The Conshohocken Recorder, December 3, 1918

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War Dept. Reported Norman
Greep as Wounded Nov. 3d.
Writes to Friend Nov. 11
A. P. CARDAMONE WOUNDED
Mrs. Norman K. Creen. 188 West
Ninth avenue, received a telegram
from the war department last night
Informing her thai her husband, Nor-man
H. Cr.cn. medical corps, had
'been severely wounded on or about
November :t.
The message rallied iniich anxiety
and uncertainly to Mrs. (ireen as
the message conveyed the correct
name of her tiuband but save a wrong
unit. He Is a motor truck driver in Hie
supply train and has never Deen In
the medical corps.
A letter received by Harry Barn-shaw
from his son Harry, who Is also
in the supply train, confirms Qreen'8
being wounded, lie said, on the day
the armistice was signed and hostil-ities
ceased he and all hi* companions
among whom were several Conshoho-cken
boys, saw the end of the war
without being injured except Norman
QroeCi who was wounded in the back
Hi' said on the morning of the sign-ing
of the armistice, Green was driv-ing
a motor truck and was struck in
the back by pieces of shell, being
soverely -wounded, and was taken to
a hospital."
• • • •
PACK SAVED LIFE
Anotlier local boy wounded is Cor-poral
Anthony P. Cardamone, ot
Maple Street, He was wounded In act-ion
on October IT and is now in base
hospital 48 recovering from a slight
wound in the left side.
In telling of his maud he says
'•That day we'attacked three times,
and the third lime, Frits got me with
a bullet in the left side, but. luckily,
1 had my pack on, and It broke tt»e
force of thebullet making only a slight
wound which is already closing up
and I expect to be again with the
company" His letter was written
October 19.
Alan Campbell Thrown From
Truck and Seriously Hurt
Alan Campbell, manager of the
Campbell Furniture Company, Hector
and Ash Streets* i.s B patient i" Char-ity
hospital, Norristown, Buffering
with a fracture of the skull and num-erous
cuts and bruises .sustained in
ill-inn thrown from his motor truck
last Saturday morning on the Joshua
load near Germantown pike, now the
occidi-nt bippencd is a mystery which
will not he cleared up until Mr Camp-
Dell Is able to ex.phi.in it. His condi-tion
Is such that he is unable to talk.
Mr. Campbell was found lying along
the mud side at 11 o'clock Saturday
morning by Harry Dager, of Barren
Hill. Mr. Dager said he found the
man lying along the road side about
five yards in the rear of the truck
and on the side opposite from the driv-ers
seat. In ,being thrown, the man's
heavy overcoat had been thrown close-ly
abOUl his head; In- was lying with
his head In the gutter and his fret
upon the embankment. The truck
was standing upright with the front
whirls against the post of n barbed
wire fence.
Mr. DagW recognized the man as
Mr. Campbell. iyis face was badly
cut and bleeding and his coat was
wrapped to tight about his head that
he would have smothered if assistance
had been longer delayed. Mr. Pager
tmik the Injured man. In nil automo-bile,
to Charity hospital where it was
found he was suffering with a fracture
of the skull. His family physician is
attending him and on Sunday even-ing.
Mr. Campbell regained conscious-ness
but was unable to talk. His
physician says his condition Is grad-ually
Improving but that, his condl-ton
is very serl-.us.
The accident is a mystery. Mr.
Campbell was engaged In his bUfelnesa
rounds ami was unaccompanied.
As he was thrown from th ecar from
the opposite side of the driver's seat
it is believed he lost control of the
car and steered it Into the fence to try
and avoid an accident.
CONFUSED IN STREET;
STRUCK BY AUTO
Andrew HcKenna, aged 58 years.
residing at Norriatown, was struck
by an automobile driven by top ser-geant
Bdward Williams. Company 1).,
I'. S. engineers, stationed at Uike-luirst,
N. .1., at NotTl town, shortly
before six o'clock la8t Friday after-noon
and was fatally injuicd.
Betgeanl Williams, who is a son of
II. .1. Williams, proprietor of the
Keystone hotel, this borough, with
Qeorge Speaker, 868 Blast BBgbth ave-nue,
this borough, was driving ea.'t
in Main street and according to a
statement he made before Hurgess
Crawford, at Norristown, which was,
corroborated by Speaker, their speed
was about 12 miles an hour.
