TOOK HARDWARE
FROM STOMACH
Prisoner Ate Junk and Doctors
Removed It When He
Complained.
TAKEN AS DESSERT
For Months Man Had Steady Diet of
. Hardware With Occasional Pieces
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of Glass for Variety—Was
Model Prisoner.
Boston. Mass.—Indigestion is liable
fo<|ut any one at one time or another,
but possibly the toughest case on rec
ord was disclosed in this city when
facts were gleaned relative to an op
eration recently performed at Long
Island hospital upon Charles W. Buz
zell. an ex-minister and social worker
now serving a year’s sentence for
forgery at the House of Correction at
Deer island. Numerous articles of
hardware, measuring a quart in all,
were taken from Buzzell’s stomach in
the operation and he still lives.
Hardware has been a steady diet
with Buzzell for some months past
and he was not averse to a sidedish
of broken glass. While he has been
consuming these articles he has taken
some foods necessary for sustenance
as well. The hardware menu which
he may have taken as dessert, is de
scribed by Dr. L. C. Rockwell, the
operating surgeon, as consisting of
179 fragmentary pieces of glass, a
suspender buckle and twelve small
naiis and staples.
More Comfortable.
Now that Buzzell has been relieved
this amount of hard substance lie
is reported as “resting more comfort
ably,” and it is very easy for even a
layman to see why lie should.
It is intended that Buzzell shall
not have free rein to his abnormal ap
petite after he recovers from his pres
ent debauch.
Buzzell is about thirty-eight years
old and on his own word has been a
minister in the Presbyterian, Congre
gational and Methodist churches of
Canada, whence he hails. It has
been definitely ascertained that he has
a wife and two children ip Hochelager.
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Hardware Was a Steady Diet.
a Montreal suburb, and that Mrs. Buz
zell having doubts as to his sanity,
has appealed to the Canadian author
ities to bar his return home.
Despite his fondness for what might
be termed ‘‘hard stuff” Buzzell is
well preserved and of a personality
t^at inspires confidence. He was con
victed in the Central municipal court
last May and was committed to Pierce
farm for observation as to his sanity.
He was released as “cured” in July
and turned over to the officials of the
House of Correction.
Hankers for “Hard Stuff.”
Seemingly he was a model prisoner.
He was familiar with horses and was
put to work in the stable and it was
while working there that the strange
hankering after hardware would over
whelm him.
The prisoner complained .about a
week ago to some of his prison fellows
of severe stomach aches. But he kept
his secret up to the last few hours,
when he broke down and told the* at
tendants that “some nuts and bolts are
bothering me.” The next day he was
subjected to an X-ray and the plate
showed an astounding collection of
material weighing heavily on the pit
c^.his stomach.
The patient rallied with exceptional
speed after the operation and talked
freely, if not altogether coherently,
about his career. He said he had
eaten the dog chain in Newark, N. J.,
but had no information about the dog.
$100,000 Loot Recovered.
Berkeley, Cal.—Securities and other
loot valued at more than $100,000,
taken from a mail car of a Southern
Pacific mail and express train by a
lone bandit near Stege, were recovered
by railroad detectives one and one
half mile east of Stege in Berkeley
hills.
Husband Never Took Bath.
Columbus, Ind.—A divorce was
granted Mrs. Elmaza Hartzel from
Henry Hartzel. His wife declared he
never took a bath during the five
months he lived with her.
PRINCE CHRISTOPHER
Latest portrait of Prince Chris
topher, uncle cf the present king and
younger brother of the ex-King Con
stantine, who recently married Mrs.
William B. Leeds, wealthy American
widow.
Peyser’s new hat-blocking outfit is
in operation. Hats blocked, dyed and
repaired. Phone 188.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Ladies’ and gent’s shoes shined at
The Club Barber Shop. 12-tf
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital ^Ostrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. W. H. CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
' Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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CHICHAGOFF, ALASKA
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
’ DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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Dentist
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1. OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1> Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
WILLIAM A. HESSE
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Bedford-McNeill Code
Cordova, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
LIFE INSURANCE *
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MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
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Wear, Washing and Your Clothes
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Why do clothes wear out? Is day fallen on a cloth, holes will develop
to day use a principal factor ? Has during the first washing,
laimdering a weakening or strength- a starched collar that has never
ening effect? How much has the been worn—such a collar as is corn
quality of the manufacturer’s work monly favored by men—can be con
to do with wear ? What can rea- tinuously washed in laundries like
sonably be expected of a given piece ours as many as 40 times before it
of fabric ? will begin to fray. But if the collar
In behalf of the housewives whom is worn between washings, it can be
we serve, these questions have been laundered only 20 times or less. In
searchingly inquired into. a word, the wearing of a collar—the
Tablecloths of real linen, well putting it on and taking it off
woven, can be laundered as many shortens its life by 50 per cent or
as 100 to 150 times before showing more.
wear. This is the average of our Personal apparel and household
methods of handling linen that has linen are bleached, dyed, woven,
been finely made and properly cared tailored, packed, shipped, stored, un
for by the housewife. packed and used before they come to
Flaws often appear in curtains at us. If at any stage there has been
the point below the shade, where poor workmanship, misuse or abuse,
they are most exposed to dust-laden ^ all comes out in the wash.”
air and the action of the sun’s rays. But when you have purchased
To check these corrosive influences with judgment, and used your things
many housewives have their curtains with care, our cleansing methods
curtains wear washed offcener than cleanliness alone will help you prolong their usefulness.
SiepoTnVwLti requires. ---—, Laundering and
they beat a- If a few drops of is/ np , conservation of
the open win- a harmful fluid, like We i Teat clothes have be
dow- the solution in an Your Clothing | come an art with
automobile stor- M/L** ^ us. Send us your
age battery, have W Illte family washing.
JONES’ LAUNDRY
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CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
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Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
, lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steambtters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
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NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
L. LEEN
Next to Hegg’e, on C 8L
Telephone 190
I SHAMPOOING
\ FACIAL AND
For MANICURING
CALL
\ 101 -3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
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My New and Complete
Hat - Blocking
Outfit
is now in operation. Bring in
your old hats and have them
made like new.
PEYSER THE TAILOR
PHONE 188
FRESH
SWEET MILK
DELIVERED DAILY
Guaranteed Pure and Sanitary
CORDOVA DAIRY
OLDTOWN
Phone 189—2 Rinas
GRADUATION TIME IS HERE
Your boy or girl will be proud of a watch that will last a life
time.
A signet ring will be a reminder of the day for many, many year®.
Birthstone rings, lavaliers and many other articles at
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PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 223
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HATS AND CAPS
SPRING line now in stock. The latest
colors and styles, direct from the
world’s market centers. Come in and
look them over
KENNEDY’S
BROWER
MAIL STAGE LINE
TRAVEL SAFELY, COMFORTABLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH
THE U. S. MAIL—CARS AT EITHER END OF THE TRAIL
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FREQUENT CHANGES OF HORSES
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$75.00 AND WAR TAX