEPH HAD SUFFERED FROM RHEUMATISM FOR YEARS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY FOR HIS HEALTH AND CONSULTED THE MOST NOTED SPECIALISTS IN THE WORLD. IN THIS MANNER HE PROLONGED HIS LIFE SEVERAL YEARS AND AT TIMES SEEMED TO HAVE COMPLETELY RECOVERED FROM THE AFFLICTION.
HE WAS LAST IN PARAGOULD THE 14TH OF THIS MONTH AND SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING THE BEST OF HEALTH . HE NOR HIS FRIENDS EVER SUSPECTED THAT HIS END WAS SO NEAR. ON THAT DAY HE LEFT FOR ST. LOUIS TO SURPRISE HIS WIFE ON HER BIRTHDAY AND WAS STRICKEN TO BED THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY THE 17TH . AFTER BEING FORCED TO BED HE SANK RAPIDLY AND LAST FRIDAY NIGHT SUFFERED A STROKE OF PARALYSIS THAT WAS THE REAL CAUSE OF HIS DEATH , WHICH FOLLOWED SOON AFTER THE PARALYTIC STROKE.
MR. JOSEPH WAS 54 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN IN REISCHELHELM , GERMANY . HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY ALONE WHEN A BOY AND FIRST ENGAGED IN BUSINESS IN THE EAST. AFTER WORKING THERE FOR AWHILE HE CAME WEST AND CLERKED IN ST. LOUIS. FROM THERE HE WENT TO WICHITA , MAN. (PART MISSING )
FROM THE DICKSON BUILDING HIRSCH & JOSEPH MOVED THEIR STOCK OF GOODS INTO THE BUILDING NOW OCCUPIED BY THE CLYDE MACK MER. CO. MR. JOSEPH LATER BOUGHT THE INTEREST OF HIS PARTNER AND FORMING A STOCK COMPANY MOVED INTO THE PRESENT STAND OF THE S.L. JOSEPH MER. CO. ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE ENTIRE STATE. MR. JOSEPH WAS PRESIDENT , JOE WOLF VICE PRESIDENT , AND H.M. MUELLER SECRETARY , THE LATTER HAVING ONLY
RECENTLY SUCCEEDED MR. GREDITZER IN THAT OFFICIAL CAPACITY. IN ADDITION TO THE STORE HERE HE WAS INTERESTED IN A CHAIN OF SIX OTHER STORES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN OTHER CONCERNS , BEING A STOCKHOLDER IN SEVERAL HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISES OF IMPORTANCE.
MR. JOSEPH WAS MARRIED IN MAY 1889 , TO MISS GETTA GOLDMAN OF ST. LOUS , WHO SURVIVES HIM. NO CHILDREN BLESSED THE UNION , BUT MR. AND MRS JOSEPH ADOPTED A DAUGHTER , MISS SELMA SCHOTT , WHO THREE YEARS AGO WAS MARRIED TO SYDNEY A. SCHARIFF IN ST. LOUIS.
MR JOSEPH WAS A MASON A MEMBER OF THE GAINESVILLE LODGE AND WAS PAST HIGH PRIEST OF THE PARAGOULD CHAPTER. HE RANKED HIGH IN THE MASONIC WORLD , AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH RITE MASONS OF LITTLE ROCK. HE WAS RECENTLY MADE KNIGHT COMMANDER COURT OF HONOR , WHICH PLACED HIM IN LINE FOR PROMOTION TO THE HIGHEST HONOR IN THE ORDER , THAT OF A 33RD DEGREE MASON.
THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON AT 2 O'CLOCK FROM THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. SCHARFF RABBI SALE OFFICIATING . INTERMENT FOLLOWED IN THE MT. SINAI CEMETERY. MR. AND MRS. SAUL BERTIG , AD BERTIG , W.C. HASTY AND ELI MEISER LEFT LAST NIGHT FOR ST. LOUIS TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL AND ASHLEY SALE , HEZEKIAH HIGHFILL AND ALVIN SAMUELS LEFT SATURDAY NIGHT.
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IN HONOR OF S.L.. JOSEPH
IN THE DEATH OF THE LATE LAMENTED S.L. JOSEPH A GLOOM HAS BEEN CAST OVER THE ENTIRE CITY AND COUNTY.
WE ALL KNEW HIM AS AN HONORABLE , UPRIGHT MAN WHOSE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY WERE UNQUESTIONED . ALTHOUGH S.L. JOSEPH NEVER MADE A VAIN BOAST OF HIS LOVE FOR HIS FELLOW MAN TO BE LAUDED BACK TO HIM , HE PERHAPS DID MORE FOR THE CAUSE OF CHARITY THAN MOST ANY OTHER MAN WHO EVER GRACED THE CITY WITH HIS CITIZENSHIP.
HE WAS A FRIEND TO EVERYBODY WITHOUT REGARD TO WEALTH OR STATION INLIFE. AFTER A LONG AND LINGERING ILLNESS HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS , JANUARY 23RD , 1909 AND WILL BE LAID TO HIS FINAL REST AT TWO 0'CLOCK ON JANUARY 25TH.
AS A MILD TOKEN OF THE LOVE AND ESTEEM WHICH WE HOLD FOR THE MEMORY OF THIS GOOD MAN , WE THE UNDERSIGNED AGREE TO CLOSE OUR RESPECTIVE PLACES OF BUSINESS FROM TWO TO FOUR 0'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON WHILE THE FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BEING CONDUCTED.
PARAGOULD PLB. CO.
F. BLEIER
H.N. BOWLAND
A. THIEL
W.T. HOOPER
SECURITY BANK & TRUST
STEDMAN HDW,. CO.
NEELY BROS.
TRICE BROTHERS.
KNOX & WOODBURN
FIRST NAT'L BANK
M.E. LACKNER
N.W. PUCKETT
C.O. DRAKE
HAMPTON & KITCHENS
ELK CAFE
HESTER & CO.
J.W. HALL
W.A. ROSS
A.L. WILLIS
J.E. REEVES
W.J. BEARD
BAIRD BROS.
ED BAUGH
R.J. TUCKER
CLYDE MACK MER. CO.
A.V. HAMPTON
THOMPSON DRUG CO.
J.B. DEBONS
O'STEEN & CO.
ELLIS BROTHERS
MORTON FEED STORE
SMITH & CO
BERTIG BROS.
PARAGOULD TRUST CO.
AL EVANS
M.G. NEWSOM
M. MUNDLOCH
T.F. TREADWAY
WEATHERLY & COSTEN
J.R. BLACK
M.G. GOODWIN & CO.
A.L. LYNN
HOUSTON & PRITCHETT
W.A YANTIS
R.N. M'LEOD
WALDRON SMITH
PARAGOULD PORTRAIT & VIEW CO.
W.W. MERIWETHER & SON HDW. CO.
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