When Bearing Ford street, a mach-ine
was going north in the street and
another machine was running west
OH Main street. McKenna was seen
to leave the south sidewalk and walk
into the street. He stopped and
turned about and started to return to
the sidewalk when he again turned
and walked directly in the path of the
soldier'.* machine. He was struck by
the right fender and thrown length-wise
to the roadway and fell under
the machine. The wheels did not
pass over him. Williams stopped his
car Immediately and With the assist-ance
of his companion, released Mc-
Kenna iind stopping a passing auto-mobile,
sent him to the hospital.
Williams then went across the street
and gave himself up to Officer Sisson.
He accompanied the officer to the
police station where he made the
above statment and was released
upon his own recognizance to appear
before I he Burgess.
Saturday morning, he appeared be-fore
Burgess Crawford and repeated
his statement. The Burgess released
him upon his own recognizance to
appear it wanted. In the meantime
Registrar Charles White, of Norris-town,
La investigating tlie accident
and if an inquest Is deemed neces-sary,
he will notify Coroner Neville.
McKenna died at II o'clock Friday
night at the hospital, having receiv-ed
a fracture of the skull and other
OF
John Benz, One of West Con-shohocken's
First Boys in
the War, is Dead
DIED SOON AFTER ARRIVAL
BOILERMAKERS
QUIT WORK
The boiler and tank shop of the
John Wood Manufacturing company
is closed owing to the welders and
other employes quitting work last
night and this morning when their
demands for an increase in wages of
80 per cent were not granted.
The shops have been working on
war materials and have been working
continuously, there being no stop for
the Saturday half holiday nor Sundays
The overtime has now ceased and the
men are working on the straight 8
hour shifts quiting at noon on Satur-day.
This has very materially decre.
aaed the men's earning a i they II.'
manded an increase to ail the work-men
of 2tl per cent.
The I'nion contract setting the
scale of wages ekpired in October and
a new conlract has not been entered
into.
John ('. Bens, of DeHaven avenue,
West Conshohooken a member of Co.
A.. 84th infantry died In France on
September 27 of pneumonia. This in-flrmation
was contained iii a telegram
from the War Department at Wash-ington
to the young soldier's aunt,
Mrs. Lewis McQulgan, with whom he
made his home, on Fralday
evening, it is believed by his relatives
that his death occurred a few days af-ter
ins arrival in France as he was
home on a furlough early in Septem-ber
and they had received no Official
notice of his arrival overseas.
Young Bern enlisted shortly after
the out-break of ihe war between the
United States and Germany. On
Thursday morning, May II. 1!H7 he
left his aunt's hnine expecting to re-turn
within a few hours. About 11
o'clock he walked into Ihe recruiting
station In the Dealmone Building and
enlisted in the f. S. Army and lefl
on the 1.10 train with about 85 other
young men from here for Philadelphia
enroute to I-'orl BlOCUm .V V. Ills
aunt knew nothing of his enlistment
until apprised by neighbors after he
was on his way.
lie remained al Fort Blocom ■ few
days ami was then transferred to Fort
Bliss, KI Paso, Texas. Later he was
again transferred to Ftorl McArthur,
Warn. Texas. When trouble was
threatened with Mexico, the yoqng
soldier was once more transferred,
this time being removed to Columbus,
N. M.. to do border duly, lie remain-ed
In Texas and Mexico for fifteen
months. In August word was rceeiv-
CHILD PAINFULLY BURNED
William, aged :'. years, .-ion of Mr.
and Mrs. .lames I.. Cibney, SIS Fay-el
le street, was painfully burned, at
his home, Sunday morning, when lie
and his brother Louis, aged 4 and one
half years, were playing with matches
and si t lire to the furnishings of Ihe
room In which they were playing.
Shortly alter B o'clock Sunday morn
Ing, the boys secured some matches
and Went to the second story iront
room to play. They struck matches
near a couch which was; covered with
a rug and number of pillows. The rug
caught fire and the flames soon com-municated
to the other furnishings
in the room. A maid swelled smoke
and hurried to the room. She carried
a burning chair and table jnto the
bath room and that room soon caught
fire. The boys were badly scared and
William came in contact with the
i lames and his clothing caught fire.
