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    1. [PACAMBRI] Obits May 20 1910
    2. Patty Millich
    3. Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, May 20, 1910 Volume 44, Number 20 Death at Nant-y-Glo Harry Weis, Formerly of Ebensburg, Victim of Heart Disease Nant-y-Glo, May 17 Harry Weis died suddenly on Thursday morning at his residence here. Mr. Weis had been until recently a resident of Ebensburg, moving there from his native town, Philipsburg, and was aged fifty years. On the morning of his death he complained of being ill and on the advice of his wife, retreated to his room where he was found dead a few hours later. A physician was called and diagnosed the cause of death as heart disease. The deceased was a member of the Catholic Church from which burial was made. He is survived by his wife and six children, one of whom is Mrs. Harry L. Hinman of Altoona, who has left for the deceased’s late home where she attended funeral services. Thomas M. Miner Dead Thomas M. Miner died at his home at Lilly recently of diseases incident to old age. He was in this 80th year. Henry Varner Henry Varner, formerly a resident of Jackson Township, Cambria County, farmer, died Sunday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Statler of Johnstown of general debility and disease due to old age. He was aged 71 years. Frederick A. Flaugh Frederick A. Flaugh, the 4-year-old son of Augustine and Harry (sic) Smith Flaugh of Johnstown, fell into a tub of hot water at the home of his parents last Tuesday and died Saturday morning. He was badly scalded about the chest and abdomen. Prominent Man Dead J. J. Hoblitzeil, a millionaire who died Tuesday at Myersdale, aged 78 years, was the father of Mrs. W. S. Ravenscroft of Ridgway, Mrs. Hugh Ross of Woodbine and five other surviving children in Meyersdale (sic). He founded the Savage Fire Brick Company, now owned by Johnstowners and opened the rich Jenner coal field to development. His holdings of oil lands in Illinois and in the South ran to thousands of acres. He was a member of Tancred Commandery, Pittsburg. Dead in a Cell Derry, May 18 After lying in a cell of the Derry jail for over a day, the body of William Brown, chief of police of this city, was found this morning by Burgess E. B. Leitzell. The man was last seen on the streets about the middle of Tuesday afternoon. The coroner held an inquest this evening over the remains and concluded that the man died of apoplexy. Succeeds at Suicide Emil Sodmont, Hastings Man Who Mutilated Self, is Dead Hastings, May 17 Emil Sodmont, who on April 23rd cut this throat and then mutilated other parts of his body, died on Saturday night. His funeral was held this morning, with interment at Carrolltown. The time which Sodmont clung to life, considering the serious nature of his wounds, puzzled the physicians. He was past sixty years of age and his vitality was remarkable.

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