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    1. History Moment - 5-9-06
    2. John Ashbury
    3. On May 9, 1859, the L. B. Lents National Circus performed at Reich's Barn Lot on East South Street in Frederick. On May 9, 1866, Milton Keller, 19, son of William Keller, was killed when he attempted to remove the fuse from an unexploded Civil War shell he and his brother found in a field east of Middletown. On May 9, 1895, Dr. Alice Mary Seabrook, the physician given credit for developing the incubator for new born babies, graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She was born April 20, 1856, in Adams County, PA, and died March 10, 1936, in Hollywood, CA. She was cremated and her ashes were buried in the Seabrook Family plot at Elias Lutheran Churchyard in Emmitsburg. On May 9, 1941, Sgt. Bert Pelissier, of Devil's Lake (N. D.) Police Department, was appointed Frederick City Police Chief and director of public safety. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury (wasps65@earthlink.net)

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