A 1965 newspaper article about the discovery of a gravestone for David Soper in Mishicot, Wisconsin. The gravestone was discovered underneath a portion of the Holst Sons Co. Department Store building.

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DUG FROM THE PAST — While razing an old warehouse on the west side of the former Holst Department Store, Mishicot, to provide room for a blacktop parking lot for the new super market of Krause Shopping Center, workmen found an old tombstone. The Holst Store was the community’s oldest general mercantile establishment and was founded 74 years ago, in 1890. The building was erected in three sections. Inscribed on the tombstone was “Gone Home. David Soper Died Sept. 19, 1869. Aged 68 yrs. 2 mo’s and 10 d’s.” Some have theorized that the stone, found under the end section of the building, the old warehouse, could have been taken or stolen from a plot and hid in this building. Previously the warehouse was used as the print shop when the Holst brothers made their own advertising bulletins. (Photo by staff photographer)

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