Jacob Hamilton who lives next door,
iind Elford Fleck, .another neighbor,
hurried to the house and soon extin-guished
the flames by using buckets
of water.
The flames were extinguished from
the child's clothing but not before he
had suffered a large and severe burn
on the hip and thigh. He was taken
into Mr. Hamilton's home and a physi-cian
dressed his injuries. The child
was again removed to his own home
and placed in bed, where it is expect-ed
he will be confined for two weeks
Mr. Gibney had left hjs home for
Philadelphia a short time before Ihe
:.( i idem happened. A message was
sent and delivered to him on the train
al Manayunk and he immediately re-turned
home.
The damage to the house and Inr
nishings was slight.
CLARK—HEWITT
Mr. Edward Clark, and Mrs. There-sa
Hewitt both of West COMhOhOCken
were married by Rev. .1. T, 1'ox In
the parsonage of St. Marks Lutheran
church on Wednesday evening last.
The couple were attended by Mr. Hnd
Mrs. Samuel Woodward, west Oon-ed
by his regiment to go overseas and | vi.ohneken. They will reside on the
they wen- soon on their way to c'amp Kiv,.,. r,,aii, yVcsl ConahoWken.
Merritt. N, .i. Before sailing ha was '
injuries'. Williams' companion -imtot wrnnted a furlough of- t wi nty-fmir
the accident was unavoidable and
that Williams had the car under com-plete
control but could neither turn
out nor stop the car as the man
turned quickly and stepped directly
into the path of the car.
hours and he made his first visit home
in more than a year. About the pud-dle
of August his company was plac-ed
abroad a transfort bound for over-seas,
but When a few hundred miles
out the ship became disabled and had
to return to port. The men were sent
to CampOfills, N. Y., and Young Men/.
was granted a ten-days' furlough
while repairs were being made. He
returned to his command on Seplem-
SAVE 16,000,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING
Farmers, Urged by Food Adminlstra.
tlon, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
of Bread for Every American.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Robert llerron of 210 R. Tenth
avenue, was given a surprize on Fri-day
evening last when about a dozen
member! of the Bible class Of Calvary
church, ofwhlch she is president, and
Mrs. Stella McCord teacher, called
and brought her a novelty shower. A
pleasant evening was spent and re-ireshuients
were served. Mrs. llerron
was formerly Miss Mary Harrison and
was married in October.
Marshall F. Mlllward 888 East Ten-th,
avenue visited Camp Dlx, with
several noted Philadelphia musicians
on Monday night and sang several
solos and ducts to the wounded sold-iers.
The entertainment was given in
the Red Cross building, which was
made very comfortable for the boys
by way of easy chain, of all kinds.
There were about four hundred wound
ed soldiers in the building, quite a
number from France arrived there
yesterday,
The number one Bhoet Mill of tne
Alan Wood Co. broke a housen on
Friday night The mill will be off abou*
four weeks until they get one cast.
8PORTINQ GOODS of all kins at
KBHOES, Hector street—Adv.
OH GIRL8!
We have the most handsome and be-coming
styles of LaValllers. Every
lady appreciates a gift that adds to
her nppi-arar.ee; put up In handsome
plush boxes. Prices to suit every one.
I Invite you to call and see them F. J.
BLOOMHALL, the Jeweler, 103 Fay-ette
St. adv.
JOHN C.
who died of pneumonia In
September 87.
her 2nd and that was the last word
heard from him until the telegram
announcing his death In France was
received on Friday.
John <'. Beni, was the son of the
late Charles and Klizahcth Wallace
Bens and was horn in this lion,ugh on
June M twenty two years ago. When
he was but two years of age his moth-er
died and his aunt. Mrs. Mcliuig.in
took him and with her he remained
Until he enlisted In the army. He is
survived by "lie sister, Elsie |f„ wile
of Vlnclnt Hogcrts of Wynnwood.
Two cousins of young Bens, John
McOuigan of this borough, n member
of the 300 Motor Supply Train and
Joseph Wallace, of West Conshohock-en
a member of the 308th Engineers,
are both with the American Expedi-tionary
Forces in France.
