Good old Days: July 30, 2020
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July 30, 2020
125 years ago
The Commoner
August 2, 1895
Wm. Marsh, of near Endicott, on Wednesday afternoon, met with an accident that narrowly escaped being a fatal one. As it is, the wound received will probably result in partial disablement.
Just after dinner, Mr. Marsh, who lives about three miles west of Endicott, while working about a pig pen, caught a good-sized porker by one leg with his left hand. In the right he had a large keen knife. In his struggles, the pig, kicking out with one of his feet, struck Marsh’s right arm violently, driving the knife into the left arm between the elbow and sho...
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