DEATH OF DORA BENNETT.
It was with much regret that friends in this city learned on last Saturday of the death of Mrs. C.S. Bennett, which occurred at her late home in Alvord on Friday evening, June 29. The cause of death was hemorrhage, and the patient was sick for only a few hours. The remains, accompanied by the husband, Mr. C.S. Bennett, and his brother, Fred A. Bennett, of Sioux City, were taken back to Elkhorn, Wisconsin, the old home of the deceased, for interment, which took place Monday afternoon. Mrs. Bennett leaves a little boy, three years old, who will be cared for, for a time, by Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Bennett of Sioux City.

Mrs. Dora (Dunlap) Bennett taught in the Manning schools for two years prior to her marriage in October 1894. She was a lady in all that word implies and had a host of admirers here and elsewhere. The Monitor, in behalf of his Manning friends, extends to Mr. Bennett its deepest sympathies in the loss of his companion.

DEATH OF MRS. BENNETT.
The following from the Alvord Democrat tells of the life and death of Mrs. Dora. Bennett, who passed away at her late home in that town on June 30: "Probably at no time in its history did the people of this community receive such a shock on account of the visit of the Death Angel as they did on the morning of June 30, 1900, when the news was hurriedly told that Mrs. C.S. Bennett was dead, and the announcement cast a pall of sadness upon all who heard it to the extent that all else was for the time forgotten and the sudden calamity to a happy home was the one topic of conversation, mentioned in subdued tones and whispers. It was a trying ordeal such as few husbands and brothers are called upon to undergo in connection with their loved ones, and Mr. C.S. Bennett and Mr. C.K. Dunlap, husband and brother of the deceased, were tendered the aid and sympathy of many friends in their hour of trial.

"The death of Mrs. Bennett was sudden and unlooked for. On the previous evening she was in the enjoyment of excellent good health, and had called upon Mrs. Will Barron, where she spent some time in a pleasant social way. At about 2 o'clock a.m., she was seized with a violent fit of coughing, which resulted in hemorrhage, and although soon surrounded by the best medical talent of the county, Dr. Blair of Alvord, and Drs. Brott and Gillin of Doon, her life-blood ebbed away until at 9 o'clock a.m. her spirit took its flight to the God that gave it. It was sad news telegraphed to the aged parents of Mrs. Bennett, who only a week previous had been here on a visit, from Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

"It was decided to take the body of Mrs. Bennett to the home of her parents for burial, and hasty preparations were made to get started Saturday evening to avoid delay over Sunday. An embalmer was summoned from Rock Rapids, who assisted undertaker Paulsen, and at 4 p.m., a large number of carriages fell in line behind the hearse and followed to Rock Rapids where the funeral party started via the Illinois Central railway on its long and sorrowful journey. At Cherokee Mr. Bennett was joined by his brother, Mr. F.A. Bennett, of Sioux City, and at, Freeport, Illinois, Mr. George B. Dunlap, brother of the deceased, met the party and went to the old home.

Funeral services were held at the home of her parents in Elkhorn on Monday, July 2, conducted by Rev. J.W. Areson, pastor of St. John's Episcopal church, of which the deceased had for many years been a member.

Dora Hester Dunlap was born September 25, 1868, at North Geneva, Wisconsin, and was the only living daughter in a family of six children.

She received a finished education at Lake Geneva Seminary and also at the State Normal school at Whitewater, Wisconsin, fitting herself for teaching, which profession was followed for four years, two years in Southern Wisconsin, and two years at Manning, Iowa. At the latter place she became acquainted with Clinton S. Bennett, and their marriage occurred at Elkhorn, Wisconsin, October 10, 1894. One child, Clifford Charles Bennett, born May 23, 1897, is the result of what was a most happy and companionable union and who for the present will be cared for by Mr. Bennett's brother in Sioux City. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett lived at Manning, Iowa, until October 1897, when they removal to Doon, where Mr. Bennett held a position in a bank at that place. In September 1898, he secured an interest in the Alvord Bank, removing here with his family, and assuming the duties of cashier, being ably assisted in the work by his brother-in-law, Mr. C.K. Dunlap who has been here for the past year.

Mrs. Bennett was a lady of many excellent qualities and virtues, educated and talented beyond the average, and above all crowned with that noble womanhood which made home a shining temple and her husband and little son the greatest objects of love and devotion. Her life was one of purity and uprightness, her conversation always fixed upon the bright side of life, elevating and inspiring, because free from gossip or scandal, intimate friends loved her, while all acquaintances admired her for these admirable qualities and noble traits of character.