By adopting cleaner threshing meth-ods
and by literally combing harvest
fields to gather grain formerly wast-ed,
thresheruien and farmers of the
United States this year saved fully
10,000,000 bushels of wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven one-pound
loaves of bread for every person In
the country. This result, accompanied
by corresponding savings of barley,
oats, rye und other grains, Is shown by
reports from 33 grain states to the U.
S. Food Administration. Other states,
although not prepared to furnish defi-nite
figures of conservation In the
grain fields, report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement,
accomplished In scarcely six months'
time, was In direct response to re-quests
by the Food Administration,
which asked farmers and threshermeu
to reduce harvest losses from about
8V4 per cent.—the estimated average
In normal times—to the lowest possi-ble
minimum. Country grain thresh-ing
committees carried Into every
grain growing community the official
recommendations for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous instances drivers of
rftcks with leaky bottoms were sent
from the fields to repair their equip-ment
and frequently bad order thresh-ing
machines were stopped until the
cause of waste was removed. But In
proportion to the number of persons
engaged In gathering the nation's grain
crop, cases of compulsion were com-paratively
rare. The Food Adminis-tration
freely attributes the success of
the grain threshing campaign to pa-triotic
service by farmers, thresher-men
and their crews. Incidentally
grain growers of the United States are
many millions of dollars "In pocket"
as a result of the grain saved.
L
His 34 Years Service is Honor-ed
by Members by Again
Electing Him President
HARRY LOGAN V. PRES.
RINQ8, RINGS. RINGS.
The most lasting gift you can give,
>■ A. King. We have the finest line
i ever offered—In diamond rings, wedd-ing
rings, signet rings, fancy stone
rings. Every graduate BhOOld have
the rlngor pin. adopted by the t.'oil-ahohocken
High School, we have
tin in In gold and silver this is the on-ly
place you can get-them,—at K. .1.
Ht'OMHALL, the Jeweler 105 I'ayette
street.—Adv.
OUR GAS & ELECTRIC-ITY
BILLS ARE DUE!
HAVE YOU PAID? SAVE
THE DISCOUNT.
William Cleaver, who will on the
first of December next have complet-ed
IS years service as a member of
the school board, was honored by his
fellow members, at the organisation
of the school board last evening, by
reeleotlng him president without oppo
sitlon.
Qeorge Hastings, who served as vice
president, declined a reelection and
nomlnnted Harry Logan who was
elected without opposition. Mr. Lo-gan
is a new member having been
elected to the vacancy caused by the
death of William .1. Miller, at the Nov
ember meeting. Mr. Logan accepted
the Office and said lie feared the hoard
may have made a mistake in electing
him as he is Inexperienced and is just
gaining a knowledge of Ihe school af-fairs.
Mr. Cleaver In acknowledging Ihe
honor conferred on him said. "I thank
the hoard for the honor conferred lip-on
me, as I desired especially to serve
as your president this year. I'pon
my completing my term, which ex-pires
next December. I will have serv-ed
IS years in the school hoard, and I
consider It an honor to again be chos-en
president to serve my last year.
Again, if the board should not have
again nrccptcd me. it i.s probable the
people will not aeeept me again. How-ever.
I believe this may be my last
year in the board as I have given long
service und I hope it has been satis-factory
service. While I cannot say
whether I will again be a candidate
for the school board. I now feel that
my service has been long enough and
I can conscientiously say that all my
endeavors have been what I consider-ed
for the best interests of the schools
fr^uid the tai payers, tieiisuwx-n. r
thank yon for this expression of con-fidence
and I desire to congratulate
the entire board for the harmonious
relations which have always existed
In the board while I have been yhur
Presiding officer and I hope for their
oont inuance.
After the flection the board held Its
regular business meeting for the
niont h.
The treasurer reported n balance in
the general account of $77411(1 and
I269S.S4 In the sinking fund and the
receipt of $2000 In taxes on account
of the 1918 duplicate. Hills, salaries.
and sinking fund charges were paid
In the amount of $3707.r. I.
Superintendent Kokert reported that
many important questions affecting
the finances of school districts will
be discussed at the meeting of the
State Kdueationai Board at Harris-burg.
December 30-31. January 1-2
and advised that the hoard he repre-sented
at the meeting. The Important
matters are! the teachers' retirement
fund, which If It becomes law, will be
an annual cost of about $500 to the
local district, asking legislation In-creasing"
teachers' salaries 80 per cent.
