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rHE FAMILY NEWSPAPER.3FfERALBERT AIDERSONTLinn •e in ms a aches 5 theNSTANTLY KILLED FRIDAY EVENINGtions. Charles Snyder Called To Sceneaving lenty esday y the Mar-Broken Telephone Pole, Discovers Lifeless Body of FriendFUNERAL TODATgame Employe of1 Santa Fe Railroad Wasrtn or f you e theOn Way To Hordland, Where Ha Had Been Assignedit. One of the most tragic accidents-| to happen on Highway No. 36 occurr-ot be ed on Friday evening of the past week when the life of Albert Aldersoo of Marceline was snuffed out, and the fact did not become known until there.a lot t, but omers tment ► that 5 she ike to town s and d she g the rather s. Wevoolly Graw t the ikeep followirig morning. De- The was discovered by Charle*loca- Snider of the local telephone ex-ov_ change, who was called to the scene Qf of the accident to repair a broken pole and wires, and little suspecting when he started on his journey uiat. he would .discover the body of a friend jlams, whom ha*i known for years, in the wreckage at the broken telephone pole.It seems that Mr. Akierson reside* in Marceline, is about 45 years of age. and an employe of the Santa, ha* been doing night duty at Hurd land a* a telegraph operator, and was mr hi* way to that point, having left Mar-celine Friday night sometime shortly after dusk, to go to Hurd land to assume his duties for the evening.Those familiar with Highway 36 will remember the abrupt curve that descends and makes a sharp bend one 1 mile east of New Cambria, and it musk I onto! have been that Mr. Aklerson wa* other blinded by the lights of an oncoming f the | car and instead of making the curve a bet proceeded straight ahead and took er the j off the steep decline at that plao*- until and landed against the telephone polemic was I smashing it .in two.^ ill was | as was stated, Mr. Snider was call-le can1 ed early the next morning and tome-Ices it! diately upon arriving at the scene was s they i much surprised to find the wrecked. ary to car at the base of it. He little sus-re the j pec ted that there was anybody in th* car, and that the wreckage had been cleared and the car merely left ther* popu- until a wrecker could take it away,, and a but in looking at the car he noticed towni what appeared to be the form of a about body under the oar, and a Marcello* have | paper covered with blood and tha name of Mr. Alderson, a subscriber, on the paper. A further investigation revealed the body. He immediately no-adver- i New Cambria and the body was taken there and later removed to Marceline. This was about seven, o'clock on Saturday morning. Mr. Al— pere to'Person was driving a Plymouth sedan a con- at t*1® time of t*1® *atality. He wa*-sand- ! married and his wife is chief operator' coming ,tlle telephone company in that ,y had city. The funeml was held at 2 o’clock L park this afternoon in Marceline.forma-en in e that drinksid wasm tho iFAMOUS JEWEL REPLICA HERE
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Brookfield Linn County Budget Gazette
Brookfield, Missouri, US
Mon, Oct 02, 1939
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