** Date of newspaper is not always the date of the incident - this was a weekly, and stories were written, set, and the printing was done after the facts were typeset, often days later.
The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday September 27, 1884, pg 3 col 6: Deaths. Ash – In Chico, September 25th, 1884, Bertha L., daughter of Alexander and Jane Ash, aged about 14 years.
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The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday October 4, 1884, pg 1 col 3: Small Talk. The funeral services of Bertha L. Ash were held at the Baptist Church yesterday afternoon, and the remains were followed to the cemetery [by] quite a large number of friends.
The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday September 27, 1884, pg 3 col 6: Deaths. Ash – In Chico, September 25th, 1884, Bertha L., daughter of Alexander and Jane Ash, aged about 14 years.
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The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday October 4, 1884, pg 1 col 3: Small Talk. The funeral services of Bertha L. Ash were held at the Baptist Church yesterday afternoon, and the remains were followed to the cemetery [by] quite a large number of friends.
** Date of newspaper is not always the date of the incident - this was a weekly, and stories were written, set, and the printing was done after the facts were typeset, often days later.
The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday September 27, 1884, pg 3 col 6: Deaths. Ash – In Chico, September 25th, 1884, Bertha L., daughter of Alexander and Jane Ash, aged about 14 years.
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The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday October 4, 1884, pg 1 col 3: Small Talk. The funeral services of Bertha L. Ash were held at the Baptist Church yesterday afternoon, and the remains were followed to the cemetery [by] quite a large number of friends.
The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday September 27, 1884, pg 3 col 6: Deaths. Ash – In Chico, September 25th, 1884, Bertha L., daughter of Alexander and Jane Ash, aged about 14 years.
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The Weekly Butte Record (Chico, Calif.), Saturday October 4, 1884, pg 1 col 3: Small Talk. The funeral services of Bertha L. Ash were held at the Baptist Church yesterday afternoon, and the remains were followed to the cemetery [by] quite a large number of friends.
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A. & J.E. ASH
Oh weep not for thee
Instead
To realms, not apart
a home in heaven
And call not the
departed dead -
She lives, she lives,
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