Secretary ifalph N'. Campbell has been
selected as one of' the two delegates
to represent the county and the board
namd Clark V. McCoy to represent
II "■ district.
The recommendation to make Span-ish
n study In the commercial course
end to provide an additional room for
study periods, ware deferred until next
month as if ihe recommendations are
accepted, they will not be effective
until February.
The superintendent also reported 00
the matter of making up the time
lost by the closing of the schools dur-ing
the epidemic. He wrote to the at-torney
general on the subject and was
Informed that he gave opinions <|ly
to State Officiate, he State board of
education informed the superintend-ent
the attorney general had said the
time could be made up on Saturdays
or by extending the dally school hours
1-2 hour daily. This Is in direct vio-lation
of the law which requires reci-tations
periods shall not be less than
■10 minutes. The superintendent re-commended
a new seed ii If making it
unnecessary to adopt either of the
suggestion of the attorney general. Ho
said he had consulted the teachers
and all the high school teachers agreed
lo make the extra time (which will be
3 full days In the high schoo^ and
possibly no extra time In the grades)
but several of the grade teachers ob-jected
t'p working extr atlme without
pa>. The new schedule adopted is:
begin the winter term January 30 and
open the schools for assembly and an
hour's session on Qood Friday and
Memorial Day. The svhools will close
June 20 instead of June 17 and the
commencement will be held June 20.
The hoar.I also adopted the roooin-endatlon
that next year the contrails
with teachers will read for a lerm of
10 months instead of !' 1-2 month i
at present aa the teachers are paid for
a full 10 months.
Tin- board also decided that no danc
Ing will he permitted after the regu-lai
basket ball games In the •ymiUl-siiim.
The hoard will, however, per-mit
dancing on special occasions sanc-tioned
by the superintendent.
At a teachers meeting, it was decid-ed
to hold monthly meetings through-out
the winter and have prominent
etliicalors address the teachers on suh
jicts pertaining to their special work-ing
conditions; Tin- teachers raised
a sum to defray the expenses and
asked the board to appropriate a tike
Slim. The request was granted.
Clifford Campbell, janitor of the
Third avenue schools, was elected
truant officer at a salary of $100 pel-yea
r.
Dr. Swalm, medical examiner, tend-ered
his resignation owing to remov-ing
from the town. He had examin-ed
a number of pupils and as he had
not completed the work owing to the
epidemic be refused to accept any re-compense.
The board accepted the
resignation and thanked the Doctor
for bin generosity.
The attendance by pupils has in-creased
during the month owing to
the activities of the superintendent
and truant officer. The average at-tendance
for the month was g66 and
the percentage Of attendance to en-rollment
for the month in the grades
was 88 anil 94 in the high school.
The pupils In the grades during
November purchased thrift and war
savings stamps in the amount of 8266,-
14 and the high school students pur-chase,
l $330 worth.
All members of the board were pre-sent.
MRS. CHAS. LEWIS -
PROVED SPIRIT
OF DEMOCRACY
Voluntary Basis of Food Saving
Showed Heart of America
Beat True for Freedom.
To the voluntary service and sacri-fice
of the American people must be
attributed the continued health,
strength and morale of the Allied ar-mies
and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit of service and sac-rifice
will depend Europe's fate In the
months to come. In the past year we
have carried out an export program,
the magnitude of which Is almost be-yond
comprehension. But with the
new demands that have come, with
the liberation of nations freed from
German oppression, our exports must
be almost doubled. Instead of 11,820,-
000 tons, we must ship twenty million
tons of food to Europe In the comlug
year—as much as can be pushed
through our ports.
If the Allies had not been fed by
America, It would have been Impos-sible
for them to maintain their de-fense
against Germany.
Meeting this world need on a purely
voluntary basis, the American people
have conclusively proved that democ-racy
Is a success ana that In time of
need It will rise to Its own defen'se.
If there were no other accomplish-ment
to Its credit the very fact that it
has shown the strength of democracy
has in Itself more thun Justified the
existence of the Food Administration
In the eyes of the world.
Less than four months after the
United States declared war the United
States Food Administrator expressed
his determination to meet America's
food problem on a basis of voluntary
action and reiterated his confidence
that awakened democracy would prove
Irresistible.
