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FRANK RICKER

FRANK RICKER, FOUR YEAR OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. FRANK RICKER OF WASHINTON TOWNWHIP, ACCIDENTALLY DRANK AN OUNCE OF CARBOLIC ACID ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.  ANTIDOTES WERE PROMPTLY ADMINISTERED AND DR. H. J.C. REED OF DIAGONAL, WAS SUMMONED TO GIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION.  HE WORKED WITH HIS PATIENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL HE SEEMED TO BE RELIEVED OF HIS SUFFERING AND RESTED EAISER.  THE BOY CONTINUED TO IMPROVE UNDER THE TREATMENT OF DR. REED UNTIL HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE OUT OF DANGER.  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, HOWEVER, HE BECAME SUDDENLY WORSE AND EXPIRED AT FIVE O’CLOCK.  THE BOY WAS A BRIGHT LITTLE FELLOW AND HIS PARENTS HAVE MUCH SYMPATHY IN THEIR SUDDEN BEREAVEMENT.  THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE BOHEMIAN CHURCH BY PETER DOLECHECK, ASSISTED BY REV. A.S. WIGHT OF MOUNT AYR.  THE INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE BOHEMIAN CEMETERY.

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