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Colonel EL H. Back of Rock Hand attended tk6 funeral of Oscar Si mmers,which was held Wednesday af ternoon.Heiesidedin Fulton many yerrs ago.Colonel Buek is a veteran of. the CivilWar and department commander of the 1 G. A.R. and served in the eac e’ company with Mr. Summers. While in town Wednesday he called on a number of old acquaintances. He was f r over thirty years employed in the milway mail service on the C. M.. St. P.: About a year ago while on dut; r on his ran between Savanna and Mol ;ne, he was injured in a head on collisic i, with I a Burlington passenger train abc it four ! miles north of Davenport and for'a time it was thought that he could lot recover.: Engineer Maguire, who yaa Jn charge of the engine on Colonel Back’strain, was killed in this wreck, ;;• ■ *
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Fulton Journal
Fulton, Illinois, US
Fri, Apr 17, 1908
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