"Many thinking Americans," said
Mr. Hoover, "and the whole world
have been watching anxiously the lost
four months In the fear that demo-cratic
America could not organize to
meet autocratic Germany. Germany
has been confident that it could not be
done. Contrary proof Is immediately
at our door, and our people have al-ready
demonstrated their ability to
mobilize, organize, endure and prepare
voluntarily and efficiently In many di-rections
and upon the mere word of
Inspiration uside from the remnrkable
assemblage of our Army and finances."
The history of the Food Administra-tion
has clearly shown that tbe trust
of those who put their faith In democ-racy
has not been misplaced.
Harmanville Woman Found
Dead in Bed—A Victim of
Heart Disease
FUNERAL ON THURSDAY
Sarah C. Johnson, wife of Charles
\v. i.ewis and daughter of the into
Henry and BSiiabetb -lohnson, aged
about 83 years, died suddenly yester-day
morning at her home, Ridge
pike. Harmanville. of heart disease.
Mrs. I.ewis had long been a suffer-er
with an affection of the heart but
was able to be about.
Sunday, she attended Sunday,
School and church service at the
Cold Point Baptist church and was
seemingly in her usual health. I'pon
retiring, at night, she did not com-plain
of feeling unwell. Her husband
arose al 6 o'clock yesterday morning
and spoke to her. She conversed
with him and made no complaint ot
being unwell. At (1 o'clock he called
to her from the foot of the stairs and
received DO response to his repeated
calls. He went to her bedside and
called to her and receiving no re-sponse
he lifted her head and found
that she had died.
Mrs. I.ewis was one of the best
known women Of Harmanville and
had resided in Plymouth and White-marsh
townships all her life. She
was active in the ehilrch and social
affairs of the community.
She is survived by her husband,
who is a well known undertaker.
Funeral services will be neld at her
late residence Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock and will be conducted by
Rev. tl W. Tupper, pastor of Cold
Point Baptist church. The inter-ment
will be at Barren Hill ceme-tery.
There will be a W.C.T.U. meeting
at the home of Mrs. John Silk. 14G
East Eight avenue On Wednesday
afternoon 2 o'clock.
REJECTED LOVER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Despondent because he was reject-ed
by the girl he loved. Waller Wil-liams.
36 years old, committed suicide
by asphyxiation al his boarding house
No. 800 Green street, Norristown, on
Saturday. He had tlrst. barricaded the
door before placing a rubber tube
over his nose. When discovered Wil-liams
had been dead several hours.
A note was found addressed lo a girl
who resides at Basin and Violet
streels. It said: "Look what you
have done."
It is said thai Williams had been
boarding with Mrs. Mary Callahan
for several months. He was lortnerly
employed al Scatchard's mills at Ba-sin
and Violet streets, whe'-e he be-canie
acquainted with the young wo-man
who had refused to accept his
attention. Sometime ago Williams
secured a position ;it Jones' woolen
mill, this borough, but continued to
reside at Qreen and Oak streets.
On Saturday evening Williams
went to his room about 7.110 o'clock.
He was not seen again toy any mem-ber
of the family until his dead body
was found on Sunday morning.
Detective Carrlgan was sent to in-vestigate
the case, after the police
authorities had been notified. He
found that the- door leading to Wil-liams'
room had been barred. A chair
had been placed against the door tn
such a manner that it took consider-able
force to gain an entrance.
Williams was found lying on the
floor directly beneath a gas Jet. He
had first rolled himself In a blanket
before placing a rubber hose on the
gas Jet and the lithe over his nose.
Detective Carrlgan made a report to
Registrar Charles B. White and the
latter made an investigation. He as-certained
that Williams had been in
love with n girl who also was em-ployed
at Scatchard's mill. But the
girl refused to have anything ro do
with Williams.
Mrs. Callahan's son, Francis, told
Mr. White that he had noticed the
odor of gas on Saturday night, but
did not think It was worth while to
make an investigation. Sunday
morning his room was full of gas and
then he notified his mother. Francis
was ill for several hours from the ef-fects
of the gas. When It was found
that Williams' door would not open,
the police were notified.
A brother, John Williams, of Pop-lar
street, this borough, was notified
and took charge of the remains.
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DR. H. J. MEYERS
Dentist.
75 Fayette Street. Adv.
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