Wife of early day Carthage, Missouri funeral director Hoyt Gierhart. Both owning Gierhart Undertaking Company. The business was later sold to John Thomas Ulmer and renamed the Ulmer Mortuary with his son Edwin 'Ed' Ulmer managing the business. Annette Gierhart continued to work for the Ulmer family after the sale of the business.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
Sept 12, 1903
Mrs. Gierhart an Undertaker Also
"I notice you say Miss Emma Knell is probably the only lady undertaker in Missouri," said Hoyt Gierhart today. "This is not correct. Mrs. Gierhart is a licensed embalmer and has been for some time. I wish you would please say so in your paper."
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EXCERPT FROM
THE CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
AUGUST 18, 1900
$10,000 RAILROAD DAMAGE CASE
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gierhart Sue the Missouri Pacific For That Amount
H. H. Gierhart and Ella Gierhart, his wife, filed suit late yesterday afternoon against the Missouri Pacific railway for $10,000 damages, $6,000 of which is claimed as actual and $4,000 as punitive damages.
The petition sets forth that the plaintiffs were enroute from St. Joseph to Carthage on July 29, and had to change cars at Kansas City. On entering the train at Kansas City bound for Carthage, they found it so crowded on account of the excursion that Mrs. Gierhart could not get a seat. She stood up in the crowded car until she became sick. When the conductor was appealed to, to furnish her a seat on account of her illness he said that he had asked the company to furnish more cars for this train, but they had not done so, and he could not furnish seats for any passengers who were standing.
Mrs. Gierhart then rode some forty-five or fifty miles further and sank fainting to the floor on account of the jolting and tossing in the standing crowd. Mr. Gierhart then by persuasion and money obtained a seat for Mrs. Gierhart from a stranger who occupied a seat. The illness continued, however, and Mrs. Gierhart not only suffered illness and pain during the rest of the trip, but for a week afterwards, permanently injuring her, it is claimed. It is set forth that the ticket entitled her to a seat, and that the absence of the seat was the cause of her trouble. Hence the damages ask. Harrison & Harrison are the plaintiffs' attorneys.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
Sept 12, 1903
Mrs. Gierhart an Undertaker Also
"I notice you say Miss Emma Knell is probably the only lady undertaker in Missouri," said Hoyt Gierhart today. "This is not correct. Mrs. Gierhart is a licensed embalmer and has been for some time. I wish you would please say so in your paper."
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EXCERPT FROM
THE CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
AUGUST 18, 1900
$10,000 RAILROAD DAMAGE CASE
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gierhart Sue the Missouri Pacific For That Amount
H. H. Gierhart and Ella Gierhart, his wife, filed suit late yesterday afternoon against the Missouri Pacific railway for $10,000 damages, $6,000 of which is claimed as actual and $4,000 as punitive damages.
The petition sets forth that the plaintiffs were enroute from St. Joseph to Carthage on July 29, and had to change cars at Kansas City. On entering the train at Kansas City bound for Carthage, they found it so crowded on account of the excursion that Mrs. Gierhart could not get a seat. She stood up in the crowded car until she became sick. When the conductor was appealed to, to furnish her a seat on account of her illness he said that he had asked the company to furnish more cars for this train, but they had not done so, and he could not furnish seats for any passengers who were standing.
Mrs. Gierhart then rode some forty-five or fifty miles further and sank fainting to the floor on account of the jolting and tossing in the standing crowd. Mr. Gierhart then by persuasion and money obtained a seat for Mrs. Gierhart from a stranger who occupied a seat. The illness continued, however, and Mrs. Gierhart not only suffered illness and pain during the rest of the trip, but for a week afterwards, permanently injuring her, it is claimed. It is set forth that the ticket entitled her to a seat, and that the absence of the seat was the cause of her trouble. Hence the damages ask. Harrison & Harrison are the plaintiffs' attorneys.
Wife of early day Carthage, Missouri funeral director Hoyt Gierhart. Both owning Gierhart Undertaking Company. The business was later sold to John Thomas Ulmer and renamed the Ulmer Mortuary with his son Edwin 'Ed' Ulmer managing the business. Annette Gierhart continued to work for the Ulmer family after the sale of the business.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
Sept 12, 1903
Mrs. Gierhart an Undertaker Also
"I notice you say Miss Emma Knell is probably the only lady undertaker in Missouri," said Hoyt Gierhart today. "This is not correct. Mrs. Gierhart is a licensed embalmer and has been for some time. I wish you would please say so in your paper."
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EXCERPT FROM
THE CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
AUGUST 18, 1900
$10,000 RAILROAD DAMAGE CASE
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gierhart Sue the Missouri Pacific For That Amount
H. H. Gierhart and Ella Gierhart, his wife, filed suit late yesterday afternoon against the Missouri Pacific railway for $10,000 damages, $6,000 of which is claimed as actual and $4,000 as punitive damages.
The petition sets forth that the plaintiffs were enroute from St. Joseph to Carthage on July 29, and had to change cars at Kansas City. On entering the train at Kansas City bound for Carthage, they found it so crowded on account of the excursion that Mrs. Gierhart could not get a seat. She stood up in the crowded car until she became sick. When the conductor was appealed to, to furnish her a seat on account of her illness he said that he had asked the company to furnish more cars for this train, but they had not done so, and he could not furnish seats for any passengers who were standing.
Mrs. Gierhart then rode some forty-five or fifty miles further and sank fainting to the floor on account of the jolting and tossing in the standing crowd. Mr. Gierhart then by persuasion and money obtained a seat for Mrs. Gierhart from a stranger who occupied a seat. The illness continued, however, and Mrs. Gierhart not only suffered illness and pain during the rest of the trip, but for a week afterwards, permanently injuring her, it is claimed. It is set forth that the ticket entitled her to a seat, and that the absence of the seat was the cause of her trouble. Hence the damages ask. Harrison & Harrison are the plaintiffs' attorneys.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
Sept 12, 1903
Mrs. Gierhart an Undertaker Also
"I notice you say Miss Emma Knell is probably the only lady undertaker in Missouri," said Hoyt Gierhart today. "This is not correct. Mrs. Gierhart is a licensed embalmer and has been for some time. I wish you would please say so in your paper."
________________
EXCERPT FROM
THE CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
AUGUST 18, 1900
$10,000 RAILROAD DAMAGE CASE
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gierhart Sue the Missouri Pacific For That Amount
H. H. Gierhart and Ella Gierhart, his wife, filed suit late yesterday afternoon against the Missouri Pacific railway for $10,000 damages, $6,000 of which is claimed as actual and $4,000 as punitive damages.
The petition sets forth that the plaintiffs were enroute from St. Joseph to Carthage on July 29, and had to change cars at Kansas City. On entering the train at Kansas City bound for Carthage, they found it so crowded on account of the excursion that Mrs. Gierhart could not get a seat. She stood up in the crowded car until she became sick. When the conductor was appealed to, to furnish her a seat on account of her illness he said that he had asked the company to furnish more cars for this train, but they had not done so, and he could not furnish seats for any passengers who were standing.
Mrs. Gierhart then rode some forty-five or fifty miles further and sank fainting to the floor on account of the jolting and tossing in the standing crowd. Mr. Gierhart then by persuasion and money obtained a seat for Mrs. Gierhart from a stranger who occupied a seat. The illness continued, however, and Mrs. Gierhart not only suffered illness and pain during the rest of the trip, but for a week afterwards, permanently injuring her, it is claimed. It is set forth that the ticket entitled her to a seat, and that the absence of the seat was the cause of her trouble. Hence the damages ask. Harrison & Harrison are the plaintiffs' attorneys.
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