Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-22

and severe illness, died at her home
on Linden street Clayton, on Thurs
day morning. The funeral was held
on Saturday afternoon from the house.
Interment at Cedar Green Cemetery,
Clayton
The youngest daughter of Robert
Green, Gladys, died at her home in
Clayton on Tuesday, in convulsions.
Miss Green suffered terribly, the re-
suit of some twenty convulsions. The
funeral was held on Thursday burial
at Cedar Green cemetery, Clayton.
The Baptist Church held social
on the church lawn on Wednesday
evening Homemade ice-cream and
cake were on sale and long before
the crowd was satisfied everything
to eat was sold and many had to go
to the restaurants.
The plasterers are at work on the
new house belonging to Charles Essler
Mrs. Mira Armour, whose husband
has a loan Office in Philadelphia and
recently purchased the old Burson
property on Academy street, and re-
modelled the big house, while warming
bottle of hair tonic over a gas stove
was fatally burned by the exposition
of the liquid, on Sunday last. Mrs.
Armour, finding the liquid was be-
coming overheated went to the stove
to take it off. There was an explosion
and Mrs. Armour and everything in
the room was in flames in an instant.
Her husband, hearing her cry, rushed
to her assistance and tried in vain to
! eXtinguish the flames. Almarine
Woodruff who was passing in his ma
chine, stopped and went in the house,
| finding out the cause of the excitement
he jumped back into his machine and
made all possible speed to the office of
Dr. Ogden whom he brought back to
| the house as fast as the machine
would run. On reaching the house
/ the doctor found that in order to save
the woman she must be taken with all
possible haste to a hospital. Jacob
Campbells team was soon ready, and
the suffering woman placed in the
wagon which was driven to the station
where the Atlantic City express, which
| arrives at O'Clock, was tagged and
/ in record time the victim was lying on
cot in Jefferson hospital All night
| the doctors and surgeons worked over
what they saw was a hopeless case,
and after the most severe torture that
any human being could possibly under
/ go, Mrs. Armour died at 3 o'clock
Monday morning. Both Mr. Armour
and his only son are proStrated with
grief and they have the heartfelt sym=
pathy of the entire community in their
hour of bereavement. Mrs Armour
was forty years old and well known
by many Clayton residents as she
worked in the Clayton post office about
fifteen years ago. Her maiden name
was Edwards Her father lived in
Clayton at one time. She was wo-
man of fine character an dstately and
refined The funeral is to be held this
Thursday
Josph Alexander though not pur-
posely added to the long list of acci-
dents in Clayton when he broke rib
| by falling from the roof of a new
house which he is building on his
property. He is getting along as we'll
as can be expected at this writing.
| George Gaunt, aged a. was arrest
ed on charge of his brother Earl for
the stealing of 25 cents from pocket
of his clothing. The culprit was Civ
en- trial by Squire Turner who SEN
fenced him to serve a term in the
county Jail. Gaunt is very bad boy,
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terms on petty charges.
Automobile owners of this place are
greatly disturbed at the finding of
numbers of new horseshoe nails in
the roads around here. Almarine
Woodruff says that he has been pick
ing up nails for week. Edward Sc
gee who drives Ringers bakery wag-
on picked up twenty-seven between
the race track and this place. Who
ever is doing this low trick had better
stop before the authorities take a
hand in the matter. A word to the
wise is sufficient
| Albert Crane returned from Port
Allegheny, Pa, with a fine racing
stallion which he exercises nightly on
the speedway.
Russell Staulcup is recovering from
slight illness.
Miss Emma Wolfe returned on Fri
day from an extended sojourn to At
lantic City.
Miss Liddie Klinger has returned
from two weeks visit to Boyertown,
| Pa.
/ DR.. C. Frank Fisler and wife, P. K.
Dubois and wife, and William Angle
and wife are enjoying camping trip
UP in the Blue Ridge Range of noun
| tains.
| Charles Hillebrant and wife have
/ taken a cottage at Pitman Grove for
the summer.