DON GARVER, YOUNG
NEKOOSA LAD DROWNS
IN SIGHT OF FRIENDS
FALLS INTO STREAM WHILE
PLAYING ALONG HIGH BANK
WEDNESDAY
Searching parties have been drag-
ging the Wisconsin river at Nekoosa
since early morning in an attempt to
recover the body of little Don Garver,
aged four years, who fell into the
stream about 3 p. m. yesterday and
was drowned... [below the dam]
--excerpt from Daily Leader;
Thursday, May 8, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
[errors have been repeated intentionally — transcribed exactly as found in the original source]
FOUND CHILDS BODY
The body of three year old Donald
Gavre, who was drowned in the Wis-
consin river at Nekoosa about two
weeks ago, was found by the little
fellows father, Tony Gavre Tuesday,
near the Bulgrin farm about ten
miles below Nekoosa. According to
reports which come from Nekoosa,
Mr. Gavre had dreamed that the boys
body was down there, and started out
Monday with a week's provisions, de-
termined to find out. His efforts
were rewarded Tuesday afternoon at
about two-thirty, when he found the
body. The funeral was held Wed-
nesday morning from the Catholic
church in Nekoosa.
--Grand Rapids Tribune;
Thursday, May 22, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
NEKOOSA LAD DROWNS
IN SIGHT OF FRIENDS
FALLS INTO STREAM WHILE
PLAYING ALONG HIGH BANK
WEDNESDAY
Searching parties have been drag-
ging the Wisconsin river at Nekoosa
since early morning in an attempt to
recover the body of little Don Garver,
aged four years, who fell into the
stream about 3 p. m. yesterday and
was drowned... [below the dam]
--excerpt from Daily Leader;
Thursday, May 8, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
[errors have been repeated intentionally — transcribed exactly as found in the original source]
FOUND CHILDS BODY
The body of three year old Donald
Gavre, who was drowned in the Wis-
consin river at Nekoosa about two
weeks ago, was found by the little
fellows father, Tony Gavre Tuesday,
near the Bulgrin farm about ten
miles below Nekoosa. According to
reports which come from Nekoosa,
Mr. Gavre had dreamed that the boys
body was down there, and started out
Monday with a week's provisions, de-
termined to find out. His efforts
were rewarded Tuesday afternoon at
about two-thirty, when he found the
body. The funeral was held Wed-
nesday morning from the Catholic
church in Nekoosa.
--Grand Rapids Tribune;
Thursday, May 22, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
DON GARVER, YOUNG
NEKOOSA LAD DROWNS
IN SIGHT OF FRIENDS
FALLS INTO STREAM WHILE
PLAYING ALONG HIGH BANK
WEDNESDAY
Searching parties have been drag-
ging the Wisconsin river at Nekoosa
since early morning in an attempt to
recover the body of little Don Garver,
aged four years, who fell into the
stream about 3 p. m. yesterday and
was drowned... [below the dam]
--excerpt from Daily Leader;
Thursday, May 8, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
[errors have been repeated intentionally — transcribed exactly as found in the original source]
FOUND CHILDS BODY
The body of three year old Donald
Gavre, who was drowned in the Wis-
consin river at Nekoosa about two
weeks ago, was found by the little
fellows father, Tony Gavre Tuesday,
near the Bulgrin farm about ten
miles below Nekoosa. According to
reports which come from Nekoosa,
Mr. Gavre had dreamed that the boys
body was down there, and started out
Monday with a week's provisions, de-
termined to find out. His efforts
were rewarded Tuesday afternoon at
about two-thirty, when he found the
body. The funeral was held Wed-
nesday morning from the Catholic
church in Nekoosa.
--Grand Rapids Tribune;
Thursday, May 22, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
NEKOOSA LAD DROWNS
IN SIGHT OF FRIENDS
FALLS INTO STREAM WHILE
PLAYING ALONG HIGH BANK
WEDNESDAY
Searching parties have been drag-
ging the Wisconsin river at Nekoosa
since early morning in an attempt to
recover the body of little Don Garver,
aged four years, who fell into the
stream about 3 p. m. yesterday and
was drowned... [below the dam]
--excerpt from Daily Leader;
Thursday, May 8, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
[errors have been repeated intentionally — transcribed exactly as found in the original source]
FOUND CHILDS BODY
The body of three year old Donald
Gavre, who was drowned in the Wis-
consin river at Nekoosa about two
weeks ago, was found by the little
fellows father, Tony Gavre Tuesday,
near the Bulgrin farm about ten
miles below Nekoosa. According to
reports which come from Nekoosa,
Mr. Gavre had dreamed that the boys
body was down there, and started out
Monday with a week's provisions, de-
termined to find out. His efforts
were rewarded Tuesday afternoon at
about two-thirty, when he found the
body. The funeral was held Wed-
nesday morning from the Catholic
church in Nekoosa.
--Grand Rapids Tribune;
Thursday, May 22, 1919, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
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