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THE GACKLE REPUBLICAN.
This Paper wa a weekly, published on Friday.

Gackle Newspaper Articles:

10 APR 1908:
Sunday forenoon about 11 o’clock was solemnized the marriage of Dan SUMMERFELT to Lydia KRUAL the Bride was attended by Miss Krual and the Groom by John Henrich. The interesting ceremony was preformed by Rev. Wacker at the German Congergational church. Both young people are favorable known in this community. They will make their home here near Gackle with the Grooms parents on a farm. The Gackle Republican joins their many friends with congratulations.

30 JAN 1914:
Gottlieb SOMMERFELD died at his home Thursday of last week. He had been ailing for about four years and was very sick the last six weeks. He was 45 years old at the time of his death and leaves a wife and several children to mourn his death. We join the friends of the family in extending sympathy to them in their bereavement.

2 JUL 1915:
Gottfried SUMMERFELDT went to Bismarck Monday to undergo an operation for appendicitis. His many friends hope for a speedy recovery.

14 JAN 1916 - Death of Mrs. Sommerfeldt:
Last Saturday occurred the funeral over the remains of Mrs. Katherin SOMMERFELDT, who died on January 6, of pulmonary tuberculosis. The deceased came to this country with her husband from Jacobsthal, Russia, October 16, 1901. The deceased was well known in this section of the county and had many warm friends. The husband, Mr. Gottfried SOMMERFELDT and four children are left to mourn the early death of wife and mother. She also leaves three brothers and three sisters, besides her parents. A host of friends here will join the paper in expressing heartfelt sympathy in this sad bereavement. The deceased was 3 years, 11 months and 21 days old at the time of her death. [Sorry the paper did say 3 years; Logan Co. Cemetery Book, Page 94, has Katherina born in 1881.]