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George E. Waldo

As the Manitowoc Herald described the details of Waldo’s funeral, it went on to state what one speaker said: “‘a man hath but a short time to live. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower. He fleeth as it were a shadow.’ No truer words were spoken as Manitowoc’s first son was laid to rest.”

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